Friedrich Ludwig Alexander Gensichen
Friedrich Ludwig Alexander Gensichen ( February 17, 1806 in Warsaw - November 7, 1840 in Berlin ) was a German theater actor , comedian and singer .
Life
Gensichen was the son of a government councilor and came to Berlin when he was four. After the death of his parents, he fulfilled his wish to become an actor and went to the Königsstadt Theater as an apprentice. In 1826 he was permanently engaged there. On October 3, 1840, he gave his last performance as a “gravedigger” in Leonore and died shortly afterwards.
Gensichen also wrote witty casual poems and sang homemade couplets .
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 317, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gensichen, Friedrich Ludwig Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theater actor, comedian and singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1806 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warsaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 1840 |
| Place of death | Berlin |