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August Lindberg (actor)

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Nationality
  
Swedish

Died
  
November 18, 1916

Role
  
Actor

Name
  
August Lindberg

Years active
  
1866–1915


August Lindberg (actor)

Full Name
  
Johan August Lindberg

Born
  
3 September 1846
Hedemora, Dalarna,  Sweden

Occupation
  
actor, director, theatre manager

Children
  
Stina Bergman, Greta Lindberg

Grandchildren
  
Lukas Bonnier, Johan Bonnier, Albert Bonnier Jr.

Great grandchildren
  
Jonas Bonnier, Jeanette Bonnier

Known for
  
Hamlet, The Tempest, Goethe's Faust

Similar People
  
Hjalmar Bergman, Lukas Bonnier, Tor Bonnier

Johan August Lindberg (3 September 1846 – 18 November 1916) was a Swedish actor, stage director and theatre manager.

Lindberg is most famous for his rendition of Hamlet, which he played countless times during his career, and he also played all of the other great Shakespeare parts. As a theatre manager he was among the first to introduce the plays of Henrik Ibsen in Sweden, and with his one-man interpretations of plays such as Shakespeare's The Tempest and Goethe's Faust, he toured Sweden and the United States.

Lindberg played at almost all of the major theatres in Sweden, including the Swedish Theatre and the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, and several times toured the provinces with travelling theatre companies. His acting was characterized by his strange diction and his eccentric ways, and he was often mimicked, but in spite of this was considered one of the country's foremost actors.

Lindberg was married to actress Augusta Lindberg (1866–1943), and was the father of author Stina Bergman (1888–1976, married to Hjalmar Bergman), director Per Lindberg (1890–1944) and Greta Lindberg (1886–1978, married first to Tor Bonnier and then to Sixten Strömbom).

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August Lindberg (actor) Wikipedia