Ludovica Magdalena Marie Levy (née Dysten, from 1896 to 1906
Levy-Lavik) (7 September 1856 â€" 20 October 1922) was a Danish
actress, theatre director and theatre critic. She toured with theatres
in Denmark and Norway, and worked as instructor for Den Nationale
Scene in Bergen. She chaired the theatre Sekondteatret in Kristiania
from 1899 to 1901, together with her husband Dore Lavik. She founded
the touring theatre Nationalturneen in 1907, and toured in Norway with
this theatre until 1912.Ludovica Levy was born in Nakskov as the
daughter of shoemaker Lars Henrik Dysten and Maria Magdalene Specht.
She was married to actor and theatre director Bernhard Levy from 1873,
and to actor Dore Lavik from 1896 to 1906. She died in Copenhagen in
1922.Growing up in Lolland, she started her acting career as a child
actress at the Copenhagen theatre Frederiksberg Teater. From 1871 she
performed at Casino Teater in Copenhagen, and also for touring
theatres. She visited Norway in 1872 with August Rasmussen's ensemble.
The ensemble played at the comedy house in Bergen from September 1872.
From 1877 she toured with her husband Bernhard Levy's theatre. The
couple joined Olaus Olsen's theatre company from 1880 to 1883, played
at the Copenhagen theatre Dagmarteatret, and then toured in Norway
with their own ensemble Det Levyske Theaterpersonale until 1890. In
1889 she visited Den Nationale Scene in Bergen, with guest
performances in the plays Kameliadamen, Prinsessen af Bagdad and Alle
mulige Roller. She worked for the theatre Casino in Copenhagen from
1890 to 1891, and from 1892 for travelling theatres. From 1895 she was
appointed as actress and instructor at the Bergen theatre Den
Nationale Scene. In Bergen she met her second husband, Dore Lavik,
whom she married in 1896. The couple moved to Kristiania in 1899,
where they founded the theatre Sekondteatret. In 1899 she staged
Wied's satyr play Erotikk, which became very popular and was played
over hundred times, the highest number for any performance in Norway
in a single season until then. Hauk Aabel had his breakthrough as
actor in this play, as the character "Snild". Secondteatret had to
close in 1901 after bankruptcy.She was later a theatre critic for the
women's magazine Urd. She founded the touring theater Nationalturneen
in 1907, and toured with this theatre until 1912, as director and
occasionally actress. From 1914 to 1919 she was a theatre critic for
the newspaper Ørebladet. In 1922 she settled in Copenhagen, where she
died the same year.
Levy-Lavik) (7 September 1856 â€" 20 October 1922) was a Danish
actress, theatre director and theatre critic. She toured with theatres
in Denmark and Norway, and worked as instructor for Den Nationale
Scene in Bergen. She chaired the theatre Sekondteatret in Kristiania
from 1899 to 1901, together with her husband Dore Lavik. She founded
the touring theatre Nationalturneen in 1907, and toured in Norway with
this theatre until 1912.Ludovica Levy was born in Nakskov as the
daughter of shoemaker Lars Henrik Dysten and Maria Magdalene Specht.
She was married to actor and theatre director Bernhard Levy from 1873,
and to actor Dore Lavik from 1896 to 1906. She died in Copenhagen in
1922.Growing up in Lolland, she started her acting career as a child
actress at the Copenhagen theatre Frederiksberg Teater. From 1871 she
performed at Casino Teater in Copenhagen, and also for touring
theatres. She visited Norway in 1872 with August Rasmussen's ensemble.
The ensemble played at the comedy house in Bergen from September 1872.
From 1877 she toured with her husband Bernhard Levy's theatre. The
couple joined Olaus Olsen's theatre company from 1880 to 1883, played
at the Copenhagen theatre Dagmarteatret, and then toured in Norway
with their own ensemble Det Levyske Theaterpersonale until 1890. In
1889 she visited Den Nationale Scene in Bergen, with guest
performances in the plays Kameliadamen, Prinsessen af Bagdad and Alle
mulige Roller. She worked for the theatre Casino in Copenhagen from
1890 to 1891, and from 1892 for travelling theatres. From 1895 she was
appointed as actress and instructor at the Bergen theatre Den
Nationale Scene. In Bergen she met her second husband, Dore Lavik,
whom she married in 1896. The couple moved to Kristiania in 1899,
where they founded the theatre Sekondteatret. In 1899 she staged
Wied's satyr play Erotikk, which became very popular and was played
over hundred times, the highest number for any performance in Norway
in a single season until then. Hauk Aabel had his breakthrough as
actor in this play, as the character "Snild". Secondteatret had to
close in 1901 after bankruptcy.She was later a theatre critic for the
women's magazine Urd. She founded the touring theater Nationalturneen
in 1907, and toured with this theatre until 1912, as director and
occasionally actress. From 1914 to 1919 she was a theatre critic for
the newspaper Ørebladet. In 1922 she settled in Copenhagen, where she
died the same year.
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