John Drew . ed the courtiers,because they are always on thestage together. On the otherhand, I am not sure, in the cir-cumstances, of my record, andplaybills, in such minor matters,are very misleading historicaldocuments. Another star engagement at theFifth Avenue Theatre that seasonwas that of Clara Morris, who hadmade her fame at the first FifthAvenue Theatre, under Dalysmanagement, a few years appeared, without securing 23 J O H N DREW much public support, in a newversion of Dalys adaptation ofMosenthals Deborah calledT/ie New Leah, and Mr. Drewwas the supposedly amusing villageb
John Drew . ed the courtiers,because they are always on thestage together. On the otherhand, I am not sure, in the cir-cumstances, of my record, andplaybills, in such minor matters,are very misleading historicaldocuments. Another star engagement at theFifth Avenue Theatre that seasonwas that of Clara Morris, who hadmade her fame at the first FifthAvenue Theatre, under Dalysmanagement, a few years appeared, without securing 23 J O H N DREW much public support, in a newversion of Dalys adaptation ofMosenthals Deborah calledT/ie New Leah, and Mr. Drewwas the supposedly amusing villagebarber and surgeon. Pique, a dramain five acts, founded partly on astory by Florence Marryat called Her Lord and Master, andpartly on a chapter in Les Mise-rables,* was produced December 14,1875, and held the stage till theroses of 1876 were in bloom. Inthis Drews Thorsby Gyll was thecompanion and adviser in mischiefof a red-headed youth named Sam-my Dymple impersonated by JamesLewis. Thorsby was just a New24. jOHX m I he Country (iirl y O H N DREW York lad of that particular epoch,concerned not too deeply in theworkings of a decidedly melodra-matic plot, and involved in a mildlittle romance with a happy end-ing. Pique was a drania of inci-dent, and its interest, too, waslargely pictorial. Mr. Drew wasa comparatively unimportant youngactor among a dozen players oflarge experience and establishedrepute; but, as I have said, I treas-ure a very pleasant remembranceof the spirit and humour of hisperformance. The part was a boon to him afterhis experience in some of the minorroles of Shakespearean plays, to give 25 y O H N DREW anything like the proper tone towhich he then lacked presenceand the tact and command of tra-ditions the older actors is more likely to take thevanity out of a youngster who hasenjoyed a few little triumphs ineasy, colloquial roles of moderncomedy, than an old-fashioned,rather hap-hazard course of Shake-speare. To be digni
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