Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-07-09


wHESIrwAs FIRST PLAYED.
THE ORIGINAL PLAY AND SOME CHANGES
HE HAS MADE IN IT.
From the paper on Joseph Jefferson.
from the pen OF Mr.. l.. Clarke Davis,
which appears in the July number Of
Lippincott's Mdgazine under the title of
"At and After the Play" we make the
following extracts, which relate Mr..
Jefferson's earliest connection with
the subject of Rip Van Wrinkle
The Peter Kiause of the original
German legend of the Rip of lrvings
adaptation, is a merly individual man,
who drank up his goodly substance,
wandered away from his home, was lost
in the mountains, slept sleep Of
twenty years, and then awoke to find
that the world had gone past, leading
him an alien among the sheaves OF his
own fields. The Rip of Joseph Jeffer-
son is not an individual, but a type
he does not stand for man so much
90 Co.. mopkind We crowd the thea. |
o.. 90 ~, .nLan U.s. ha Il =, tho stage neither TO
.,';, ~; nass tha % caries Of a drunken GOOD.
s."no,b;n, .'ne,I w. ner 10 crow maudlin with
him in his cups. We go there rather
70 So, Sue o"'b o"r Sa,,er or worser mart dress.
ya' ~; ~ ~ I,rary or onr natures his
~ ~ ~ Wy 49,, m' ory tbonebts-his lows
enough .nousns' o." rr;ots tr;umSbs ours We
i"a pas'pn', .pn n,osss;b;l;,ies s Of our own lives
90 wy os ~ ! n,;rror which he holds
ren.o'oa r w ~ "' W. do not ali drink nor
~ -, ~ ao' u.s. srhs,snce in riotous living,
hn, u wa ali have our weakness, Welded
ou. w .'a.onn,a ~ a Of which bis are but
" ~ y, a,'h,Ia s,o1est;ons We all have
va va SUI. ,'.;,h '5 a5s lives f,uny our loves
a,"ay, msu or ~ ,ramnled them under foot in
ama mas,afnl vou,h-baye felt the
~, vu. NY and n advancing wears
pass p,sss' oona mus gronina about for that low.
;.'' na's sdeoonri,;op en wh,ch once we cast
aa ms aocv sag hasor ~ ,b;ngs He has found
"',as hs,,sr ~, love- love at TIE end than that
rh;nh ho Lost at the bepipnipg, and the
Nano mn'ou ,h"t ~ b;s GOOD fortune NAV be
nUpV y sDa n,,ab,y I ;nfnenoe drawing us
ouis s; 70 WSg,h;n tboi;m;ts of two short
I'LL ~ n." .ho s,oru of lifa Il told to us, and
aou' = saa",so wy % ,a recoonize in the story
:. % D'o ,;ras thaf Il 90 holds and
u Oh o srms o ms Joseph Jefferson has told
vnai nS ..,'Soa usi ,Saators for twenty wears
y " ,' v,u"S ,and whera tho English Ian.
49, ~ 49, snnLon always with the same
suas "rsyollous ~ effect fits meaning had
mo-. mo-, 'S,,v sa,so,rar b;s ;onrnevs and yoy.
on oeon ,non,d ma haze hesn fewer and short.
as'o a VII a,roadv ,bs nlav Of uRip Van
W. w';nh,ap ahI would have become o mere
: ,"aaI s,.,s tradition But its sweet
: loea' esas hnsnsn;,v IL not ali of IL tor
J anu .a ,a, ~, onneals 70 men through those
". Isoo,s & ~ sunerst;tion underlying al
o'os Thair ov;stence NAV be do
iasd nav @ n, ,har do exist and the prefer
,n.s, n,, scones and characters of ths
nnsuia ,si,a ho,d nnon the IMAGINATION
,aaa,.'. LAM = cantivr 10 tho heights ofth,
Waa,ss;iis
naas ,,l,, hasn contended tha
? ~ nas ,10 =, ,a,,ayd dates far baclxao
|, tne orlglna, h;eS ~ I Iry;na bu;ll bissketcb
tna' upon wn, nsann oon nj rios and tbrourl
auu n"nm , countries il has found favor
many eo"n ne,nn.ro,;relv now to tb
, nus ~ ,hooah !. who frat dramatized /
ssaso, snU' ~, a;scovsr noss;blv Il wa
;, W. We oa"v' ~ uanSo,t Tbe earliest rec
MI; :. -. - al os !, Ia that Of an oil
oru W. u:u Ia as 49," NV Chos,nnt street Tbec
pay.pul;i pyu;oD " sSer . auonnc;ng q the last AZ
:. 'cr, mn'o' M Mr and Mrs. Hackett
pearaho. %, -, Fr;da y evening Deoeu
ly says ,eao enS' w,ll III he nrossnted the dram
o. NOV nov Wo"s;i;a, W. ~ after which m
ol nv nv "a X, 81 ,ha drama Of ,Ri
,ne S.vvnI w,,L,a ~. or ,rhe Legend of N
v,',.ui van n" Mnnn,ainan as altered b
naaIsS,n N, psnh 80, y srom a n;sce written an
hr, .asaS Dav~,; IN i,ondon and founded 0
Pvr,Jise v Su'n..on irvine,a wellknown tal
wAspa.sson .La. snan Tbe History of Al
pi '' 'has =, nane' a'.o os hat nsr;od makes n
bonuon a s'sso sooh !, a n;soe he;ng write