The Deutsches Schauspielhaus is a theatre

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...

 in the St. Georg

St. Georg, Hamburg

St. Georg is a central quarter in the borough Hamburg-Mitte of Hamburg, Germany. In 2006 the population was 10,551.-History:In 1410 the articles 17 and 18 of a contract between the Senate and the citizens were regulating the accommodation of the patients in the hospital St. Georg . This hospital...

 quarter of the city of Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. With a capacity for 1192 spectators, it places it as Germany's largest theatre. It was established in 1901 by the renowned stage actress Franziska Ellmenreich

Franziska Ellmenreich

Franziska Ellmenreich was a German stage actress. Ellmenreich is regarded as the last heroine of the German theater.- Family background :...

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Theatre managers

Year	Theatre managers
1901–1910	Alfred Freiherr von Berger
1910–1913	Carl Hagemann Carl Hagemann Carl Hagemann was a German chemist, industrial manager and one of the most important German art collectors and patrons in the first half of the 20th Century.-Life:...
1913–1918	Max Grube
1918–1926	Paul Eger
1926–1928	Ernst Ziegel
1928–1932	Hermann Röbbeling
1932–1945	Karl Wüstenhagen
1945–1946	Rudolf Külus
1946–1948	Arthur Hellmer
1948–1955	Albert Lippert
1955–1963	Gustaf Gründgens Gustaf Gründgens Gustaf Gründgens , born Gustav Heinrich Arnold Gründgens, was one of Germany's most famous and influential actors of the 20th century, intendant and artistic director of theatres in Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Hamburg...
1963–1968	Oscar Fritz Schuh
1968	Egon Monk Egon Monk -Biography:Monk was born in Berlin, Germany and grew up in Berlin-Wedding. He served in the German Air Force in World War II . After the war he became an actor. Later he worked for RIAS Berlin and for the NDR...
1968–1969	Gerhard Hirsch
1969–1970	Hans Lietzau Hans Lietzau Hans Lietzau was a German theatre director, actor, and producer. He was born in Berlin, Germany. In 1953 he directed Friedrich Schiller's The Robbers, with Ernst Schröder as Karl Moor. From 1969 to 1970 he was the theatre manager of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg...
1970–1971	Rolf Liebermann Rolf Liebermann Rolf Liebermann , was a Swiss composer and music administrator born in Zurich, and associated with several different musical genres. His output included chansons, classical, and light music. His classical music often combines myriad styles and techniques, including those drawn from baroque,...
1972–1979	Ivan Nagel Ivan Nagel Ivan Nagel is a German theater scientist, critic and former theater director of Hungarian origin.-Life:Ivan Nagel comes from a Jewish family who fled their home because of the Second World War, and therefore survived the Holocaust. After the war, Nagel wanted to study in Budapest...
1979–1980	Günter König and Rolf Mares
1980–1985	Niels-Peter Rudolph
1985–1989	Peter Zadek Peter Zadek Peter Zadek was a German theatre and film director, play translator and screenwriter and is regarded as one of the greatest directors in German-speaking theater. He was the head of the Schauspielhaus Bochum, Bochum , the Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg and the Berliner Ensemble from 1992 to 1996...
1989–1991	Michael Bogdanov Michael Bogdanov Michael Bogdanov , is a British theatre director known for his work with new plays, modern reinterpretations of Shakespeare, musicals and work for Young People.-Early years:...
1991–1993	Gerd Schlesselmann
1993–2000	Frank Baumbauer Frank Baumbauer Frank Baumbauer is an award-winning German theater director and artistic director active in the German theater community. He is the son of German casting agent Erna Baumbauer. Baumbauer was from 2001 - 2009 the director of the Munich Kammerspiele.-External links:...
2000–2005	Tom Stromberg
2005–2010	Friedrich Schirmer
since 2010	Jack F. Kurfess (acting)
from 2013	Karin Beier Karin Beier Karin Beier is a German theatre director.After studying English in Cologne, Karin Beier moved into theatre. She established an English language theatre and staged Shakespeare plays in their source language. Theatres began to grow in popularity, and she became the director of the Düsseldorf Theatre...

Notable actors

Marco Albrecht,
Ingrid Andree

Ingrid Andree

Ingrid Andree is a German actress. She qualified as an actress in 1948 in Hamburg and in 1950 appeared at the Thaliatheater, Hamburg. She has made many stage appearances and also appeared in 54 films and television shows since 1951...

