The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-01-31

The impersOnahon Of IaEp by this gentleman al the 81
Charles Theatre, Thursday evening last. consider
hi, very papahle hi, 2 indeed perfect triumph The
attitude. the look the whole bearing Of this most difficult
character the whole range shakspeare genius were 80
embodied and performed by Mr. B., to constitute spec
men OF acting at once natural cocal and refined There
was nothing Of the bNgar kRacs portrayed but every thing
of the schoiarisks and seeoapsAsd pRtaa Though lie
lnsdious Vaccinations of iagd to hnrap the openhearted
Moor, made obvious the AUDIENCE pefueptibe
g Inc attentive observer that not in the whole progress
OF the play could Oheo have discovered in the department
of his betayef thing but the most humble sincere and
deiercntia friendship. This 50 fan from being bemls
must be, in the Of judicions criticism. peculiar excel
lence in Mr. Bnchanaus Iago Besides. If, according to
Horace, lover cannot discern wart the cheek Of his
mistress, the generous and unsuspectng Moor would
hardly have anticipated, from the carriage OF Iago manifest
h We're the delneations Of his assembling yany to audi
ence already infinitely vesed the tissue Of the play either
the mysterious workings Of treaciery or the
base intention of monster of wiokedness, whom all the
while he thought an honest man.
brief analysis of thetpay however, win best indicate
the peculiar traits of Mr.. Buchanan Iago
In the first act the insnuatng hypocrisy and cool mag
nifty of Iago successfully operating upon Rodergo and Bra
bafohe evil expression of eountenance when he says
am not what SEEM. and do hate him hell pains
the change OF manner he enters with Othelohe ready
suggestions he Makes and with demeanor 50 sincere and
respectful, prompt Othelo exclam. A man he is of
honesty and h watehful anxiety during the Senate
scene, hoping othelo then and there be dgaeedhs
seeming Difference Otheo and the look of endke hate
he casts upon him the exthe immediate change of man.
in speaking with Rodengothe laughing rockng rea
sonng with Rodergothe oiiy mood in mparting the innu
ating advice. Put money in thy purse the chuekng ex
utaton at having firmly secured Rodergo after he leaves
hand the gradual change the schemng plotting dark
minded villain; of all these, Mr. Buchanans delneaons
to nature, and eyinced thorough study of the
character he represented.
similar remark may be made in regard to the remaining
acts of the play
In the second act there was the same varied mannere
same truthful portrayal of the lights and shades of human
passion, in their application to the various persons with
whom ioT the Accomplishment Of his hel purposes Iago
seeks ingraate himself The enteing registering method
OF getting Casio drunSthe humble and gracious tone he
uses in making his Otheothe eager watching OF
the effect of that upon Oheothe endish gratfca
ton eynced by him as Ohello Casso Never
more be officer of mine 1.-THE cool maignty and the dia
bOheal dsmulaton when he tells Casio solicit Deseona
to repair his ortunehe fierce exutaton Of Make the net
that shall enmesh them athe sudden change of counte
nance and department upon the of Rodergo-and
his forced gaey disguise his thoughts were also by
the young tragedian most happily portrayed.
In the third and fourth acts, too, there the medtaye
cool insous reasoning, cunningy wrought produce the
enzied jealousy of the Moorthe deyh exulaton Of man,
ne the torture the change Of face
and demeanour, to produce certain esusthe tyrannica
bearing towards Emilia, with the terrible meaning of Be
not known of it 1.-THE eontemptuons manner in the
treatment of Rodergo, until the threat of the latter to Dis
cover himself Desdemona then the sudden transition
to the wheeling sycophan and plausible with Rod
ergo, in deysng the assassination of Casio of these both
the conception and the performance were truly admirable
Finally, in the fifth act, depicted in truthful colors
the impeurbabe subbornnesthe helh selfcomplacency
the internal mirk of the desperate, abandoned and lost
vinin. exutng the wreck caused by his own yany
of all that noble in generosity, ususpectng in friendship
chvarous in love, and aspiring ambition The pantomme
of Iago at his closing exit in pointing successfully at BESIDE
mona otheo, and his own brain, think. original
conception of the actor possessing rare excellence and mn
ducing most happy effect.
That Mr. Buchanan has the faults novice in acting no
one, we presume. so simple deny but every sound