Vortragsreihe Umbrüche und Aufbrüche des Düsseldorfer Theaters nach dem Krieg, 1945 bis 1947

In the organizer's words:

The relationship between theater and society after the end of the war, using the city of Düsseldorf as an example, is the focus of this three-part theater history lecture series. How does theater remember pain, discrimination, freedom and visions of the future? But also: What role did theater play under National Socialism and how was theater understood anew after the end of the war and viewed as a democratic medium for a new beginning?

March 13, 7 p.m.: Gerwin Strobl (Cardiff University)
General introduction to theater between National Socialism and post-war Germany

April 4, 8 p.m.: Esther Slevogt (nachtkritik.de)
as part of the Night of the Libraries
Lecture on Wolfgang Langhoff, first general director of the Städtisches Bühnen after 1945, and Düsseldorf's cultural-political situation

April 24, 7 p.m.: Sascha Förster (TMD)
Lecture on Gustav Lindemann's role in the reorientation of Düsseldorf's cultural scene in post-war Düsseldorf and the handover of the Dumont-Lindemann archive