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Auditorium
The central part of the VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Burgtheater was rebuilt
in 1952–5 after war Practical Information
damage, but the audit­ Universitätsring 2, A­1014. Map 1
orium is still decorated C5 & 5 A2. Tel 514444140. Open
in the imperial colours for guided tours only (3pm Mon–
of cream, red and gold. Thu). Closed Easter, 24 & 25 Dec.
& 7 8 Tel 51444 4140.
∑ burgtheater.at
Transport
% Schottentor. v D, 1, 71.

. Der Thespiskarren
This ceiling fresco (1886–8)
by Gustav Klimt, part of the
series The History of the
Theatre, depicts
Thespis, the first
performer of a
Greek tragedy.

Front Façade
A statue of Apollo
(about 1883) seated
between Melpomene and
Thalia presides over a frieze
of Bacchus and Ariadne by
Rudolf Weyr.

1741 Maria 1945 World
Theresa founds War II fire
the Burgtheater in The Old Burgtheater 1897 The destroys the
an empty ballroom in the mid-18th auditorium auditorium
at the Hofburg is adapted
century
1700 1750 1800 1850 1900 1950
1750–76 Joseph II 1874 Work on
reorganizes the the presentbuilding begins 1955 Theatre
theatre and promotes 1888 The Burgtheater opens on reopens with
it to the status of a 14 October in the presence of the Emperor Grillparzer’s King
national theatre Franz Joseph and his family Ottokar

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