Sujet

The late Mr. E. A. Sothern, 1881. Creator: Unknown.

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The late Mr. E. A. Sothern, 1881. 'It is a great mistake, and, moreover, it is a cruel injustice to the memory of a most accomplished and versatile comedian, to assume that the lamented Mr. Edward Askew Sothern was what is called, in the technology of the stage, a "one-part actor." He could, indeed, play many parts to admiration; and he must have sustained a large number of varied characters during a career of unflagging industry, but of comparative obscurity...he went in 1851 to the United States, and appeared at the National Theatre, Boston...He had already played Dundreary in the States more than eleven hundred times. I have seen it stated in more than one well- informed quarter that the acceptance of Sothern by the audience at the Haymarket was at the outset dubious and slow, and that for some weeks he played Dundreary to almost empty benches...To the British public Sothern's simulacrum of the Count Joannes (he died in great poverty about a year ago) presented no kind of purport nor significance. It was acknowledged to be very clever; but few people were able even dimly to understand what it meant'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM25A42_262

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7,9Mo (412,5Ko) / 13,9cm x 14,2cm / 1639 x 1680 (300dpi)

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