Tellspielhaus [Altdorf]
type: Item
description: theatre in Altdorf, Switzerland
alternative label: Tellspielhaus
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Switzerland
Propertylabel: 198
City: Altdorf
Wikidata source: Q29890269
opening date: 1925-01-01T00:00:00Z
Importance: Not rated
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Wikidata instance: Q811979
Carthalia ID: 3520
Note: Built 1865-1867 as a town hall (Gemeindehaus). 1925 conversion to a festival theatre (addition of an auditorium with ca. 1200 seats), intended for performances of Schiller's drama Wilhelm Tell. Renamed Tellspielhaus (the second of that name, after a wooden theatre opened in 1899 and demolished in 1915). Also used as municipal theatre, home to the Theater Uri company. 1975 renovations. 546 seats.