Munich Art Theatre
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Münchner Künstlertheater | |
Second World War bombing | |
| Architect | Max Littmann |
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| Tenants | |
| Verein Münchner Künstlertheater / Max Reinhardt | |
The Munich Art Theatre (Münchner Künstlertheater) was the first German theater constructed in the
The main initiator was the journalist and dramatist Georg Fuchs, who in 1907 founded a society in Munich, the Verein Münchner Künstlertheater, with the expressed aim of building a theatre according to ‘artistic principles’.
The theatre was built with a shallow stage, apron, and no orchestra pit.
Seats were arranged in an amphitheatre form.
The most innovative feature was the ‘relief stage’ where the performers acted before a stylized backdrop.
Although the first productions coordinated by Fuchs were not particularly successful, the building and the relief stage attracted a good deal of attention.
In 1909 it was leased to Max Reinhardt and finally closed in 1914.
The building was destroyed during
References
- ^ "Theatre Database / Theatre Architecture - database, projects". Theatre-architecture.eu. 2008-03-27. Retrieved 2020-03-15.