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Maria Becker,
Ortrud Beginnen,
Ehmi Bessel,
Christa Berndl,
Josef Bierbichler

Josef Bierbichler

-Awards:* Adolf Grimme Award , best performance in the ZDF TV film Freier Fall* Adolf Grimme Award , best performance in Hierankl, along with Johanna Wokalek, Barbara Sukowa and Peter Simonischek* Theaterpreis Berlin -External links:...

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Charles Brauer,
Marion Breckwoldt,
Ella Büchi,
Max Eckard,
Franziska Ellmenreich

Franziska Ellmenreich

Franziska Ellmenreich was a German stage actress. Ellmenreich is regarded as the last heroine of the German theater.- Family background :...

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Judith Engel,
Sebastian Fischer,
Elisabeth Flickenschildt

Elisabeth Flickenschildt

Elisabeth Ida Marie Flickenschildt was a German actress, producer and author. She appeared in dozens of German language films and television productions from 1935 to 1976...

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Uwe Friedrichsen

Uwe Friedrichsen

Uwe Friedrichsen is a German television actor.-External links:*...

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Francis Fulton-Smith

Francis Fulton-Smith

-Life:Fulton-Smith was born in Munich, Germany, the son of a German mother and an English father.He trained as an actor at the Otto-Falkenberg-Schule in Munich....

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Ute Hannig,
Werner Hinz

Werner Hinz

Werner Hinz was a German film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1935 and 1984.-Selected filmography:* Die Buntkarierten * No Greater Love * The Last Witness...

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Hanne Hiob

Hanne Hiob

-Life and career:Hiob was born as Hanne Marianne Brecht in Munich, the daughter of the writer Bertolt Brecht by his wife, opera singer and actress Marianne Zoff . In February 1928, Zoff had a daughter, Ursula Lingen, by German actor Theo Lingen. In September 1928, Brecht and Zoff divorced; Zoff...

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Jutta Hoffmann,
Pola Kinski

Pola Kinski

-Early life:Pola Kinski is the daughter of Klaus Kinski and his first wife, the singer Gislinde Kühlbeck, making Pola the half sister of Nastassja Kinski and Nikolai Kinski. After her parents' divorce in 1955, Pola spent her childhood with both of them.-Career:...

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Gustav Knuth

Gustav Knuth

Gustav Knuth was a German film actor. He appeared in 128 films between 1935 and 1982.-Selected filmography:* Friedemann Bach * Das Grosse Spiel * Die Mücke * Sissi...

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Felix Kramer

Felix Kramer

Felix Kramer is a communications expert and serial entrepreneur, well-known for his most recent work as founder of the California Cars Initiative...

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Werner Krauß,
Richard Lauffen

Richard Lauffen

-Selected filmography:* Damals in Paris * Tiger of Bengal * Der rote Kreis * Ödipussi...

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Ruth Leuwerik

Ruth Leuwerik

Ruth Leuwerik is a German film actress. She appeared in 34 films between 1950 and 1977. Leuwerik is probably best known for her portrayal of Maria von Trapp in the films The Trapp Family and The Trapp Family in America. In the 1950s she and Dieter Borsche were considered as the ideal couple of the...

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Erwin Linder,
Susanne Lothar

Susanne Lothar

Susanne Lothar is a German actress.Lothar studied at the Schauspiel an der Hochschule für Theater und Musik in Hamburg...

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Eduard Marks,
Eva Mattes

Eva Mattes

Eva Mattes is a German-Austrian actress.Mattes appeared in four films directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and A Man Called Eva , as a bearded film director based on the then recently deceased Fassbinder...

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Kyra Mladek,
Magdalena Montezuma,
Bernd Moss,
Dietmar Mues,
Ruth Niehaus,
Joseph Offenbach,
Michael Prelle,
Tilo Prückner

Tilo Prückner

Tilo Prückner is a German television and film actor. His career has spanned five decades and more than 100 films. He is the uncle of actor Christoph Prückner.-Selected filmography:* Apokal * John Glückstadt...

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Wiebke Puls,
Will Quadflieg

Will Quadflieg

Friedrich Wilhelm "Will" Quadflieg was a German actor from Oberhausen. He was the father of actor Christian Quadflieg. He is considered one of Germany's best post-war actors. One of his most widely recognized roles was in the title role in the 1960 film Faust. He also starred in a number of other...

