I First appearance. A father's advice. How Salvini studied his art. Faults
in acting. The desire to excel in everything. A model for Othello. First visit
to the United States. In Cuba. Appearance in London. Impressions of Irving's
Hamlet. The decline of tragedy. Tragedy in two languages. American critical
taste. Impressions of Edwin Booth.
ADELAIDE RISTORI First appearances. Salvini and Rossi. Appears as Lady Macbeth.
As manager. First visit to America. Begins to play in English.
JOSEPH JEFFERSON
[William Winter, the dramatic critic of the New York Tribune, in 1894 wrote
the "Life and Art of Joseph Jefferson," published by the Macmillan
Company, London and New York. He gives an account of Jefferson's lineage, and
then says:
"In Joseph Jefferson, fourth of the line, famous as Rip Van Winkle, and
destined to be long remembered by that name in dramatic history, there is an
obvious union of the salient qualities of his ancestors. The rustic luxuriance,
manly vigour, careless and adventu
