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Little Playhouse [Kleines Schauspielhaus] – Friedrich Lobe, Director – 1932/33 Season
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Friedrich Lobe
Institute for the History of the German Jews
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“Little Playhouse [Kleines Schauspielhaus]—Friedrich Lobe,
Director —1932/1933 Season” sits in elegant silver font on the
square black 32-page brochure that was printed in Hamburg in August
1932 and is now held in the State and University Library. A drawing of
the auditorium on the first page, “after completed renovation,” is
followed by a 2-page self-description that explains the ambitions of
the new theater. It conceives of itself as absolutely independent
(above all in matters of repertoire), wishes to introduce the “noble
Hamburg theater tradition” into modern times and to seek creative
interaction with the public in the atmosphere of intimate theater. In
boldface type are listed the names of former members of the Thalia
ensemble (Friedrich Lobe, Charlotte Schellenberg, Marianne Wentzel,
Eduard Gerdts, Albin Skoda); alongside are famous Berliners, such as
Hans Albers, Lucie Höflich, Fritz Kortner, and Gustav Gründgens, who
are expressly not coming to Hamburg just as “celebrities.” The
closing comment by an unnamed theater professional sums up the
house’s aspiration to create “theater for educated Europeans”.
The rest of the booklet consists of details concerning the management
of the theater, a listing of twenty planned productions, ticket
prices, information about the not-for-profit “Society of Friends of
the Little Playhouse in Hamburg,” as well as sixteen portraits of
the artists, and two sketches of stage-settings. A detachable
declaration of enrollment in the “Society of Friends” concludes
the brochure.
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