JEFFERSON, JOSEPH actor.
born in Philadelphia. Pa_. Feb. a:. the third act:: of this name in a ai____Inagers. and one of most famous of all An:tr.:an the age of appeared a.s the Kotzebue's and thrc::' youth he underwent ail the hardships connected with theatriii: touring in those early days .4titer a - partly as actor, pardy as he l__,_., first success as Asa Ire:::::: Torn Taylor's Our Cousi.: a: Laura Keene's theatre in New Va. This play was the turninz-; :int of his career. as it :vas of Ot1r:7 were Caleb in The Cricket on in The :udder in The a*:. Bob in The not so of the character as it as a creaticn the attpr's.
In iSz_, 'e version of the of Rip basis of tide: acted it with at WlchirTon. The play was its permanent form by Boucicault in London. where z it ran rliZir2IS. Willi Jef ferson in the leading past. JeEerson was one to lih the travelling combinaticns which :he old of local stock With the parts. such
as the First Gravedigger in combination" headed by Edwin Booth. no character after an he success of Rip Van V:inkle was st prono=ced he has often been called a crie-part a:tir. If tfciis was a fault. it was the public's. who never of his one masterpiece. Jefferson died on April No man in his a:.red for E ments or his character. He the friend of many cf the leading men in American politics. art and literature. He was an fisherman and lover of nature. and devoted to was married: to an Margaret :Sza. :S67," 7:0 ..S272::: Warren. William Warren the ac:or.
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