Jefferson, Joseph Actor, Playwright. Best know for his portrayal of Asa Trenchard in <cite>Our American Cousin</cite> and Rip Van Winkle in <cite>Rip Van Winkle</cite>, Joseph Jefferson was one of the most popular comedians of his time. Born February 20, 1829 in Philadelphia, Jefferson was the son of actors and was introduced to the stage as a child. Jefferson made his adult debut in New York in 1849 at the age of twenty. His early New York successes led to a tour of the South and theatrical engagements in Baltimore and Philadelphia. In November 1856, Jefferson became a member of Laura Keene&rsquo;s company, where he starred in several successful performances, including the &quot;hit&quot; <cite>Our American Cousin</cite> in October 1858 as Asa Trenchard (W. Eaton, “Joseph Jefferson”). Jefferson would often resume the role of Asa Trenchard and revive <cite>Our American Cousin</cite> throughout his career (Odell 7:128-129). Jefferson&rsquo;s wife died in March 1861, which appears to have prompted Jefferson to make his 1861 world tour. He spent four years in Australia acting and recovering from the loss of his wife. In 1865, Jefferson traveled to London where he acted in the new version of <cite>Rip Van Winkle</cite> that he had asked Dion Boucicault to write for him. The show debuted September 4, 1865 at the Adelphi Theatre in London &quot;and Jefferson&rsquo;s performance was immediately recognized as one of those rare and precious things which come only once in a generation&quot; (W. Eaton, “Joseph Jefferson”). Jefferson debuted as &quot;Rip Van Winkle&quot; in New York on September 3, 1866 at the Olympic Theatre. Odell explains that &quot;the opening of the Olympic on September 3, 1866, presented the New York Public a figure that was to dominate our comedy stage for nearly forty years - Joseph Jefferson&rsquo;s impersonation of Rip Van Winkle, in the Boucicault version of the story&quot; (8:138). Jefferson&rsquo;s success in this role allowed him to regain his prominence on the New York stage despite his long absence and the debut of younger, new actors during this period. According to Odell, &quot;posterity has no doubt as to who was the greatest American comedian of the second half of the Nineteenth Century&quot; (8:138). That same season, Jefferson resumed the role of Asa Trenchard in <cite>Our American Cousin</cite> and received positive reviews from critics such as William Winter (Odell 8:139). At this stage of his career, Jefferson principally performed as Rip Van Winkle, becoming &quot;the one-part actor par excellence&quot; (Odell 8:279). In this role, he received positive reviews of his acting from papers like the <cite>New York Times</cite>, which stated that Jefferson&rsquo;s Rip Van Winkle &quot;holds high rank among the purest, the truest, and noblest illustrations of human nature and human sentiment that the present stage affords. In many important respects it more nearly approaches positive perfection than any single piece of acting now before the public&quot; (qtd. in Odell 8:428). After 1866, Jefferson was often credited as &quot;Joe Jefferson&quot; as the American public &quot;characteristically expressed their affection by refusing to ever call him Joseph&quot; (W. Eaton, “Joseph Jefferson”). Jefferson&rsquo;s contemporaries had varying opinions of his talent and theatrical choices. Henry Clapp felt that Jefferson was one of &quot;the finest actors in their lines&quot; and &quot;ranked Jefferson as having no equal as an eccentric low comedian: &rsquo;Genuine humor he has very little of; but he has a fine sense of the ludicrous, and in grotesque parts, whether in comedy, farce, or extravaganza, is really great&rsquo;&quot; (qtd. in T. Miller 36, 37). Stephen Rider Fiske, for whom Jefferson had played Rip Van Winkle in the 1878-1879 season, later criticized both Jefferson and Edwin Booth for &quot;neglecting their profession,&quot; stating, &quot;They come to New York, year after year, and expect people to go see them without ever presenting anything to attract the public...No playwright devises new comedies for Mr. Jefferson. He bought up Boucicault&rsquo;s dramatizations of <cite>Rip Van Winkle</cite> and <cite>The Cricket on the Hearth</cite> years ago, and for such old farces as <cite>Lend Me Five Shillings</cite> he pays no royalties&quot; (qtd. in T. Miller 120). Fiske leveled this criticism at Jefferson and Booth because he believed that their prominence in their profession should have prompted them &quot;to establish an American school of acting or to develop the native drama&quot; (120). Despite criticisms about his leadership of the American stage, when prompted by Oliver Wendell Holmes &quot;to name the greatest, in [his] judgment, of American actors then prominent,&quot; William Winter responded that he &quot;thought Comedy more exacting than Tragedy, and named the comedian Jefferson, then at the zenith of his wonderful career&quot; (Winter, Old Friends 126). Jefferson starred in over one hundred roles before performing consistently as Rip Van Winkle. Some of Jefferson&rsquo;s performances and productions included Newman Noggs in <cite>Nicholas Nickelby</cite>, Caleb Plummer in Boucicault&rsquo;s <cite>Dot</cite> (an adaptation of Dickens&rsquo;s <cite>Cricket on the Hearth</cite>), <cite>Twelfth Night</cite>, Salem Scudder in <cite>The Octoroon</cite>, Hans in <cite>Somebody Else</cite>, Dr. Pangloss in <cite>The Heir at Law</cite>, Mr. Golightly in <cite>Lend Me Five Shillings</cite>, and Bob Acres in <cite>The Rivals</cite>. Jefferson&rsquo;s <cite>Autobiography</cite> remains one of the most prominent sources about Jefferson&rsquo;s life, career, and the stage in the nineteenth century. After seventy-one years on the stage, Jefferson ended his acting career in Patterson, NJ on May 7, 1904 in the role of Caleb Plummer in <cite>Lend Me Five Shillings</cite>. Jefferson became ill at his home in Palm Springs in the winter of 1904-1905 and died April 23, 1905. He was buried on Cape Cod (W. Eaton, “Joseph Jefferson”). 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London: Chapman &amp; Hall, 1910.