The autobiography of Joseph Jefferson . characters was perfectly original. A shrewd, keenYankee boy of twenty-five falls in love at first sightwith a simple, loving, English dairymaid of innocently sits on the bench, close beside him;he is fascinated and draws closer to her; she raisesher eyes in innocent wonder at this, and he glidesgently to the farthest end of the bench. He nevertells her of his love, nor does she in the faintestmanner suororest her affection for him ; and thouo-hthey persistently talk of other things, you seeplainly how deeply they are in love. He relatesthe s
The autobiography of Joseph Jefferson . characters was perfectly original. A shrewd, keenYankee boy of twenty-five falls in love at first sightwith a simple, loving, English dairymaid of innocently sits on the bench, close beside him;he is fascinated and draws closer to her; she raisesher eyes in innocent wonder at this, and he glidesgently to the farthest end of the bench. He nevertells her of his love, nor does she in the faintestmanner suororest her affection for him ; and thouo-hthey persistently talk of other things, you seeplainly how deeply they are in love. He relatesthe story of his uncles death in America, and dur-ing this recital asks her permission to smoke acigar. With apparent carelessness he takes out apaper, a will made in his favor by the old man,which document disinherits the girl; with this helights his cigar, thereby destroying his rights andresigning them to her. The situation is strained,certainly, but it is very effective, and an audience tp!lllllfclillW!l«iftS!M»i;Bi3:Kf7^^^^ ii.,..„. MiM. 1,11 m, ,1 II iiilFiII IIll ii ii| iiii I ,i Mm ;iililili|iililI ii JOSEPH JEFFERSON AS ASA TRENCHAKD. OF JOSEPH JEFFERSON 197 will always pardon a slight extravagance if itcharms while it surprises them. The cast was anexceedingly strong one — Laura Keene as the re-fined, rural belle,and Sara Stevens as the modest,loving, English dairymaid. Both looked and actedthe parts perfectly. The A del Mtircott of was a gem, and the extravagant forceand humor of Mr. Sotherns Dtmdreary, the fameof which afterwards resounded all over the English-speaking world, is too well known to need anycomment, except perhaps to mention one or twomatters connected with it of a curious nature. As I have before said, Sothern was much de-jected at being compelled to play the part. Hesaid he could do nothing with it, and certainly forthe first two weeks it was a dull effort, and producedbut little effect. So in despair he began to intro-duce extravagant b
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