Hamburg National Theatre

…establishment in 1767 of the Hamburg National Theatre, the first noncommercial public theatre, subsidized by a group of rich citizens. This marked the beginning of a movement that gained force during the next decade and can be found even today in East German theatre. The prevailing attitude was that theatre…

…became the manager of the Hamburg National Theatre, where he remained for nine years and established himself as the leading German actor of the time. Highlights of his first Hamburg period were his Shakespearean productions, in which he played Hamlet, the ghost of Hamlet’s father, Iago, Shylock, Lear, Falstaff, and…