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This is the first in-depth biography of Joseph Jefferson, one of the foremost of an old and distinguished family of English and American actors. Born in 1829, Jefferson became one of the most beloved actors in America and probably the most successful. His career spans the growth of the theatre from resident stock companies featuring touring stars to "combination" companies (what we would call road shows). Jefferson played in virtually every American city; and although he proved himself a skilled actor in more than a hundred roles, he was particularly famous for his characterisation of Rip Van Winkle. A painter of merit and member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, he succeeded Edwin Booth as president of The Players in New York City and hence was the acknowledged head of American actors. Having been on the stage for seventy-one years, Jefferson died on Shakespeare's birthday in 1905. Drawing on a stunning amount of research, Arthur Bloom reassesses a life packed with bravura and romance. The result is an extraordinary, vibrant biography of a fascinating and celebrated actor.
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Joe Jefferson was the most famous actor in 19th century America, and the richest. His story is the story of that theater, where his triumphs were built by his unparalleled genius for blending humor and pathos in his portrayals. A fourth-generation actor, he endured a challenging upbringing, beginning serious pursuit of his art at 17, slowly moving up the pecking order of the traditional stock company. By 21 he was an established comedian in New York. The Civil War he avoided by going to California, then on to Australia, South America, and London. There he became a great star and put the finishing touch on a work he had been fiddling with for some time--Washington Irving's famous tale of Rip Van Winkle. Back in America, his English reputation preceding him, "Rip" quickly grew into a national institution. The eternal touring--and the eternal gush of money--began: his fees were unequaled in the business, because his box-office results were unequaled. "Rip" become the most popular male role of the century, and Jefferson continued performing it into his seventies. This is his recounting of his life, and how he became one of the greatest stars of the American and world stage
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER Following Thomas Jefferson from the drafting of the Declaration of Independence to his retirement in Monticello, Joseph J. Ellis unravels the contradictions of the Jeffersonian character. He gives us the slaveholding libertarian who was capable of decrying mescegenation while maintaing an intimate relationship with his slave, Sally Hemmings; the enemy of government power who exercisdd it audaciously as president; the visionarty who remained curiously blind to the inconsistencies in his nature. American Sphinx is a marvel of scholarship, a delight to read, and an essential gloss on the Jeffersonian legacy.
Prepared in 1821. Apparently first published in the Memoir, correspondence, and miscellanies, from the papers of Thomas Jefferson, Charlottesville, 1829.