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Hans Quest

Hans Quest

-Selected filmography:Director* Charley's Aunt * The Big Chance Actor* Mein Leben für Irland * Bismarck's Dismissal * The Life of Surgeon Sauerbruch...

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Heinz Reincke,
Hermann Schomberg,
Annemarie Schradiek,
Jana Schulz,
Monique Schwitter,
Tristan Seith,
Cathrin Striebeck,
Solveig Thomas,
Andreas Tobias,
Daniel Wahl,
Anne Weber,
Laura de Weck,
Antje Weisgerber

Antje Weisgerber

Antje Weisgerber was a German film and television actress.-Selected filmography:* San Salvatore * The Ambassador's Wife * The Man Who Sold Himself * Lampenfieber * As You Like It...

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Ulrich Wildgruber,
Maria Wimmer,
Michael Wittenborn,
Samuel Weiss

Samuel Weiss

Samuel Weiss is a Canadian neurobiologist.Weiss was an undergraduate at McGill University, where he received a B.Sc. in Biochemistry. He then went on to take his Ph.D. in Neurobiology at the University of Calgary...

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Rosel Zech

Rosel Zech

Rosalie Helga Lina Zech , known as Rosel Zech, was a German theater and film actress, especially with the "Autorenkino" movement, which began in the 1970s.-Theater:...

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Notable directors

Jan Bosse,
Frank Castorf

Frank Castorf

Frank Castorf is a German theater director and since 1992 the artistic director of the Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz...

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Roberto Ciulli,
Jürgen Fehling,
Dieter Giesing,
Heiner Goebbels

Heiner Goebbels

Heiner Goebbels is a German composer, music director and professor at Justus-Liebig-University in Gießen and at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland....

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Gustaf Gründgens

Gustaf Gründgens

Gustaf Gründgens , born Gustav Heinrich Arnold Gründgens, was one of Germany's most famous and influential actors of the 20th century, intendant and artistic director of theatres in Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Hamburg...

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Sebastian Hartmann,
Ulrich Heising,
Karin Henkel,
Hanne Hiob

Hanne Hiob

-Life and career:Hiob was born as Hanne Marianne Brecht in Munich, the daughter of the writer Bertolt Brecht by his wife, opera singer and actress Marianne Zoff . In February 1928, Zoff had a daughter, Ursula Lingen, by German actor Theo Lingen. In September 1928, Brecht and Zoff divorced; Zoff...

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Ivo van Hove

Ivo van Hove

Ivo van Hove is a Belgian theater director best known as the artistic director of Toneelgroep Amsterdam in The Netherlands as well as for his avant garde experimental theater productions on Off-Broadway.-Career:...

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Bruno Klimek,
Jacqueline Kornmüller,
Johann Kresnik,
Franz Xaver Kroetz

Franz Xaver Kroetz

Franz Xaver Kroetz is a German author, playwright, actor and film director. His plays have been translated and performed internationally.-Life:Kroetz attended an acting school in Munich and the Max-Reinhardt-Seminar in Vienna...

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Michel Laub,
Ingrid Lausund,
Jan Lauwers,
Albert Lippert,
Christoph Marthaler,
Wilfried Minks,
Egon Monk

Egon Monk

-Biography:Monk was born in Berlin, Germany and grew up in Berlin-Wedding. He served in the German Air Force in World War II . After the war he became an actor. Later he worked for RIAS Berlin and for the NDR...

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Christian Pade,
Claus Peymann,
René Pollesch

René Pollesch

René Pollesch is a German author and dramatist.From 1983-89 he studied Applied Theatre Studies at the University of Giessen. He won the Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis in 2001 for world wide web-slums and again in 2006...

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Stefan Pucher,
Ute Rauwald,
Rimini Protokoll

Rimini Protokoll

Rimini Protokoll is the label for the works of artists Helgard Haug , Stefan Kaegi and Daniel Wetzel in various team constellations , often mentioned as inventors of a new wave of documentary theatre...

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Werner Schroeter

Werner Schroeter

Werner Schroeter was a German film director and screenwriter, who some consider among the most important German writer-directors of the post-war period.-Biography:...

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Anselm Weber,
Jossi Wieler,
Peter Zadek

Peter Zadek

Peter Zadek was a German theatre and film director, play translator and screenwriter and is regarded as one of the greatest directors in German-speaking theater. He was the head of the Schauspielhaus Bochum, Bochum , the Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg and the Berliner Ensemble from 1992 to 1996...

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