Historical dictionary of German Theatre

SCHINKEL, KARL FRIEDRICH

Schinkel, Karl Friedrich: translation

(1781-1841)
Designer, theater architect. Schinkel was the most active of "classical" German stage designers in the second decade of the 19th century, but his most significant work was the architectural design for the Royal Theater inBerlin, which opened in 1820 on Gendarme Square. It was known popularly as the "Schinkel-Bau," or Schinkel Building. Schinkel also completed several stage designs of plays byFriedrich Schiller, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, andWilliam ShakespeareforAugust WilhelmIffland's successor at the Royal Theater, Count Karl Brühl (1772-1837), between 1821 and 1828.

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