The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-12

before the Senate wherein he says
sT d a,As5 Ovsd Inn me Of .a invited e
From year TO year the battles, sieges, fortunes
ran II through even from my boy.h days, &C.
here there was occasionally both defect and excess
Of emphasis, snd . stress words exceeding In,
energy the requirements OF the narration There was
particularly rough grinding Of the teeth and harsh,
grating emphasis the word eoe not exactiy appro
pirate 70 the OCCASION and too heroic for the and
company before whom the history is related. Yet, In
general his defamation Of this and similar parts
just, correct well studied and well executed
In hts great ouburss Of passion Mr. Forces. Ia une.
qualled exhibiting astonishing power ard feeling The
pasease-
follow still u. ts.nss, sS s ia make jealousy;
MOI to be once in doubt TO be resolved
Tosay my wife fair feeds we %e o 5se0 Company
Is free Of speech, sngs pays ana dances well;
f Ss Ssn os sss merits e s.. win dread
For she had eyes and chose mel
I'd see, before I doubt WHEN doubt prove
Away at once with love and jealousy
Mr. Forrest delivered beautiful passage with uuox
ceptonsbe skill and feeling scoompAned ss s close with
thrilling. but appropriate energy. 30 in that strong
passage 80 Characteristic of Shasspsare-
I'd rather be toad.
Than heep a eorne- of the thing Hove
dgnstion, and torrent OF tmotons such belong to
the sentiment both n hs looks voice and gestures aud
Win feeling, depth, ana nature which inmltable
and profoundly impressive. In this, and other similar
passages, not few, Mr. Forrest gave indsputible evil
dence OF the great artist aud sublime trased!sn The
power OF defamation could 20 no further nothing
could equal It. IL was passion reused to madness and
here ,Sa, ,ss critic !. esg ara p gwen.
bursts other than what they are namely ouburss az
feeling Of genius, and OF nature We say Of nature, be-
cause they bclsng TO the second phaze OF Olhelo's
character, which that Of rage and madness Ia . man
previously distinguished for loving gentle, and fond
disposition. And here Mr Fo'sest's deIines,lon was
nsiura belonging the character proper 70 The part
and such % the poet has drawn n.
VIM all that can be said with all the faults that the
too fa'tidous jueee might make Mr. FORESTS Othello
am and man festly All except in some few srand
passages, which We have noticed Bat what art What
airesi and powerful display Of art One proof at least
which gave beyond all crtcism, Of Mr. Forests grcas
abilities, this, that he held unclaimed and absorbed
hushed, and still, for rerly three hours an Immense
Jammsd and crowded together by his perior nance,
and a. soon be withdrew tho house
The aterpcce which folio ed fthh 10 not great and
genuine proof OF rare talent, we know not what H.
Noihng but commanding genius could produce such
erea, az Mr.. Forrest was in the general dcliueson OF
tnc chsrncer aud especially Of the severe and harsh
lines OF the hooYs altered nature, was not equally
successful In deneans tho Moor % the lover In biz
eenfler nature, which belongs 10 OtbelIo before he
transformed by Jealousy into demon. Mr.. Forrest did
not play the lover quite successfully nor 90 naturally
~ the demon. Besides that, his love making and de.
monstrAtS ms were rather too lachrymose; there was
something roo mpcrious and hsushiy, or rather 700
oondesoondng IN HE manner u loving and In his endear
mcnts towards DssdeuoSa II did not describe the tone
n equals that Of q prince or king 10 a thns bolor
him which he conoesos nded 10 admire and delight In
AID that s not love. Love makes the lover lowiy and
suodues even princes 70 Lowell for q limo below the
loved one.
otbelIo no, throughout terrific, nercc character
usced--csnveried into cruel one me usnsforms,,or
wm well shown by Mr. Forrest but The two natures
OF the character as perhaps they might and certainly
ought TO, have been BIS olhsllo, from the nrst Vas
the last It's, however, very excusable for Otseo. IN
any person. TO be mspt al msltng moods but OF tho
same time he IL no, % irapi ~ Loving
In endeavorlns 10 snalyzc causes why 10 that In
such great powers and abilities as are exhibus I'd Mr.
Forrest the mind ofen remains unconvnoed and upper
suaded thai the character represented 10 really none
oher-why II II that do wholly forget ourselves In
SEEING Nj Forrest play nor fall into the lusIon taai We
are oehodnE character wholly separate from the actor
(Which illusion constitutes srcr all the highest ess OF
rreaI scne I'VE tbot We have discovered tho secret
u perhaps this Mr.. Forrest Ia great man and plays
Ike hing. II nssu some hish ssd naughty msnaie
was doing his utmost 10 Ascend for time on the stage
INTO comncs humanity and 70 q axe himself a lover
persossec man he really u.s. In tpits OF immense pow
ers and great urs talent and a efforts almost super
hnms NC spectator sses and feels all the while that Vie
ment IN all the performance the pcrsonago before him
Perhaps is OWING 10 this srongy marked personality,
mnd that Mr. Forrest himself never ioses or puts Oh hw
novdnsy and nom this cause falls te produce the "
Nhtn OlntrNtc &C WVdta Oe tmluentV caTAol0
Of produci5s, and -h,sh 80 essentially requisite In NC
pcriec, scior
kmperors and kings have sometimes condes csuded
20 descend upon the stage, and clam In htstf,ontc
sbors the applause Of Their subiecp OF course they
have received sbundAnty: but have never really de-
served because sob high psrsobages an never forget
Themselves, and reves therefore, become great sctors
1hh then, IL oar theory A. an emperor or o
great and PROUD man, even II he had all the natural
sepius OF n Garrck coald never become one when ne
condefcsnded 70 make The effort the stage-h,v
he might detre become oncss according 10 our
tbe' we eceonnt that
hat 1e NJ, ,at' qui which feel N be lacking in Mr.
Forrest, while We NJ the same time sekno Wedge MS
WONDERFUL powers. Oae feels have seen mucn Of the
character rtpresented but OF Mr. for thar Of
The r'sop intended b, the drsmstst The predominant
feeling srd stntment In the nd the actor vhep ne
70 TIE mn5s NJ the audience aud eli iee t the Tine
great person oondeecendins 10 perform for heir
enter'anmett If this theory be correct and are In
cined 10 mink there somcshif In II, would follow
tfai no sovereign great aud proud parsonage could
ever succeed In becoming perfect actor. We CONS TO
hsbu Of mind much DO 9Th Mr.. Forrest ip tho
detects and Deficiencies which some attribute n him. and
hat he were not Mr. Forrest he voad undoubtedly be
a koscius o. Gsrrick
M. Tor'ts, wss admirably sustained throughout by
The compsny among whom Me- Daily, Mrs Davenport
arc Ir. davenport particularly distinguished them
'eivet ME- Dsvonports Desdemons vas
n'tung performance, and did her great credit. Me-
imly ing0, was OF hinscf enough 10
give lie and rest 70 spy play, II HIS excellence had not
been din med ~ the lustfe 81 greater luminary NJ
Davenport played all that Cassio hes % play nrsbIy
The orUhs.n ,oene could not have been better conceived
or plsyed BY spy one
NJ Pons - Emela VAS excellont and eli that s,e
could be. We have rot time 10 psftcularzs We never