Brita Sophia De la Gardie (22 April 1713 â€" 1797) was a Swedish noble
and amateur actress who later converted to Catholicism and became a
nun. She was a central member of the cultural life in Stockholm in her
time. She played a part in the history of Swedish theatre. She was the
maternal aunt of Count Axel von Fersen the Younger.Brita Sophia De La
Gardie was born to the politician Count Magnus Julius De la Gardie and
the political salonist Hedvig Catharina Lillie. She was the
sister-in-law to the scientist Eva Ekeblad.During the 1720s and 1730s,
amateur theatre was immensely popular in Stockholm and at the royal
court. At the time, there were no Swedish language theatre in the
capital; only foreign theatre companies performed professionally at
the national stage of the Bollhuset Theatre. In 1732, Dom Japhlet
d'Arménie by Scarron was performed at the stage of Bollhuset by the
noble amateur troupe of Count Carl Gustaf Tessin and Countess Ulla
Tessin, who also participated themselves. The most famous one of these
amateur troupe was the troupe commonly known as Greve De la Gardies
komedianter (The Comedians of Count De la Gardie) (active in
1734â€"1737), managed by the theatre-interested De la Gardie family.
and amateur actress who later converted to Catholicism and became a
nun. She was a central member of the cultural life in Stockholm in her
time. She played a part in the history of Swedish theatre. She was the
maternal aunt of Count Axel von Fersen the Younger.Brita Sophia De La
Gardie was born to the politician Count Magnus Julius De la Gardie and
the political salonist Hedvig Catharina Lillie. She was the
sister-in-law to the scientist Eva Ekeblad.During the 1720s and 1730s,
amateur theatre was immensely popular in Stockholm and at the royal
court. At the time, there were no Swedish language theatre in the
capital; only foreign theatre companies performed professionally at
the national stage of the Bollhuset Theatre. In 1732, Dom Japhlet
d'Arménie by Scarron was performed at the stage of Bollhuset by the
noble amateur troupe of Count Carl Gustaf Tessin and Countess Ulla
Tessin, who also participated themselves. The most famous one of these
amateur troupe was the troupe commonly known as Greve De la Gardies
komedianter (The Comedians of Count De la Gardie) (active in
1734â€"1737), managed by the theatre-interested De la Gardie family.
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