Hedwig Raabe
Hedwig Raabe (3 December 1844 – 21 April 1905) was a German actress.
Life
[edit]She was born in Magdeburg, and at age 14, she was playing in the company of the Thalia theatre in Hamburg.[1]
In 1864, she joined the German Court theatre at St Petersburg, touring across Germany in the summer with success. In 1871, she married Albert Niemann (1831–1917), the operatic tenor.[1]
She excelled in classical roles like Marianne in Goethe's Geschwister and Franziska in Minna von Barnhelm. She is the first person who brought Ibsen's plays to Berlin.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Chisholm 1911.
Attribution:
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Raabe, Hedwig". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 765.
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