JOSEPH JEFFERSON.
The San Francisco Newsletter state that while Joseph Jefferson washday Eip Van Winkle at ChkWtf'last be went to the theatre Very much hausted by a long day’s fibbing on lake. When the* curtain rose on third act it disclosed, the. white “ Rip ” still deep. ii> his 2& year’s. na Five, ten, twenty minutes passed, he did not awaken. Theaudi«mce to get impatient and the prompter easy. The great actor donhfiless what he was about, hut this was ing the “ realistic ” business tod The fact was that all the time was really sleeping the sleep of or ratuer of the fisherman who has eight hours in the sun without single bite. Finally, the gallery. uproarious, and one of the^ “gods', wanted to know if there was “ ninteen years more,, of this snodzejrfl business. At this point Jeflereo* began to snore. This decided thop?ompter, who opened a small trap beneff the stage, and began to prob “ H from below. The much-travelled ca~ diau began to fumble in his pocketfT' an imaginary ticket, and drowsily, “ Going right . “ doctor.” The audience was with amazement at this entirely reading, when suddenly Jefferson: with a loud, shriek.. The prompter had “ jabbed ’’ him with a The play went on then rush. ■ ■ ,
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Temuka Leader, Issue 330, 18 December 1880, Page 2
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