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"><p>"When 'Nicholas Nickelby' was first acted in America, Joseph Jefferson made a great impression as Newman Noggs" (139). </p> <p>"Dion Boucicault's version [of 'Dot', an adaptation of Dickens's <cite>Cricket on the Hearth</cite>] was done afterwards [after 1866] in New York at the Winter Garden Theatre, with . . . Joseph Jefferson (later to be famous as Rip Van Winkle) as Caleb Plummer" (204). </p> <p>"Joseph Jefferson, in his 'Autobiography', says: 'The production [of <cite>Dombey and Son</cite>] at Burton's Theatre of 'Dombey and Son', by Mr. Brougham, was a curious combination of failure and success. Much was expected of Burton's Captain Cuttle, and to the surprise of the expectant critics and of Burton himself he did nothing with it'. . . .[Burton] went to work to study the part properly and made a magnificent hit, and according to Jefferson he was 'perfect' in a new version which he and Brougham concocted together. This version, published by French, soon got to London, and was acted 'everywhere'" (226). </p> <p>Jefferson did the best Rip Van Winkle until 1884, when Fred Storey surpassed him (242).</p> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content">[pages: 139,204,226,242]</div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="55743" about="/node/55743" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/55743">Greenslet, Ferris. <em>The Life of Thomas Bailey Aldrich</em>. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1908.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"><p>Aldrich quotes Jefferson in a letter to W.H. Mabie in which he inquires about a dinner at The Aldine Club.Aldrich writes, "As dear old Joe Jefferson says, 'I want to know where I am at'" (172).</p> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content">[pages: 172]</div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="55806" about="/node/55806" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/55806">Hyman, Martin D. "&#039;Where the Drinkers &amp; Laughers Meet&#039;: Pfaff&#039;s: Whitman&#039;s Literary Lair.." <em>Seaport</em> 26, (1991): 56-61.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"><p>Identified as one of Pfaff's "guests" and referred to as one of the "luminaries of the stage" (61).</p> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content">[pages: 61]</div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="60173" about="/node/60173" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/60173">Lause, Mark A. <em>The Antebellum Crisis and America&#039;s First Bohemians</em>. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2009.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="55929" about="/node/55929" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/55929">Miller, Tice L. <em>Bohemians and Critics: American Theatre Criticism in the Nineteenth Century</em>. Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1981.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"><p>In 1857, Laura Keene starred in <cite>The Siam Light Guard</cite> as Mrs. Catchmug; Jefferson played her husband (55). </p> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content">[pages: 36-37, 55, 96, 99, 112, 120]</div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="56556" about="/node/56556" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/56556">Odell, George C.D. <em>Annals of the New York Stage: Volume VIII (1865-1870)</em>. New York:Columbia University Press, 1936.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"><p>Jefferson resumed his role as Asa Trenchard in <cite>Our American Cousin</cite> on Oct. 4, 1866. This performance received good reviews from William Winter (139).Jefferson continued to play the Olympic Theater for a good portion of that season (139).</p> <p>The Olympic began the 1867-68 season under the direction of Mrs. John Wood with Jefferson in <cite>Rip Van Winkle</cite> (279).Odell reprints reviews of this season from the <cite>Times</cite> on p.279-80.</p> <p>Jefferson also plays Rip van Winkle at Booth's during the 1868-69 season.Odell mentions that Jefferson's retirement ended the first season at Booth's (it is unclear is this statement means that Jefferson planned to retire completely or for the summer).Jefferson played Rip Van Winkle at the Brooklyn Academy in the 1869-70 season after having a successful run at Booth's (666).</p> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content">[pages: 17,34,562(ill), 138-139,140,179,279-80,428,565,666]</div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="55847" about="/node/55847" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/55847">Odell, George Clinton. <em>Annals of the New York Stage: Volume VI (1850-1857)</em>. New York: Columbia University Press, 1931.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"><p>As an actor, Odell refers to Jefferson as a "bright feature" at the National Theater in 1850-51(34).Jefferson is called an "admirable comedian."He is frequently on stage with Mrs. Jefferson during 1850-51 season.Jefferson left the National during the 1850-51 season when Lafayette Fox (Christopher Strap) came to the theater.Odell simply says that a theater couldn't expect to keep both of them (37).</p> <p>Odell uses Jefferson as a source and refers to Jefferson's description of the performance of "Sir William Don" on the stage in 1850-51 season (5).</p> <p>Odell also uses exerpts from Jefferson's <cite>Autobiography</cite> to discuss his 1851-52 performance of <cite>Twelfth Night</cite>. According to Jefferson, the revival at Burton's displayed performances that have not been so skillful since Shakespeare first wrote and performed the play.<cite cite> was Burton's first Shakespearean endeavor and was done on a highly elaborate scale (128). </cite></p> <p>Jefferson returned to the New York stage after an absence of several years in the 1856-57 season, Laura Keene's second season in her new theater(544).