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Hello again! :) Today, I will be writing about Klaipeda's drama theatre. Image copyright Image copyright The exact inception date of Klaipeda Drama Theatre is still unknown. “The House of Comedy“ was used for military purposes in the past. According to some sources the theater at “The House of Comedy” operated back in 1777; some time later, the B erlin Theatre troupe supposedly performed there.  It was a two-storey classical building with an attic. In 1854 the theatre was destroyed in a fire. Tradesman Masonas purchased the ruins and from his own funds built a new building in 1857. At least three faces remain until this day. The theatre was closed with the beginning of the First World War. On 20th March 1939, World War 2, the Germans demanded that Lithuania give up the Klaipeda region, which had been detached from Germany  after WW1. Hitler also made a speech later that year on the balcony of the old part of the drama theatre (first photo) ann