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约瑟夫．杰佛逊在「李伯大梦」中扮演观众喜爱的李伯一角
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喜剧演员约瑟夫．杰佛逊 (Joseph
Jefferson) 出生
1829年2月20日
在1859年，杰佛逊担纲演出作家华盛顿．欧文 (Washington
Irving) 的作品「李伯大梦」 (Rip
Van Winkle) 一剧的主角。这个故事是描述主角李伯在长睡了20年之后醒来，却发现美国独立战争已经退出，一切景物全非。虽然这出戏剧相当成功，但是杰佛逊认为还能够表现得更好。他雇用了一个作家替这出戏剧写了另外一个版本，并且在1865年正式在伦敦连续170天登台演出。一年之后，杰佛逊回到美国。因为美国人实在是太喜欢他所扮演的「李伯」，所以杰佛逊之后也就没有再创造其他的角色了。
约瑟夫．杰佛逊一直到19世纪末都还是美国最受欢迎的喜剧演员之一。你希望达到的目标又是什么呢？
In 1859, Jefferson starred in a stage production of Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle, the story of a man who falls into a magical 20-year sleep and wakes to find he has slumbered through the Revolutionary War. Although the play was fairly successful, Jefferson thought it could be better. He hired a writer to create another version of the play, and in 1865, Jefferson played Rip Van Winkle before London audiences for 170 nights in a row. One year later, Jefferson returned to the United States. Americans loved his portrayal of Rip Van Winkle so much that Jefferson never created another role for himself.
Joseph Jefferson remained one of the most popular comic actors in America through the end of the 19th century. What wonderful career do you feel destined to pursue?
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