The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-06

band of my Breeches that greatly dis
composes me, & perhaps my want of
Relish for the pleasure of Cheltenham
may be chiefly owing to that;
you shall know when you see me. n \ =
shall now send on my thoughts upon
"Othello," the scene which in my opin-
ion will make the best picture is that
point of time in the last act, when
emilia" discovers to "Othello" his er-
ror abt the handkerchief: d
Emil; o, thou dull Moorl that handkerchief. etc.
Here at once the whole catastrophe of
the play is unravelpd and the group of
figures in the scene with their different
expressions will produce finer effect in
painting than perhaps any other in all
Shakespeare, though as yet never thought
of by any of the designers, who have pub
lished their several prints upon the same
author, the background you know must
have "Desdemona" murdered in her bed,
the characters upon the stage are
"Othello," Montana" "Gratiano," and
"Iago." "Othello" (the principally upon
the right hand Il bely) must be thun-
derstruck with horror, his whole figure
extended, with his eyes turned up to
Heaven, and his frame sinking, as it were,
at "Emilia's" discovery.
shall better make you conceive my
notion of this attitude and expression
when l see you; Emil must appear in
the greatest vehemence, with a mixture
of sorrow, ON account of her mistress and
/ think sho'd be in the middle, "Iago"
on the left hand sho'd express the great
est perturbation of mind, and sho'd
shrink up his body at the opening of his
yillainy, his eyes looking a>kance las
Milton terms it) on "Othello" and gnaw-
ing his lip in anger at his wife, but this
will likewise be better described by CIV
ing you the expression when see you,
the other less capital characters must be
affected according to the circumstances
Of the scene, and as they are more or less
concerned in the catastrophe, I cod say
aGreat deal upon the choice of this scene.
but / hate writing, and if the little /
have said does not strike you, pray don't
fix upon it out of complaisance to me,
/ am in doubt whether you sho'd
not have Shakspeare's words en-
graved at the bottom of each print
that have reference to it; the objection
of writing the name OF the sign under it
does not hold good in this for it will be
necessary by the speech to mark the ex-
act point of time you have chose to rep
resent. 1t is with the greatest pleasure
l have observed your late application to
your business. I beg you win continue
it for your own sake, you are now at the
time Of life you sho'd employ almost ev-
cry moment of it in your business, and
in the next ten years make yourself easy
in fame and fortune. Your strength of
body and mind is now at the height and
every avocation from y'r business, is SO
much money and immortality lost think
of that Master Ford) and go on and pros
per, ! believe you are by this as time heart
lily tir'd as am, If you care to write to
me, do; but make yourself easy if you
have no inclination, and provided you
give me a good account Of your time at
our next meeting; I will excuse that irk-
some ceremony to you of answering the
letters of Your sincere friend & Humble
servant, D. GARRICK.