GROSSES SCHAUSPIELHAUS

(German: Great Playhouse), theatre that is the former Zirkus Schumann in Berlin, as redesigned for Max Reinhardt in 1919 by architect Hans Poelzig. It combines a normal stage with a revolving stage and a cyclorama. The stage is connected through an adjustable forestage with an arena surrounded by a horseshoe of seating. In 191921 Reinhardt there presented a series of magnificent spectacles that included the Oresteia, Danton's Death, and Julius Caesar.