Zwischen Alleinherrschaft Und Kollektiver Leitung

A strict hierarchy with a powerful person at the top: German theaters are still heavily based on the century-old figure of the Intendant or artistic director, a profession that took on some of its present character in the 1920s. This volumes examines the example of the Bavarian State Theater to ask how this role developed in the Weimar Republic and where early alternatives to the model of the "autocrat" can be found.