New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-28

raistic school Of drama in Germany.
Reinhardt scored his first great sue
cess in Berlin in 1900 at the Kleine
theatre on Inter deh Linden, With
"The Night Asylum" by Maxim Gorky.
1t was the first time the world had
ever seen sensationalism introduced in
scenery and production. Laughed at
at first, Reinhardt, nevertheless, stuck
to his idea, and to-day every German
theatregoer insists that no producer In
tho world can PVT on "A Midsummer
Nights Dream" as can Reinhardt.
Public Likes Degenerate Plays
To-day Reinhardt owns and manages
tN~ec of the biggest theatres in Ber-
lin, the Deutsche Theatcr, the Kam-
merspiele and the Kleiner Schauspiel-
haus. A fourth theatre. to be called
the Grosser Schauspielhaus, with
seating capacity of 5000, will be opened
under Roinhardt's management this
winter. The repertory Of the first sea-
son in this monster playhouse Is q
strange mixture of classicism and
ultra modernism. It includes Eschy-
lus' "Arestes and Aristophanes." ely
sistrata" and Wedeknds last work,
"Hcracles." Reinhardt will also pro-
duce in this theatre this coming sea-
son Goethos Faust" and "G6tz Won
Berlichingen," shakespearc's Julius
Cesar" George Buchncr's "Wozzck."
Strindberg's "Advent." and Gerhardt
Hauptmann's "The White Savior" This
last naNhed play will be a premier.
New plays by Arthur Schnitzler, Karl
Hauptmann and George Kaiser will also
be done. as we'll as pieces from the
pens Of several young dramatists whose
tendencies are toward the kind Of
/ filthy stories made possible by the
abolition Of the censorship.
Reinhardt is more than clever pro-
Queer Among other things, he is a
good business man. He knows what the
public wants. His adoption Of Wcde-
/ kind and the rest of the group Of play
wrights known as young Germany"
has melted him untold profits. One of
his new proteges Is Walter Hassen-
clever, author of The Son." which has
created a sensation at the HAMMERS
piele. Among these writer's Of frankly
degenerate plays whose new works are
10 get q hearing sooner or later 1T the
Grosser Schauspielhous - unless the
censorship is Observation-Disclosures Rein
bard Goering, Paul Kornfeld, Arnold
Zweig, Hermann Burte, Max pulver,
Walter Eidlitz, Friedrich Kofa, Au-
guste Stratum and Eo!f Iauckner.
Lauckner is Sundcrmann's ST.. son.
R"inhardt has under contract most
of the good actors in Germany, includ-
ing Max Pallenberg. Berltn's greatest
comic; Werner krauss, the noted char
acter actor; Maria Fein, great film
star, whom he has Aeveoned in1o q
very popular leading woman; Johanna
Terwin. adm t.ed.y the foremost act
ress o. classic roles in Germany; Fdu-
ard Won Winterstcin, E.ast Deutsch.
Gertrud Eysoldt. Albert Fisherman.
Else Lehman, Hans Wasmann, Paul
Wegener, DIX. Ludwig Wullner, Rosa
neItens, Letpoldlne konstantin and
Helene Timing.
actors who, under Reinhardt's tuition,
| have developed into leading theatrical
managers IS row the head of the Neue
frele Nolksbuhne, where he not only
manages, but acts in the show. Messrs.
Melnhard and Bernauer are another
par OF actors who graduated from the
Relnhardt school ard are now operat-
/ ing three big Berlin theatres: the
Berllner Theater. which specializes in
musical comedy; the Theater KONG
gratzer Strasse and the komcdien-
haus. 1t may be worth noting that
these three houses have played con-
tlnuously TO capacity business for four
solid years. Recent successes ut the
Berliner Theater include "Stars That
Shine Again" and THE Lady in the
lnii Dress Suit" two musical comedies.
screamingly funny expose OF the low
opinion Germans have Of Austria 9
military prowcss. is the current attrac-
ton at the komcdienhaus. Strindberg,
Sudermann and WedcEnd hold the
stage at the Thcater K0niggratzer
Strasse continuously.
VICTOR bainowasy. another disciple
of Brahm contemporary with Rein
hardt, is managing The LEASING Theater
where he now has in rehearsal a Ger .s
man translation by Stefan Zweig of
Roman Rolland's "The Time Has
Come" The kunstlcr Theater Is also
under Barnowsky's management.
DR.. Georg Altman has the Kleine
} Theater on Inter den Linden, pre-
, viously managed by Reinharit anG
then Barnowsky. 1t is one of the best
pIayhouses in Berlin. The last big hi
in this house was adam. Eve and the
OF Hassenclevcrs satires, \ scorching
existing social, political and spiritua
tendencies in Germany, is in process Of
preparation for this theatre.
| State Controls Royal Theatres
The former royal playhouses, which
became national property after the rev
olution, are now managed by commit
y tees and councils appointed by the gov
. eminent. The former Royal Oper
- House is now called the State Oper
" House and is under the active manage
>. ment of Max Won ScMlling. with Rich
+" ard Strauss chief musical director.
=" Berlin managers pointed out to M
" what they called Germany's "artisti
-. fair mindedness" by laying before m
the state opera repertory Of last sea
son. Operas of twenty-four composer
| were produced. or these only fiftee
were by Germans. The rest, for tn
| lost part, were by enemy aliens. Thes
composers, set down in the order of tn
number of nights allotted the work
Of each, are an follows: Wayne
Verdi, Richard Strauss. HumperdincI
: Mozart, Bizet, Johann Strauss, Thoma
Il Flotow. Beethoven, d'Albert, kienz
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