The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-09-19

n sS1e the fso large, grand calmness OF ma ma,
loved. Even arer suspect ase ars Mner dim per-
turbations have ripped' across his heart he be-
comes his unsuspecting self again, and is truly
thrust, reminds him OF Brabantios warning. Then
tue tempest that has been so long in concentrate
ful Its agony is terrible Faint hopes open out OF
IT, IKE gllmpses OF the blue only to be permanently
lost In the returning blackness. 1t is in this por
ton OF the scene that the mute eloquence OF Salv
mis- working features Eliminates the situation with
lurid and agenizing radiance which no one need
three actors in a lifetime. Iago exclaims, II see
this hath little dashed your spirits.n One cannot
replies, but the mouth moves, the eyes CLEAN. the
muscles trembe. and over the countenance passes
That quver which tells that the soul Is IN the
agonies OF vivisectiOn and that the worst has not
yet come.
From this point the madness of jealousy contin-
ues to grow. Through all the rage and anguish OF
the hour lingering belief in the purity OF BESIDE
mona continues to survive, until finally it finds
expression in an access OF savage fury and, hurl-
ing lago to the. ground Otheo lifts his foot with
quick barbara instinct, as though to trample
on him. This scene is full OF An animal and
savage splendor. the very brutality OF which
sition from the blindness or physical violence to
the temporary gentleness OF returning Judgment is
magnifcently and magnetically picturesque. 1t Is
In keeping with the character, too, where torrid
passions, well ripened, break at times the
impulses Of Moorish ancestry 0 abure the
education with which they have been slaked.
According to our view neither the fourth
nor the flth act presents opportunities OF which
Salvini makes greater use than those of which this
incident Is the crown In the fourth act the TRACE
dian retains scene that In the English representa-
ton Is often Omitted-that in which OIhellO strikes
his wife and addresses by turns DesdemOna and
Lodovico; and after Offering Emilia money he
withdraws his hand and nings the purse at her as
though she were too vile for him to be contaminated
by her touch. At this point the unutterable con-
tempt and hauteur Of Salvini's silent gaze
are perfection quite unconveyable by words. The
h1th act Is quick succession OF physical and men,
tai fury murder, horror, remorse and suicide. He
seiZes Desdemona with one arm and hand, and
stranges her with the other as he bears her toward
the bed For moment The bed-curtalns hide him
from view. Then his face peers out 1t is the face
OF soul that has CROPPED to the lowest depth,
save one, OF human agony, and hangs
nalt-presageful Of It's doom over that
one. Then follow the entrance OF Emilia,
the discovery OF lagos vainy, the long inarticu-
late cries or exquisite remorse as OtheO staggers
toward the bed, his panther-llke spring toward
lago, his farewell words to Lodovlco and the rest;
the quick suicide by cutting the throat the qulver
ing limbs az the fallen h0dy wrthes in death, and
then the curtain descends upon completed con-
ceptlOn, which, though not without errors OF read
ing and individual and national mannerisms, Will
be classed among the most powerful, artlstic and
original that the world has seen.