{"id":15314,"date":"2026-02-21T17:47:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T16:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/?post_type=dt_portfolio&#038;p=15314"},"modified":"2026-02-21T17:47:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T16:47:27","slug":"76","status":"publish","type":"dt_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/en\/project\/76\/","title":{"rendered":"76"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row type=&#8221;vc_default&#8221; gap=&#8221;35&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Hans Poelzig (Design)<\/p>\n<p>Schumann Circus\/Gro\u00dfes Schauspielhaus Berlin<\/p>\n<p>Architectural model 1990<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Plastic, veneered wood, cardboard, wire, lamps<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Max Reinhardt (1873\u20131943) had two plays staged at the Schumann Circus with spectacular success thanks to his innovative concept of mass staging: Sophocles&#8217; tragedy \u201cOedipus Rex\u201d in 1910 and the world premiere of Hugo von Hofmannsthal&#8217;s (1874\u20131929) mystery play \u201cJedermann\u201d in 1911.<\/p>\n<p>While another ancient play, Aeschylus&#8217; \u201cOresteia,\u201d was also running at the circus in 1911 to great acclaim, Reinhardt met the architect Hans Poelzig (1869\u20131936). Together with him, he developed the idea of converting this venue into the Gro\u00dfes Schauspielhaus (Grand Theater). 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Together with him, he developed the idea of converting this venue into the Gro\u00dfes Schauspielhaus (Grand Theater). The renovation was opened to great acclaim in 1919 with Aeschylus&#8217; \u201cOresteia.\u201d K\u00e4the Kollwitz probably also attended the inauguration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","dt_portfolio_category":[183],"dt_portfolio_tags":[],"class_list":["post-15314","dt_portfolio","type-dt_portfolio","status-publish","hentry","dt_portfolio_category-room-4","dt_portfolio_category-183","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dt_portfolio\/15314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dt_portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dt_portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dt_portfolio\/15314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15316,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dt_portfolio\/15314\/revisions\/15316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"dt_portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dt_portfolio_category?post=15314"},{"taxonomy":"dt_portfolio_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dt_portfolio_tags?post=15314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}