Recollections of a player . OLLECTIONS OF A PLAYER was As You Like It, and Miss Keenehad gathered a capable working company,George Jordan being her leading reception accorded to her and herassociates was flattering. The dramaticcritic of the New York Herald, G. P. Wilkins, produced a comedyin three acts at this theater on November24,1856. He was a charming companion ;he frequently came behind the scenes,being a great favorite with the was considered the most able dramaticwriter of that time. His new comedy wascalled Young New York, and it was asuccess. He died in N
Recollections of a player . OLLECTIONS OF A PLAYER was As You Like It, and Miss Keenehad gathered a capable working company,George Jordan being her leading reception accorded to her and herassociates was flattering. The dramaticcritic of the New York Herald, G. P. Wilkins, produced a comedyin three acts at this theater on November24,1856. He was a charming companion ;he frequently came behind the scenes,being a great favorite with the was considered the most able dramaticwriter of that time. His new comedy wascalled Young New York, and it was asuccess. He died in New York in thespring of 1861. At the conclusion of her first season,Miss Keenes venture seemed to be as suc-cessful as her best friends could havewished, with every prospect of continuedprosperity. The second season began withan introduction to New York theater-goersof Mr. Joseph Jefferson, who appeared asDoctor Pangloss in The Heir-at-Law andas Diggory in The Specter was the first time I had the pleasure100. Joseph Jefferson. KECOLLECTIONS OF A PLAYEE of meeting him, although I had heardmuch of him from my wife, who, beforeher marriage, had acted with him in Bos-ton. I played Steadfast in the comedy andNicodemus in the farce. Perhaps it is like carrying coals to Newcastle for me torecord that Mr. Jefferson immediatelycaptured his audience. I have since, onmany occasions, had the pleasure of actingwith Mr. Jefferson, and I now say, withall my heart, in the words of the charac-ter which he has made famous, May helive long and prosper. Mr. Jeffersonscareer, I think, stands apart from allothers. He is very little younger thanmyself, and our careers are somewhatsimilar; of course, I mean only throughlong servitude. In my early associationwith him we were both stock actors withMiss Laura Keene, and I had every op-portunity of seeing him in a great varietyof characters, and in all thought him pre-eminent. His effects were Jeffersonian,and you were left very little in
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