</p> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content">[pages: 5,34,37,54,57,128,129,240,546]</div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="55935" about="/node/55935" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/55935">Odell, George Clinton. <em>Annals of the New York Stage: Volume VII (1857-1865)</em>. New York: Columbia University Press, 1931.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"><p>Odell discusses his return to the stage with Keene's company for the 1857-1858 season.Jefferson had spent several years wandering in provencial theaters.Along with Booth, Odell describes Jefferson as one of the two most famous America actors; both appeared for the first time on the New York stage in the same year.</p> <p>Jefferson's biography/autobiography describes the first production of <cite>Our American Cousin</cite> with Laura Keene.Odell often relies on Jefferon's own reflections about the theater and the people and shows he was part of for his information.</p> <p>Jefferson claimed to have adaped <cite>Blanche of Brandywine</cite> with J.G. Burnett and also acted in the play.Jefferson was a part of the theatrical "frivolity" that accompanied the arrival of the Japanese ambassadors (1859-1860).The benefits he participated in indicate that he knew others who frequented Pfaff's.</p> <p>Jefferson starred in <cite>Rip Van Winkle</cite>, "arranged by himself." Odell cites Jefferson's own account of the play at the Winter Garden and his struggles adapting the play on his PA farm.</p> <p>Odell also makes comparisons between Jefferson and other actors.Odell makes mention of Jefferson's dramatic society.Jefferson's wife's death (March 1861) may have prompted his world tour in 1861;Jefferson does not return to the New York stage until 1866.</p> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content">[pages: 30,37, 39,127,128(ill),129,152,210, 211, 214,217,222,223,262,309,315,317, 318-319, 321,345,386,388,617]</div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="59196" about="/node/59196" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/59196">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. 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"Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, December 17, 1859, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57590" about="/node/57590" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57590">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, February 11, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="59407" about="/node/59407" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/59407">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, February 12, 1859, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="59432" about="/node/59432" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/59432">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, February 15, 1859, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57623" about="/node/57623" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57623">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, January 28, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="58722" about="/node/58722" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/58722">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, July 12, 1859, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="56172" about="/node/56172" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/56172">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, July 23, 1859, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="58859" about="/node/58859" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/58859">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, June 18, 1859, 2-3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57523" about="/node/57523" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57523">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, March 10, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="56100" about="/node/56100" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/56100">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, March 12, 1859, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"><p>Personne notes that as of the 124th performance of <cite>Our American Cousin</cite>, "Jefferson has some new gags" (2).</p> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content">[pages: 2]</div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57510" about="/node/57510" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57510">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, March 17, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57415" about="/node/57415" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57415">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, May 12, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57426" about="/node/57426" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57426">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, May 15, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="58992" about="/node/58992" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/58992">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, May 21, 1859, 2-3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="58974" about="/node/58974" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/58974">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, May 28, 1859, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57836" about="/node/57836" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57836">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, November 15, 1859, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="58217" about="/node/58217" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/58217">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, October 22, 1859, 2-3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57857" about="/node/57857" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57857">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, October 29, 1859, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="58343" about="/node/58343" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/58343">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, September 17, 1859, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="58316" about="/node/58316" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/58316">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, September 24, 1859, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57656" about="/node/57656" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57656">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton: Up with the Tartan!." