See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

JOSEPH See also:

• JEFFERSON
• JOSEPH JEFFERSON (1829-1905)
• JEFFERSON, THOMAS (1743-1826)

JEFFERSON (1829-1905)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American actor, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia on the 20th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1829 . He was the third actor of this name in a See also:

• FAMILY

family of actors and managers, and the most famous of all American comedians . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of three he appeared as the boy in See also:

• KOTZEBUE, AUGUST FRIEDRICH FERDINAND VON (1761–1819)
• KOTZEBUE, OTTO VON (1787–1846)

Kotzebue's See also:

• PIZARRO, FRANCISCO (c. 1471 or 1475-1541)

Pizarro, and throughout his youth he underwent all the hardships connected with theatrical touring in those See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early days . After a See also:

• MISCELLANEOUS

miscellaneous experience, partly as actor, partly as manager, he won his first pronounced success in 1858 as See also:

• ASA

Asa See also:

• TRENCHARD, SIR JOHN (1640-1695)

Trenchard in Tom See also:

• TAYLOR
• TAYLOR, ANN (1782-1866)
• TAYLOR, BAYARD (1825–1878)
• TAYLOR, BROOK (1685–1731)
• TAYLOR, ISAAC (1787-1865)
• TAYLOR, ISAAC (1829-1901)
• TAYLOR, JEREMY (1613-1667)
• TAYLOR, JOHN (158o-1653)
• TAYLOR, JOHN (1704-1766)
• TAYLOR, JOSEPH (c. 1586-c. 1653)
• TAYLOR, MICHAEL ANGELO (1757–1834)
• TAYLOR, NATHANIEL WILLIAM (1786-1858)
• TAYLOR, PHILIP MEADOWS (1808–1876)
• TAYLOR, ROWLAND (d. 1555)
• TAYLOR, SIR HENRY (1800-1886)
• TAYLOR, THOMAS (1758-1835)
• TAYLOR, TOM (1817-1880)
• TAYLOR, WILLIAM (1765-1836)
• TAYLOR, ZACHARY (1784-1850)

Taylor's Our American See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

Cousin at Laura See also:

• KEENE
• KEENE, CHARLES SAMUEL (1823–1891)
• KEENE, LAURA (c. 1820-1873)

Keene's See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre in New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York . This See also:

• PLAY

play was the turning-point of his career, as it was of See also:

• SOTHERN, EDWARD ASKEW (1826-1881)

Sothern's . The naturalness and spontaneity of See also:

• HUMOUR (Latin humor)

humour with which he acted the love scenes revealed a spirit in See also:

• COMEDY

comedy new to his contemporaries, See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long used to a more artificial See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention; and the See also:

• TOUCH (derived through Fr. toucher from a common Teutonic and Indo-Germanic root, cf. " tug," " tuck," O. H. Ger. zucchen, to twitch or draw)

touch of pathos which the See also:

• PART

part required revealed no less to the actor an unexpected See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power in himself . Other early parts were See also:

• NEWMAN, FRANCIS WILLIAM (1805-1897)
• NEWMAN, JOHN HENRY (1801-1890)

Newman Noggs in See also:

• NICHOLAS
• NICHOLAS (1841– )
• NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o)
• NICHOLAS, SIR EDWARD (1593-1669)
• NICHOLAS, ST

Nicholas Nickleby, : See also:

• CALEB (Heb. keleb, " dog ")

Caleb Plummer in The See also:

• CRICKET
• CRICKET (Gryllidae)

Cricket on the See also:

• HEARTH (a word which appears in various forms in several Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch haard, German Herd, in the sense of " floor ")

Hearth, Dr Pangloss in The See also:

• HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

Heir at See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

Law, See also:

• SALEM

Salem Scudder in The See also:

• OCTOROON, or OCTAROON (from Lat. octo, eight, formed on the example of quadroon)

Octoroon, and Bob Acres in The Rivals, the last being not so much an See also:

