death in 1872 he was the second holder of the Iffland-Ring. The Saxonian Court Theatre made him an honorary member and had a special commemorative medaillon designed for the occasion of his retirement in 1868. A street near the city centre of Dresden is named after him. References Heinrich Hubert Houben, Emil Devrient. Sein Leben, sein Wirken, sein Nachlass. Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt am Main 1903. (DjVu, 12 MB) "Gustav Emil Devrient" at Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk External links Biography by Corinna Kirschstein, Institut für Sächsische Geschichte und Volkskunde 1803 births 1872 deaths Actors from Dresden German male stage actors 19th-century German male actors Iffland-Ring