Kjeld Abell
Danish playwright, screenwriter, and theatrical designer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kjeld Abell (25 August 1901 – 5 March 1961)[1] was a Danish playwright, screenwriter, and theatrical designer. Born in Ribe, Denmark, Abell's first designs were seen in ballets directed by George Balanchine at Copenhagen's Royal Danish Theatre and London's Alhambra Theatre.
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Born | (1901-08-25)August 25, 1901 [1] Ribe, Denmark |
Died | March 5, 1961(1961-03-05) (aged 59)[1] Copenhagen, Denmark |
Resting place | Assistens Cemetery, Copenhagen |
Occupation | dramatist, stage designer |
Notable works | Melodien der blev vœk (1935) (The Melody that got Lost), Anna Sophie Hedvig (1939) |
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Roughly the dramatic work of Abell might be divided into three phases: a) criticism of middle class conventions, b) fighting Nazism and c) criticism of post-war pessimism and urge for death. Perhaps he is the first consequent modernist among Danish playwrights with his use of a flash back Chinese box system and a growing use of symbols and parallel actions.