| Show TIVE THE jeffersons and B BOB OB A CRES ACRES five generations of the jefferson family have successfully appeared in in the part of fighting bob acres in in the rivals in ili all the ot of theatricals theatric als there is no parallel in t ole wonderful A ond erful history af u the falt famous ious jefferson family the first of of this illustrious family of oc thes thespians fians pians i was thomas jefferson born in angland in in lt 17 fi at that anat fline acci irs M re considered social outcasts and va vasi a bonds and to adopt the calling ot of an actor required a wonderful sacrifice of personal per conal prest prestige 1 ge yet c t thomas jefferson did this in about ablitt 1707 1767 the sa sacrifice rii cc he be made was the partial sc severance crance of oc his home ties and the complete loss of near nearly til his old friends but as the ilia spirit of theopia t was str within liim him lie follow followed tid his inborn natural inclination and rapidly advanced in his chown chosen calling lie ife eventually became tile the principal comedian in david garrick s company then playing at the conent garden in london while cri as comedian with gabrick Ga irick iricks comp company alev jefferson played bob in the rivals in which tic he established establish eZI hini himself self us as one of the foremost foie most comedians ot nf his time ile he was the idol of all london in 1770 itic due mostly to his exquisite comedy accomplishments as sob bob acres ill ili 1774 his sun smi was born the boy was christened jasca joseph li in ili 1792 joseph followed in his fathers footsteps and within a i few years developed into a particularly lil likeable cable comedian his greatest comedy creation was also as bob acres and ili his reputation in the part was second only to that of 0 his famous father joseph jefferson the first came to america in 1707 A was born to him in the boy was is named for his father thus we havic have joseph jefferson the ilia second this boy as is soon is as liis his age permitted went on the stage A century ago lie he was vas one of the theatrical bright lights of this country time and again he portrayed I 1 yc I 1 bob acres and avith till samo brilliant results stilts re as always attained by his distinguished ancestors in ili 1820 1829 joseph jef jefferson Terson the third was born lie ile is s the jefferson whose name will live as long is as theatrical history I 1 i cry continues to exist and much of liis his f fame fmc was gained by his performance of bob acres his th three ace generations of ancestors hall had used the ilia original manuscript ts is constructed iw by kichard brinsley brinick Brins lcy cN sheridan the author of the rivals it was long arid and tall talky v as were all the plays in vogue at tile the time the rivals was written the play had really become old fashioned and was vias not produced nearly sa often as it had been during the three previous decades joseph jeffo jefferson irson the third decided to recon reconstruct str act the rivals in so doing lie he eliminated climina ted the long talky scenes and in their stead incorporated all thoi the little bi bits ts of of business that his brilliant talent had ev evolved evoked oled as well as the many dainties which his distinguished ancestors ancestor lia had I 1 originated and had handed down from generation en cration to generation n with the same beautiful regard fas as is always tendered a priceless family heirloom joseph jefferson the third became famous as the t lie greatest ot of all comedians no little part of his SL success iches was founded on the version of tile the rivals which lie he reconstructed and brought up tip to date his best work was as bob acres perhaps because til of the sentimental associations connected with th the a part and the glorious possibilities given him in his own version of tile the play his fourth sun stin william IV V i jefferson efferson was born in 1 while visiting visitor his ili father in pittsburg in osos 1898 owing to the old 1 crit leman suddenly becoming ill willie for foras as such I 1 he ia is knevin appeared appi arad in his lathers campany coin pan as hob bob his st success icess was instantaneous and 1 I 11 is s per wr firmance for mance fully m in keeping aith the except exceptional i work of his father grandfather landfather gr and father great reat grandfather rand father and 1 I great ecat grea great t grand grandfather father it i is doubtful if i there is another record tf nf adv any sort similar to the association of the jeffer sion fail family t and 1 I tile the part of 0 bob acres and the play of tile the rivals rive five generations in the he same part covering a i period of nearly a century and a half is almost i incomparable et el when it is remembered that the performance of each of these ine generations became the greatest bob of his rown own time it can easily be appreciated what a 11 positively stupendous feat was accomplished and st still more beautiful to consider is the fact that alic pait of bob in the hands of a jefferson is like a fine old wine it improves with age for has not net willie profited by the experiences of ili his illustrious father the same as is his father utilized those of his ancestors the experiences talent and the sentimental associations of for five generations generation ore are centered in willie jeffer jefferson smi s performance as fight fighting alin bob acres A w r N 1 tip A all 6 L off I 1 ww i MIM 11 84 anz cpr 4 A 7 1 4 V af V A 41 Z ae W aar ZIB 1 1 brigham city 1211 T amr rv X T 11 OUS h one night only FRIDAY FRID NOV 0 Vs an attraction of distinguished importance as t ti and abw ild WILLIAM 1 aam wa W alad an company hi richard brinsley Brin Sheri dans jessica classical col fludy the highest class theatrical offering that has ever visited Bri brigham city |
