Theatres in Tallinn
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THEATRES IN TALLINN
Term Paper
Compiler:
Tallinn 2013
Introduction
Tallinn is the capital city of Estonia. In Estonia there are many theatres. Tallinn has 8 theatres.
Most of them are located in the Old Town or near the Old Town. These 8 theatres are: Estonian
National Opera, Tallinn City Theatre, Estonian Drama Theatre, Estonian State Puppet & Youth
Theatre, Russian Drama Theatre, VAT Theatre, Theatre NO99 and Von Krahl Theatre.
Estonian National Opera
The song and drama society `'Estonia'' was founded in 1865. Play-acting started in 1871. The
following theatre activites were relatively haphazard, theatre as a tradition really came into being
since 1895, when the society began to direct song plays, folk plays and comedies, usually with
singing and dancing; in the start of the XX century already saw more serious drama on the stage.
In year 1906 Paul Pinna a...