Abraham de Broen

Abraham de Broen (1759–1804) was a Swedish actor, stage manager and director. [1]

Abraham de Broen

Biography

Abraham Isaaksson De Broen belonged to the elite of the pioneer generation actors of the Royal Dramatic Theatre. He was also the founder and first director of the Djurgårdsteatern. He was a very popular character actor and mainly played elder male roles in so called burgher plays, often tragedies. In 1781 he was employed at the theater at Bollhuset and was later one of leading actors at Royal Dramatic Theatre. [2]

In 1780, he was married to Maria Elisabet de Broen (1756-1809) and was the father of Isaac de Broen (1783-1814) and Debora Aurora de Broen (1790-1862). In 1801, De Broen was granted permission to found the Djurgårdsteatern and serve as its director. Abraham De Broen died on April 4, 1804, at Linköping in Östergötland County. After his death, the theater was managed first by his widow and then by their son actor Isaac de Broen. After Isaac de Broen died in 1814, the theatre was taken over by his widow, Kristina Margareta Cederberg (1786-1858) and after that by his brother-in-law, actor Karl Wildner (1774-1844) who was married to Debora Aurora de Broen.[3][4] [5]

References
  1. "Abraham de Broen". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  2. "Abraham Isaaksson De Broen". Europas konstnärer. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  3. "Johan Isaac de Broen". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  4. "Johan Isaak De Broen". Europas konstnärer. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  5. "Debora Aurora Wildner". Europas konstnärer. Retrieved May 1, 2020.

Other sources
  • Nordensvan, Georg, Svensk teater och svenska skådespelare från Gustav III till våra dagar. Förra delen, 1772-1842, Bonnier, Stockholm, 1917


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