Mette Marie Astrup

Mette Marie Astrup (25 April 1760 – 16 February 1834) was a Danish actress, one of the best known of her time in Denmark. She enjoyed a career totaling fifty years at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen. ^[1]

Biography[edit]

Astrup was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. She was the child of Sven Andersen Astrup, a former servant who was employed as porter at the Royal Danish Theatre upon its foundation in 1748. She began her performing career in 1772, and by 1773 was employed at the Theatre itself, which was always short of female actors in the 18th century. ^[1]

She became a student of the theatre's primadonna Lisbeth Cathrine Amalie Rose (1738–1793), and was widely regarded as her successor; she played romantic parts, dramatic tragedy and, in her later years, gentle mothers. From 1777 until its dissolution in 1779 she was a member of Det Dramatiske Selskab, a students' club for young actors, which ceased after a short but very active period of cultural development, and whilst there was a student of Fredrik Schwarz. She was described as dignified and with a great feeling for her costume, which was designed by the actors themselves. However, when the "new style" of acting was introduced onto the stage in 1808, her way of acting then became unfashionable.^[2]

She played Leonore in Den Stundenlöse (1773), Else Skolemesters in Barselstuen (1778), both plays by Ludvig Holberg as well as Lady Macbeth in the play Macbeth (1817) by William Shakespeare. ^[1]

Astrup never married, but she did have a long-term relationship with Adam Hauch, who was director of the Royal Danish Theatre from 1794 to 1798, and again from 1801 to 1811 (she had a son, Adam Wilhelm Astrup, believed to have been fathered by him). She lived all her life in the porter's residence at the theatre; this position was inherited within her family, and was subsequently managed by her mother Dorthe, and then by her older sister Sophie, after her father's death in 1792. Her other sister, Anne Marie, also worked at the Theatre, as a dresser in the wardrobe department. Mette Marit Astrup gave her last performance in 1823, retiring after fifty years on the stage.^[1]

List of roles[edit]

Comediehuset[edit]

1773 Den sanseløse Isabella
1773 Sidney as Mathurine
1774 Coquetten og den forstilte skønhed as Lydia, Cydalises kusine
1774 De pæne piger as Leonore
1774 Den lønlige kærlighed as Lucilla
1774 Den politiske kandestøber

Royal Danish Theatre[edit]

