Life and art of Joseph Jefferson, together with some account of his ancestry and of the Jefferson family of actors . ight havereached the greatest eminence. Before she came to thePark theatre, Henry J. Finn, the comedian, had assuredEdmund Simpson, the manager, that she was beyondrivalry as a comedy actress; and Finn had offered herthe leading business, on her own terms, at the St. Charlestheatre, New Orleans. Tyrone Power had also spokenof her, with unstinted admiration. Edwin Forrest, in 1 Signorina Maria Felicite Garcia. — Born in 1808. Made her firstappearance in 1823, at Covent Garden. Ap
Life and art of Joseph Jefferson, together with some account of his ancestry and of the Jefferson family of actors . ight havereached the greatest eminence. Before she came to thePark theatre, Henry J. Finn, the comedian, had assuredEdmund Simpson, the manager, that she was beyondrivalry as a comedy actress; and Finn had offered herthe leading business, on her own terms, at the St. Charlestheatre, New Orleans. Tyrone Power had also spokenof her, with unstinted admiration. Edwin Forrest, in 1 Signorina Maria Felicite Garcia. — Born in 1808. Made her firstappearance in 1823, at Covent Garden. Appeared at the Park theatre,New York, November 29, 1825, as Rosina. Was married on March 23,1826, to Eugene Malibran. Made her last appearance in America, Octo-ber 28, 1827, at the Bowery theatre, New York, as the Princess of Navarre,in John of Paris. Went to Europe and had great success as Mme. Mali-bran. Obtained a divorce from her husband and married the violinist DeBeriot. Died September 17, 1836, at Manchester, England, in her twenty-eighth year, and is there buried. She was a wonder of genius and LIFE OF JEFFERSON 129 whose support she had acted, at Washington, declaredher to be the best tragic actress on the stage. Sheis the best Lady Macbeth we have, he said, and theonly Pauline. Somebody asked Simpson how he hadhappened to hear of her as an actress. I have heardof nobody else for two years, he answered. Duringthe Park engagement of Sheridan Knowles, she actedin all the plays produced for him, — The Hunchback,William Tell, Virginius, The Wife, etc., — and thefamous author was fascinated with her loveliness andher genius. Ever afterward, in writing to her fromEngland, he addressed her as Lady Julia Rochdale, andsigned his letters, Your father, Walter. It was asJulia that she made her first hit at the Park; and herpopularity there was so great that every omission ofher name from the bill would cause a serious fall in thereceipts. Yet she was only a member of
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