'Kabarett Fledermaus' in Vienna

Poster, 1907-08 by
Franz Karl Delavilla (1884-1967)
link

The theater room, designed by Josef Hoffmann
Photography, 1907
link

The nightclub 'Kabarett Fledermaus' in Vienna
opened in October 1907. The program for the first season
provides a permanent record of the nightclub's entertainments.
In 1907, the Wiener Werkstätte, a cooperative of architects,
artists, and designers as well as the preeminent producer of luxury
goods and furnishings in the city, opened the nightspot and performing
arts space. It was created to dispel boredom with doses of avant-garde
theater and poetry readings taken with the latest cocktail creations.
As recorded in the program, this mix of high and low culture
included a shadow play by the young Expressionist Oskar
Kokoschka, music and dance performances, and a parody
of a mythological love story
link

Program illustration
from 'Kabarett Fledermaus', 1907, Vienna

Front and back cover from the 'First Theater'
program 'Kabarett Fledermaus', Vienna 1907,
by Carl Otto Czeschka (1878-1960)
link


link

Berthold Löffler (1874-1960):
The Diseuse Marya Delvard
from the 'First Theater' program of
Kabarett Fledermaus

link



The vestibule of the 'Kabarett Fledermaus' in Vienna
link

by Josef Diveky, 1907-08

link

A poster advertising 'Kabarett Fledermaus', 1907

link


Another 'Kabarett Fledermaus' poster
link