ralism. " It was just about the time of his joining the Deutsches Theater company that naturalism was making itself strongly felt in German acting. Brahm had promoted it in the Deutsches Theater, and the distinguished work of some of its exponents... served to fire Reinhardts talent in this direction, and to give him rich impressions which he has never forgotten" (Carter 38). He would soon direct his first production Ibsen's "Love's Comedy" in 1900.
             On January 1, 1903 he left Brahm and his ensemble for good in order to begin concentrating on his directorship and own personal style. Later that year he took over the Neues and Kleines Theaters. By the end of 1904, he had directed 42 plays. "Reinhardt's reputation as a director was firmly established by 1905 with his epoch-making production of Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream", a play which became his perennial favorite" (Binghamton). The young director bec
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