Staatsschauspiel Dresden
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The Staatsschauspiel Dresden is a theatre
on Theaterstraße in Dresden
. It is maintained by the Free State of Saxony
, hence its name. It is made up of a main auditorium (the Schauspielhaus) and a studio theatre (the Kleine Haus). It was created in 1983 and housed in the old Staatstheater Dresden.
, to Neo Baroque and Art Nouveau
designs by William Lossow and his son Max Hans Kühne and with the support of the industrialist Karl August Lingner. It harmonised with the Zwinger's architecture, with arcades and baroque elements on its exterior. The new theatre's technical facilities (including hydraulically operated machinery for the new sliding scenery by technical director Adolf Linnebach) made it the most advanced theatre of its time.
On 13 and 14 February 1945 the building was partially destroyed in the bombing of Dresden
, but was rebuilt and reopened within three years, becoming the first German theatre to reopen post-war.
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
on Theaterstraße in Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
. It is maintained by the Free State of Saxony
Saxony
The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....
, hence its name. It is made up of a main auditorium (the Schauspielhaus) and a studio theatre (the Kleine Haus). It was created in 1983 and housed in the old Staatstheater Dresden.
Schauspielhaus
The Staatstheater Dresden was built from 1911 to 1913 opposite the ZwingerZwinger
The Zwinger is a palace in Dresden, eastern Germany, built in Baroque style. It served as the orangery, exhibition gallery and festival arena of the Dresden Court....
, to Neo Baroque and Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—that were most popular during 1890–1910. The name "Art Nouveau" is French for "new art"...
designs by William Lossow and his son Max Hans Kühne and with the support of the industrialist Karl August Lingner. It harmonised with the Zwinger's architecture, with arcades and baroque elements on its exterior. The new theatre's technical facilities (including hydraulically operated machinery for the new sliding scenery by technical director Adolf Linnebach) made it the most advanced theatre of its time.
On 13 and 14 February 1945 the building was partially destroyed in the bombing of Dresden
Bombing of Dresden in World War II
The Bombing of Dresden was a military bombing by the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Force and as part of the Allied forces between 13 February and 15 February 1945 in the Second World War...
, but was rebuilt and reopened within three years, becoming the first German theatre to reopen post-war.