Royal Danish Theatre
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Det Kongelige Teater | |
Address | Kongens Nytorv Copenhagen Denmark |
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Type | National theatre |
Capacity | 1,600 seats |
Construction | |
Opened | 1874 |
Architect | Vilhelm Dahlerup |
Website | |
https://kglteater.dk/ |
The Royal Danish Theatre (RDT,
Danish Ministry of Culture
.
Performing arts venues
- The Old Stage is the original Royal Danish Theatre built in 1874.
- The Copenhagen Opera House (Operaen), built in 2004.
- Stærekassen (New Stage) is an Art Deco theatre adjacent to the main theatre. It was used for drama productions. It is no longer used by the Royal Theatre.
- The Royal Danish Playhouse is a venue for "spoken theatre" with three stages, inaugurated in 2008.
Cultural references
- The Royal Theatre on Kongens Nytorv is a central location in the 1978 Olsen-banden film The Olsen Gang Sees Red (from 1:16:58).[1]
- The Royal Theatre is the location of several important scenes in the 2015 drama film The Danish Girl where Einar (Eddie Redmayne) begins to acknowledge his feminine side.[2]
See also
- Copenhagen Opera House
- Royal Danish Ballet
- Royal Danish Ballet school
- Royal Danish Orchestra
- Edvard Fallesen, General Director of the Royal Danish Theatre from 1876 to 1894
References
- ^ "Film 8 Olsen Banden ser rødt / Die Olsenbande sieht rot". olsenbande-homepage.de (in German). Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ "Tour The Danish Girl locations". visitdenmark.dk. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
External links
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