Überbrettl
Sign in to savethumb|300px|Überbrettl in 1901 on Alexanderstraße Überbrettl (; English: ) was the first venue in Germany for literary cabaret, or Kabarett, founded 1901 in Berlin by Ernst von Wolzogen. The German Kabarett concept was imported from French venues like Le Chat Noir in Paris, from which it kept the characteristic atmosphere of intimacy. But the German type developed its own peculiarities, most prominently its characteristic gallows humour.
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- Instance of
- theatre company
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
- Founded by
- Ernst von Wolzogen
- Location
- Kreuzberg
- Image
- Mitte Deutsch-Amerikanisches Theater.jpg
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- described at URL
- de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Kinos_in_Berlin-Mitte
- Commons category
- Buntes Theater, Berlin - Mitte Köpenicker Straße 68
- postal code
- 10179
- inception
- 1901-00-00
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thumb|300px|Überbrettl in 1901 on Alexanderstraße Überbrettl (; English: ) was the first venue in Germany for literary cabaret, or Kabarett, founded 1901 in Berlin by Ernst von Wolzogen. The German Kabarett concept was imported from French venues like Le Chat Noir in Paris, from which it kept the characteristic atmosphere of intimacy. But the German type developed its own peculiarities, most prominently its characteristic gallows humour.
==History== The distinct cabaret atmosphere was sketched by Otto Julius Bierbaum in his 1897 novel Stilpe, which inspired Wolzogen in the foundation of the Überbrettl. He chose the initial name both to parody Friedrich Nietzsche's Übermensch concept and also to signal his intent go "above and beyond" () the local (slang: "[stage]board") variety shows and even the French literary cabaret.
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