John Drew . ersof that epoch had ever seen. Bul-wers Money belongs to a past age,as surely as Addisons Cato and madNat Lees Rival ^eens. Indeed, itheld the stage long after its hour ofdeparture had struck, because Eve-lyn was always a character in comedytragedians, and heavy men likedto fancy they could act, and thepiece had so many other long partsencrusted with theatrical traditions,and associated with famous actors. 35 J O H N DREW In my memory there has been nobetter performance of Bulwersstilted piece in New York than thisin which the sentiment of Evelynwas so tastefully denoted by Cogh-l
John Drew . ersof that epoch had ever seen. Bul-wers Money belongs to a past age,as surely as Addisons Cato and madNat Lees Rival ^eens. Indeed, itheld the stage long after its hour ofdeparture had struck, because Eve-lyn was always a character in comedytragedians, and heavy men likedto fancy they could act, and thepiece had so many other long partsencrusted with theatrical traditions,and associated with famous actors. 35 J O H N DREW In my memory there has been nobetter performance of Bulwersstilted piece in New York than thisin which the sentiment of Evelynwas so tastefully denoted by Cogh-lan, and his priggishness so deli-cately and even agreeably expressed;while Davidge was the most amus-ing of Sir Johns, and Fisher themellowest Mr. Graves of his day;while Brougham acted Stout, andDrew was really a satisfying DudleySmooth. The young actor was ** out of thebill a great deal this season. Hehad a sick spell, and there were noparts for him in some of the a comedy called Blue Glass^ in 36. JOHN DRKW AND ADA REHANAs Howell Everett and Val Osproy in 1 he Railruatl of y O H N D R E JV recognition of one of the silly fadsof the hour, he appeared as Regi-nald Haven, but the part was noth-ing, and the piece lasted only a fewnights. This was another of adaptations of German farces,but one that did not score. In afew performances of The Lady ofLyonsy he acted Glavis, and he hadthe role of Noirtier in a melodramacalled The Princess Koyal, whichwas put on very elaborately, but didnot last long. Late in the seasonAdelaide Neilson appeared at theFifth Avenue Theatre as a star, andMr. Drew then had some more ofthat desirable journeyman expe-rience in Shakespeare as he is acted. 37 y O H N DREW To be sure, he had the much covetedrole of Sir Andrew Aguecheek, inTwelfth Night; but as WilliamWinter wrote of his performance, inhis notice of Miss Neilsons Viola,that it was well-meant, but entirelymistaken, it is not likely that hegained much fame from that. Irem
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