Divadlo Karla Pippicha [Chrudim]
Divadlo Karla Pippicha
Theatre building in Chrudim IV, Czechia
theater in Chrudim
Built 1931-1934 by Jindřich Freiwald. Named in honour of the Czech lawyer and writer, Karel Pippich (1849-1921). Opened 18 Feb 1934 with Bedřich Smetana's opera Libuše.
Special attention was paid by the designer and Association to a modern stage of 10 × 19 m dimension, which had a circular drop, couple of movable side stages of 8 × 4 m dimension, back stage and rich lighting equipment, provided by – similarly as movable parts of the stage- by the Prague firm Antonín Vohralík.