1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
EKHOF, KONRAD (1720-1778), German actor, was born in Hamburg on the i2th of August 1720. In 1739 he became a member of Johann Friedrich Schonemann's (1704-1782) company in Luneburg, and made his first appearance thereon the isth of January 1740 as Xiphares in Racine's Mithridate. From 1751 the Schonemann company performed mainly in Hamburg and at Schwerin, where Duke Christian Louis II. of MecklenburgSchwerin made them comedians to the court. During this period Ekhof founded a theatrical academy, which, though shor…
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