CopenhagenAndItsEnvirons

THEATRES, AND PUBLIC PLACES OF AMUSEMENT.

D e t Kongelige Theater, The Theatre Hogal, on K ongens N y to rv w as built in 1 7 4 8 by F re d e rik V., and enlarged in 1774 by C hristian V II. T h is buildin g is a sh ab b y affair b o th as to its ex terior an d in terior, quite u nw o rth y o f so line a C ity as C openhagen. P e rh a p s it is ow ing to the im m o derate fondness o f the people for a m u s em e n ts, m ore especially dram atic perform ances, th a t a th ea tre so un sig h tly w ith o u t and so dingy and incomm odious w ithin h as been retained th u s long, th e "a u th o ritie s” finding it to be no hinderance to its being nightly filled. T h e building w ill contain a b o u t 1 2 0 0 persons. T h e th ea tre , w hich receives a larg e contribution from the sta te , (the actors and m em bers o f th e O rchestra, as R o yal Em ployés, h av in g also a claim for p e n sio n s), w as till 1 8 4 9 , u n d e r a R o yal D i­ rection, consisting o f th ree m em bers, o f w hich one w as Chief. T h e m anagem ent is now in the h an d s o f one d ire c to r, E ta tsra a d Heiberg, and com es