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Joseph Jefferson, actor, in the role of Rip Van Winkle
Source: M. A. DeWolfe Howe, Memories of a Hostess,
1922.
Note from "The Life of Nancy." Joseph Jefferson and Dion Boucicault wrote a popular dramatization of `Rip Van Winkle,' Washington Irving's well-known story from The Sketch Book (1819-1820). The play was first performed in 1865, and Jefferson was enormously successful in the role of Rip.
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