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A History of Scandinavian Theatre.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 7/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...language area. With their earlier books on the playwright Kjeld Abell, the stage history of Ibsenite drama, and Ingmar Bergman...the Markers tend to overemphasize Danish contributions. Abell, who is considered the indisputable Scandinavian playwright...
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Chinese Professor Receives Danish Award
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 2/4/1997; 351 words
; ...recipient, Lin Hua, is a senior translator who has introduced Danish poems, songs and novels, by such authors as Kjeld Abell, Martin Andersen Nexo, and Fritz Andersen, to Chinese readers. He also put three years of hard work into translating...
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Losninger i dansk litteratur: Tredje bind. 1900-40.(Review)
Magazine article from: Scandinavian Studies; 12/22/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...want to go there. One tends to agree with Rubow. With regard to genre, the novel dominates. Only one play--by Kjeld Abell--has been included (once again, the omission of Munk is inexcusable!), whereas three lyric poets have been chosen...
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Literary sources of Hans Scherfig's 'Den forsvundne Fuldmagtig.'
Magazine article from: Scandinavian Studies; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...that resemble Scherfig's novel and which may have contributed motifs and/or episodes to, it. These range from kjeld abell's plays Eva aftjener sin Barnepligt and Melodien der blev vok to Luigi Pirandello's Il fu Mattia Pascal to Fred...
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Treasures, and tokens remembered.(Metropolitan Times)(Party Lines)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 3/25/1996; ; 607 words
; ...and far since Herbert Hoover's day. Norwegian Ambassador Kjeld Vibe and wife Beate beamed with pride seeing on the catalog...pricey Oslo-made work? "Just spoons," they said. Bess Abell, former White House social secretary for the Lyndon Johnsons...
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Kjeld Abell
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Kjeld Abell , 1901-61, Danish playwright. Abell's Melody That Got Lost (1935, tr. 1939) was an early success. Trained as a stage designer, he was an innovator in stage technique. He later turned to ethical and social drama; Anna Sophie...
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Abell, Kjeld
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Abell, Kjeld (1901–61), Danish dramatist and artist, who worked as a...during the German occupation of Denmark, and Days on a Cloud (1947). Abell's work represents a sustained attempt to bring an experimental theatre...
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Danish literature
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...tales of Isak Dinesen , while the theater was enlivened by the dramas of Kaj Munk and the brilliant stage technique of Kjeld Abell . The period following World War II saw the passing of a number of great figures and the emergence of Martin Hansen...
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