Teatro Martí: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Neoclassical theater in Havana, Cuba}}

{{distinguish|text = the theater of the same name in [[Santiago de Cuba]]}}

'''Teatro Martí''' is a [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]] [[theater]] in [[Havana]], [[Cuba]]. It was inaugurated on 8 June 1884 as the '''Teatro Irijoa''', named after its founder and owner Ricardo Irijoa, from the [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Country]], [[Spain]].<ref name="CF">{{cite book |last1=Conangla i Fontanilles |first1=Josep |title=Memoir of My Youth in Cuba: A Soldier in the Spanish Army During the Separatist War, 1895–1898 |date=2017 |publisher=University of Alabama Press |isbn=9780817358921 |page=168 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aeShDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA168 |language=en}}</ref> It was originally used for the performance of [[zarzuela]]s and [[vaudeville]]s, as well as meetings of the [[Partido Autonomista (Cuba)|Partido Autonomista]].<ref name="CF" /> In 1899, it was renamed '''Eden Garden''', before changing its name again a year later to Teatro José Martí. In 1901, it held the ''Convención Constituyente'' which established the independent [[Republic of Cuba (1902–1959)|Republic of Cuba]].<ref name="CF" /> At the time, it had a capacity of 1,200 persons.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Norton |first1=Albert J. |title=Norton's Complete Hand-Book of Havana and Cuba |date=1900 |publisher=Rand, McNally & Company |page=[https://archive.org/details/nortonscomplete02nortgoog/page/n86 68] |url=https://archive.org/details/nortonscomplete02nortgoog |language=en}}</ref>