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Show DENMARK'S THEATER JUBILEE. Tho Interesting; Kihlhlt That la to Tie Marie In Copenhagen. Ono of the principal Incidents ot tho Jubilee In Copenhagen this year will be the. xhlbltlon devoted to tho history of Lb National theater thoro, an Institution that ha played a notable not-able part la the literary history of Denmark. Ob Do. 18, next, lta ICOth birthday will b celebrated, and tho exhibition ex-hibition will presont eouvoulra or evory ataso of Its history, as well as of tho mot popular actors who have been associated with it In times past. No othor feature ot tho celebration has bcon attended to with greaUr-care or sympathy than the preparation for tho honor to bo paid to this theater, of which tho country is so proud. The methods and proKresa of tha theater In Donmark froni tho time that IIol-1 berg founded n. national tbMttor thorn about 200 yoara-ngo will be depicted in thts exhibition. Thq first theater that he established will be shown, and 12 smaller theaters that succeeded bla will bo seen, with the Improrements In evory ono. The last example will be a model ot the present National theater, showing the complete electric elec-tric equipment and the final technical completeness ot the institution as It was used In a recent spectacle presented pre-sented thero. Somo of thb more personal per-sonal reminiscences of tho theater aro found in tho pictures and belongings of tho famous artists associated with It, such as Dupul, tho Fronch actor, conductor and composer, on whose account ac-count tho Crown Prlncoss Charlotte wna divorced, and a man described at tho time as "tho darling ot women and tho ldeJ of mon." Tho Jewels and other objects presented to Johanna Heiberg, at one time tho greatest of Danlah actresses, ore also to bo exhibited, along with a complete com-plete reproduction ot the study of Adam Ochlenschlaeger, Just as It was when he wrote tho works with which his fame U chiefly associated. Hans Christian Andersen comes In for his share ot honor In this exhibition devoted de-voted to a survey of th history of the theater n Denmark. |