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This is the history of the evolution of a play. Many hands were concerned in its growth, but its increase in scenic effect as well as in dialogue was a stage one, rather than prompted by literary fervour. No dramatization of Washington Irving’s immortal story has approached th...
This is the history of the evolution of a play. Many hands were concerned in its growth, but its increase in scenic effect as well as in dialogue was a stage one, rather than pr...
16. Chapter 16_The Town of_ RIP’S _nativity, instead of the Village as presented in first scene of the drama.—It is now a populous and flourishing settlement.—On the spot where_ RORY’S _tap-h...
11. Chapter 11Zooks! I’m venturing into a tiger’s den in quest of a lamb. All’s clear, however; and, could I but pop on little Alice, how we would bill and coo. She comes! lie still, my flutt...
9. Chapter 9Neighbour Clausen, on your way hither, saw you anything of our friend, Rip Van Winkle? Where there’s a cup of good liquor to be shared, he’s sure to be on hand—a thirsty soul.
15. Chapter 15Alas, what a fate is mine! Left an orphan at an early age,—a relation’s bounty made me rich, but, to-day, this fatal day—poverty again awaits me unless I bestow my hand without...
17. Chapter 17Mr. Knickerbocker, if you please, my dear; damme! I’m so happy I could fly to the moon, jump over a steeple, dance a new fandango on stilts. [_Dances._] Fal, lal, la.
10. Chapter 10Should the present application fail, I am a ruined man; all my speculations will be frustrated, and my duplicity exposed; yes, the dissipation of my son must inevitably prove hi...
2. Chapter 2But, however the credit is distributed, Jefferson alone made the play as it lives in the memories of those who saw it. It grew by what it fed on, by accretions of rich imaginati...
14. Chapter 14_The last of the First Act repeated; but the distance now presents a richly cultivated country.—The bramble is grown into a lofty tree, and all that remains of_ RIP’S _gun is it...
12. Chapter 12[Whip-poor-Will! egad, I think they’ll whip poor Rip.](109)—[ _Takes aim at bird; it flashes in the pan._]—Another miss! Oh, curse the misses and the missusses! hang me if I can...
13. Chapter 13_Dark.—The Sleepy Hollow, in the bosom of the mountains, occupying the extreme extent of the stage—stunted trees, fragments of rock in various parts.—Moon in the horizon; __ the...
8. Chapter 8RIP VAN WINKLE Mr. Hackett Mr. F. S. Chanfrau (the dreamer) HERMAN VAN SLAUS " Warwick " Ferrell SETH SLOUGH " Whiting " Stephens KNICKERBOCKER " Norton " B.G. Rogers THE JUDGE...
3. Chapter 3_Original_ _Walnut St. _ _Philadelphia_ DEIDRICH VAN SLAUS Mr. Sanger Mr. Porter HERMAN (his Son) " N. Norton " Read KNICKERBOCKER (a " S. Beverley " J. Jefferson Schoolmaster)...
5. Chapter 5RIP VAN WINKLE (a Mr. F. S. Chanfrau Mr. C. Burke Dutchman) KNICKERBOCKER (a " Whiting " J. L. Baker Schoolmaster) DERRIC VAN SLAUS " Ferdon " Marsh (the Burgomaster) HERMAN VAN...
7. Chapter 7RIP VAN WINKLE (a Mr. Hackett Mr. F. S. Chanfrau Dutchman) KNICKERBOCKER (a " Norton " B. G. Rogers Schoolmaster) DERRIC VAN SLAUS " McDonall " Ross (the Burgomaster) HERMAN VAN...
6. Chapter 6RIP VAN WINKLE Mr. F. S. Chanfrau Mr. C. Burke (the dreamer) HERMAN VAN SLAUS " Blake " Henkins SETH SLOUGH " Denham " J. Jefferson KNICKERBOCKER " Whiting " J. L. Baker THE JUD...
4. Chapter 4HERMAN VAN SLAUS Mr. H. Norton Mr. Read SETH KILDERKIN —— —— KNICKERBOCKER " S. Beverley " J. Jefferson NICHOLAS VEDDER " T. Santer " Sefton GUSTAVE —— —— YOUNG RIP —— —— " Chap...