Theater building

National Theatre Košice

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National Theatre Košice
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The National Theatre Košice (Slovak: Národné divadlo Košice) is situated in the centre of Košice, Slovakia. The representative building of the State Theatre was built in a Neo-baroque style according to projects of Adolf Lang during the years 1879–1899. The interior of the theatre is richly decorated with plaster ornaments.

The stage is lyre-shaped. The ceiling of the building is decorated with scenes from William Shakespeare's plays Othello, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear and A Midsummer Night's Dream.