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Swedish Theatre (Stockholm)
The Swedish Theatre (Swedish: ''Svenska Teatern'' or ''"Svenskan"'') in Stockholm was, at the beginning of the 20th century, Sweden's largest dramatic theatre. It was located on Blasieholmen in central Stockholm. During its years in use, from 1875 to 1925, it was often considered as Sweden's foremost national theatre (as opposed to the Royal Dramatic Theatre)). History ''Svenska Teatern'', or ''Nya Teatern'', was founded by the actor Edvard Stjernström (1816-1877). The new theater was erected after drawings by Ernst Jacobsson (1839-1905). It was in its time Stockholm's largest theatre, with 1,150 seats in its two stalls and four galleries (as a comparison, today's national stage Dramaten has around 700 seats for its main stage). The theatre was also equipped with the first rotating stage in Sweden and had its own ballet-ensemble that was known worldwide for its quality. The Swedish Theatre's productions were known for their luxurious decor and splendor. It was here that the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Reinhardt (theatre Director)
Max Reinhardt (; born Maximilian Goldmann; 9 September 1873 – 30 October 1943) was an Austrian-born theatre and film director, intendant, and theatrical producer. With his innovative stage productions, he is regarded as one of the most prominent directors of German-language theatre in the early 20th century. In 1920, he established the Salzburg Festival with the performance of Hugo von Hofmannsthal's '' Jedermann''. Life and career Reinhardt was born Maximilian Goldmann in the spa town of Baden near Vienna, the son of Wilhelm Goldmann (1846–1911), a Jewish merchant from Stupava, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, and his wife Rachel Lea Rosi "Rosa" Goldmann (''née'' Wengraf; 1851–1924). Having finished school, he began an apprenticeship at a bank, but already took acting lessons. In 1890, he gave his debut on a private stage in Vienna with the stage name ''Max Reinhardt'' (possibly after the protagonist Reinhard Werner in Theodor Storm's novella '' Immensee''). In 1893 he perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Former Theatres In Stockholm
A former is an object, such as a template, gauge or cutting die, which is used to form something such as a boat's hull. Typically, a former gives shape to a structure that may have complex curvature. A former may become an integral part of the finished structure, as in an aircraft fuselage, or it may be removable, being using in the construction process and then discarded or re-used. Aircraft formers Formers are used in the construction of aircraft fuselage, of which a typical fuselage has a series from the nose to the empennage, typically perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft. The primary purpose of formers is to establish the shape of the fuselage and reduce the column length of stringers to prevent instability. Formers are typically attached to longerons, which support the skin of the aircraft. The "former-and-longeron" technique (also called stations and stringers) was adopted from boat construction, and was typical of light aircraft built until the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Ranft
Albert Adam Ranft (23 November 1858 – 5 October 1938) was a Swedish theatre director and actor. Biography Albert Adam Ranft was born in Stockholm, the son of Adolf Fredrik Ranft and Katarina Amalia Reijhell. His brother Gustaf Adolf Ranft (1856–1929) was also an actor. Ranft debuted in the theatre company of Danish actress Magda von Dolcke (1838–1926) in Örebro during 1876. He was involved in various amusing theater companies until 1884 when he started his own travelling company. Ranft was engaged from 1886–1890 as director and actor at Stora Teatern in Gothenburg and with Hjalmar Selander (1859–1928) in 1890–1892. He ran a traveling theater company from 1892–1893. In 1892, he took over ownership of Stora Teatern. In 1895, Ranft took over the Vasateatern in Stockholm. Ranft was regarded as the "theatre emperor of Stockholm" in the early 20th century. For a while his empire comprised all the private playhouses in the city: Vasateatern, the Swedish Thea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Granberg
Louise Elisabeth Granberg (29 October 1812 – 28 December 1907), was a Swedes, Swedish playwright, translator and theatre director. Granberg was born in Stockholm, the daughter of the actor and writer Per Adolf Granberg and Jeanetta Vilhelmina Hedmansson. She was the sister of the playwright Jeanette Granberg (1825–1857). From 1849 forward, she translated and wrote plays, sometimes jointly with her sister, under used the pseudonym Carl Blink. During the season 1860–61, her play ''Johan Fredman'' was staged at Mindre teatern in Stockholm. ''Tvänne ringar'' was first performed at the Mindre teatern in 1861 and ''Familjen Mohrin'' premiered at the Nya theatre in 1876. In 1861, she married Edvard Stjernström, founder of the Swedish Theatre (Stockholm) and the widower of her sister. From 1877–1880, she was the "very able" director of the theatre. Louise Granberg died in Stockholm in 1907. She was then 95 years old. References Other sources *Österberg, Carin et a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder (as in a wheelwright or cartwright). The words combine to indicate a person who has "wrought" words, themes, and other elements into a dramatic form—a play. (The homophone with "write" is coincidental.) The first recorded use of the term "playwright" is from 1605, 73 years before the first written record of the term "dramatist". It appears to have been first used in a pejorative sense by Ben Jonson to suggest a mere tradesman fashioning works for the theatre. Jonson uses the word in his Epigram 49, which is thought to refer to John Marston: :''Epigram XLIX — On Playwright'' :PLAYWRIGHT me reads, and still my verses damns, :He says I want the tongue of epigrams ; :I have no salt, no bawdry he doth mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Björne
