The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-02-16
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b sWhlsen Aeestss MeAlspk knew teae fid
led passed q : srsat actor -
theatrical manager. - and the tstssA ~
NJ. Palmer, then somtag into DsoDt
nsncs ~. s~uecsssful theatrical mans1
81 "a latsfStll Ss(cesor oesylLepss4nsA
WallSok I'm Tie management of wa.
lack's thsstsr. in New York. ussd, "a
make the trip together bstwsn ths me-
tr0p0lis and Stamford. Conn. avhsre
Zach had bis summer home. i @ann
during m Of these trips that Wallsoe
told Palmer the story Of the ola ,cosse
that msds . srsat histrionio hit. r. /:
1T was in 1858 that Laura Kseal44
produced Our American Coustn.'. wita
Joseph Jefferson - Asa TrsnckaRe
and Ned 6othssn - Lord DuudroaSysss
raid Mr.. WAllack. Il know tha1,tn.ao
general way 1t has passed into. uedt.
ton that sothsrn at nrst REFUSED -
play the part Of Lord Dundrsarys ~
cause he thought the part wa 6ehSa1hA
him, and that be only conssntodse ~
play 1t when Miss Ksens told him ths1
pho was In despair and after she Aae
commented that sothern should 'eadJ
the part. But while all this y tsUd
Mp to = certain point. l have no doub@
that from the moment Sothern reaq
the part Of Lord Dundreary he SAD
the possibilities that were in It for
delicate, humorous satire Of certa,4
of the nobility Of England. and TED
sure that this satire would not omsnAi
but would amuss the upper classes a
Great Britain, II svsr he we're psff
mitted. to play the part ~ hs woul
IKE to play II. before English ~
hiencss. ~. ~ :,aiN
We'll, sothsrn made up his mtnq
khat It would be necessary to ,Afp9a1
The part with elongated black .sld6t
whiskers. which were. In the late n
kies and early sixties. the fashioaab,4
way. ut least In France. Of wearing sthl
beard. He also decided that Il wa4
essential in the first act, which wAgA
drawing room seems. for him to wesf,A
s~onE-tsilcd frook cost with very vosun3
inons tails. Bat Il slipped hjs nplPll,,
that he should obtain . coat Of ,thl
sort from the coltumer, O haye, o93
made. and because of this slip be ,yaa3
in despair at the time of the dresa ,ne4
hearsal Of the play. xr:H:.
John Brougham. the playwright
was upon the stage at the time. .aedl
he told sothern that he had ID BID
dressing room a longtailsd coat. very
full in ito folds. which had been ueeA
by me in . play. In which I had. -.
peared some months earlier. It's JUS
the frock for you, Ned said BtouG,
han. :
Produce II. john returned ssh
ern.
"A moment later Brougham brou9Sk
the long-taiIedacoat to oothera'saos@
ing room. 1t Sdtdnt 1t vsrySSslaspsk
The sshonlders.,' but ths ialls 1iesest&
enough and expansive enough to ssit
sothsrns perfectly. and ha seid -
wo,ss1d sa,weafl isultM he could l&vsSNa
coefssmade.ss And To in / c4at 44hli&E
ha1 worn In In Satlisss plSy ala I'LL
lent , 10 John Br0ugham-an. smssGsss1
coat. sothern appsared for the aest'
sine upon Any stage as Lord Dun
drsary. and the coAt was q success"
l. by the w." said Mr.. Palmer,
."Waliaok also told mo that eothsrn
predicted that theI play would greatly
famtss the British aristocracy.. Il did,
Il ran for an entiie reason With fash-
ionable audiences,i and the manager
made nearly 920O,e zoo out Of Il in ehAe
single season" |.
tcopystsht. 49, by n. ). Edwards. ~
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