The son of Solomon and Rebecca, Daniel Edward Bandmann was born in Cassel a city in the German State of Hesse.
He first came to America in 1852  where at some point he became involved with German amateur theatre productions at New York's Stadt Theatre.
During this time Bandmann reportedly attended the Cooper Institute where he studied English under Alexander Graham Bell.
This is questionable, since Bell was nearly ten years younger than Bandmann and did not come to America until much later.

As an American citizen, Bandmann returned to Germany in 1858 and shortly thereafter made his professional stage debut at the Court Theatre in Neustrelitz.
Later, with the sponsorship of the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg, Bandmann embarked on a successful series of mostly Shakespearean productions staged in Germany, Prussia and Austria.
The son of Solomon and Rebecca, Daniel Edward Bandmann was born in Cassel a city in the German State of Hesse. He first came to America in 1852  where at some point he became involved with German amateur theatre productions at New York's Stadt Theatre. During this time Bandmann reportedly attended the Cooper Institute where he studied English under Alexander Graham Bell. This is questionable, since Bell was nearly ten years younger than Bandmann and did not come to America until much later.
As an American citizen, Bandmann returned to Germany in 1858 and shortly thereafter made his professional stage debut at the Court Theatre in Neustrelitz. Later, with the sponsorship of the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg, Bandmann embarked on a successful series of mostly Shakespearean productions staged in Germany, Prussia and Austria.
Daniel E. Bandmann