The Schauspiel Frankfurt is the municipal theatre company for plays in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is part of Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt.

History

In the late 1770s the theatre principal Abel Seyler was based in Frankfurt, and established the city's theatrical life.

Opened in 1782, the Comoedienhaus (comedy house) was the first permanent venue of the Frankfurt theatre, both plays and opera (drama and opera). Its traditional house, the Schauspielhaus, built in 1902 by architect Heinrich Seeling at the Theaterplatz (now Willy-Brandt-Platz) was destroyed in World War II during an air raid in 1944. In 1926, Brecht's A Respectable Wedding premiered.

Main temporary location of the Schauspiel from 1945 to 1963 was the Börsensaal. A new house for opera and play was built at the Theaterplatz, completed in 1963. When Harry Buckwitz was general manager, the ruins of the Schauspielhaus were restructured to house both play and opera. Buckwitz focused on plays by Bertolt Brecht, including the world premiere of Die Gesichte der Simone Machard in 1957.

On 31 October 1985, the planned first performance of Fassbinder's Garbage, the City and Death caused a theater scandal. Spectators occupied the stage and prevented the actors from continuing to play.

, a new building for the Städtische Bühnen is planned.

Venues Schauspielhaus (689 seats), Willy-Brandt-Platz Kammerspiele (185 seats), Neue Mainzer Straße Bockenheimer Depot (400 seats), Carlo-Schmid-Platz Box (70 seats), Willy-Brandt-Platz

Städtische Bühnen

Schauspiel Frankfurt and Oper Frankfurt are part of the municipal Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt am Main GmbH.

Intendant

1879–1912 1912–1916 1916–1920 1920–1929 Richard Weichert 1929–1933 Alwin Kronbacher 1933–1944 1945–1947 Toni Impekoven 1947–1951 / Heinz Hilpert 1951–1968 Harry Buckwitz 1968–1972 Ulrich Erfurth 1972–1980 Peter Palitzsch 1980–1981 / Johannes Schaaf 1981–1985 1985–1990 Günther Rühle 1990–1991 1991–2001 2001–2009 2009–2017 Since 2017

See also Oper Frankfurt Bockenheimer Depot

References

External links (Bühnen Frankfurt) (Schauspiel Frankfurt)