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Rip Van Winkle Jr. – Rip Van Winkle's ne'er-do-well son Judith Gardenier – Rip Van Winkle's married daughter; she takes her father in after he returns from his sleep. Derrick Van Bummel – The local schoolmaster who went on to serve in the American Revolution as a flag officer and later a member of Congress
The first installment, containing "Rip Van Winkle", was an enormous success, and the rest of the work was equally successful; it was issued in 1819–1820 in seven installments in New York and in two volumes in London ("The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" appeared in the sixth issue of the New York edition and the second volume of the London edition ...
Jefferson's son Thomas followed in his father's footsteps and played the character in a number of early 20th-century silent films. Joseph Jefferson made several recordings, all of material from Rip Van Winkle. [citation needed] Jefferson essentially created no new character after 1865, except for minor parts. He was known as a one-part actor.
Joseph Jefferson playing the role of old Rip Van Winkle in 1869. By the time he came to Palm Beach in the 1890s, he was a world-renowned actor whose fans included Queen Victoria.
Along with Irving's companion piece "Rip Van Winkle", "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is among the earliest examples of American fiction with enduring popularity, especially during Halloween because of a character known as the Headless Horseman believed to be a Hessian soldier who was decapitated by a cannonball in battle. [1]
He also starred in two film adaptations of Rip Van Winkle as the title character, a role his father had performed on stage. He toured the U.S. performing a starring role in the play Lightnin'. [1] He married actress Daisy Jefferson and had three daughters from an earlier marriage. [1] Lobby poster for Rip Van Winkle (1921)
Van Dien adds, "Washington Irving went around and captured some of them," including Rip Van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, which he wrote and published in 1819 and 1820, respectively ...
Sylvia Lillian Storey was born in London, the only child of William Frederick Clayton Storey (known as Fred Storey) and Lilian Margaret Thorley Holmes Storey. Her parents were actors, [1] and she joined her father in the cast of Rip Van Winkle in 1899. [2]