The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-01-08

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sItegstkr. conceive Il kind ofnoral sswardic.
to Zee fault in any public n,u,ion, and not dare to
point It out Under this ihPrefionI offer no apollo
sy for the freedom have here ufsd. fthe perfons
OF whom have fPoken, poiief, masnanmity, they
VIII pardon ne--if they do not, their pardon is not
worth obtai,ing.
MOUNTAINEERS.
On Monday night the lovers CT the drama were era.
tined by the representation Of thi, noR intersiug
Comedy.
The Dfs'rsiis Fsrione were in one innancc lnfor-
tunateiy arranged Mrs Barret would have made
much better Agnes than fhe did u Zoraydar Had
the Characters been reverted the representation would
have appeared far more natural. Unpeaianr s-thc
talk OF cenfure; but iha never hav. good actors
nor atrees, until their performance hal be evere-
ly criticized The levity of Agnes was carried 10
exceis and as much as Mrs. Green defervss to be
reipeaed as an attrefs and lady, fe ihouid yet be
told that there generally too much the appearance
OF aiecaation in her performances and too great de-
IRE manfefted Of exhibiting her charms. Mrs Bar
ret rcceeds much better in gay than ferrous cha
rader poor Zorayd Jar was made foemn as a gen
tenian OF the broad brinl this character was bur lily
fufainsd, perhaps, is difficult to perform, ilia atTee.
ton, Rruggling with religious zeal, and all powerful
love- call for the tone, the gelure, the look of Mrs
WImot2 Kilnallock, the Iriih captive was toteraby
well iuftained by MIR Barrett, alfo Virolet by
hir Collins. The buAoonery of MIR. Wilmor, in the
character OF Sad calls for the nof marked difappro-
baton. The performance of MIR. Green in the cha
ratter OF Octavan, by far the mot important in the
P!ay.is literally above all praife The attention is
chaned the foul is ~rapt from the fir of his
appearance; lion tears fed on that night by
eyes but little accuftomed weep the infer forgot
ms gold and the buy triHer his mighty nothings to
gaze upos Oaavian; they were no longer in Rich
niond; they were in the Siera de Ronaa they burH-
ed with Oasvian; they loved with Floranthe {:
One FAULT, however is obfervabe on the fri appear
ance OF O9avian but this is in the author of the
play, and not in the aaor-Oaayian fays--
TITS dawn
Thou hot and rolling fun 4! rife before thee!
For Ihave twice thy fcorching flames within me,
And am more retlefs
This Is very fine but the Poet then proceeds with
mott unnatural thought he fuddenly withdraws
Octavan from the contemplation OF his own iieries
IN order to fcore the days of his aon on the trunk
OF willow; whoever has been for any time " we'd
ded to calamity" will feel that this IS unnatural II
zta' }ft when the frh foliloquy of Ottaviap was
PrOnounced; it was mott unucky interruption to
the train of feeling; we left Oaavian to chop the
bark OF tree, until he returned again in character
and refumed the broken chain of melancholy aud
maddening reflections with
| Oh Osfavianl
Where are the times thy ardent nature painted,
| When fortune fmil'd upon thy luly youth
| And all was funfliine
When Sad and Oetavian ftruggling and Agne,
ruihes from the cave, nothing could furpafs the beau
ty, proprety and interea with which Mr. Green pro-
nouneed his partfurprife, Interrogation, reflection
Indignation, deep agony all in their turns exhi-
bited ina mott nafterly and pathetic fiyle,
O7avian. Woaian
Sad. Aye; and touch her your peril.
| O7apian. Not for the worth of worlds Thou loyen
her mark
| He who would cut the knot that does entwine,
| And link two loving hearts in unifon,
| May have mans form but at hi, birth,-be fure
Some devil thruft fweet natures hand aide,
Ere ihe had pour'd her balm within his breaR;
| To warm his grofs and earthly mould with pity.
Feeling as did feel when liifened this play.
am alrnoit tempted fay that never wasthere MOI
interciting character drawn, than that of OaaVi-
and never could it have been more accurately re.
prefented. But were give fpecimens of (,
Green's excellence in this piece flouli have
| Ply the play wherever Oaavian appears the chara
coo 10 ffs~'.'e with rigiG and critical nicely and pre-
| cihon. In one fceHe the feelings sre wound up to a
pitch that is poftively painful the irft interview
between O6tavian and old Rogue, the fervant of hi.
miareis Floranthe, whom he fuppofes dead
Shall we not, when the midnight bell has toll'd
Beguilethe drunken facrift of his key
Then Teal in filence, up the churches ailo,
| Pofprnkle Cyprefs her monument
That mans heart mutt be rugged as the foreft
oak or mountain pine" who would not melt at
! fucha fcene.