1775 List over list as Caroline, Mad. Argans datter
1775 Menechmi as Isabelle
1776 Den taknemmelige søn as Grethe
1776 Den uformodentlige hjemkomst as Juliane
1776 Søhavnen as Benjamine
1776 Væddemaalet as Frøken Adelaide
1777 Den gerrige as Mariane, Cleantes Elskede
1777 Den straffede gæk as Angelique
1777 Den tredieve aars pige as Julie
1777 Det genstridige sindelag as Angelique
1777 Diderich Menschenskræk as Hyacinthe, Leanders Kæreste
1777 Gert Westphaler as Leonora
1778 Balders død as Valkyrie
1778 Barselstuen as Else Skolemesters
1778 Celinde as Markisen af Boisville
1778 Den knurvorne doktor as Clarice Terignans Kæreste
1778 Den politiske kandestøber as Mad. Sanderus, raadsherreinde
1778 Den aabenmundede as Hortensia
1778 Det lykkelige skibbrud as Leonora, datter af første ægteskab
1778 Don Ranudo de Calibrados as Isabella, Gonzalos søster
1778 Henrik den Fjerdes jagt as Agathe, forlovet med Richard
1778 Hver mands ven as Hortense
1778 Ines af Castro as Constance, forlovet med Don Pedro
1778 Noctambulus as Rosalie
1778 Ulysses von Ithacia as Řllegaard
1778 Zarine as Zarine, Sacernes Dronning
1779 Celinde as Markisen af Boisville
1779 De forstilte utroskaber as Angelica
1779 De nysgerrige mandfolk as Fru Lisidor
1779 Den bedragne formynder as Emilie
1779 Den uheldige lighed as Miss Molly, Kammerpige
1779 Det unge menneske paa prøve as Isabelle
1779 Faderen as Sophie, et ubekendt Fruentimmer
1779 Forøderen as Cydalise
1779 Hekseri as Apelone, skuespillerinde
1779 Melampe as Philocyne
1779 Spøgelset med trommen as Baronessen
1779 Uden hoved og hale Kærling
1780 Den uformodentlige forhindring as Julie, Lycanders * broderdatter
1780 Henrik som tjener to herrer as Lucilia
1780 Skotlænderinden as Lindane, en Skotlænderinde
1780 Tartuffe as Mariane, Orgons Datter
1781 Den uheldige lighed as Fanny, Berkleys Kone
1781 Huset i oprør as Komtesse Rosaura
1781 Kavaleren og damen as Donna Virginia
1781 Kun seks retter as Wilhelmine
1781 Kærlighed paa prøve as Leonora, Leanders Kæreste
1782 De fortrædelige hændelser as Angelique
1782 De nysgerrige fruentimmere as Julie
1782 Den gifte filosof as Melite, Aristes Hustru
1782 Eugenie as Eugenie, Baronens Datter
1782 Feen Ursel as Berthe, Dronning
1782 Modens sæder as Julie, Gerontes Datter
1782 Tartuffe as Mariane, Orgons datter
1782 Ulysses von Ithacia as Pallas
1783 Berverley as Madam Beverley
1783 Coquetten og den forstilte kyskhed as Cydalise, Damis's Broderdatter
1783 Den forlorne søn as Leonore, Jeronimus's Datter
1783 Den genstridige sindelag as Angelique
1783 Den gerrige as Mariane, Cleantes Elskede
1783 Den værdige fader as Lovise, Wermanns Datter
1783 Eugenie as Eugenie, Baronens Datter
1783 Hververne as Philippine, Rosenaus Datter
1783 Søofficererne as Frøken Winning, Sir Arthurs Myndling
1783 Zaira as Zaire
1784 Arsene as Myris
1784 Bagtalelsens skole as Maria
1784 Den butte velgører as Angelique, Fru Dalancours Søster
1784 Den kærlige kone as Grevinde Eleonora
1784 Den politiske kandestøber as Mad. Abrahams, raadsherreinde
1784 Den stundesløse as Leonore
1784 Diderich Menschenskræk as Hyacinthe, Leanders Kæreste
1784 Tartuffe as Mariane, Orgons datter
1785 Bagtalelsens skole as Maria
1785 De nysgerrige mandfolk as Frøken Julie
1785 Den døve elsker as Julie
1785 Emilie Galotti as Emilie Galotti
1785 Fejltagelserne as Frøken Constance
1785 Mændenes skole as Leonore
1786 Den løgnagtige tjener as Fru Sip
1786 Den politiske kandestøber as Mad. Abrahams, raadsherreinde
1786 Det unge menneske efter moden as Mariane
1786 Fusentasten as Hypolite, Anselmes Datter
1786 Raptussen as Jenny
1786 Vestindianeren as Lovise, Kapt. Dudleys Datter
1787 Bagtalelsens skole as Maria
1787 De nysgerrige fruentimmere as Julie
