Leiden Playhouse [Leiden]
type: Item
label: Leidse Schouwburg @nl
description: Theatre building in Leiden, The Netherlands
description: schouwburg in Leiden, Nederland @nl
alternative label: Leiden Playhouse
EUTA building identifier: 895
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: The Netherlands
City: Leiden
GPS: Point(4.4892 52.1622)
Wikidata source: Q3275812
opening date: 1705-01-01T00:00:00Z
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 131096
theatrEurope table: HST_0130
context: No heritage stage machinery
context: In 1705 actor Jacob van Rijndorp received permission to construct the first public theatre in Holland on the site of a burned down brewery. The building was enlarged in 1865 by architect Jan Willem Schaap. He designed the current horseshoe-shaped auditorium that is renowned for its excellent acoustics and perspective.
Address: Oude Vest 43, 2312 XS Leiden
Web: leidseschouwburg-stadsgehoorzaal.nl
Postal Code: 2312XS
The European Route of Historic Theatres: Channel Route
Source URL: leiden
time frame: Baroque
Wikidata instance: Q24354
youtube video: N545qED1gKI
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q186468
Carthalia ID: 4206
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1705 for the actor Jacob van Rijndorp. 1704 and 1809 rebuildings. 1833 extension. 1865 rebuilding by Jan Willem Schaap. 2009 renovation. 541 seats.