The Reval German Theater (German: ''Revaler Deutsches Theater'') was the second theater building and the first professional theater in the city of

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(then Reval) in

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, founded in 1795 and closed in 1939. It was named (German) ''Revaler Theater'' or (Estonian) ''Tallinna Teater'' in 1809-1860, (Estonian) ''Tallinna Linnateater'' or (German) ''Revaler Stadttheater'' in 1860-1910, and ''Tallinna saksa teater'' in 1910-1939. Its building is now used by the Estonian Drama Theatre. The theater was built to replace the first theater in Tallinn, the ''Revaler Liebhaber Theater'' (1784-1792). It was used by the German language amateur dramatic society, which was founded in 1784 and performed German language drama and opera under August von Kotzebue. In 1809 it was made a professional theater with professional German language actors, which made it the first professional theater in Tallinn. In 1939, the theater was closed and moved to occupied Poland by the order of the German national socialist government. Hallas-Murula, Karin. Eesti Draamateater. Ehituslugu ja arhitektuur. – Eesti Draamateatri Maja 100. Tallinn : Eesti Draamateater, 2010.

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