The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-11-28 00:00:00

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jtaggs,,ig,,elay, he idesionesk Ammo deseviption
'of ther,plipt,min art Ns altorsolhemenemellecies. Ds
• Monfurt is repreeeded stemienstie nobleman of
excellent iiktok4figationmuftich !mall darkened and
discolourEd hy .et, itieetemte mid unconquershle
'helped to iimeisgelfoarliatts the brooding. of this
Yell passion have taught hid to view (the valeta
althinsta.otid-ciondbes of the latter gentleman toot-.
ittelladentlint as ht,' OHM dead!, foe. This un-
used Mt Of enhilly works on him et length to
sea firiftwitief, hat he stoops from the dignity
;sr 114 r'isslS, and character to commit • midnight
killittistoont litzsetrale, for which (in the fernier versu
moo of: the Miry) be mrifeur the execution of the
'Mem The othercheracters, with the exception of '
Jose de MonftsfilhnS sister). are merely secondary
ineltiolidernal iffsfiliiiitf 'in forninking opporttutities
for Mt lucliteute, and recopy:Om* propelling Um
plot to its dismal consummation. lea. is as afire. '
time* onset, ohs hest ell lifilillitof their pr.
um* supplied the Male.- . * •"J-1 '
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la of en Irapliglik; ,
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nth plug 'West. left:" ' 1-. •.1 .. i ..1 . i
She hat hthioist her hie to the dieeppeantined of
Wishing suitors, and tie frostrasion of tors maw pros
pewensopitiam.in•geichoo counselling, and mottling
$116111004 NMI atiieswei her wieftweerf, moody bredlir,
sod is the deson fat god infomous Catastrophe which
tee plucks on himself, her love to him is still fossil
to be st strong ea death." Same +invidious have
been made by the, selhosimes, which were deemed to
be more in consonance with the prevailing taste
nod the peculiar tahrusof Ihir,pmeeitt stage, then
at go period whew • the piece was first pro-
duced.. Instead of the tender and pious ma-
tiagtfaent or the conclusion, by which Jane was
enabled to kad the guilty died of her brother
beck to a state of comparative tranquiHity (o result
arbielsioopersted in the original by the purest and'
finest eoncetemition of feeling end sentiment which
such a subject will allow of)„ Ilse degraded hero I.
now made to fall into. lit of raving at his misdoing,
foot wisieb lw is relieved by the sodden mew
of death, upon which the certain fall.; There
is elm a• reason added fur
,the perverse enmity
of De Monfurt besides those mentioned in the on-
ginel, of schoul-boy rivalry. and the result of the
duel wherein itezennelt gave back his enemy's for-
feit life,„.viz. the success of Resennelt in alienating
the emends. of a knurls from De Monfort. We
tltadjedgineut on these alterations. it hes- been
' necessary by the authoress, now grown
venerable in literary judgment, •s she has always
been dignified in virtue. As i i the play, taken in
the light of • regular and perfect draws, though
iredrienustly objirtfons have beets taken to the
theme aiio the working of it..-(Such as, that it
seemed' nattiest propriety and dramatic aptitudes)-•.
it his always been admitted to contain a sequence
demotions closely and assiduously traced'out from
the first moving impulse to the remote fatality, the
cfeettostiee of one unreasonable passion being up-
held throughout by a vigour of style and a glow of
puede fellng.which are rarely to be mat with. We
can d. little justice to the merits of Mr. Kase in
the poet of De Monfort. The audience, however,
gave copious proof thee throve merits would not fail
of dee' attention and reward' from the cognizance of
the.pnblic generally. He has so frequently and
powerfully illustrated the stormy passionsinthist the
bops of novelty must have become nearly succinct.
That sweeten furnished him with novel oppertu-
sky, which he seized upon accordingly. His busi-
oemiwas to display the working of a rooted'hatred,
irbicb hod. superseded all the functions of his. naiad,
and mode his whole nature subservient to the per
paseisof a deadly. vengeance, In the pourtrayel of
this disposition he was pre-eminentty successful.
The language of deadly luethiim which he has con-
stantly to cast out against the object of his hatred,
seemed• to be the necessary effect ors. fell and de-
moralised feeling, which had actually engaged the
organs of speech in its gratifiestiost, and totally
depraved. the powers of:utterance. It was chequer-
rid oecasienally with bursts of fraternal feeling: ex.
cited to pathetic overflow by the affection of his
sitter; and torrrArds- the conclusion, especially in a
scree where he is loft alone with, theinurdered
corpse, by a deep• and desperate sense of unduly
provoked guilt. But
.the sense of hatred per-
vaded and bound the whole clirracter. kept
it. eats in pithiest accordance. sail convected the
velars of the plot by a chain. of wretched feeling,
which might be poetically objectionable, but car. '
rind an air of dreadful cousidenoy luta every thing
with which it ctiniestuiscsted. He received. Ire.
quent iuterraptions from the rapturous plaudits of
a full liou,e. Mrs. EG BRION. Iblialsittled her purl
with more address the she has discovered in any
previous.oile. Mr. COO PRI was never more happy
than in Ins delineation of the frank, mind senerouss
victim/Usenet/I. Mr. 'IAA is Apo oad Ws. SNIT'S,
SON performed their parts reapectiatly, It is a '
re:limitable thing for Mr. Pf.tWill.l.. to. hove to
say that he is the ooly• remaining octoy is. the
*lnoue of the Dittos, peer, soul holdisijitall. woe
eiscoettr iijueli he foruartly did.. .i.An Me.
committee which • soy, be• considered ••••••I
the feast gratifying,. was the sight of itkr le-
nersble• authoress sitting in the freest of the
how, dressed • with • fleshless sod propriety
attittly Appropriate to. tier toteliectual character
atid• tespecinbility. of station—her strosigirdetioed
and tensible features, taking the glow of pas-
sion* from the passing occur, and shedding it
around her with a parer and milder ray, of
intelligeoce. On the falling of the curtain the
house rose spositaneedly, sod the mad veheanist
apt/lades were sent up. Mr. Russet.* came for.
ward to• announce the play, but the cries for
" teen"—" Kenu" were so loud and getters!, that
Mr. lig4N way ituluced to come forward sand do
that much of the business which belonged to the
stage manager. The aunounceasent . was received
rich plaudits of increased loudueses, which were