Hamburgische Entreprise

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A portrait of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing during his time as dramaturge of the Hamburgische Entreprise
Abel Seyler

Hamburgische Entreprise, known as the Hamburg National Theatre, was a theatre in Hamburg, Germany, that existed 1767–1769. It was the first attempt to establish a national theatre in Germany. It was modelled after Det Kongelige Teater, founded by Ludvig Holberg in Denmark in 1748. Its dramaturge was Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, whose Hamburgische Dramaturgie is based on his work at the Hamburgische Entreprise. The Hamburgische Entreprise was founded and owned by a group of Hamburg merchants, chief of among them Abel Seyler, who invested much of his fortune in the enterprise. After the Hamburgische Entreprise had to close in 1769, Seyler founded the Seyler theatrical company. Seyler would also later retain the vision of a "national theatre" during his work in Mannheim.

Literature

  • Roger Bauer, Jürgen Wertheimer: Das Ende des Stegreifspiels, die Geburt des Nationaltheaters. Ein Wendepunkt der Geschichte des europäischen Dramas. München: Fink 1983. ISBN 3-7705-2008-4

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