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Royal Danish Theatre

Det Kongelige Teater
The theatre seen from Kongens Nytorv
Address	Kongens Nytorv Copenhagen Denmark
Type	National theatre
Capacity	1,600 seats
Construction
Opened	1874;152 years ago (1874)
Architect	Vilhelm Dahlerup
Website
kglteater.dk

The Royal Danish Theatre (RDT, Danish: Det Kongelige Teater) is the national Danish performing arts institution, founded in 1748. The name also refers to the former theatre building in Copenhagen.

Contents

• History
• Description
• In popular culture
• See also
• References
• External links

History

The Royal Danish Theatre was founded in 1748, first serving as the theatre of the king, and then as the theatre of the country.^{[ citation needed ]} A purpose-built venue of the same name was constructed on Kongens Nytorv, Copenhagen, between 1872 and 1874 to the designs of Danish architect Vilhelm Dahlerup, in association with Ove Petersen. ^[1]

Edvard Fallesen was the general director of the Royal Danish Theatre from 1876 until his death in 1894. ^{[2] [3]}

Description

The term "Royal Danish Theatre" refers to both the national Danish performing arts institution, and its old purpose-built venue on Kongens Nytorv. The Royal Danish Theatre organisation is under the control of the Danish Ministry of Culture.

The theatre presents opera, the Royal Danish Ballet, multi-genre concerts, and drama in several locations.

The RDT's performing arts venues have included the following:

• 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.

In popular culture

• 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). ^[4]
• 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 her feminine side. ^[5]

See also

• Copenhagen Opera House
• Det Danske Teater, a former touring theatre
• Royal Danish Ballet
• Royal Danish Ballet school
• Royal Danish Orchestra

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Royal Danish Theatre .

• Official Danish-language website of the Royal Danish Theatre
• Official English-language page of the Royal Danish Theatre
  • Skuespilhuset
  • The Royal Danish Theatre and HC Andersen