Isaac de Broen (1783–1814), was a Swedish stage actor and theatre manager. He was the son of

Abraham de Broen Abraham de Broen (1759–1804) was a Swedish actor, stage manager and director. Biography Abraham Isaaksson De Broen belonged to the elite of the pioneer generation actors of the Royal Dramatic Theatre. He was also the founder and first direct ...

and Maria Elisabet de Broen and the brother of Debora Aurora de Broen. He married the actor and theatre director Christina Margareta Cederberg in 1804, and became the father of the actor Charlotta Deland and father-in-law of

Pierre Deland Pierre Joseph Deland (13 December 1805 – 13 November 1862) was a Swedish stage actor and theatre director. He was the director of the Deland Theater Company in 1833-1861, a travelling theater famous in both Sweden and Finland, and as such an in ...

. After the death of his mother 1809, he took over the ''

Djurgårdsteatern Djurgårdsteatern ( Swedish for "Djurgården Theatre"), was an historical Swedish theatre, active at Djurgården in Stockholm between 1801 and 1929 (from 1863 in a new building). It was the only theatre in Stockholm outside the royal theatres ...

'', at the time the only theatre allowed in the capital aside for the

Royal Dramatic Theatre The Royal Dramatic Theatre (, colloquially ''Dramaten'') is Sweden's national stage for "spoken drama", founded in 1788. Around one thousand shows are put on annually on the theatre's five running stages. The theatre has been at its present lo ...

. He is remembered for his attempt to break the monopoly of the royal theatres in the capital. In 1810, he managed to acquire permission for him and his wife to managed a theatre within the city borders of the capital during the winter, in contrast to Djurgårdsteatern, which was officially a theater beyond the city borders which was only to be used during the summer, and he opened the ''Nya komiska teatern'' (New Comedy Theatre) in 1810.Nordensvan, Georg, Svensk teater och svenska skådespelare från Gustav III till våra dagar. Förra delen, 1772-1842, Bonnier, Stockholm, 1917 The project eventually failed, however. Isaac de Broen died in 1814 and his theatre was taken over by his widow and after that by his brother-in-law.

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