KONRAD See also:

• KONRAD EKHOF (1720-1778)

EKHOF (1720-1778)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German actor, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• HAMBURG

Hamburg on the 12th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1720 . In 1739 he became a member of Johann See also:

• FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

Friedrich Schonemann's (1704–1782) See also:

• COMPANY

company in See also:

• LUNEBURG

Luneburg, and made his first See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance there on the 15th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1740 as Xiphares in See also:

• RACINE
• RACINE, JEAN (1639-1699)
• RACINE, LOUIS (1692-1763)

Racine's Mithridate . From 1751 the Schonemann company performed mainly in Hamburg and at See also:

• SCHWERIN
• SCHWERIN, KURT CHRISTOPH, COUNT VON (1684–1757)

Schwerin, where See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

Duke See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis II. of See also:

• MECKLENBURG

Mecklenburg-Schwerin made them comedians to 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 . During this See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period See also:

• EKHOF, KONRAD (1720-1778)

Ekhof founded a theatrical See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy, which, though See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short-lived, was of See also:

• GREAT

great importance in helping to raise the See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard of German acting and the status of German actors . In 1757 Ekhof See also:

• LEFT

left Schonemann to join See also:

• FRANZ, ROBERT (1815-1892)

Franz Schuch's company at See also:

• DANZIG, or DANTSIC (Polish Gdansk)

Danzig; but he soon returned to Hamburg, where, in See also:

• CON

con-junction with two other actors, he succeeded Schonemann in the direction of the company . He resigned this position, however, in favour of H . G . See also:

• KOCH
• KOCH, ROBERT (1843–1910)

Koch, with whom he acted until 1764, when he joined K . E . See also:

• ACKERMANN, JOHANN CHRISTIAN GOTTLIEB (1756–1801)
• ACKERMANN, RUDOLPH (1764-1834)

Ackermann's company . In 1767 was founded the See also:

• NATIONAL

National See also:

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

Theatre at Hamburg, made famous by See also:

• LESSING, GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM (1729–1781)

Lessing's Hamburgische Dramaturgie, and Ekhof was the leading member of the company . After the failure of the enterprise Ekhof was for a 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 in See also:

• WEIMAR

Weimar, and ultimately became co-director of the new court theatre at See also:

• GOTHA

Gotha .

This, the first permanently established theatre in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, was opened on the 2nd of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1775 . Ekhof's reputation was now at its height; See also:

• GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON (1749-1832)

Goethe called him the only German tragic actor; and in 1777 he acted with Goethe and Duke See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus at a private performance at Weimar, dining afterwards with the poet at the ducal table . He died on the 16th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1778 . His versatility may be judged from the fact that in the comedies of See also:

• GOLDONI, CARLO (1707-1793)

Goldoni and See also:

• MOLIERE (1622-1673)

Moliere he was no less successful than in the tragedies of Lessing and See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare . He was regarded by his contemporaries as an unsurpassed exponent of naturalness on the See also:

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

stage; and in this respect he has been not unfairly compared with See also:

• GARRICK, DAVID (1717-1779)

Garrick . His fame, however, was rapidly eclipsed by that of Friedrich U . L . 140 See also:

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

Schroder, His See also:

• LITERARY

literary efforts were chiefly confined to See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations from See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French authors . See H . See also:

• UHDE, FRITZ KARL HERMANN VON (1848– )

Uhde, See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography of Ekhof in vol. iv. of Der neue See also:

• PLUTARCH
• PLUTARCH (Gr. llXoi rapxos) (c. A.D. 46–120)

Plutarch (1876), and J . Ruschner, K . Ekhofs Leben and Wirken (1872) .

Also H . See also:

• DEVRIENT

Devrient, J . F . Schonenaann and See also:

• SEINE
• SEINE (Lat. Sequana)
• SEINE, or SEAN (O. Fr. seigne, mod. seine, Lat. sagena, Gr. vaytivrl, a draw-net)

seine Schauspielergesellschaft (1895) .