August Wilhelm Ifflands Berliner Bühne: »Theatralische Kunstführung und Oekonomie«

This study seeks to counteract the widespread claim that unlike Goethe’s Weimar stage, August Wilhelm Iffland ran the Berlin National Theater from 1796 to 1814 exclusively based on economic considerations. It examines the complex process of economic and aesthetic value formation in the theater and its environment. The analytic lens is directed at repertoire creation, theater critics, theater paintings, and stage plays.