, 1870-01-03
FAMOUS EUROPEANS
The Thrce Deye1cut BfotL erk


FAMOUS EUROPEANS
The ThEce Devrlcut BrotLerk.
In apy s.etch OF the German stage Of ta,s cen.
iuTy, these talented, In some repects hr1llIautly.
gifted, men must occupy the nrst place. Even
Id these days OF uuyersal degeaeEacy OF the
drama and the stage, the time haa never been
when the Hamlet or the Marquis Poss OF Emil,
:ue Don Carlos or the Romeo Of Gail, tie Polo-
MUS or the Nathan Of Edward. have not been
GREETED BY Tie most sppreciar1ye audiences,
The philosophy Of acting mua. be the same all
the world over, but there never has been such
Caring CONFLICT OF the TWO ideas Of naturalsm
and fde2;15m IN art as among the matters OF the
German atage. The sEo who hare most SUCCESS
fully arlted these essentials are Emil Devrteut
end BoRunI1 Dawson. The three brotnerl ara
most fortunate IN the possession OF such natural
ciguty srd perEonaI beauty as enable them to
defy tie Limitation which often determines
the actorA sphere. for without this Advantage
Of weldevelon :hJAique, many rok is DatuE.
ntIy forbidden ought 10 be. And yet none OF
the three are above, one Of them scarce up TO- the
average height With Emil It IL, al I: used 10 be
raid OF Edmund Kenn and Fanny Kembie-the
ursi waA under size, and the latter bat nye feet
uCe--3ou are 20 impressed by the dignity Of tho
Ec:irg as 10 60 home with the impression Of hay
itE seen giant ID stasure, AZ we'll ns poEer.
1EG EIGlutlA dlE luE 6uub u n HEhltu{ uEI-
chsn, Ct Berlin, and descendants Of n ia utly
Or g1Laliy from Holland. They were all prepared
for the tradesman's llfe, afic. srch limited educa
t;or es was thorght necessary for their c,.ss In
ihc last decade Of lhe eighteenth and the nEat Of
hls cen,ury. But the histrlonic talent had al
ready apreared in their family in the person Of
their III Gle, Lou!s Devnenr, a uagedian OF great
Tote curirg his short 'ife, who. together WIN
In1nrd, wns IN his prime during the bnJhood Of
the elder bro,ner, Carl. attached to the ROYAL
Theatre OF Berlin
Both Carl md Edward hare tnla yeHr celebrated
| the nttieth apDlvesga1y Of their appearance on
| the Stage. AZ ear'y as 1879 Carl presented him.
self 10 the director Of the BraunschWeig Theatre,
armed With letter OF Introduction IRON bis la-
NOUS uncle, then the Cassr Of tue German boards.
lie had ser5ed 81 q volunteer durtcg the war OF
lsl91a, and had then returned to hls fathers
counting rcon. But becoming fascinated with
the idea Of theatrical career he begged the let
| ter before mentioned Of bis uncle, and luckily
found favor In the eyes OF the manager, Df.
KlilgemaDn. He made ILLS fsst appearance u
Uir,eh In Echllier1 Fflfam TIL and proved upon
that occasion moderately success1uL In TWO years
the p1ircipll parts were entrusted to him and he
pia1ca bon Ca1lop, Mortimer, CIavljo, Romeo,
&C., In Dresden. Ludwig Tleck has left on record
| Ills nset Impression Of the young "stat," whom all
that little learned world Of 5axonJ were ruunIng
10 gee. He makes particular note OF his
~ uneat,nr. m d,r4rpnt rrom tina ordinary stage
| IN, rh,rn ,emIna. him m ,he nnhle.t era of
| r,n-rsr waved, w,th snrh dc,,ca.e tntn1ttye
| ca, "a ~ tha cn.rac,e,tza,,on necesaar,, he
propheses great success IN the iuirre, Il the iG-
agitation IL educated and dligent stndy Is PARTS
vered In. He laments In the came sentence, how
esel' loA1 VIC y. ae,sas at., IA ess.1
eeen pe'te1 a1uiea t'eeA va ~ Ca" 49,, . e
nat ne eou4u ~. ~, eeeep' - ~. fusse w..
oos's ero'kn' Ih!s ueaeue1oua ne' s,s..,l a.
Ieeua. .1au'oN ~ ..S. N.-.,os ~ .s.,'.s.
'anns go "as r1.s nI,an.elns,,sd s,cs.to-,
ons a'~a.s at ,''.sn. Ueea .'e. s,ss.
"nen ost' nss.en. lnsas passs, .,,,r.a ,,,o
~ eikaee' y. 49, sa,1 -, 4sas na ~ ~ ,r,sd
1'., ~ s.a ,'=s.- u.Tnsmsns acnroeosr. tno ~,
.uo ~, n,4Iont rr.r % scn ,ocder
| Drynent. II nroved an unhappy untoo, and use
| ,ears later they separated, IN 1851 Emil Ueg.
r,+nt who tan In The meantime devoted himself
10 nm. stage and also made his trst appcarau.e IN
| n,aun.chse,r. VISA invited 10 Dresden and for
1Vo yearn tne bru,herr WORKED ha.mooiorsly to.
retLef. until the unhnppy private sua,rs OF Carl
ennpslh.l him TO 1esyessxopy, Eteh.een months
VEN snent nlayin1 IN 7aslous cities, from St Pc.
,.rsnu1p to paris. In the latter citr he acuu,rsd
I t.renrh ttt;. ar rendering Itcht comedy. whira
| adoed ureatlv to hta repu,a,,on upon n,e yeturo,
| rhcn three ,eera wero xnent at the Car]sruhe
| Theatre and vas then invited az n1eyey Of The
rb,ar r,i.x N I,auoyer uhern for thirty Years he
.-s,n.,rod 11,s t1am,e, uoaa FpmonY TeII
s.,,ocr Fou., and oreare.t oI VII, nj. Lear. de-
,,.h,sa gtn.rs,,or ue 4. aver "a nnv- ant
s,.e1y n,eia1n, frnn, tbose arcates1 absra,m
| trn,n All sAya shylocs and 1e.r v,tn he .aern,
~ n,ev nr,frr ererr rear IN la. .,pntnran
rh..ac,.r. ,,s o.r..,onsIV ,n.e.. NJ. ,nns,r,nc.
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