Comoedienhaus

Designed by renowned architect Johann Andreas Hardt Lieb, the Frankfurter National-Theater (which in 1842 became the Stadttheater, later renamed Comoedienhaus) became a popular venue for entertainment, particularly among the middle-class members of Frankfurt's society, and became known, even outside of Frankfurt itself, for its dramas and operas.

It remained a centre of entertainment for over 100 years, and by the mid-nineteenth century, the population of the city was so great, and the theater still so popular, that the theater was regularly completely filled, despite the relatively high expense of admission.

These included Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who played several concerts there; F.L.Æ.

Kunzen, who was its musical director from 1792 to 1794; Friedrich Schiller, whose Intrigue and Love was first performed within the theater on 15 April 1784, and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who attended several of the cabarets at the theater.

The last cabaret was performed at the Comoedienhaus on 30 October 1902, 120 years after its opening, following the dwindling revenue the theater was gathering toward the end of the nineteenth century.