Schauspiel Frankfurt


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 was the first permanent venue of the Frankfurt theatre, both plays and opera. Its traditional house, the Schauspielhaus, build in 1902 by architect Heinrich Seeling at the Theaterplatz was destroyed in World War II.
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, now run by the Oper Frankfurt. Buckwitz focused on plays by Berthold Brecht, including the world premiere of Die Gesichte der Simone Machard in 1957.

Städtische Bühnen

Schauspiel Frankfurt is part of the municipal Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt.

Intendants