Lisbeth Cathrine Amalie Rose née Böttger (25 September 1738 â€" 23
February 1793) was a Danish actress, one of the first professional
native actresses in Denmark, and also referred to as the greatest
actress in 18th century Denmark. She was also a translator and a
playwright.Rose was the daughter of the goldsmith Matthias Böttger in
Copenhagen.In 1751, Ludvig Holberg visited her father's shop and asked
her sister to work in the newly established Royal Danish Theatre, Det
Kongelige, in Copenhagen; she declined, but Lisbeth asked if she could
come instead. She was accepted and made her debut on the stage as
Pernille in Holberg's play "Kildererejsen" in 1752.The theatre had
been founded only four years earlier, and only five other actresses
were employed there: Utilia Lenkiewitz, Anna Catharina Materna,
Caroline Thielo and Anna Dorothea Lund. In the absence of any theatre
school, Lisbeth learned from her colleagues and her own talent. When
Anna Catharina Materna left the theatre in 1753 and Caroline Thielo
died in 1754 she quickly rose to become the primadonna of the theatre;
in 1756: she was given the same salary as Utilia Lenkiewitz and Anna
Dorothea Lund, and she was the first actress to have a carriage and a
private maid paid for by the theatre. Danish society was not
accustomed to this degree of public exposure and the profession of
actress was not yet respectable; a result was that Lisbeth acquired a
reputation among her contemporaries for arrogance.
February 1793) was a Danish actress, one of the first professional
native actresses in Denmark, and also referred to as the greatest
actress in 18th century Denmark. She was also a translator and a
playwright.Rose was the daughter of the goldsmith Matthias Böttger in
Copenhagen.In 1751, Ludvig Holberg visited her father's shop and asked
her sister to work in the newly established Royal Danish Theatre, Det
Kongelige, in Copenhagen; she declined, but Lisbeth asked if she could
come instead. She was accepted and made her debut on the stage as
Pernille in Holberg's play "Kildererejsen" in 1752.The theatre had
been founded only four years earlier, and only five other actresses
were employed there: Utilia Lenkiewitz, Anna Catharina Materna,
Caroline Thielo and Anna Dorothea Lund. In the absence of any theatre
school, Lisbeth learned from her colleagues and her own talent. When
Anna Catharina Materna left the theatre in 1753 and Caroline Thielo
died in 1754 she quickly rose to become the primadonna of the theatre;
in 1756: she was given the same salary as Utilia Lenkiewitz and Anna
Dorothea Lund, and she was the first actress to have a carriage and a
private maid paid for by the theatre. Danish society was not
accustomed to this degree of public exposure and the profession of
actress was not yet respectable; a result was that Lisbeth acquired a
reputation among her contemporaries for arrogance.
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