Roderich Benedix [SEP] place of death
Roderich Benedix
Julius Roderich Benedix (21 January 1811 – 26 September 1873) was a German dramatist and librettist, born in Leipzig, where he was educated there at Thomasschule.
He joined the stage in 1831, his first engagement being with the travelling company of H. E. Bethmann in Dessau, Köthen, Bernburg and Meiningen. Subsequently he was tenor in several theatres in Westphalia and on the Rhine, and became manager of the theatre at Wesel, where he produced a comedy, "Das bemooste Haupt" (1841)
. It published four dramas: "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare, a comedy by Roderich Benedix, a drama by Paul Heyse, and historical drama "Kęstučio mirtis" (Death of Kęstutis) by Maironis. Almost every more substantial new literary work in Lithuanian was critically reviewed by "Draugija", frequently by its editor Jakštas. These reviews were compiled and published separately in two-volume "Mūsų naujoji literatūra" (Our New Literature) in 1923. Other articles were devoted to reviewing works of certain writers, including Jonas