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a lto g e th e r pro v ed th a t the building w as raised on
far too la r g e , and con seq uen tly far too expensive,
a plan. T h e w hole bu ildin g is lighted by gas.
The Vesterbroe’s Theatre,
built in
1834,
is
situ ate outside o f the W e s t G a te , and can ac
comm odate a b o u t
1400
perso n s.
It is used for
D ram atic p e rfo rm a n c e s, P a n to m im e s, P a n o ram a s,
R o pe - d a n c in g , and as a C ircus for E q u estrian
perform ances.
Tivoli,
a sum m er place o f am usem ent, situate
outside the W e st G a te , on th e left imm ediately
a fte r p assing over the d raw brid ge, w as first opened
in 1843.
It w as plan n ed and laid o u t un d er the
direction of
Georg Ca.rstensen
,
(who, as it now
ap p ea rs, is the successful com p etitor in a p lan for
the E xh ib ition - B uilding a t N ew Y o rk ), and has
p ro v ed a to lerab le speculation to the sh are-h o ld ers.
C oncerts are given every evening by an excellent
O rch estra u n d e r the direction o f M r.
Lurnbye
, in
the larg e C oncert H all o f the g ard ens. P antom im es,
&c., a re perfo rm ed a t an open th e a tre ; on a large
p la tfo rm , op posite the C o n c e rt-h a ll, v ario u s com
panies exhibit their gym nastic f e a ts ; in the Circus
are E q u estrian perform ances, P a n o ram a s, the trick s