🎭 Großes Schauspielhaus

The Großes Schauspielhaus was a revue theatre in the Mitte district of Berlin, Germany. It was founded by the Deutsches Nationaltheater AG, a vehicle of Max Reinhardt, in 1919 through the expressionist renovation of a 19th-century market hall by Hans Poelzig. Following the Nazi seizure of power, the theatre was taken over by the German Labour Front, renamed Theater des Volkes lit. 'Theatre of the People', and stripped of its expressionist decoration. After the Second World War, it was reestablished under the Soviet Occupation as a variety venue and eventually renamed Friedrichstadt-Palast. The building was closed in 1980 and demolished in 1985, and the theatre's legacy is continued by the present Friedrichstadt-Palast.