The Sun.
London, England, 1816-10-16 00:00:00

THE THEATRES,

DRURY-LAM—Miss kIePPEI. appeared in The
Beggar's Opera, for the secoodstime: nothing for
ohsvreniiosi occurred in her performance or in the
cast of the piece.
CovEKT. tis UDEN. Last nTght. Othello was
.train presented, with Mr. 'You NG as the Moor,
,
if,“ atACRRApY as logo, and the Play was
materially improved by the exCliange of parts. Of
the merits of the former it is scarcely requisite
apart ,we snook! speak, utter the numerous tinter
on which he has delWited the public with his
chaste Yet impassioned delineation of the charac-
ter. Sonic of our know lahourers in dramatick
criticism nave taken it into their beads to pro-
nounce that Mr. VoUNG is inflexible becime be
is polished, um] mine because tie teulltkrs the
whirlwind of passion, with judgment, and wants
variety, because he does not droop below any
at tragedy ever seen beim e these days, and thence'
start, into flights and paroxysms nearly as far
above theline of art, and nature too, as the sink 7
ings are below. We entertain a very different•
opinion, and hope it is no want of
_ skill
to value an even force rising with the sub-
ject into majesty, or with the action into
trabulenee,, beyond the trick of violent contrasts
nowarranted Iry either. The Othello of last night
was a very flue and consis:ent p ice of acting.—
Nor was Mr. \I ACRRADY'S logo Interior to it. It
,V as original, and of high pretensions, foga is,
p,rhaps, the greatest villain on the stage, not
much from the' enormity of his guilt, as train the
r with which he conceals it. , The consummate
hypocrite is snperadded to the consummate
scoundrel. stabs and smiles;
.jests with
murders; and 01,111 i unutterable misery with the
gaiety of a bhumtless heart. We do not think,
therefore, that the character requires the deepest 1
colouring gn the delineation of its workings,
logo k oftener met ry, at least in his exterior, than
the slave of stormy feeliogs, and is so sore of suc-
cess io the !torrid game be 1)4111, that he rarely
it vtutdei f,,r his own safety.—This appeared to he
Mr MAC ft tz. AD Y concept 1011 of the part, and he
old it great justice, Be was sufficiently inipresi.
ed with the tirt. adfid scheme he has in hand, bite stall
Ire ti.rew it the cunning nonchalance which, in
our mind, ennstitittes the peculiarity of logo, and
was light, and easy wherei,er the hnsioess
of the scene does not extort the energy of the vil-
lain. His reception was of the most gratifying
kind. Miss Boy Le- was the Destiemona, but the
character is, at present, out of her sphere. Mr.
C. riEmßLe's Cassio again we may say is the best
extant.

Lodoislra, with its sweet music, and scenery
sple,ai.i usual at this Theatre, and real
horses, and a flaming conflagration, was produeed
pro a►rimo. There. was a grand-tow made by some
,I,ses against the Horses, but the majoiiiy of the
Audience espoused the cense of the cavalry, and
they in return performed so admirably, that lobg
hi:tore the closing scene there. was but one ring of
applause.: After a play likeJ"nhello, we have no
objection. to spectacle, and the animals, certainly
render it more amusing and elf ctive than it would
be without them. Melo.tlraine is itse►f a tiloa.
ster, and to tie it up within rules is to rucabure
a inst of wit 4 with a Gun4er's SCale,