Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-02-06

FOR THE PALLAnr,.
Ma. Enron:

-" correspondents upon thu
local subjects. with which hesr,,.
lacqu'esce) should not again in,mi
upon your columns. but for an ~.
nation that | might be permitted !.
answer the arguments in the last cor.
munication Of Mr.. Hand; and IN d..
SO, | shall not consider the YAM
remarks he has INDUCED in. bu, All.
his arguments, which are but few. -!
tor brevity's sake | shall saw noth;..
as to the moral OF immoral; charac,..
tof the stage, upon which volum.,
might be written: or any thing thu
might lead TO religious controveT,v
I Hand asks. .'does it not recn;,.
Judgment to read correctlyr -,
swer it does, vet no very great go
OF mind Is necessary for that purpc,s !.
and it may be acquired withoutS
ting to the stage. That ths1
benefits derived from stage eek
| do not deny; but the propetsSue
ton is, in such exercises does coSX
evil preponderate. He again al.
''does it not require an int innate know
edge of human nature to display Ii,
passions intended to be represents
by the actor?' | ask in return. i
this knowledge to be acquired NOR
CORRECTLY by reading the fictionse
|Shaks Dearc, than by reading the 4,
|thentic records of Tacitus and Hum,
Again, he asks, ''does memory give,
|clear and distinct enumeration to Il
actor Ianswer no. Memory IN
but little to do with enumeration, se
does it belong to any particular facu
ty of the mind. Enunciation is mon
the result Of an effort of the aniYa
than the mental organs.
A parret may be taught to declan
many wqeNs, with as much clcarnes
and dist1 etness as an actor. Then.
are maj birds that will enuncias
their noffs as clearly and distincdy
as any sorester on the stage; but
suppose Hand would say they are On
ly the most intellectual class Of th
feathered tribe.
He says. '"if the student were d
see the character of Richard the thit
as drawn ny Shakespeare, and pena
med by a kean or a Booth, wouldh
not have better knowledge Of IL
disposition of the hump back tyran.
and the signs Of the times connecM
with him, than he could possibly glen
from the history Of England b
Hume" 1.-The means that the studen
would have stronger impression
the character Of Richard, As aEras
sENrEp by Shakespeare, / will agre
with him; but if he means he wouE
have a more CORRECT knowledge q
the REAL character of Richard b
third, and the signs of the times, d.
fer with him; and | have read bot
Hume and SIiakspeare's charactera
Richard.
Shakspeare,in drawing the chant
ter of Richard. gives US all the stre
ines in his character, leaving out tb
more faint lines or weaker points
and supplying their de-
cheney from his own fertile imagn
lion; presenting altogether a charaest
Of the strongest kind; one that VI
strike his readers or auditors with D
deepest impression. Now | ask
the mind that is in search Of truth.t
which would be the NC
acceptable and beneficial, to becm
with the real character
Richard, as faithfully given by Hun
showing his strong, together with }
weak parts, by which the student
enabled to place Richard in his pr
on the scale Of character, or to b.
his fictious character as given
Shakespeare!
Again he says am s'altogethers
with the drama. Tf
is not a play extant, in which N
is a faulty character but there D
character to show itsde
NIFTY and Immediately cites Us
the play Of Beauchamp who murde
Col. Sharp, Of Kentucky. Nov
is one Of the kind he speaks OF
dare not exist, where the faulty q
acter is not exposed by one shos
its deformity. and this is one er,e
of the character l alluded to W
vice received the garnish of virtues
the nurdereHwaslusv
BY the writer Of the play, and hes
as an example of noble and
virtue. But Hand says this play
performed but once, when the ~?
of New Ysrk forbid the manages
gain to bring it out under PenaE
prosecution. as it was calculas'
have demoralizing effect uPonc
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