Jeanette Granberg
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Jeanette Granberg, as married Stjernström, as a pseudonym
Georges Malméen, (1825–1857), was a Swedish writer, a playwright
, a feminist and a translator, who wrote plays for mainly the theatre Mindre teatern
in Stockholm in the mid-19th century. She was praised as a great dramatic by her contemporaries.
Jeanette was born child of the writer and actor Per Adolf Granberg and was from 1849 and forwards active as a translator and a writer of plays for the theatre. She debuted with the play Filantropen in 1847 and several of her plays were performed in the 1850-51 season.
Among her more known plays were Läsarepresten, a play in four acts, Fyra dagar af konung Gustaf III:s lefnad, a historical play in four acts, and Tidningsskrifvaren, a play in five acts, all of which were performed in the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm
. She did not only write alone, but also together with her sister, Louise Granberg
. Both siblings used male pseudonyms, Jeanette wrote under the name Georges Malméen. She made great successes with her plays in 1855 and 1857. In Läsareprästen(The vicar), she criticized religious fanaticism in her story about a priest who takes power in a community before the monarch and the people drive him out and reform the society, and in Hos oss eller en motbild till Onkel Toms stuga (At our place or a likeness to Uncle Tom's cabin), she treats the subject of poverty and charity. She was well known to be the author of her plays, but her name was not usually on the posting for the play, as this was considered to be unsuitable for her gender.
She married the actor Edvard Stjernström, founder of the Swedish Theatre (Stockholm)
, in 1854, and died three years after. After her death, her husband married her sister; Louise Granberg, the sister of Jeanette, continued as a playwright and eventually became director of the Swedish Theatre. Jeanette Granberg was considered a great dramatic talent and expected to become one of the greatest within her profession, and her death before the age of 32 was seen as a great loss for her profession.
Pseudonym
A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...
Georges Malméen, (1825–1857), was a Swedish writer, a playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
, a feminist and a translator, who wrote plays for mainly the theatre Mindre teatern
Mindre teatern
Mindre teatern , Nya teatern , Lindeberska teatern , was a Swedish theatre at Kungsgatan in Stockholm, active 1842-1863...
in Stockholm in the mid-19th century. She was praised as a great dramatic by her contemporaries.
Jeanette was born child of the writer and actor Per Adolf Granberg and was from 1849 and forwards active as a translator and a writer of plays for the theatre. She debuted with the play Filantropen in 1847 and several of her plays were performed in the 1850-51 season.
Among her more known plays were Läsarepresten, a play in four acts, Fyra dagar af konung Gustaf III:s lefnad, a historical play in four acts, and Tidningsskrifvaren, a play in five acts, all of which were performed in the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
. She did not only write alone, but also together with her sister, Louise Granberg
Louise Granberg
Louise Elisabeth Granberg , was a Swedish playwright, translator and theatre director.She was the daughter of the actor and writer Per Adolf Granberg and the sister of the playwright Jeanette Granberg. From 1849 forward, she translated and wrote plays, sometimes jointly with her sister, under the...
. Both siblings used male pseudonyms, Jeanette wrote under the name Georges Malméen. She made great successes with her plays in 1855 and 1857. In Läsareprästen(The vicar), she criticized religious fanaticism in her story about a priest who takes power in a community before the monarch and the people drive him out and reform the society, and in Hos oss eller en motbild till Onkel Toms stuga (At our place or a likeness to Uncle Tom's cabin), she treats the subject of poverty and charity. She was well known to be the author of her plays, but her name was not usually on the posting for the play, as this was considered to be unsuitable for her gender.
She married the actor Edvard Stjernström, founder of the Swedish Theatre (Stockholm)
Swedish Theatre (Stockholm)
The Swedish Theatre in Stockholm was, at the beginning of the 20th century, Sweden's largest dramatic theatre. During its years in use, from 1875 to 1925, it was often considered as Sweden's foremost national theatre...
, in 1854, and died three years after. After her death, her husband married her sister; Louise Granberg, the sister of Jeanette, continued as a playwright and eventually became director of the Swedish Theatre. Jeanette Granberg was considered a great dramatic talent and expected to become one of the greatest within her profession, and her death before the age of 32 was seen as a great loss for her profession.