Thomas Overskou

His plays are preserved in the Dramatic Collection of the Royal Danish Library.

[1] Unlike his slightly younger contemporary Hans Christian Andersen, Thomas Overskou was born in what was then the societal bottom, and he had to fight a hard battle to come forth in the Danish artistic scene.

He was commissioned by the theatre once he had a keen understanding of the requirements for dramatic production.

Also his autobiography entitled Of my life and my time (1868), re-released with notes by Robert Neiiendam (1915–16), is worth reading.

[1] Here he tells, among other things, about Copenhagen bombardment of 1807 which he witnessed at first hand, in addition to the story of how he made a career in the theater.