Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-01-28
A FAMoUs rIsIToR.
Mr.. Hermann Linde. n Celebrated German
Actor and Reciter, in This City.

A GAZETTE reporter yesterday week
had long talk with Mr.. Hermann
Linde, the famous Shakespearean re-
citer and actor, who gave recitals
from Shakespeare in German at the hall
of the German Society in this city last
Monday evening. The celebrated char
acter-acter and reciter was ten
dered the use of the hall by unani-
nous vote of the corporation and the
leading German residents of the city are
engaged in making arrangements for
the coming recitals. Mr. Linde has Just
completed an engagement at Baltimore
and fully expected TO have gone to
Washington from there had not dele
cation of German residents of this city
succeeded in getting him to stop over
here and give some illustrations of his
art as q character-reciter.
Mr.. Linde is handsome man and has
strikingly intelligent face. He was
born as years ago, in Koenigsberg, the
home of Kant, the philosopher, and was
educated at the University of Bonn on
the Rhine. Acting was his natural gift
and he soon became one of the famed
Meiningen troupe. He has travelled over
every country of Europe to the remotest
northern town on the globe, including
Hammerfest, east to Constantinople, and
into Roumania and Bulgaria, as a pro-
fessional. In Holland and Belgium he
has won many trfumphs. His whole
life has been remarkable one.
While serving in the army he played
at the Court Theatre of Darmstadt. In
July, 1870, at the breaking out of the
war with France, he temporarily aban-
doned the stage and entered the German
army. He recourts many interesting
"reminiscences upon a vast variety Of
subjects and scenes with bewitching de-
tail.
His first appearance before monarch
was on the battlefield of Gravelotte,
August 10Th, 1870. He was presented
to Emperor William by the general in
command of his brigade and recited
Mark Anthony's oration from "Julius
Caesar" in the presence Of 25,000 men,
the whole division. There were present
besides the emperor, Won Moltke, the
Grand Duke of Hesse and their suites,
and scores of others of the nobility. He
afterwards appeared some II OF 19 times
before the emperor. To the late King
John of Saxony he gave recitations from
Dante.al from memory, which is remark
iOlc lOI llo IctcullNtn0SS. TIC appeared
| three times before the late czar OF Russia,
Emperor Alexander l, and five years
ago in the royal castle at Copenhagen,
| Mr.. Linde says, his audience was King
Christian of Denmark and his family,
including King George of Greece and
the Duchess of Nemours. Mr.. Linde
has in his possession on his trip cele-
brated painting by the famous Flemish
master, Peter Paul Rubens. The paint
is "The Feast of Herod." He has a
passion for gems of art, and this paint
ing in art circles at Paris and Brussels
is valued at 100000.
Besides his extensive tours abroad Mr..
Linde has recited in almost every state
in this country, as facts in his possession
will show. At Boston, in 1877, at the
request of the leading citizens of that
city, including Henry w. Longfellow,
James Il. Fields, William Lloyd Garri-
son, j. r. Osgood and w. d. Howells,
Mr.. Linde recitcd the tragedy of Julius
Caesar" entirely from memory and with
wonderful effect
Mr.. Linde is student of James L.
Murdoch, the famous tragedian of Gin
cinnati, and his version of Shakespeare
is based on the mastery translations OF
Schlegee, Schiller and Tieck. He is
aided in his recitals by prodigious
memory, repeating no less than 10 COM
plete plays of Shakespeare by heart
He also reoites the leading tragedies and
poems of Goethe, Lessing and Schiller.