Fame, however, was rapidly eclipsed by that of Friedrich U. L.
Schroder. His literary efforts were chiefly confined to translations from French authors.
See H. Uhde, biography of Ekhof in vol. iv. of Der neue Plutarch (1876), and J. Ruschner, K. Ekhofs Leben and Wirken (1872). Also H. Devrient, F. Schone y nann and seine Schauspielergesellschaft (1895).