Uppsala City Theatre
theatre in Uppsala, Sweden (1951)
The Uppsala City Theatre (Swedish: Uppsala stadsteater) is a theatre in Uppsala, Sweden. It is located in close proximity to Uppsala Central Station.
History
In December 1930, it was reported that city architect of Uppsala, Gunnar Leche, was drawing up sketches for a new theatre. The plans went unrealized until April 1942, when the city council agreed to a building proposal based on Leche's sketches. Its neoclassical style was considered controversial at the time.
The theatre was inaugurated on 23 September 1950, with a production of Marriage of Figaro performed by actors from the Royal Swedish Opera. Despite this, the theatre celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2001 (reflecting a 1951 opening) and reports its first production to be Peter Ustinov's The Four Loves of a Warrior (Swedish: Fyra krigares kärlek), which premiered on 28 September 1951. The theatre had its ten-thousandth visitor after about two weeks of that production's run.
The first manager of Uppsala City Theatre was Gösta Folke. His wife Agneta Prytz was also a member of the first permanent ensemble.
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Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q10710226. VIAF identifies the subject as 111145911175727061724. Authority coordinates are 59.859, 17.643. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1930, 1942, 1950 and 2001.
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