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of the g reatest im portance to D an ish n a tion a lity , and m any in tere sting episodes of the stage h isto ry of th is coun try have tak en place here. T h roughou t the collection testimonies hereof will be found. In 1826, Johan Ludvig Heiberg, one of the most im p o rtan t poets of Denm ark , in these rooms made the acquain- tance of his fu tu re wife, Johanne Luise Heiberg, th e greatest actress of D enm ark , and th is meeting was to be of great im ­ po rtance to the lite ra tu re and stage of Scandinavia. Also K ing F rederik V II (1808-1863) m et w ith his spouse, th e Coun- tess of D anner, a t the dancing school of the T heatre, where she was a pupil. L a te r on she held a position as a quasi queen by the k ing’s side in the royal box in the centre of the dress circle. Another stage cand idate acquired a worldrenowned name, i. e. the fa iry -tale poet, H ans Andersen, who in his y o u th in vain tried to become an acto r of the C ourt Theatre. The conflagration of the Vienna R ing T hea tre in 1881 caused the closure of th e C ourt T h ea tre. Since then it has been used for only th ree performances in 1914. When, in 1922, the D a ­ nish stage celebrated its 200 y e a rs’ jubilee, th e T heatrical Museum was inaugu ra ted . I t now comprises abou t 25.000 pictures and objects, not only from the stages of the cap ital b u t also from those of the provincial towns. I t is the first and greatest th eatric al museum of Scandinavia. The tendency of the Collection is of m arkedly n a tional character, and its hi- storical rooms form a frame in good harmony w ith its conten ts. I t is a museum in a museum .

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