German Staats Theatre Programme 1927

About this German Staats Theatre programme

An original German Staats Theatre programme dating from around 1927. Details of the production and cast can be seen in the pictures. Germany’s state theatres flourished in the 1920s, a time of great creativity in drama, opera and design. If you can tell us more about the production, we would love to hear from you. An unusual continental addition to any collection of old theatre programmes.

Condition: V Good, vlcr, yellowed (what the codes mean)

Did you know?

• Many German Staatstheater were former royal or ducal court theatres, renamed as state theatres after the monarchies fell in 1918.
• The 1920s Weimar Republic was a golden age for German theatre, the era of directors such as Max Reinhardt and Erwin Piscator.