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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