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DAWISON, BOGUMIL (1818-1872)

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DAWISON, BOGUMIL (1818-1872) , See also:German actor, was See also:born at See also:Warsaw, of Jewish parents, and at the See also:age of nineteen went on the See also:stage. In 1839 he received an See also:appointment to the See also:theatre at See also:Lemberg in See also:Galicia. In 1847 he played at See also:Hamburg with marked success, was from 1849 to 1854 a member of the See also:Burg theatre in See also:Vienna, and then became connected with the See also:Dresden See also:court theatre. In 1864 he was given a See also:life engagement, but resigned his appointment, and after starring through See also:Germany visited the See also:United States in 1866. He died in Dresden on the 1st of See also:February 1872. Dawison was considered in Germany an actor of a new type; a leading critic wrote that he and See also:Marie See also:Seebach swept like fresh See also:gales over dusty tradition, and brushing aside the monotony of declamation gave to their roles more See also:character and vivacity than had hitherto been known on the German stage." His See also:chief parts were See also:Mephistopheles, See also:Franz See also:Moor, See also:Mark Antony, See also:Hamlet, See also:Charles V., See also:Richard III. and See also:King See also:Lear.

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