Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Himmelseher, Birgit

Titel

Das Weimarer Hoftheater unter Goethes Leitung: Kunstanspruch und Kulturpolitik im Konflikt

Ort / Verlag

De Gruyter

Erscheinungsjahr

2010

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Quelle

De Gruyter eBooks

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Goethe was director of the Weimar Court Theatre from 1791 to 1817. During these years, which were characterized by political upheavals, he was not only a famous and influential poet but at the same time a close confidant of the Grand Duke Carl August and minister in his government. As theatre director he took advantage of both of his social functions and made the stage a place of communication of cultural policy. This study explores the influence of political events on Goethe's theatre conception and which role the stage played as political medium in the duchy.