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Show DENMARK'3 THEATER JUDILEE. The Ijjterr.ttun Kilobit. That Is to JJo Simla li .CoiiriiluRrn. Ono of the rrlncir.nl incldentn of the Jubilee In Copenhagen this year .will bo tho exhibition devoted to the I history of the National theater there, an Institution that has played a not-ablo not-ablo part In the ljtcrary hlatory of Denmark. Cn Dec. 18, next, Its 150th birthday will be celebrated, and tho exhibition ex-hibition will prceent souvenirs ot evory state of Its history, as well as of tho most popular actors who have been associated with It Jn tlmas past. No other fcaturo of tho colbratlon has been attended to with greater care or sympathy than tho preparation.! for the honor to to paid to this theater, of which tho country Is so proud. Ths methods and progress of the theater In Denmark from the time that Hol-bcrg Hol-bcrg founded n national then ter there about 200 year aso will bo depleted In this exhibition. Tho first theater thnt ho established will bo shown, and 12 smaller theaters thnt succeeded h!a will be teen, with ths Improvements In every one. Tho last examnlo will bo a model of tho present National theater, showing the completo dec trie equipment nrd tho final technical completeness of tho Institution as -It was used In a recent spcctaclo pro-tented pro-tented there. Some of the mora personal per-sonal reminiscences of tho theater pro fount) in the pictures nnd belonglng-i of tho famous artists associated with It, such as Dupul, tho French actor, conductor and composer, on whose account ac-count tho Crown Princess Charlotte was divorced, and a man described at tho time as "tho darling of women nnd the Ideal of mep." Tho Jewels nnd other objects presented to Johanna Hclberg, at one time the greatest of Danish actresses, aro also to bo exhibited, along with a completo com-pleto reproduction of tho study of Adam Ochlcnrchlaerer, Just as It was when ho wrote tho works with which his fame Is chiefly nifloclated. Hans Christian Andersen comes In for his sharo of honor In this exhibition do-voted do-voted to a survey of the history of tho theater In Denmark. |