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25-416: The school was founded in 1787. Previously, actors had been educated as personal students of individual actors at the theatre, but it was decided that a school was necessary for a more secure succession of the profession and to teach children in the profession from the start from examples made by the continent. In 1788, it was called The Children's Theatre, teaching children between the ages of 9-14. The school

50-534: A fact that the students lost contact with the Royal Dramatic Theatre's long tradition, drama history and practising actors (who also regularly had taught at the acting school what other actors/directors once had taught them; and others before them). Looking back, many in Sweden now believe that the 1964 separation definitely affected negatively on the quality of theatre training and acting education in

75-480: A hero in the eyes of the public, who greeted him with great applause at his next performance at the building at the Royal Swedish Opera, where the Royal Dramatic Theatre would now also be located. When the actors board of directors was replaced by an appointed director in 1803, the fame of Hjortsberg forced the management to accept criticism from him, and he was therefore somewhat of a spokesperson for

100-749: A nurse in the film Persona (1966) – in which actress Elizabet Vogler ( Liv Ullmann ), suffering from a psychosomatic condition, is mostly mute – involved her delivering the majority of the dialogue. For her performance in Persona , she won the award for Best Actress at the 4th Guldbagge Awards . That year, she was seen alongside James Garner and Sidney Poitier in the Western Duel at Diablo . More Bergman collaborations followed, and she worked with John Huston ( The Kremlin Letter , 1970) and Robert Altman ( Quintet , 1979, with Paul Newman ). She

125-760: A teenager, and studied acting at the Terserus Drama School and at the Royal Dramatic Theatre School (1954–1956). She then joined the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. In the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, Andersson starred in 10 motion pictures and three television films directed by Bergman. With Ingrid Thulin , Eva Dahlbeck and Barbro Hiort af Ornäs , she shared the Best Actress Prize at

150-500: A theatre director in Stockholm, directing several plays at Dramaten . In the late 1980s and early 1990s, she worked primarily in television and as a theatre actress, working with Bergman and others. She was also a supervisor for the Road to Sarajevo, a humanitarian project. In 1996, Andersson published her autobiography, Ett ögonblick ( A Moment , or, literally, A Blink of the Eye ). She

175-530: Is noted to have performed a play for the king and the royal court. One of the first students known was Lars Hjortsberg , who also performed at this occasion and became one of the stars of Swedish theatre history. The school was re-organised in 1793 by Anne Marie Milan Desguillons and her spouse, two actors from the French Theatre in Bollhuset in Stockholm. The students was often used in small parts by

200-656: The 1958 Cannes Film Festival for the director's Brink of Life , a film set in a maternity ward . The other films included The Seventh Seal , Wild Strawberries , The Magician , The Passion of Anna , The Touch , and Persona . In 1963, Andersson won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 13th Berlin International Film Festival for her performance in Vilgot Sjöman 's The Mistress . Andersson's intense portrayal of

225-617: The Royal Dramatic Training Academy , and performed in a student play for the king the same year. When the Royal Dramatic Theatre was founded in 1788, he became a member of the theater's board of directors. He was a member of its pioneer generation of actors and counted among its leading members until his retirement. Lars Hjortsberg was very appreciated in comedies, and one of his most popular roles were as Polycarpus in Kronfogdarne . On 24 November 1825,

250-777: The Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) and to the Austrian Netherlands in 1791. He read to the king on his deathbed to amuse him. Lars Hjortsberg made his debut at the Royal Swedish Opera at the age of six in 1778, when he played an angel with a couple of lines at the celebration of the birth of the Crown Prince in Athalie . He was engaged at the Opera in 1780. He performed in a mute part as

275-626: The actors against the management, who was generally very strict. He retired after the failed second strike of Ulrik Torsslow and Sara Torsslow in 1834, but he soon returned. He gave his last performance in 1842. He died in Nyköping and was buried at Västra kyrkogården. Lars Hjortsberg is portrayed in a novel by Agneta Pleijel , Kungens komediant ( Norstedts : 2007). Bibi Andersson Berit Elisabet Andersson (11 November 1935 – 14 April 2019), known professionally as Bibi Andersson ( Swedish: [ˈbɪ̂bːɪ ˈânːdɛˌʂɔn] ),

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300-517: The brother of Cora in Cora och Alonzo by Naumann at the inauguration performance of the new Opera house in 1782. He was a student of Caroline Frederikke Müller in 1783–85, and a student actor of the French Theatre of Bollhuset under Monvel , similar to many other Swedish star actors of his generation such as Fredrique Löwen , Maria Franck and Inga Åberg . In 1787, he was enrolled in