Hugo Björne (4 February 1886 – 14 February 1966) was a Swedish film and theater actor. Biography Ernst Hugo Alexis Björne was born in Varberg in Halland, Sweden. He made his stage debut in 1907 and belonged to the acting company of Hjalmar Selander until 1911 when he moved to the theater company of Einar Fröberg where he worked until 1914. Björne was involved at Svenska Teatern in Stockholm (1914–1925), at Vasateatern (1925–1926), at Oscarsteatern (1926–1932) and later at Vasateatern under the direction of Gösta Ekman (1932–1936). After 1946, he became committed to the Dramaten. He made his film acting debut in 1913, starring in silent movies. Later, Björne would be better known as a supporting actor. He was quite productive, participating in more than 130 films where he often portrayed rather anonymous characters such as judges, professors and doctors. Personal life Hugo Björne was married to actress Gerda Lidholm (1891–1979) . He died a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauline Brunius
Pauline Brunius, née ''Emma Maria Pauline Lindstedt'' (10 February 1881 in Stockholm – 30 March 1954 in Stockholm) was a Swedish stage and film actor, screenwriter and film and theatre director. She was the managing director of the Royal Dramatic Theatre from 1938 to 1948. Biography Born in 1881, Brunius became a ballet student in 1891, but ended her ballet studies in favor of spoken drama. She was engaged at the theatre Olympiateatern in 1902. Jointly with her spouse ( John W. Brunius) and colleague, Gösta Ekman (senior), she was the managing director of the theatre Oscarsteatern in 1926–1932. In 1938, she was engaged as the managing director of the Royal Dramatic Theatre. Married 1909–1935 with actor John W. Brunius. She was the mother of actress Anne-Marie Brunius and actor Palle Brunius. Selected filmography *'' Thora van Deken'' (1920) *''Gyurkovicsarna'' (1920) * ''A Wild Bird'' (1921) * ''The Eyes of Love'' (1922) *''The Blizzard'' (1923) *''Charles XII'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gösta Ekman (senior)
Frans Gösta Viktor Ekman (28 December 1890 – 12 January 1938) was a Swedish actor, director and singer. Generally spoken of as Swedish theatre's most legendary stage actor, Gösta Ekman enjoyed a prolific stage career during his short life, becoming the first real star of Swedish theatre. His boyish good looks attracted both sexes, helping to create a massive cult following and elevating him to the status of a living legend. Combined with a beautiful voice and a powerful stage presence, Ekman was able to captivate his audiences. Biography Career He was known as a self-taught master of disguise with theatre make-up and costumes, Gösta Ekman was equally convincing as a farmer's son, an 18th-century middle-aged aristocrat, or an 80-year-old lunatic. His talent allowed him to act in comedies, tragedies, dramas, and operettas. He was convincing in all genres and as all types of characters. At different times, he also ran and supervised several private theatres in Stockholm, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inga Tidblad
Inga Sofia Tidblad (29 May 1901 – 12 September 1975) was a Swedish actress. She was one of the most praised actresses in Swedish theatre during her lifetime. Biography Tidblad grew up in Stockholm as daughter to engineer Otto Tidblad and the formerly Helga Krumlinde. She was a student at the Royal Dramatic Theatre's famous acting school, the Royal Dramatic Training Academy (1919–22), where she during her student years already was recognized as a rising star by audience and critics for her debut performance of Ariel in Shakespeare's '' The Tempest'', where director Olof Molander had hand-picked her for the part, early recognizing her talent. After her graduation from drama school she worked at the Swedish Theatre, where she had her big star breakthrough in Sweden as Ophelia in ''Hamlet'', opposite Schanke in the title role, in 1924. She remained in the theatre's ensemble until its tragic burn-down in 1925. Most notable for her many female leads in Shakespeare and Strindbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tora Teje
Tora Teje (17 January 1893 – 30 April 1970) was a Swedish theatre and silent film actress. She appeared in ten films between 1920 and 1939. Filmography * '' Gubben kommer'' (1939) * ''Getting Married'' (1926) * ''The Lady of the Camellias'' (1925) * '' 33.333'' (1924) * '' Norrtullsligan'' (1923) * ''Häxan ''Häxan'' (, "The Witch"; Danish: ''Heksen''; English: ''The Witches''; released in the US in 1968 as ''Witchcraft Through the Ages'') is a 1922 silent horror essay film written and directed by Benjamin Christensen. Consisting partly of d ...'' (1922) * '' Familjens traditioner'' (1920) * '' Erotikon'' (1920) * '' Karin Ingmarsdotter'' (1920) * '' Klostret i Sendomir'' (1920) External links * * 1893 births 1970 deaths Swedish film actresses Swedish silent film actresses Actresses from Stockholm Eugene O'Neill Award winners Litteris et Artibus recipients Swedish stage actresses 20th-century Swedish actresses {{Sweden-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerda Lundequist
Gerda Carola Cecilia Lundequist (; 14 February 1871 – 23 October 1959) was a Swedish stage actress, an Ibsen and Strindberg-thespian that in her time was known throughout Scandinavia as "The Swedish Sarah Bernhardt". Career Lundequist was considered one of Scandinavia's leading tragediennes and dramatic stage actresses, and she originated many leading female parts in plays by Ibsen and Strindberg. She had a 60-year-long career as a professional actress (with debut 1889) before she made her last performance in 1949 as Julia Hylténius in the successful staging of the comedy ''The Barons Will'' by Hjalmar Bergman. She studied at the Royal Dramatic Training Academy 1886-1889 and in 1891 appeared as Queen Gertrude in ''Hamlet'', a performance that established Lundequist's reputation. In 1890, she originated the role of Anne-Marie in Ibsen's ''A Doll's House'' and in 1897 the role of Ella Rentheim in Ibsen's ''John Gabriel Borkman''. Notable performances by Lundequist include t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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