Today is the birthday of the great American character actor Joseph Jefferson (1829-1905). Posterity associates him with but one role, his mega-success as the title character in Dion Boucicault’s stage adaptation of Rip Van Winkle, which Jefferson first played in 1858. Starting with a successful revival in 1865, Rip Van Winkle was nearly all that Jefferson [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:30AM on February 20, 2013