A municipal theatre is a
theatre that is
publicly owned.
By contrast with a state theatre, such as the ''
Landesbühne
The term Landesbühne (federal state stage) or ''Landestheater'' (federal state theatre) is added to the name of some publicly owned theatre companies in Germany and Austria. These companies have a mandate to perform in areas without public theatre ...
n'' of Germany and Austria, a municipal theatre is not financed by the state, but by the town or city in which it is situated. In Europe the municipal theatres emerged from the court theatres of the later 18th or 19th century and, in some cases, also from private theatres jointly financed by the wealthy citizens of a town or city.
See also
*
City Theatre City Theatre may refer to:
* City Theatre (Detroit), Detroit, Michigan, United States
* City Theatre (Pittsburgh), Pittsburgh, Michigan, United States
* City Theatre, Sydney (1843–1845), Australia
* Altona City Theatre, Altona, Victoria, Australi ...
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