Comedy theater is a theatre in Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain, opened on Calle del Príncipe in 1875 and rebuilt in 1915 after a devastating fire.
In 1986 it was designated the headquarters of the National Classical Theatre Company and in 1999 it was acquired, along with another five floors of the same building, by the Ministry of Culture of Spain.
In October 2015, after thirteen years closed for renovation work, it reopened with the performance of El mayores de Zalamea. After this reform, the hall has six hundred and thirty seats; in addition, it has a new hall with one hundred seats, called “Tirso de Molina”.
History
Its construction began in 1874 with a project by the architect Agustín Ortiz de Villajos, and it was inaugurated by Alfonso XII on 18 September 1875 with a performance of the play El espejo de cuerpo entero, starring Emilio Mario. The façade was renovated in 1897 by the architect Francisco Andrés Octavio Palacios.
On 23 March 1914, a lecture by José Ortega y Gasset entitled “Old and New Politics” took place in the theatre, which served as a presentation event for the League of Political Education.
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