Königsberg playbills

The Akademie der Künste has in its possession 55 volumes of playbills dating from 1804 to 1873 that illustrate the history of the Königsberg Theater. They came from the Gesellschaft für Theatergeschichte (Society for Theatre History) and constitute the most extensive collection still in existence on Stadttheater Königsberg (Königsberg municipal theatre). The theatre playbills are posters that announced what show was to be performed on the respective day. Notices from theatre management on benefit performances, special events, sick actors and the like were also donated. The holdings were digitised and the contents made available to the public thanks to a private initiative between 2013 and 2017. See also: http://kultur-in-ostpreussen.de/