Olof Teodor "Tore" Svennberg (28 February 1858 â€" 8 May 1941) was a
Swedish actor and theatre director whose career spanned more than five
decades.Born in Stockholm, Tore Svennberg made his stage debut at the
Folkan Theatre in his hometown in 1877. From 1878 to 1891 he was
engaged with various national touring theatre companies with actress
Julia HÃ¥kansson and was from time to time cast by Swedish stage
director Albert Ranft. At the Swedish Theatre, he played in several
August Strindberg dramas: Gustav Vasa, starred in Erik XIV in 1899, A
Dream Play in 1907 and The Dance of Death in 1919. He also appeared in
many roles by Henrik Ibsen: as Helmer in A Doll's House in 1889, as
Hjalmar Ekdahl in The Wild Duck in 1891 and as Borkman in John Gabriel
Borkman in 1897.In 1920 Svennberg was engaged at the Swedish Royal
Dramatic Theatre, where he later became director from 1922 to 1928. He
managed to attract audiences by focusing on classics and foreign
plays.
Swedish actor and theatre director whose career spanned more than five
decades.Born in Stockholm, Tore Svennberg made his stage debut at the
Folkan Theatre in his hometown in 1877. From 1878 to 1891 he was
engaged with various national touring theatre companies with actress
Julia HÃ¥kansson and was from time to time cast by Swedish stage
director Albert Ranft. At the Swedish Theatre, he played in several
August Strindberg dramas: Gustav Vasa, starred in Erik XIV in 1899, A
Dream Play in 1907 and The Dance of Death in 1919. He also appeared in
many roles by Henrik Ibsen: as Helmer in A Doll's House in 1889, as
Hjalmar Ekdahl in The Wild Duck in 1891 and as Borkman in John Gabriel
Borkman in 1897.In 1920 Svennberg was engaged at the Swedish Royal
Dramatic Theatre, where he later became director from 1922 to 1928. He
managed to attract audiences by focusing on classics and foreign
plays.
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