Reinhardt, << RYN hahrt, >> Max (1873-1943), was a theatrical producer and director. He became a leader of the German-speaking theater during the early 1900’s.
Reinhardt was born on Sept. 9, 1873, in Baden, near Vienna. His given and family name was Max Goldmann. Beginning in 1917, he helped found and plan the famous Salzburg music and theater festival. He directed the festival’s first production in 1920. Reinhardt staged such classics as Faust and Everyman as well as productions of such modern playwrights as George Bernard Shaw, August Strindberg, and Henrik Ibsen. Reinhardt became famous for his imaginative productions. He staged the Greek tragedies Oresteia and Oedipus Rex as mass spectacles. For the pageant The Miracle, Reinhardt rebuilt the inside of theaters to resemble a Gothic cathedral. He moved to the United States in 1934. He died on Oct. 31, 1943.
