See also:

• LUDWIG, KARL FRIEDRICH WILHELM (1816—1895)
• LUDWIG, OTTO (1813-1865)

LUDWIG See also:

• LUDWIG DESSOIR (1810-1874)

DESSOIR (1810-1874)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German actor, whose name was originally See also:

• LEOPOLD (M.H. Ger. Liupolt; O.H. Ger. Liupald, from hut, Mod. Ger. Leute, " people," and paid, " bold," i.e. " bold for the people ")

Leopold Dessauer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 15th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1810 at See also:

• POSEN
• POSEN (Polish Poznan)

Posen, the son of a Jewish tradesman . He made his first See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance on the See also:

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

stage there in 1824 in a small See also:

• PART

part . After some experience at the See also:

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

theatre in Posen and on tour, he was engaged at See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig from 1834 to 1836 . Then he was attached to the municipal theatre of See also:

• BRESLAU (Polish Wraclaw)

Breslau, and in 1837 appeared at See also:

• PRAGUE (Ger. Prag; Bohemian Praha)

Prague, Briinn, See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna and See also:

• BUDAPEST

Budapest, where he accepted an engagement which lasted until 1839 . He succeeded Karl See also:

• DEVRIENT

Devrient at See also:

• KARLSRUHE, or CARLSRUHE

Karlsruhe, and went in 1847 to See also:

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

Berlin, where he acted Othello and See also:

• HAMLET

Hamlet with such extraordinary success that he received a permanent engagement at the See also:

• HOF

Hof-theater . From 1849 to 1872, when he retired on a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension, he played See also:

• ITO, HIROBUMI, PRINCE (1841-1909)

Ito parts, frequently on tour, and in 1853 acting in See also:

• LONDON

London . He died on the 3oth of December 1874 in Berlin . See also:

• DESSOIR, LUDWIG (1810-1874)

Dessoir was twice married; his first wife, See also:

• THERESA, ST (1515-1582)

Theresa, a popular actress (1810-1866), was separated from him a See also:

• YEAR

year after See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage; his second wife went mad on the See also:

• DEATH

death of her See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child . By his first wife Dessoir had one son, the actor See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand Dessoir (1836-1892) . In spite of certain See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical disabilities See also:

• LUDWIG, KARL FRIEDRICH WILHELM (1816—1895)
• LUDWIG, OTTO (1813-1865)

Ludwig Dessoir's See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius raised him to the first See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of actora, especially as interpreter of See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare's characters . G . H .

See also:

• LEWES
• LEWES, CHARLES LEE (1740–1803)

Lewes placed Dessoir's Othello above that of See also:

• KEAN, EDMUND (1787–1833)

Kean, and the See also:

• ATHENAEUM

Athenaeum preferred him in this part to See also:

• BROOKS, CHARLES WILLIAM SHIRLEY (1816-1874)
• BROOKS, PHILLIPS (1835-1893)

Brooks or See also:

• MACREADY, WILLIAM CHARLES (1793—1873)

Macready .