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bus secuied for his theatre Harriet Bosse and two of the foremost actors 
of the younger generation, Ivan Hedqvist and Lars Hansson. These 
three artists were recently seen in an English trifle by Sutro 
entitled The Choice , in which their acting was of such a character as 
has not been equalled for a long time. Fru Bosse, after the last few 
years of mediocre productions, was again at the summit of her art, 
and Ivan Hedqvist rendered a masterly interpretation of John Cord- 
artist combines with a stately appearance the talent for 
intellectual interpretation; his technical training is excellent, and he 
possesses a flexibility in characterization which is not usually found 
in Swedish actors. A more typical interpreter of our national humor 
is the capricious Lars Hansson, who in spite of his firm technique con¬ 
ceives his characters with greater intuition and often gives them a 
masterly execution. His art is more angular and somewhat less subtle. 
With the national theatre will also be connected in future Anders de 
Wahl, in his youth an inspired first lover and hero, and still an able 
actor although his mannerism through the years has become too em¬ 
phasized. The theatre possesses in Signe Ivolthoff a fiery tragedienne; 
in Personne, who at the age of 72 
is perhaps more irresistible than 
ever, a master of the classic com¬ 
edy such as few countries can 
boast—in fact his Moliere pro¬ 
ductions would be worthy of the 
Comedie Fran^aise; in Winner- 
strand it has a charming young 
actor of a marked individuality for 
light comedy, and in Ivar Nilsson 
an able and forceful actor within 
a limited field. With this cast 
and at least one real stage direc¬ 
tor, Gustaf Linden, the theatre 
can no doubt with safety face the 
future. The first great produc¬ 
tion of the Svennberg regime 
took place last spring and was 
Shakespeare’s As You Like It. 
Albert Ran ft has for more 
than a quarter of a century been 
theatre director in Stockholm 
and at one time managed as 
many as six different theatres; at 
present he conducts four, of 
which Svenska teatern is the most 
important, and on this stage 
Ivan Hedqitist as Shylock 
