This publication is the first comprehensive account in English of the historyof the Freie Volsbuhne founded in Berlin in 1890 through the interaction ofSocial D... » 

This publication is the first comprehensive account in English of the historyof the Freie Volsbuhne founded in Berlin in 1890 through the interaction ofSocial Democracy and Theatrical Naturalism. Cecil Davies details the nationwidegrowth of the Volksbuhne Movement during the 1920s through the 1990s including Germanys stormy history up to World War I the problems associatedwith building the Volksbnhnes own theatre and the reunification of Germany.Weight is given to the contributions of major figures in the movement such asBruno Wille Siegfried Nestriepke and Erwin Piscator. «