Peoples Theatre [Worms, DE]
type: Item
label: Peoples Theatre
description: Theatre building in Worms, Germany
description: theater in Worms @nl
EUTA building identifier: 1009
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Germany
City: Worms
GPS: Point(8.3558 49.6314)
Wikidata source: Q33104745
Wikidata source: Städtisches_Spiel-_und_Festhaus_(Worms)
opening date: 1889-11-20T00:00:00Z
architect: Otto March
Redevelopment date: 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
Burnt down date: 1945-02-21T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 2153
Modern Opera Houses index: Descriptive text, I. pp. 32, 33 ; Detail of decoration in lounge, I. p. 31 ; Block plan, I. p. 32 ; View of auditorium with orchestra, I. p. 32 ; View of auditorium with front stage, I. p. 33 ; General view, I. p. 34 ; Site plan, I. p. 3 ; Pront elevation, I. PL 53 ; Plan area, I. PL 53 ; Plan ground level, I. PL 54 ; Plan 1st tier, I. PL 54 ; Longitudinal section, I. PL 55 ; Transverse section, I. PL 55 ; Site, III. p. 14; Plan and section of orchestra, III. p. 64 ; Sketch plan, III. p. 121 ; Skeleton section of auditorium, III. PL opp. p. 62 ; Skeleton plan of audi­torium, III. PL opp. p. 62 ; Cost and dimensions, III. p. 19.
Preservation state: extinct building
Preservation state: Disused
Note: Built 1888-1889 by Otto March. Opened 20 Nov 1889 with Hans Herrig's Drei Jahrhunderte am Rhein. 1906 stage rebuilding, extension by a warehouse wing. Stagehouse destroyed by a fire in 193?. 1934 stagehouse rebuilding and extension, and interior rebuildings (e. g. replacement of the rear organ and choir gallery in the auditorium by seats) by Walter Köhler. Destroyed by bombs on 21 Feb 1945. 1184 seats. - [1963-1966 a new Spiel- und Festhaus was built on the site. 2011 extended and renamed Das Wormser.]
IbsenStage venue id: 21161