See also:

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

LUDWIG See also:

• DEVRIENT

DEVRIENT (1784-1832)  , See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

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

Berlin on the 15th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1784, was the son of a See also:

• SILK

silk See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant . He was apprenticed to an See also:

• UPHOLSTERER

upholsterer, but, suddenly leaving his employment, joined a travelling theatrical See also:

• COMPANY

company, and 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 at See also:

• GERA

Gera in 1804 as the messenger in See also:

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

Schiller's Braut von See also:

• MESSINA

Messina . By the See also:

• INTEREST

interest of See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count Briihl, he appeared at See also:

• RUDOLSTADT

Rudolstadt as See also:

• FRANZ, ROBERT (1815-1892)

Franz See also:

• MOOR

Moor in Schiller's Ri uber, so successfully that he obtained a permanent engagement at the ducal See also:

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

theatre in See also:

• DESSAU

Dessau, where he played until 18o9 . He then received a See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call to See also:

• BRESLAU (Polish Wraclaw)

Breslau, where he remained for six years . So brilliant was his success in the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title-parts of several of See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare's plays, that If See also:

• LAND

land began to fear for his own reputation; yet that See also:

• GREAT

great artist was generous enough to recommend the 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 actor as his only possible successor . On If land's See also:

• DEATH

death See also:

• DEVRIENT

Devrient was summoned to Berlin, where he was for fifteen years the popular idol . He died there on the 3oth of December 1832 . See also:

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

Ludwig Devrient was equally great in See also:

• COMEDY

comedy and tragedy . Falstaff, Franz Moor, Shylock, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• LEAR, EDWARD (1812-1888)

Lear and See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard II. were among his best parts . Karl von See also:

• HOLTEI, KARL EDUARD VON (1798-188o)

Holtei in his Reminiscences has given a graphic picture of him and the " demoniac See also:

• FASCINATION (from Lat. fascinare, to bewitch, probably connected with the Or. f3ao-Kaiveev, to speak ill of, to bewitch)

fascination " of his acting . See Z . Funck, Aus dem Leben zweier Schauspieter, Ifflands and Devrients (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1838) ; H .

Smidt in Devrient-Novellen (3rd ed., Berlin, 1882); R . See also:

• SPRINGER (Fr. rein)
• SPRINGER, ANTON HEINRICH (1825–1891)

Springer in the novel Devrient and See also:

• HOFFMANN, AUGUST HEINRICH (1798–1874)
• HOFFMANN, ERNST THEODOR WILHELM (1776-1822)
• HOFFMANN, JOHANN JOSEPH (1805-1878)

Hoffmann (Berlin, 1873), and Eduard Devrient's Geschichte der deutschen Schauspielkunst (Leipzig, 1861) . Three of the nephews of Ludwig Devrient, sons of his See also:

• BROTHER

brother, a merchant, were also connected with the stage . KARL See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

AUGUST DEVRIENT (1797-1872) was born at Berlin on the 5th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1797 . After being for a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short 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 business, he entered a See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment as volunteer and fought at See also:

• WATERLOO

Waterloo . He then joined the stage, making his first appearance on the stage in 1819 at See also:

• BRUNSWICK
• BRUNSWICK (Ger. Braunschweig)
• BRUNSWICK, KARL WILHELM FERDINAND, DUKE OF (1735-18o6)

Brunswick . In 1821 he received an engagement at 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 theatre in See also:

• DRESDEN

Dresden, where, in 1823, he married Wilhelmine See also:

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

Schroder (see SCHRODER-DEVRIENT) . In 1835 he joined the company at See also:

• KARLSRUHE, or CARLSRUHE

Karlsruhe, and in 1839 that at See also:

• HANOVER
• HANOVER (Ger. Hannover)

Hanover . His best parts were See also:

• WALLENSTEIN (properly WALDSTEIN), ALBRECHT WENZEL EUSEBIUS VON

Wallenstein and King Lear . He died on the 5th of April 1872 . His brother PHILIPP EDUARD DEVRIENT (1801-1877), born at Berlin on the Iith of August 18o1, was for a time an See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera See also:

• SINGER, SIMEON (1846-1906)

singer . Turning his See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to theatrical management, he was from 1844 to 1846 director of the court theatre in Dresden .

Appointed to Karlsruhe in 1852, he began a thorough reorganization of the theatre, and in the course of seventeen years of assiduous labour, not only raised it to a high position, but enriched its repertory by many noteworthy librettos, among which See also:

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

Die Gunst See also:

• DES

des Augenblicks and Verirrungen are the best known . But his See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• WORK

work is his See also:

• HISTORY

history of theGerman stage—Geschichte der deutschen Schauspielkunst (Leipzig, 1848-1874) . He died on the 4th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1877 . A See also:

• COMPLETE

complete edition of his See also:

• WORKS

works—Dramatische and dramaturgische Schriften—was published in ten volumes (Leipzig, 1846-1873) . The youngest and the most famous of the three nephews of Ludwig Devrient was GUSTAV ESUL DEVRIENT (1803-1872), born in Berlin on the 4th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 18o3 . He made his first appearance on the stage in 1821, at Brunswick, as Raoul in Schiller's See also:

• JUNGFRAU

Jungfrau von See also:

• ORLEANS
• ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
• ORLEANS, DUKES OF
• ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
• ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
• ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
• ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
• ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
• ORLEANS, PHILIP I
• ORLEANS, PHILIP II

Orleans . After a short engagement in Leipzig, he received in 1829 a call to See also:

• HAMBURG

Hamburg, but after two years accepted a permanent See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment at the court theatre in Dresden, to which he belonged until his retirement in 1868 . His chief characters were See also:

• HAMLET

Hamlet, Uriel See also:

• ACOSTA, JOSE DE (1 J39?-1600)
• ACOSTA, URIEL (d. 1647)

Acosta (in Karl See also:

• GUTZKOW, KARL FERDINAND (1811-1878)

Gutzkow's See also:

• PLAY

play), See also:

• MARQUIS

Marquis Posa (in Schiller's See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

Don See also:

• CARLOS, DON (1545-1568)
• CARLOS, DON (1788-1855)
• CARLOS, DON (CHARLES MARIA DE LOS DOLORES JUAN ISIDOR.E JOSEPH FRANCIS QUIRIN ANTONY MICHAEL GABRIEL RAPHAEL) (1848—1909)

Carlos), and See also:

• GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON (1749-1832)

Goethe's Torquato See also:

• TASSO, TORQUATO (1544-1595)

Tasso . He acted several times in See also:

• LONDON

London, where his Hamlet was considered finer than See also:

• KEMBLE
• KEMBLE, JOHN MITCHELL (1807-1857)

Kemble's or See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

Edmund See also:

• KEAN, EDMUND (1787–1833)

Kean's . He died on the 7th of August 1872 .