Petter Stenborg (1719 â€" 6 November 1781) was a Swedish stage actor
and theater director. He was the director of the Stenborg Company or
Svenska Comoedi-truppen from 1758 onward and as such the director of
the HumlegÃ¥rdsteatern (1773â€"80) in Stockholm. Petter Stenborg
played an important role in Swedish theater history: he was a member
of the pioneer actors of the first Swedish national stage in
Bollhuset, and as the leader of the Stenborg theatre company, one of
only two professional Swedish language theater companies active in the
mid 18th-century, he kept professional Swedish language theater alive
from the closure of the public theater in Bollhuset in 1754, until the
inauguration of the Royal Swedish Opera (1773) and Royal Dramatic
Theatre (1788).Petter Stenborg was initially a soldier of the Royal
Guard. In 1746, he was engaged as an actor in the theater of Bollhuset
in Stockholm. Two years after his employment, the director Charles
Langlois referred to him as one of the most valuable members of the
theater.Among his roles were Philemon in Syrinx by Lars Lalin or Peter
Lindahl with music by Johan Ohl, opposite Elisabeth Lillström (title
role) Peter Lindahl (Harlequin), Johanna Embeck (Chlorix), Trundman
(Sylvanus) and Elisabeth Olin (Astrild) in the 1747â€"48 season, which
is known as the first Swedish opéra comique, and he is also believed
to have had the leading role in Slafve-ön ('Slave island') by
Marivaux (1749â€"50).After the season of 1753â€"54, the Swedish
theater lost its permission to use the royal Bollhuset theater
building, which was transferred to the use of the French Du Londel
theater by king Adolph Frederick of Sweden and queen Louisa Ulrika.
The Swedish language theater split in two travelling Swedish theater
companies: the company of Peter Lindahl and Johan Bergholtz, and the
Stenborg Company of Petter Stenborg, which became the first two
Swedish language theater companies in Sweden.
and theater director. He was the director of the Stenborg Company or
Svenska Comoedi-truppen from 1758 onward and as such the director of
the HumlegÃ¥rdsteatern (1773â€"80) in Stockholm. Petter Stenborg
played an important role in Swedish theater history: he was a member
of the pioneer actors of the first Swedish national stage in
Bollhuset, and as the leader of the Stenborg theatre company, one of
only two professional Swedish language theater companies active in the
mid 18th-century, he kept professional Swedish language theater alive
from the closure of the public theater in Bollhuset in 1754, until the
inauguration of the Royal Swedish Opera (1773) and Royal Dramatic
Theatre (1788).Petter Stenborg was initially a soldier of the Royal
Guard. In 1746, he was engaged as an actor in the theater of Bollhuset
in Stockholm. Two years after his employment, the director Charles
Langlois referred to him as one of the most valuable members of the
theater.Among his roles were Philemon in Syrinx by Lars Lalin or Peter
Lindahl with music by Johan Ohl, opposite Elisabeth Lillström (title
role) Peter Lindahl (Harlequin), Johanna Embeck (Chlorix), Trundman
(Sylvanus) and Elisabeth Olin (Astrild) in the 1747â€"48 season, which
is known as the first Swedish opéra comique, and he is also believed
to have had the leading role in Slafve-ön ('Slave island') by
Marivaux (1749â€"50).After the season of 1753â€"54, the Swedish
theater lost its permission to use the royal Bollhuset theater
building, which was transferred to the use of the French Du Londel
theater by king Adolph Frederick of Sweden and queen Louisa Ulrika.
The Swedish language theater split in two travelling Swedish theater
companies: the company of Peter Lindahl and Johan Bergholtz, and the
Stenborg Company of Petter Stenborg, which became the first two
Swedish language theater companies in Sweden.
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