Hamburg National Theatre
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Hamburg National Theatre was an influential 18th-century German stage in Hamburg known for pioneering modern dramatic criticism and theatrical reform, notably through Gotthold Ephraim Lessing’s work there.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
playhouse
ⓘ
theatre company ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1769 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1767 ⓘ |
| aim | to create a national German theatre ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Deutsches Nationaltheater in Hamburg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hamburgische Nationalbühne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedMovement | German Enlightenment literature ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| audienceType | bourgeois public ⓘ |
| city | Hamburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| culturalImpact |
helped establish principles of modern theatre criticism
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strengthened the status of German as a language of high drama ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | German-speaking Europe ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1769 ⓘ |
| dramaturg | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field | dramaturgy ⓘ |
| fundingModel | subscription-based theatre ⓘ |
| genre | spoken drama ⓘ |
| historicalRole | early model of a publicly oriented bourgeois theatre ⓘ |
| inception | 1767 ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of German national drama
ⓘ
later public theatre institutions in Germany ⓘ |
| knownFor |
pioneering modern dramatic criticism
ⓘ
publication of Lessing’s "Hamburg Dramaturgy" ⓘ theatrical reform ⓘ |
| languageOfPerformance | German ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Germany
ⓘ
Hamburg ⓘ |
| movement | Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEmployee | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWorkOfCriticismProduced | "Hamburg Dramaturgy" GENERATED ⓘ |
| reasonForClosure | financial difficulties ⓘ |
| significance | considered a milestone in German theatre history ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| theatricalReformFocus |
critical evaluation of plays
ⓘ
literary quality of drama ⓘ separation from court theatre traditions ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| workPublishedInConnection | "Hamburgische Dramaturgie" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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