Konrad Ernst Ackermann
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The Ackermann family was a German actor family troupe from the 18th century.
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[edit] Konrad Ernst Ackermann
Konrad Ernst Ackermann (Schwerin, 1712 – 13 November 1771) first accompanied field marshal Burkhard Christoph von Münnich on his travels and in battles. He first entered the stage under a certain Stolle. In 1740 he enters the troupe of Johann Friedrich Schönemann in Lüneburg, where he first met his future wife Sophie Charlotte, who takes the lead of the troupe in 1741 in Hamburg. The troupe dissolved in 1744 and they lived with relatives of Konrad in Mecklenburg. In 1747 he is hired in Gdańsk, later in Petersburg. In 1749 he and his wife visit Moscow where they marry. They left Russia in 1751 and founded the famous Ackermann troupe (Ackermann'sche Gesellschaft).
The troupe visited Gdańsk, Königsberg, Breslau, Warsaw, Leipzig, Halle, then Frankfurt am Main and with the beginning of the Seven Years' War via Strasbourg to Switzerland. After the peace treaty, they returned via Strasbourg, Frankfurt, Mainz, Braunschweig, Hannover to Hamburg which became the domicile of the troupe. In 1767 the troupe was sold to a consortium of private owners, called the Lessing's Dramaturgie. The dramaturgie was home to famous founders of German histrionics such as Friedrich Ludwig Schröder and Konrad Eckhof.
[edit] Sophie Charlotte Ackermann
Sophie Charlotte Ackermann born Bierreichel (10 May 1714, Berlin - 14 October 1792, Hamburg).
She first married an organist named Schröder, who was unable to support his family. She entered the stage in 1740 in Lüneburg and established her own troupe in 1741 who failed in 1744. She left the stage for three years. In 1749, she married Konrad Ackermann in Moscow.
[edit] Dorothea Ackermann
Dorothea Ackermann (12 February 1752, Gdańsk) was the oldest daughter of the above.
She entered the stage at the age of four in the role of Annabella in Lessing's Miss Sara Sampson. Her other roles include Orsina, Minna von Barnhelm, and Marie in the Götz von Berlichingen. She left the stage in 1778 and married with a professor Unger in Altona.
[edit] Marie Magdalene Charlotte Ackermann
Marie Magdalene Charlotte Ackermann (23 August 1757 - 10 May 1775) entered the stage on 16 October 1761 as Louise in Molière's Malade Imaginaire. She died at the age of 18 in 1775. She became the heroine of the novel Charlotte Ackermann by Otto Müller.
[edit] Sources
- Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie - online version at Wikisource