1787 Democritus as Criseis, Thalers fornemste Datter
1787 Den virkelige vise as Jomfru Sophie Vanderk, Vanderks Datter
1787 Fændriken Sophie, hans Datter
1787 Tartuffe as Mariane, Orgons datter
1788 Aktierne as Frøken Augusta
1788 Bagtalelsens skole as Maria
1788 Bussemanden as Fru Staverup
1788 Den politiske kandestøber as Mad. Sanderus, raadsherreinde
1788 Den butte velgører as Angelique, Fru Dalancours Søster
1788 Den gerrige as Mariane, Cleantes Elskede
1788 Den politiske kandestøber as Mad. Abrahams, raadsherreinde
1788 Den vægelsindede as Helene, Erastes Søster
1788 Forvandlingerne as Christiane
1788 Hekseri as Lucretia
1788 Jægerne as Cordelila v. Zeck
1788 Raptussen as Jenny
1788 Ringen as Henriette von Darring
1789 Bagtalelsens skole as Maria
1789 Datum in blanco as Leonore
1789 De usynlige as Leanders Usynlige
1789 Den politiske kandestøber as Mad. Sanderus, raadsherreinde
1789 Den skinsyge kone as Lady Freelove
1789 Diderich Menschenskræk as Hyacinthe, Leanders Kæreste
1789 Tartuffe as Mariane, Orogns datter
1789 Henrik den fjerdes jagt as Agathe, bondepige, Richards forlovede
1790 Den forliebte autor og tjener as Lucinde, en ung Enkefrue
1790 Frode og Fingal as Halfdan, Prins fra Thanos Land eller Lifland
1790 Fætteren i Lissabon as Sophie, Alberts Datter af første ægteskab
1790 Skotlænderinden as Lindane, en Skotlænderinde
1791 Bagtalelsens skole as Maria
1791 Erast as Sophie, hans Kæreste, Orgons Datter
1791 Negeren as Anine Godbert
1791 Aabenbar krig as Charlotte
1792 Bagtalelsens skole as Maria
1792 Bortførelsen as Henriette v. Sachau
1792 Den gerrige as Mariane, Cleantes Elskede
1792 Det gode ægteskab as Sophie, hans Kone
1792 Myndlingerne as Augusta, deres Datter
1792 Ringen as En Ubekendt
1793 Bagtalelsens skole as Maria
1793 Den mistænkelige mand as Jacinte
1793 Den værdige fader as Lovise, Wermanns Datter
1793 Den aabne brevveksling as Caroline
1793 Gulddaasen as Vilhelmine, Visbergs datter
1793 Ja eller nej as Lucie
1794 Høstdagen as Amalila Fersen, hans Broderdatter
1795 Bagtalelsens skole as Maria
1795 Bryllupshøjtiden as Henriette
1795 Den godmodige familie as Madam Cleark
1795 Eugenie as Eugenie, Baronens datter
1795 Gamle og nye sæder as Amalia
1795 Gulddaasen as Vilhelmine, Visbergs datter
1795 Kjolen fra Lyon as Fru v. Hornau
1795 Raptussen as Jenny
1795 Ægteskabsskolen as Amalie, hans Kone, Silkeborgs datter
1796 Advokaterne as Sophie
1796 Dormon og Welhelmine as Frøken Wilhelmine
1796 Dyveke as Anna Møenstrup, dronningens hofmesterinde
1796 Gulddaasen as Vilhelmine, Vilbergs datter
1796 Rejsen til byen as Frøken Reising
1796 Væddemaalet as Markisen af Blainville
1796 Ægtefolkene fra landet as Cecilia
1797 Bagtalelsens skole as Lady Teazle
1797 De snorrige fætre as Fru Dormin, Enke
1797 Den politiske kandestøber as Mad. Abrahams, raadsherreinde
1797 Den sanseløse as Clarice
1797 Embedsiver as Hofraadinde Rosen
1797 Galejslaven as Cecilie, Enke af Orfeuil
1797 Høstdagen as Amalila Fersen, hans Broderdatter
1797 Ja-ordet as Charlotte
1797 Menneskehad og anger as Grevinden
1797 Modens sæder as Fru v. Elsing, en ung Enke
1797 Navnsygen as Sophie, Konferensraadens Myndling
1797 Sammensværgelsen mod Peter den Store as Cyrilla
1798 Bagtalelsens skole as Lady Teazle
1798 De to poststationer as Lady Bull
1798 Den ubesindige gæstfrihed as Ketty
1798 Den værdige fader as Grevinde Amaldi
1798 Emilie Galotti as Grevinde Orsina
1798 Enken og ridehesten as Angelique, hans Kone
1798 Falsk undseelse as Fru Heldmand
1798 Ringen as Baronesse von Schønhelm
1798 Ringen as Majorinde
1798 Skumlerne as Emilie
1798 Victorine as Franciska
1799 Bortførelsen as Vilhelmine v. Sachau, hans Broderdatter
