CopenhagenAndItsEnvirons_A

THEATRES, AND PUBLIC PLACES OF AMUSEMENT.

D e t Kongelige Theater, The Theatre Hogal, on Kongens Nytorv w as built in 1 7 4 8 by Frederik V., and enlarged in 1774 by Christian VII. This building is a shabby affair both as to its exterior and interior, quite unworthy o f so line a City as Copenhagen. Perhaps it is ow ing to the immoderate fondness o f the people for am u sem en ts, more especially dramatic performances, that a theatre so unsightly w ithout and so dingy and incommodious within has been retained thus long, the "authorities” finding it to be no hinderance to its being nightly filled. T he building w ill contain about 1 2 0 0 persons. The theatre, which receives a large contribution from the state, (the actors and members o f the Orchestra, as R oyal Employés, having also a claim for p en sio n s), was till 1 8 4 9 , under a Royal D i­ rection, consisting o f three members, o f which one w as Chief. The management is now in the hands o f one director, Etatsraad Heiberg, and com es