Winning Prestige For The American Stage
Broadcast: January 6, 1937
Added: Jan 03 2013
Prior to the American Revolution English players held a monopoly on theatrical entertainment in this country. One of the first Americans who dared persist in the theory that American folk life and characters were worth portrayal on the stage was Joseph Jefferson America’s first great comedian whose name is synonymous with his most famous characterization Rip Van Winkle. It is the story of Jefferson that is dramatized here.