The Sun.
London, England, 1821-01-09 00:00:00

THE THEATRE.

j
31 1-4ANE.—A. new Tragedy, entitled
onto
night at°,
.was represented for the first. time last
tills Theatre. The following is an out-
le of
ac.;:te r ABLE .
s takes place iiiltaly,where3fonfato(Mr.WALtatclt)
home, A,and
warrior, returns after a long absence to his
lei, wife' "here, Verona. A suspicion ot the infide.lity of
miihcts V been previously awakened in his mind, an the
ar°' Michael (Mr. Coorr.a,)
.and Lavra (Mrs. EnE.H-
4geot C.emPlyd to confirm them. The latter is the chief
iiy Plot against Montalto's peace, but the ino.t!ves
14tfio, J.: lets instigated ate not sufficiently manifest.. Some
mid, if (bye hints to her own claims to the principality,
mistake hot, a disappointed passion, are the grounds
~hrtbe,, red. 3lichael is envious andambitious to boot ; then..
(Nix...ll'o,_however, are impeded by the hesitation of Ilttrazzo
her linshand, whose conscientious scruples are
liiovse;:"Y checking their impetuosity, and interrupting the
t,t, 1, (f. the drama, Montalto s jealousy advan-
iA the 7 discovers that a rival warrior, then cricamped
was ;;,!'"gbbUllrllood with hostile designs, against his state,
ttje fZe'llterly an admirer of his wile Julia iMts. WesT); and
'Pent interchange of letters between the conspirato.rs
tracand the enemy confirm his suspicns of the exi!-
‘,ifeel. a,criminal atiachment. He resolves to murder his
ts unable to execute the deed. In the Mean time
%ut
c.fstle is surprised, Durazzn joins the enenty and falls,
gl„ttrl e dies ot grief. Montalto is mortally wounded:in the en-
ept, and ;trier cursing Julia under an impression of her
.thscovers her innocence, blesses her and expires.
As
JEALOUSY is the main subject of this Tra-
e4
Y the Author imposed on himself a difficult
considering that Othello is a masterpiece, in
s. le delineation of the means by which that pas-
i'Zll is excited, and of the effects which it is calcu-
ta`q to produce. But the present Author toot
truli3fied with one instigator of the passion, in-
a-4ces. a. woman, who, urged by a similar itn-
- ~,L-44,0) deludes Montalto, the victim of her artful
71;leity. There is much poetical merit in the
1,„43t altogether, but it has many expressions de-
irhi from SHAKESPEARE sprinkled through the
~wle. Ye. The great fault is the want of action
It'dl • . :!)
ncident, and theSe are ill supplied by the
'Nth of the dialogues, which are rather heavy
*kPausions, if not repetitions, of the same senti-
:l4!llts• In the last Act, we are given to under-
itld that the.enemy has surmounted all difficul-
t!" and passed all the strong holds, yet the
is occupied in the. interior of the. Castle, as
it that enemy had suspended all proceedings in
",4114iment to the inhabitants. The catastrophe
"4s too painful an outrage of the feelings, as it
Sys marked by the curses of a deluded husband
:4,411 innocent and amiable wife, though it is
s7°'teuecl, indeed, before the close, by informa-
'Qii Which convinces her husband, in his dying
tilolltents, that he has been woefully mistaken.—
' ;his Piece was • altogether very well supported
~,‘l7. • the Performers, particularly WALLACK,
1
Mrs: EGERTON, and Mrs. WEST.—
I).4re was much opposition in announcing the
14Y for this.. evening, but there was a strong
Nty in 'support of it.—The Author is not
149%Ytt to the Manager, into whose hands the
I,e iece was given by a respectable Bookseller.—
I.'
Prologue was written by the Hon. GEORGE
I;stu, and spoken by BARN ARD ; the Epilogue
JA.mEs' Sum', Esq., and spoken by Mrs.
vv/s.