Carl Gottfried Seuerling (1727-1795) was a German born, Swedish stage actor and theater director. He was the director of the Seuerling theater Company in 1768-93 and as such the leader of one of only two professional Swedish language theater companies in Sweden of the era.
6-431: Seuerling is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Carl Seuerling (1727-1795), German-born Swedish stage actor and theatre director Charlotta Seuerling (1782/84–1828), Swedish concert singer, harpsichordist, composer and poet Margareta Seuerling (1747–1820), Swedish actress and theatre director [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
12-510: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Carl Seuerling Carl Seuerling was originally from thr Holy Roman Empire and arrived to Sweden as the leader of a travelling theater company in 1760. He married the Swedish actress Margareta Seuerling (1747–1820) in 1768 and took over the theater company of her father, Peter Lindahl (1712–1792). The Seuerling travelling theater company performed all over Sweden and Finland, and
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24-505: The Swedish stage by staging the first performance of Romeo and Juliet at the Egges theater in Norrköping 5 August 1776, with himself and his wife in the main parts. In 1793 Carl Seuerling left his theater to Johan Peter Lewenhagen (1770-1832). However, after his death in 1795, his wife took over the company. Seuerling had seven children. He was the father of Carl Fredrik Seuerling (d. 1831),
30-409: The upper classes. However, these judgement are likely overreactions from an elite audience used to the theatres in the capital; in the provincial press, the company are often given positive reviews, and they were popular among the public in the towns and the countryside in which they toured, playing a pioneering role in Swedish theater history. Seuerling introduced the works of William Shakespeare on
36-420: Was in many parts they visited the first theater performing. Historically, they have not been described as a theater company of great quality - they often experienced a shortage of staff, inexperienced actors and performed in conditions which did not give the chance of high quality scenery, the strong German accent of Carl Seuerling was caricatured, and anecdotes of failed performances circulated, particularly among
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