This monograph is a model essay on the functioning of a municipal German language theatre and it introduces a new view into research led by both theatre scientists and musicologists on the European scene The book is conceived as social history of a citizen’s cultural institution and interprets a wide range of problematic themes which we meet to this day in the everyday practice of municipal theatres Důležitou informací o tomto titulu je existence Apendixů I II které jsou pouze v elektronické podobě k dispozici na webu: http: vffup upol cz edice konvikt jiri kopecky lenka krupkova provincial theater and its opera 1770 1918
