Peter Lindahl (1712 in Karlskrona â€" 19 December 1792 in Ã…nstad,
Örebro), was a Swedish stage actor and theatre director. He belonged
to the most known of the pioneer generation of actors at the first
Swedish theatre. He was the director of the Lindahl theater company in
1754-68, one of the two first travelling Swedish language theater
companies.Peter Lindahl's father was a secretary, as well as he
himself before he became an actor.In 1737, he participated in the
first Swedish language original play to be performed at inauguration
of the first Swedish theatre in Bollhuset in Stockholm, Den Svenska
Sprätthöken by Carl Gyllenborg, in the part of Måns. As such, he
was also the first Swedish actor known by name to have performed a par
tin a different gender, as the male MÃ¥ns reveals in the play that he
is actually as woman, Brita, dressed as a man.In 1740â€"54, he was one
of the three directors in the board of directors at the theatre with
Charles Langlois and Johan Palmberg. He was regarded as a comedian
star and the theatre's main Harlequin interpreter, and acted in plays
by Molière, Voltaire and Corneille.
Örebro), was a Swedish stage actor and theatre director. He belonged
to the most known of the pioneer generation of actors at the first
Swedish theatre. He was the director of the Lindahl theater company in
1754-68, one of the two first travelling Swedish language theater
companies.Peter Lindahl's father was a secretary, as well as he
himself before he became an actor.In 1737, he participated in the
first Swedish language original play to be performed at inauguration
of the first Swedish theatre in Bollhuset in Stockholm, Den Svenska
Sprätthöken by Carl Gyllenborg, in the part of Måns. As such, he
was also the first Swedish actor known by name to have performed a par
tin a different gender, as the male MÃ¥ns reveals in the play that he
is actually as woman, Brita, dressed as a man.In 1740â€"54, he was one
of the three directors in the board of directors at the theatre with
Charles Langlois and Johan Palmberg. He was regarded as a comedian
star and the theatre's main Harlequin interpreter, and acted in plays
by Molière, Voltaire and Corneille.
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