Gustav III Splits the Royal Theatre and Founds Dramaten
- When
- 1788
- Where
- Sweden's new national stage for spoken drama
In 1788 King Gustav III established the national spoken-drama stage, splitting the Royal Theatre so the opera house became solely an opera stage.
Sweden's national stage for dramatic art (spoken drama) was established by King Gustav III in 1788. The Royal Theatre (Kungliga Teatern) was officially split in two, and the Royal Theatre—today known as the Royal Swedish Opera—became thereafter solely an opera stage. For spoken drama a new theatre was built specifically, called Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern (the Royal Dramatic Theatre), to distinguish it from the Royal Theatre opera stage.
Sources
- Royal Dramatic Theatre Wikipedia, revision of 2026-04-30
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