Joseph Jefferson; reminiscences of a fellow player . up. I askedhim in what degree the lack of it was any barrierto the success of an actor. He thought that itwould discover the actor to the cultured portionof his public, but would not greatly hinder hissuccess. Edmund Kean he believed to be anilliterate man, but there was never any questionof his great ability after the London debut in Shylock. Education has nothing to do withthe expression of a passion, he said, Do you not believe that the profession of anactor is perhaps the one most capable of utilizinginformation of whatever nature ? In s
Joseph Jefferson; reminiscences of a fellow player . up. I askedhim in what degree the lack of it was any barrierto the success of an actor. He thought that itwould discover the actor to the cultured portionof his public, but would not greatly hinder hissuccess. Edmund Kean he believed to be anilliterate man, but there was never any questionof his great ability after the London debut in Shylock. Education has nothing to do withthe expression of a passion, he said, Do you not believe that the profession of anactor is perhaps the one most capable of utilizinginformation of whatever nature ? In short, theaptitude being given, that a man will succeed whopossesses the greatest educational advantages ? To this both Mr. Jefferson and Mrs. Drew an-swered emphatically : Yes, of course ! LydiaLanguish then remarked naively that it was nodisadvantage to hold a hand full of graces. Then came a discussion of Edwin thought him superior in Hamlet,for which he was best fitted by nature and muchstudy. Mrs. Drew preferred him as Bertuccio. mff*4. THE ALL-STAR RIVALS in The Fools Revenge. Goodwin gave hisvoice for Tarquin in The Fall of Tarquin, inwhich Jefferson thought Edwin was very fine ;he also thought Macbeth the weakest per-formance in Booths repertory. As youngmen, but of vastly different types, declaredJefferson, Edwin Booth and Edwin Forrestwere very handsome men. I asked Mrs. Drew to deny or affirm an oftentold story about herself and Mr. Mat Snyder,who was in her employ at the Arch StreetTheatre, Philadelphia. Mrs. Drew. Go on, I 11 answer. It is said that you did not desire to retain theservices of the gentleman in question for anotherseason, and that you informed him of your de-cision by regretting that you and he were notto be together the following year, and that said: Are you going to leave us,Louisa ? There was some laughter at this, and when itwas quite done, Mrs. Drew replied : It is not true. If I had not desired to re-engage the gentlema
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