Intrigue and Love
In 1878 at the age of fifteen, Sanbrock made her debut as Selma in "Mutter und Sohn" by Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer. In Berlin she met the famous Meiningen Ensemble and achieved success at the theatre of Meiningen, where her first role was Luise in Friedrich Schiller's "Intrigue and Love", followed by further engagements in Moscow, Wiener Neustadt, and Budapest.