{"id":5511,"date":"2019-07-11T06:38:11","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T03:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/place\/drama-theatre\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:40:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T14:40:04","slug":"drama-theatre","status":"publish","type":"place","link":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/place\/drama-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"Klaip\u0117da Theatre \u2013 When the City Raises the Curtain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The history of theatre in Klaip\u0117da began as early as in the 18<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0century, when the <em><i>Comedy House<\/i><\/em>\u00a0(<em><i>Lith. <\/i><\/em><em><i>\u201eKomedij\u0173 namai\u201c<\/i><\/em>) building appeared next to the Dan\u0117 River. Previously used for military purposes, it stood on state-owned land, for which the city paid taxes, which indicates that the building was owned by the magistrate. Performances began to be staged there in 1777, and, a little later, even a troupe from Berlin appeared on stage.<\/p>\n<p>At that time, the Dan\u0117 estuary swamps stretched on the site of the current Theatre Square. Nearby stood the warehouse of the rifle battalion, which later became the theatre house, as the merchant Vachsen, having erected a new building for the soldiers, adapted the old one for the stage. After his death, the theatre was turned into a residential building.<\/p>\n<p>Professional Lithuanian theatre established itself in Klaip\u0117da in 1935, when \u0160iauliai Theatre was relocated here during the interwar period. The first group of Lithuanian actors was led by Juozas Stanulis, and \u2018The Good Hope\u2019 drama of H. Heijermans staged by director R. Juknevi\u010dius opened the way to a new qualitative level, where the Klaip\u0117da Theatre was considered to be one of the most modern in Lithuania.<\/p>\n<p>The theatre of the port city is considered to be one of the strongest in the country to his day \u2013 the city boasts a lively stage, theatrical traditions and creative spirit.<\/p>\n<p>Address: Teatro Str. 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4030,"menu_order":849,"template":"","format":"standard","place-category":[208],"restoranu-kategorija":[],"class_list":["post-5511","place","type-place","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","place-category-places-to-visit"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place\/5511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/place"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place\/5511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"place-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place-category?post=5511"},{"taxonomy":"restoranu-kategorija","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/restoranu-kategorija?post=5511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}