1799 Den forladte datter as Henriette Skumring, baronesse
1799 Emigranterne as Amalie Lindberg
1799 Udstyret as Sophie Wallmann
1800 Advokaterne as Sophie
1800 De pudserlige arvinger as Madam Sommer, Skuespillerinde
1800 Den aabne brevveksling as Caroline
1800 Dyveke as Anna Møenstrup, Dronningens Hofmesterinde
1800 Gulddaasen as Vilhelmine, Visbergs datter
1800 Herman von Unna as Prinsessen af Ratibor
1800 Udstyret as Sophie Wallmann
1800 Aabenbar as krig Charlotte
1801 Advokaterne as Sophie
1801 Den døve elsker as Julie
1801 Den forladte datter as Henriette Skumring, baronesse
1801 Den ubesindige gæstfrihed as Ketty
1801 Fejltagelserne as Frøken Constance
1801 Fændriken Sophie
1801 Gulddaasen as Vilhelmine, Visbergs datter
1801 Hekseri as Apelone, Skuespillerinde
1801 Hvad vil folk sige ? as Mistress Jenny Hartley
1801 Hververne as Philippine, Rosenaus Datter
1801 Løgneren as Miss Grantam
1801 Rejsen til byen as Frøken Reising
1802 Bagtalelsens skole as Lady Teazle
1802 Den forladte datter as Henriette Skumring, baronesse
1802 Den gerrige as Mariane, Cleantes Elskede
1802 Dyveke as Anna Møenstrup, Dronningens Hofmesterinde
1802 Octavia as Kleopatra, Dronning i ægypten
1802 Syv tusinde rigsdalere as Emilie
1802 Værtshuset as Fru Derval
1803 De lystige passagerer as Madame Saint-Hilaire, Skuespillerinde
1803 Den forladte datter as Henriette Skumring, baronesse
1803 En time borte as Jenny
1803 Rosenkæderne as Fru Norbek
1804 Advokaterne as Sophie
1804 Bagtalelsens skole as Lady Teazle
1804 Kvindelist as Amelina, hans Søster
1804 Maleren af kærlighed as Clemence, Merforts Datter og * Solanges Kone
1804 Rejsen til Ostindien as Arabella
1805 Bagtalelsens skole as Lady Teazle
1805 Den forladte datter as Henritte Skumring, baronesse
1805 Selim, Prins af Algier as Saphira, Enkedronning af Algier
1806 Strikkepindene as Amalia, hans Kone
1808 Bagtalelsens skole as Lady Teazle
1808 Den forladte datter as Henriette Skumring, baronesse
1808 Kærlighed under maske as Ung Enke
1809 Advokaterne as Sophie
1809 Bagtalelsens skole as Lady Teazle
1809 Den vovelige prøve as Fru Dupont
1809 Marionetterne as Celestine, Valberts Søster
1810 Bagtalelsens skole as Lady Teazle
1810 Den forladte datter as Henriette Skumring, baronesse
1810 Den unge moder as Madame Dorimont
1810 Snedkeren i Lifland as Catharina
1811 Tyve-aars-festen as Majorinde
1812 Advokaterne as Sophie
1812 Bagtalelsens skole as Lady Teazle
1812 Den forladte datter as Henriette Skumring, baronesse
1813 Advokaterne as Sophie
1813 Bagtalelsens skole as Lady Teazle
1812 Henrik den fjerdes jagt as Agathe, en Bondepige i Lieursain
1817 Macbeth as Lady Macbeth
1818 Fruentimmerhævn as Fru Saint-Elme
1821 De pudserlige arvinger as Madam Sommer, Skuespillerinde
1823 Emilie Galotti as Grevinde Orsina

Hofteatret[edit]

1779 Forøderen as Cydalise
1780 Henrik som tjener to herrer as Lucilia
1782 Tartuffe as Mariane, Orgons datter
1784 Bagtalelsens skole as Maria
1784 Tartuffe as Mariane, Orgons datter
1785 Bagtalelsens skole as Maria
1786 Tartuffe as Mariane, Orogns datter
1815 Machbeth as Lady Macbeth

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Klaus Neiiendam, Robert Neiiendam. "Mette Marie Astrup". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, Gyldendal. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
^ Lisbet Jørgensen. Mette Marie Astrup (1760–1834) at DKInfo website (in Danish)

[dbl-1] Klaus Neiiendam, Robert Neiiendam. "Mette Marie Astrup". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, Gyldendal. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

[2] Lisbet Jørgensen. Mette Marie Astrup (1760–1834) at DKInfo website (in Danish)

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