{"id":15797,"date":"2026-02-21T17:48:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T16:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/?post_type=dt_portfolio&#038;p=15797"},"modified":"2026-02-27T18:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T17:36:15","slug":"grosses-schauspielhaus","status":"publish","type":"dt_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/en\/project\/grosses-schauspielhaus\/","title":{"rendered":"Gro\u00dfes Schauspielhaus"},"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;]After spectacular guest performances at Circus Schumann in 1910 and 1911 with the plays \u201cOedipus Rex,\u201d \u201cOresteia,\u201d and \u201cJedermann,\u201d Max Reinhardt attempted to establish this form of theater, in which the audience surrounds a circular stage, in Berlin.<br \/>\nReinhardt took over the circus building and had it redesigned by architect Hans Poelzig into the Gro\u00dfe Schauspielhaus (Grand Theater). 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