Théâtre Libre

The Théâtre Libre (French for Free Theatre ) was a Parisian theater company, which consisted 1887-1896. It was from the gas company employees and theater lover, André Antoine (1858-1943) founded in 1887. With this foundation he wanted to proceed against censorship and mutilation of socially critical pieces. It was a theater club, the socially critical pieces of Ibsen and Hauptmann staged in closed meetings members past the censors. So certain in Antoine's productions in the environment. For movements of the roller Create realistic as possible props were used and amateur actor set because it was traditional actors too contrived. 1894, the experiment failed to financial difficulties.

Even in England ( London) was - inspired by Antoine - a similar Theatre, established the " Independent Theatre Society ," in which the traditional British entertainment value was provided with new socially critical content. Pieces of U.K. Shaw were listed for the first time.