The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-08-29

ton having removed every doubt of its pracfi-
cablity, he bnrils forth into the full rapture OF
fuccefsful confpirator
=" Ihave't-itis engendered-heIl and night
Muf bring this montrous birth to the worlds light
Mr.. Green's Iago had fuilicicnt appearance
of tborgbf, bur it wanted the full expreilion of
his feelings. This defect was till more obvi
Gus IN his intereiting interviews with Otheilo.
While he is engaged in fecret foliloquy, his
feelings How from MIN as they arife in his be-
fom no labour is necefarv to refrain them,
becauie no one is fuppofed TO be prefent who
might paflibly notice and detect his decepti-
ons. But in bis fccnes with Othello the part
which he plays is Rll more difficult. He has
two characters to fupport of the villain
who fecretly exults in the iuccefs of his own
itratagems, and of him who is attempting to
diisu'ir his fecret Vaccinations, under the ap-
Pearance of didntereIted friendhip. The
itruggie between the fecret enemy and the
pretended friend are vehement, and give full
icoPe to all the powers of the performer. The
AIT fhould be Represented to have the afcen-
dancy, when Othello's eve was turned upon
lago: The former, when not an eve was
ilxed upon him, and he was replaced as it
were, IN all the freedom of his folilouues
theie opportunities were frequent, becauTe
the mind OF OthelIo was frequently abforpt by
his own meditations. But the countenancc of
Mr.. Green had almoft uniform exprenion.
whether his companions eye was upon him or
not He feemed actually afraid of iuduging
the eXutation Of his foul, left Othello ihould
turn too quickly upon him, and detect his inn
potture.--Throw however theft defects Aide, &
the character of Iago was fupported to admira-
ton. Mr.. Green has great f<illn the various
departments of the fage; he has till much greg
ter e0bneitics J.; let him only appear Gill of,ener
upon the boards and perfonate fuch charac.
fer mi, I'M. <>f
Mr.. Collins; and there is no limits on the
itage, TO circumfcribe his ambition.
Let the performers on the fage recoIlecf, that
Hamlet's advice to their protection is extremely
imperfect. The duty of PLAYER is of fzyo diff
terent kinds; the Ibea&i7g ani the uv!er.Iay-
ing part. In all that Shakespeare has adyifed
upon the fubie6t, he has completely confined
his lefions to the frit of thefe duties directing
his PLAYERS how to entpioy their tongues, how
TO iuit the action to the zuoyd'' and to " f3eQk
no more than is ct down. for them. He has
unfortunately omitted all that conftitu.es the
"nasra,ay of the character the lookiup of the
part, the fympathiing attention, the get,lres,
the EXPEDITIONS OF the flce, which fhould go
along with the fcene. zvbsn the performer has
oeated his tPeech, or even retired into the back
ground.
This is the part, in which the performers of
the Richmond ltaee are 20 inexcurably dcfec-
tive. Do thefe gentlemen fuppofe that the
character which they reprefent, lives ONLY in
their 2'ofc'' That IT expires, when they ceafe
to ipeak! Or are they too modeR to liten to
the dialogue, which paGes on the fare and
fearful OF the character of An Eves-dropper, do
they prefer to entertain themfelves? Or is it
that they with to pay the bonorus oftbe bouf
when they thus turn their attention from the
PLAYERS on the fage, to the audience? 1t wa,
fubJect of merriment on MONDAY. nipht
10 fee Meiirs. Rutherford and Wilmot retir.
ing into the back -fcene of the ffage, puttjn~
their headstogether like two focal faces on fome
old medal, and diyerting themfelves at the e.-
pence OF the boxes. 1t was a pity that thew
did not cait their eyes upon Mrs. Barret who
was playing in the fame backbone. and who
never loft her character in her curiotity. The
great Cooper himfelf is a model, which thew
may not diidain to initiate.
Upon what fine, and "mof attenuated
thread" hangs the deftiny of the world. H,d
the tone, which truck Mahomet in his frf
battle, been propelled with a little more force.
or AIMED at more vital part, it would, ac.
c"rd'ng 70 Soitaire, have changed the religion of
one quarter or the globe. was a Jingle dracbm
otiead to penetrate the heart of Napoleon. if
would work more important revolutions than
could be adequately defcribcd. 1t would break
down the colofial ftrength of his exiting and
extending confederation. 1t would be of more
real aid towards the prefervation of C. Britain.
than her united navy or ali the volunteers of
her EnPire.-This is one of the grand difinc.
TONS between Monarchy and A Republic. In
the latter, the life of one individuals not of FL
much consequence, unlefs in certain cafes of
mhtary emergency, as TO involve the peace and
PROPERTY of the whole. But in the former
upon one mans exGence depends the fate Of
thoufands.
No one iyltem could have been more artfuIlv
contr'Yed, tor the enlargement Of the Bri,ih
empire, than Bonapsrte's Federativc Svtem.
whether we look to its confequences in peace
or IN war, the fame concluhon appears RI he
rredfibIe ~ ~
In period of war, the land or the Gea- fore.
es OF MS Rates will be united to his own. Their
navles IN particular will DE extended durino a
period OF peace, to fwel his own. in the mo-.
ment OF war. But their maritime fi.uatior,
thelr commerce, and the number of their 0,p.
builders are peculiarly adapted to this mr.
pole pnrpofe, which is much better rlited to
the coats of Holland or Naples, than the inland
Mountains of Switzerland.
in period of peace, their commerce will he
idbjetted to the fame regulations and rettriei-
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