325-839: The country; a tradition was lost after 1964 and today many feel that the later national drama educational forms just couldn't quite reach the former standards that the Royal Dramatic Theatre's former acting school presented. The last class of the Royal Dramatic Training Academy was the class of 1967 (whose students enrolled in 1964 and graduated three years later). Famous students at the Royal Dramatic Training Academy include: Signe Hasso , Greta Garbo , Gunnar Björnstrand , Ingrid Bergman , Max von Sydow , Stellan Skarsgård , Jan Malmsjö , Nils Asther , Gunn Wållgren , Inga Tidblad , Börje Ahlstedt , Bibi Andersson , Eva Dahlbeck , Ingrid Thulin , Stig Järrel , Gerda Lundequist and Lars Hanson , a.o (including most of

350-416: The debate grew. This was also the 1960s and in the early days of the great emerging liberation movement through the world and soon with student revolts all over Europe; it was a time of change in the world of arts and culture, as well as in society in general and in the political debate. The opinion in Sweden was strong to make the acting school a national, non-traditional, independent theatre school governed by

375-547: The increasing number of students required more room and deserved more attention than he felt Dramaten could upbring at the time). However, he later came to regret this decision, bitterly calling it (in a late 1990s interview) "the most stupid thing I've done in my entire life" as he later felt that the long inherited theatre tradition was completely lost within the Dramaten building. For better or worse can always be debated (what tools and training methods make good actors?); but it's

400-416: The later so called " Ingmar Bergman -actors"). Lars Hjortsberg Lars Hjortsberg (22 November 1772 – 8 July 1843) was a Swedish stage actor. He belonged to the pioneer generation of elite actors of the Royal Dramatic Theatre and has, alongside Emilie Högquist , been referred to as the most famous Swedish actor of the first half of the 19th-century. Lars Hjortsberg was one of six children to

425-494: The royal theatre and in student performances. The instructors were often actors from the royal theatre. The quality of the drama school was considered to be one of Europe 's greatest (equivalent to British RADA ) and up until 1964 it still featured traditional fencing , ballet -training, plastik ( plastique ; body movement and posture on stage), recital - and voice -training (following the same instructions since 1819) and teachings of skilled masking techniques - everything much

450-626: The same since the 18th Century. The education originally was one year long, but later in the end of the 1910s became two years and later in 1930s extended to three years (as a third year as practising actor at the national stage in its productions was included and compulsory for all). In the 1960s, Sweden - as many other countries - was influenced by new theatre traditions; such as method acting and new international thoughts on drama education. The International Theatre Institute arranged several symposia in Europe, which both students and teachers attended and

475-457: The state. The old education and teaching methods were questioned, and it was soon decided by the Swedish government that the school was to be separated from the Royal Dramatic Theatre (aka Dramaten) and become independent. It was the then-managing director of the Royal Dramatic Theatre, Ingmar Bergman , who in 1964 initiated the final decision of separation (mostly because he was frustrated that

500-446: The stonemason Laurentius (Lars) Hjortsberg and the opera singer Maria Lovisa Schützer: he was the brother of the ballerina Hedda Hjortsberg and the actor Magnus Hjortsberg. He married Sofia Katarina di Dosmo, daughter to an Italian employee of the royal stables, and became the father of actor Carl Edvard Hjortsberg (1804–1857) and father-in-law of Fanny Westerdahl . He and his wife where widely known for their hospitality and their home

525-468: The theater building of the Arsenal Theatre burned down in the midst of a performance. Lars Hjortsberg discovered the fire, interrupted the play and informed the audience from the stage. The building was with narrow passages and only one exit which could have led to many casualties if Hjortsberg had not directed the evacuation with such calmness and efficiency that no one was killed, which made him

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550-506: Was a Swedish actress who was best known for her frequent collaborations with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman . Andersson was born in Kungsholmen , Stockholm, the daughter of Karin ( née Mansion), a social worker , and Josef Andersson, a businessman. Her first collaboration with Ingmar Bergman came in 1951, when she participated in his production of an advertisement for the detergent Bris. She also worked as an extra on film sets as

575-400: Was a center of the social life of the theater world. He was noticed by the theatrically interested King Gustav III of Sweden , who saw a great dramatic talent in him, and hired him at the royal court as a so-called garçon bleu , a common (non noble) page boy, reader and librarian. He kept his position at the royal court until the assassination of the king in 1792, and accompanied the king to

600-553: Was actor Steve McQueen 's co-star in his only film with credit as a producer, a stage adaptation by Arthur Miller of Henrik Ibsen 's An Enemy of the People (1977). Andersson made her debut in American theatre in 1973 with a production of Erich Maria Remarque 's Full Circle . Her most famous American film is I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977), which also starred Kathleen Quinlan . In 1990, Andersson worked as

625-508: Was married first to the director Kjell Grede (1960, divorced) with whom she had a daughter; and secondly to politician and writer Per Ahlmark (1979, divorced). Andersson then married Gabriel Mora Baeza on 29 May 2004. In 2009, she had a stroke; an article published the following year says that from that time on she had been hospitalized and was unable to speak. She was the younger sister of Swedish film actress Gerd Andersson . Andersson died on 14 April 2019, aged 83 from complications of

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