Maximilian Ludwig

* 01.01.1846 in Berlin; ✝ 14.12.1906 in Berlin

Actor

Biography

Ludwig began his stage career in Brandenburg, in 1864, and went on to work in posts in Görlitz, Breslau, Braunschweig, Dresden and St. Petersburg, among others. In 1872 he secured an engagement with the Court Theatre in Berlin, an engagement which was transformed into a lifelong position.  Ludwig acted mostly in character roles and heroic parts.

Shakespeare Roles

• Coriolanus (Coriolanus)
• Hamlet (Hamlet)
• Cassius (Julius Caesar)
• Othello (Othello)
• Romeo (Romeo und Juliet)
• Richard II (Richard II)
• Henry V (Henry V)
• Leontes (The Winter’s Tale)

Literature

Secondary Literature

• Lewinsky, Josef: ‘Maximilian Ludwig’. In: Josef Lewinsky: Theatralische Carrièren. Leipzig, 1881. Pp. 153-164.

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