HEINRICH See also:

• HEINRICH BECKER (1770-1822)
• BECKER, WILHELM ADOLF (1796—1846)

BECKER (1770-1822)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German actor, whose real name was See also:

• BLUMENTHAL, LEONHARD, COUNT VON (1810–1900)

BLUMENTHAL, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin . He obtained, while quite a See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, an See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment in the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court theatreat See also:

• WEIMAR

Weimar, at that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time under See also:

• GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON (1749-1832)

Goethe's auspices . The poet recognized his See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent, appointed him See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage-manager, entrusted him with several of the leading roles in his dramas and consulted him in all matters connected with the staging of his plays . For many years See also:

• BECKER, HEINRICH (1770-1822)
• BECKER, WILHELM ADOLF (1796—1846)

Becker was the favourite of the Weimar stage, and although he was at his best in See also:

• COMEDY

comedy, he played, to Goethe's See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• SATISFACTION (Lat. salisfacerc, to satisfy)

satisfaction, Vansen in See also:

• EGMONT (EGMOND), LAMORAL, COUNT OF
• EGMONT, EARLS OF

Egmont, and was also seen to great See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage in the leading parts of several of See also:

• SCHILLER, JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON (1759-18o5)

Schiller's plays; notably Burleigh in Maria See also:

• STUART, ARABELLA (1575-1615)
• STUART, GILBERT (1755-x828)
• STUART, JAMES EWELL BROWN (1833-1864)
• STUART, JOHN
• STUART, MOSES (1780-1852)
• STUART, SIR JOHN, COUNT

Stuart, Karl See also:

• MOOR

Moor in See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Rauber, and See also:

• ANTONIO
• ANTONIO (1429—1498)
• ANTONIO, NICOLAS (1617-1684)

Antonio in Torquato See also:

• TASSO, TORQUATO (1544-1595)

Tasso . Becker See also:

• LEFT

left Weimar in the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring of 1809, played for a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short time at See also:

• HAMBURG

Hamburg (under See also:

• SCHRODER
• SCHRODER, FRIEDRICH LUDWIG (1744-1816)
• SCHRODER, SOPHIE (1781-1868)

Schroder) and at See also:

• BRESLAU (Polish Wraclaw)

Breslau, and then began a wandering See also:

• LIFE

life, now joining travelling companies, now playing at provincial theatres . Broken in See also:

• HEALTH

health and ruined in See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune he returned in 182o to Weimar, where he was again cordially received by Goethe, who reinstated him at the See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre . After playing for two short years with indifferent success, he died at Weimar in 1822 . Becker was twice married . His first wife, CHRISTIANE LuisE AMALIE BECKER (1778—1797), was the daughter of a theatrical manager and dramatic poet, Johann See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• NEUMANN, FRANZ ERNST (1798-1895)
• NEUMANN, KARL FRIEDRICH (1793-1870)

Neumann, and made her first stage See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance in 1787 at Weimar . Here she received some training from Goethe and from See also:

• CORONA (Lat. for " crown ")

Corona See also:

• SCHROTER, JOHANN HIERONYMUS (1745-1816)

Schroter, the See also:

• SINGER, SIMEON (1846-1906)

singer, and her beauty and See also:

• CHARM (through the Fr. from the Lat. carmen, a song)

charm made her the favourite both of court and public . She married Heinrich Becker in 1793• She died on the 22nd of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1797 . Her last See also:

• PART

part was that of See also:

• EUPHROSYNE

Euphrosyne in the See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera Das Petermdnnchen, and it is under this name that Goethe immortalized her in a poem which first appeared in Schiller's Musen Almanach of 1799 .