Kjeld Abell

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Kjeld Abell


Born
in Denmark
August 25, 1901

Died
March 05, 1961


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.

Abell worked as a stagehand and a costume designer in Paris before he got his big break as a playwright in 1935 with Melodien, der blev vœk 1935, (English translation The Melody That Got Lost, 1939),[1][2] which is a playful comedy about spiritual disorientation in a technological society; it is also expressionistic in that it utilizes non-verbal and unrealistic elements, undoubtedly insp
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Melodien, der blev væk

3.19 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1971
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Anna Sophie Hedvig

3.75 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1938
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Den Blå Pekingeser

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Eva aftjener sin barnepligt

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Days on a Cloud

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Kameliadamen

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Judith

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Fodnoter i støvet

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