Fredrique Eleonore Baptiste

Fredrique Eleonore Baptiste (died 27 July 1827), was a Swedish stage actress and playwright active in Finland. She belonged to the star attractions of the Finnish theater in the early 19th-century, when theater in Finland was performed by travelling Swedish language theaters. Her plays where successful among travelling theater companies in both Finland and Sweden during the 19th century.

Family

Her parentage is unknown. According to one theory, she was related to

Stage career

Baptiste made her stage debut as a member of the theatre company of Anton Olivier Hoflund in the role of Carolina in Den försonade fadern by Lindegren, in

"...all men at the time where quite taken with her, and her company had such an appeal even backstage, that when a major Blom one theatre evening in Kuopio wentured upon the stage, he found himself offering sweets [to her surrounding guests] right until the time the curtain was to be raised."[1]

Playwright

Fredrique Eleonore Baptiste was also active as a playwright. She translated and reworked old plays, as well as wrote original plays. Her plays where successful in contemporary Sweden and Finland, mainly in travelling theatre companies. She seem to have been active as a playwright prior to her career as an actor. Her play Den unga enkan ('Young Widow') was given 28 times on the

She died from edema 27 July 1827 in Vaasa.

Plays

• »Den unga enkan»
• »Adelheid von Wulfingen, en händelse ur det trettonde århundradets tyranni»,
• »Louise eller Den af ödet på en gång gynnade och vanlottade flickan»
• »Den oskyldiga förmätenheten»
• »Högmodet eller Den falska stoltheten»
• »Franz von Hill eller Bröderne af det hemliga förbundet»
• »Hugo von Hochberg eller Den ädla uppoffringen»

References

• Birger Schöldström, Seuerling och hans "comædietroupp". Ett blad ur svenska landsortsteaterns historia, 1889
• Idun : Praktisk veckotidning för qvinnan och hemmet / 1889
• https://www.doria.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/102001/MUSIKERPRIVILEGIER%20I%20%C3%85BO%20P%C3%85%201800-TALET.pdf?sequence=2

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