The Royal Danish Theatre (RDT, Danish: ') is both the national Danish performing arts institution and a name used to refer to its old purpose-built venue from 1874 located on

Kongens Nytorv Kongens Nytorv (literal translation, lit. "The King's New Square") is a town square, public square in Copenhagen, Denmark, centrally located at the end of the Pedestrian zone, pedestrian street Strøget. The largest square of the city, it was l ...

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. The theatre was founded in 1748, first serving as the theatre of the king, and then as the theatre of the country. The theatre presents

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, the

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, multi-genre concerts, and

drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...

in several locations. The Royal Danish Theatre organization is under the control of the

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Performing arts venues

* The Old Stage is the original Royal Danish Theatre built in 1874. * The

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''(Operaen)'', built in 2004. * Stærekassen (New Stage) is an

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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 The Royal Danish Playhouse () is a theatre building for the Royal Danish Theatre in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is situated on the waterfront of the Inner Harbour in the Frederiksstaden neighbourhood. It was created as a purpose-built venue ...

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 ''

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'' film ''

The Olsen Gang Sees Red ''The Olsen Gang Sees Red'' () is a 1976 Danish comedy film directed by Erik Balling and starring Ove Sprogøe, Morten Grunwald and Poul Bundgaard. The film was the eighth in the ''Olsen Gang''-series, and was selected as the Danish entry for ...

'' (from 1:16:58). * The Royal Theatre is the location of several important scenes in the 2015 drama film ''

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'' where

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(

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) begins to acknowledge his feminine side.

References

External links

Official Danish-language website of the Royal Danish Theatre

Official English-language page of the Royal Danish Theatre
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Theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a Stage (theatre), stage. The performe ...

Organizations established in 1748 Theatres completed in 1874 Theatres in Copenhagen

Performing arts venues

Cultural references

See also

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