Johan Samuel Ahlgren, (1764-1816), was a Swedish actor. Year 1764 ( MDCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year He belonged to the first pioneer troupe of the Royal Dramatic Theatre. The Royal Dramatic Theatre or in Swedish Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern, colloquially known in Sweden as Dramaten, is Sweden's national
Ahlgren worked as a clerk when he was employed by Fredric Ristell in the Swedish theatre in Bollhuset in 1787. Bollhuset, also called by the names sv Stora Bollhuset, sv Bollhusteatern, and sv Lejonkulan during the centuries was the name of the first theater of Year 1787 ( MDCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common He was described as a beauty with a pure and clear voice, was recomended for his clear pronunciation and for his posture and played both hero and villen, though he was critizised for overacting because of his hot temperament; because of his good looks, he was often given the parts of lover.
His most acclaimed part was Axel Oxenstierna in Drottning Kristina (1790). ( June 16, 1583 &ndash August 28, 1654) Count of Södermöre was a Swedish statesman Among his other parts was Soliman in Soliman II eller de tre sultaninnorna in the 1789-90 season, Appius in Virginia and Johan Gyllenstjerna in Siri Brahe och Johan Gyllenstierna the 1790-91 season.
When the theatre of Ristell whent bancrupt in 1788, the Royal Dramatic Theatre was founded, which was to be ruled by a board of directors made by the actors themselwes under the supervision of the Swedish Acamademy of Arts. The first supervisor from the academy was the nobleman Gustav Mauritz Armfelt, and the cooperation betwen him and the actors was stormy; Armfelt felt a great contempt for the acting profession, often made use of disciplinarian punishements and lacked patience for the conflict which often affected the board meetings, and Ahlgren and Abraham de Broen was the actors which where often in conflict with Armfelt; Armfelt wrote to a friend; " It is only with the utmost severity I am able to govern this rabble, and as soon as they tried to defy me, I beat de Broen at the stage with a cane and slapt Ahlgren, and I was so determined to continue with this way of rule, that I would have cut of their ears, if any of these gentlemen dare talk to me about rights. Count Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt ( March 31, 1757 &ndash August 19, 1814) was a Finnish Courtier and diplomat " To the king, however, Armfelt raported his great success in his rule over the theatre. King Gustav III of Sweden was avare of the common contempt of the profession of acting, and therefore often gave the actors formal titles to rise their status; Samuel Ahlgren was given the title royal quarter master of the court. Gustav III ( – 29 March 1792) was King of Sweden from 1771 until his death Armfelt was quickly replaced as the representative from the Academy and "director" of the theatre, but the conflicts between the director and and the actors continued, represented by Ahlgren and de Broen. In 1794, Ahlgren challenged the Academys representative, a nobleman, to a duel and was taken to the regent, Duke Charles, who wanted to but him in jail. Year 1794 ( MDCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a As practiced from the 11th to 20th centuries in Western societies a duel is an engagement in combat between two individuals with matched weapons in accordance with their combat Charles XIII (Karl XIII ( 7 October, 1748 - 5 February, 1818) was King of Sweden from 1809 and King of Norway (where he Ahlgren was fired from the Royal Dramatic Theatre, it did not help that he and then his wife kneeled to the regent. He was then employed at the Stenborg theatre, where he was enthustiastically welcomed- many actors from the Royal Dramatic Theatre left for the Stenborg Theatre during periods of conflicts with the management, such as Marie Louise Marcadet also did in 1795. The Stenborg theatre, also called Svenska Komiska Teatern, Komiska Teatern and Munkbroteatern, was a historical Swedish 18th century theatre active between Marie Louise Marcadet, nee Baptiste, (1758-1804 was a Swedish actor and singer Samuel Ahlgren returned to the Royal Dramatic Theatre in 1796.
References
- Gustavianskt, Ingvar Andersson.
- Fram till Nybroplan, Alf Henriksson.
- Georg Nordensvan, "Svensk teater och svenska skådespelare från Gustav III till våra dagar; Första bandet, 1772-1842. "
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