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A DRAMATIC CRITIC the general heart and mind. To a pupil of the highest sensibility, Mr. Warren's deep- hearted Sir Peter Teazle, in whom Sheri- dan's conception was at once justified, re- produced and developed, might of itself have gone far to furnish a liberal edu- cation. Surely, no decently appreciative spectator who sat at the artist's feet for a score of years could have failed to learn something of the difference between sin- cerity and affectation, breadth and narrow- ness, ripeness and crudity, in the practice of the histrionic art. The temptation presents itself, and may properly be yielded to, to compare Mr. Warren and the other most distinguished American comedian, Mr. Warren's rela- tive and close friend, Mr. Joseph Jeffer- son. To speak the truth will nothing wrong either of these illustrious players. It is to be conceded at once by a parti- san of our local comedian that no single achievement of his career approached, in [ 62 ]
WILLIAM WARREN depth and suggestiveness, in significance as an interpreter of the deeper things of the spirit, in resulting potency over the general heart of man, that Rip Van Win- kle which, in the teeth of a thin text and fantastic plot, Mr. Jefferson has caused to be accepted as the supreme achievement in comedy of the latter half of the nine- teenth century. The touch of genius is here to be seen and to be reverenced. It follows, also, as a sure consequence, that Mr. Jefferson will be remembered longer than Mr. Warren. The power of an artist to attain or approach immortality in any ,,..._ -. art is the power of his one most effec- z^;'' //.^ tual work. To reach this end, a large number of very good things are as nothing beside one superlatively excellent thing. Who doubts that Joseph Blanco White's sole achievement, his matchless sonnet. Night and Death, will linger on the lips and in the hearts of men, when the whole mass of Spenser's beautiful poems in the [ 63 ]
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WILLIAM WARREN<br />
depth and suggestiveness, in significance<br />
as an interpreter of the deeper things of<br />
the spirit, in resulting potency over the<br />
general heart of man, that Rip Van Win-<br />
kle which, in the teeth of a thin text and<br />
fantastic plot, Mr. Jefferson has caused to<br />
be accepted as the supreme achievement<br />
in comedy of the latter half of the nine-<br />
teenth century. The touch of genius is<br />
here to be seen and to be reverenced. It<br />
follows, also, as a sure consequence, that<br />
Mr. Jefferson will be remembered longer<br />
than Mr. Warren. The power of an artist<br />
to attain or approach immortality in any ,,..._ -.<br />
art is the power of his one most effec- z^;'' //.^<br />
tual work. To reach this end, a large<br />
number of very good things are as nothing<br />
beside one superlatively excellent thing.<br />
Who doubts that Joseph Blanco White's<br />
sole achievement, his matchless sonnet.<br />
Night and Death, will linger on the lips<br />
and in the hearts of men, when the whole<br />
mass of Spenser's beautiful poems in the<br />
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