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Albert Ranft

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Albert Adam Ranft (23 November 1858 – 5 October 1938) was a Swedish theatre director and actor.[1] Ranft debuted in the theatre company of Magda von Dolcke in 1876. He started his own travelling company in 1884 and was employed at Stora Teatern in Gothenburg from 1886. In 1892, he took over ownership of Stora Teatern.

Ranft was regarded as the "theatre emperor of Stockholm" in the early 20th century. For a while his empire comprised all the private playhouses in the city: Vasateatern, the Swedish Theatre, Södra Teatern, and Oscarsteatern. Simultaneously, he ran the Royal Swedish Opera. The jewel in his crown was the Swedish Theatre, where several plays which have made theatre history premiered, notably A Dream Play by August Strindberg in 1907.

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ Template:Sv icon Gustaf V och hans tid 1938-1947, Erik Lindorm 1947 p.17
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