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, January 14, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="56017" about="/node/56017" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/56017">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "The Tug of War." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, August 27, 1859, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="59383" about="/node/59383" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/59383">Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.] and Quelqu&#039;un [Winter, William]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, February 19, 1859, 2-3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57229" about="/node/57229" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57229">Quelqu&#039;un [Winter, William]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, August 14, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57176" about="/node/57176" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57176">Quelqu&#039;un [Winter, William]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, August 25, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57280" about="/node/57280" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57280">Quelqu&#039;un [Winter, William]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, July 14, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57264" about="/node/57264" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57264">Quelqu&#039;un [Winter, William]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, July 21, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57244" about="/node/57244" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57244">Quelqu&#039;un [Winter, William]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, July 28, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="57359" about="/node/57359" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/57359">Quelqu&#039;un [Winter, William]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, June 19, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="56760" about="/node/56760" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/56760">Quelqu&#039;un [Winter, William]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, June 30, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="58257" about="/node/58257" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/58257">Quelqu&#039;un [Winter, William]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." <em>New York Saturday Press</em>, October 18, 1859, 2.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="56176" about="/node/56176" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/56176">Quelqu&#039;un [Winter, William]. "Dramatic Feuilleton [To the General Public]." <em>New-York Saturday Press</em>, July 17, 1860, 3.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="58856" about="/node/58856" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/58856">Seitz, Don Carlos. <em>Artemus Ward (Charles Farrar Browne): A Biography and Bibliography</em>. NY: Harper &amp; Brothers, 1919.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content">[pages: 198]</div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="55292" about="/node/55292" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/55292">Winter, William. <em>Life and Art of Joseph Jefferson, Together with Some Account of his Ancestry and of the Jefferson Family of Actors</em>. New York and London: Macmillan and Co., 1894.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="55290" about="/node/55290" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/55290">Winter, William. <em>Old Friends; Being Literary Recollections of Other Days</em>. New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1909.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"><p>Of both Jefferson and Holmes, Winter writes: "There are some men whose minds pass quickly from solemnity to a kind of wistful playfulness.The comedian Jefferson was such a man.Holmes possessed the same sensitive, mercurial temperment, the same capability of instantaneous perception of the humorous side of serious things" (127-128).</p> <p>In discussing Dickens' theatrical tastes and the author's preference for melodrama, Winter writes that Dickens ranked John H. Owen's performance in <cite>Solomon Shingle</cite>, a reality, above Jefferson's <cite>Rip Van Winkle</cite>.According to Winter, Jefferson's <cite>Rip Van Winkle</cite>, "in that actor's treatment of it, was poetry" (184).</p> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content">[pages: 126,127-128,184]</div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="55287" about="/node/55287" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/55287">Winter, William. <em>Other Days; Being Chronicles and Memories of the Stage</em>. New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1908.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> <li class="list-group-item"> <article data-history-node-id="55294" about="/node/55294" class="node node--type-work node--view-mode-bibliography-link"> <div class="node__content"> <a href="/node/55294">Winter, William. <em>The Jeffersons</em>. Boston: J.R. Osgood and Co., 1881.</a> </div> </article> <p class="list-group-item-text"><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-note"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-mention-pages"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-edit-node"><span class="field-content"></span></div></p> </li> </ul> </div> </div>