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Under such influences it would have been strange if even a less active brain had not been fired with aspirations, which took the form of an irresistible impulse when, at thirteen, Wilhelmine was allowed for the first time to visit the theatre and witness the acting of Dawison in Hamlet and other parts.
Dawison is said to have remarked that by her retirement the German stage had lost its last genuine tragic actress. Since her marriage Madame von Hillern has resided at Freiburg, in the grand duchy of Baden, where her husband holds a legal position analogous to that of the judge of a superior court.
Once I began to study Richard III., but chancing to see Bogumil Dawison in that character, I was so delighted with his personation that I gave up all thoughts of performing the part myself." At this juncture our host attempted to fill Rossi's glass with some peculiarly choice wine, but the tragedian stopped him with a smile.
In the Prussian capital the family was again united, and became the centre of a social circle embracing many persons connected with dramatic art and literature. Devrient, Dawison and Jenny Lind were among the visitors whose conversation was greedily listened to by the little girl while supposed to be immersed in her lessons or her plays.
The two scores I shall leave here in the keeping of the Princess until you write to HER that they are to be sent to the Hartels. Your idea of becoming a houseowner at Zurich is quite peculiar, and I congratulate you cordially on the building delights which await you. Dawison told me recently that his starring engagement had enabled him to buy a villa near Dresden.
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