• INTERPRETATION (from Lat. interpretari, to expound, explain, inter pres, an agent, go-between, interpreter; inter, between, and the root pret-, possibly connected with that seen either in Greek 4 p4'ew, to speak, or irpa-rrecv, to do)

interpretation of the See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character as See also:

• SHERIDAN
• SHERIDAN, PHILIP HENRY (1831-1888)

Sheridan sketched it as a creation of the actor's . In 1859 See also:

• JEFFERSON
• JEFFERSON, JOSEPH (1829-1905)
• JEFFERSON, THOMAS (1743-1826)

Jefferson made a dramatic version of the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of Rip See also:

• VAN

Van Winkle on the basis of older plays, and acted it with success at See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington . The play was given its permanent See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form by See also:

• DION

Dion See also:

• BOUCICAULT, DION (1822–1890)

Boucicault in See also:

• LONDON

London,where (1865) it ran 170 nights, with Jefferson in the leading part . Jefferson continued to See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act with undiminished popularity in a limited number of parts in nearly every See also:

• TOWN

town in the See also:

• UNITED

United States, his Rip Van Winkle, Bob Acres, and Caleb Plummer being the most popular . He was one of the first to establish the travelling combinations whichsuperseded the old See also:

• SYSTEM

system of See also:

• LOCAL

local stock companies . With the exception of See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor parts, such as the First Gravedigger in See also:

• HAMLET

Hamlet, which he played in an " all See also:

• STAR

star See also:

• COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination " headed by See also:

• EDWIN, AEDUINI
• EDWIN, JOHN (1749–1790)

Edwin See also:

• BOOTH (connected with a Teutonic root meaning to dwell, whence also " bower ")
• BOOTH, BARTON (1681–1933)
• BOOTH, CHARLES (184o– )
• BOOTH, EDWIN [THOMAS] (1833–1893)

Booth, Jefferson created no new character after 1865; and the success of Rip Van Winkle was so pronounced that he has often been called a one-part actor .

If this was a See also:

• FAULT (Mid. Eng. faute, through the French, from the popular Latin use of fallere, to fail; the originallof the Latin being replaced in English in the 15th century)

fault, it was the public's, who never wearied of his one masterpiece . Jefferson died on the 23rd of See also:

• APRIL

April 1905 . No See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man in his profession was more honoured for his achievements or his character . He was the friend of many of the leading men in American politics, See also:

• ART

art and literature . He was an ardent fisherman and See also:

• LOVER, SAMUEL (1797-1868)

lover of nature, and devoted to See also:

• PAINTING

painting . Jefferson was twice married: to an actress, See also:

• MARGARET
• MARGARET (1283–1290)
• MARGARET (1353-1412)
• MARGARET (1489–1541)
• MARGARET, ST (c. 1045–1093)
• MARGARET, ST (SANCTA MARGARITA)

Margaret Clements See also:

• LOCKYER, SIR JOSEPH NORMAN (1836– )

Lockyer (1832-1861), in 1850, and in 1867 to Sarah See also:

• WARREN
• WARREN, GOUVERNEUR KEMBLE (183o-1882)
• WARREN, JOSEPH (1741—1775)
• WARREN, MERCY (1728—1814)
• WARREN, MINTON (1850-1907)
• WARREN, SAMUEL (1807-1877)
• WARREN, SIR JOHN BORLASE, BART
• WARREN, WILLIAM (1812-1888)

Warren, niece of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Warren the actor . Jefferson's Autobiography (New York, 1889) is written with admirable spirit and humour, and, its judgments with regard to the art of the actor and of the playwright entitle it to a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place beside See also:

• CIBBER (or CIBERT), CAIUS GABRIEL (163o-1700)
• CIBBER, COLLEY (1671-1757)

Cibber's See also:

• APOLOGY (from Gr. &aoXoyia, defence)

Apology . See William See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

Winter, The Jeffersons (1881), and See also:

• LIFE

Life of See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph Jefferson (1894) ; Mrs . E . P . Jefferson, Recollections of Joseph Jefferson (1909) .