, 1881-05-22

s. a5 otasto ~ ca1las aWay nc coarRe vt witch
one Is Mr.. Booths equal. When Ues.terno111a 10 10
a9nounsed be turns hls back to the door BY
| which she is to enter; but Salytui-if memoTT
| serves tne-stands gazing with IN eager. exnecf-
ant, following foniness. The action in ca"h
or e ee aes aeo md
| the two ideas. It is natural ito The deyourfno
passion Of tho one Oetio to feast hts eyes On the
not to sway his bride by so tn,ucA as q Iook. Iii
she has given her decisiun between her- father
m anu himself: The same cha1aeteristic difference
| crops up all through. and bursts out tiuely em-
| phatic IN the closing tragedy: The torrId saw
like an animal In the shamblcs o. it ia artIsticni
| y tit indeed be Should die Booth employs tho
dagger. much as Charles Kean did, but with a
! and expired where he knelt. Booth slnkes
home standing, aud rs he p!ucks forth tho dag
tnrns 9 s s 1 mount
and expiring effort Tie vain clutch at tho cur
tain, the coatorron of despair, The reel and full.
which vas impressiveIy carried out. ''e4'eu' ano
lsss night to 4yinSs iago because, while
the audience, Irvtns's 1ago was new to ail. Mr.
Irving has u somewhat subtle intelligence, the
ct an ar and II a so s does T.
have ever seen. Ono soon perceives, however
how this ldgo got name for honesty, aud why
man, with all his honesty, to be his lIeutenant
ana naa next in in ;. command To Ott<t:o he is
I'm air Of candor and truth at all haxar4ls M ia
difference to the vain show Of words. and un
sort. There is little Of the. soldier about Elm.
sMve the roughness Of the camp: and nothing at
all Of the gentleman. except bis clothes, which
A mum without Il trace of po!ish-in Nil respects
the ncgadon Of gracc-he sits about on tables,
sets his fess oa nc chairs kesps turning bis oonnet
ehock growth depends all round In beuvy
fringe without trimming TT much arrangement
bis blur words, 50 his actual gait is at fetl-taie
variance with the rectitude he successfully
countarfeits. His gait Is a crooked one, aud fol-
lows the tortuosities Of his nature. He does not
walk, but stus1ps about hither and tbithef with
devious, ti!l-knsed Z IL in-toed progression. He
d restless coustancy IN i|t~iolng IS expressed Ia
all his movements These traits and idlosyn- |
eracles are pushed, however, to q risky degree
closely at certAn points on the confines OF
extravaganza. Here and there the rcstlcsuess
tends towards tue whimsical and the action to-
wards tho srotesque; and ut times there is al
most prOvocAdon to laugh rather than cause to
shuoder,-to exclam, Indeed, in lagos own
words: File, there's no SUCH man: It is impns-
but whether it will stund before more conyon- 1
nonal readings. AIr. Buoth's fago will 60 far in !
but that it's effect was to intensity the agony Of
tb.. third act. What the scene suggested to me |
vas Ra3lly singing noblt, ann,a! 70 destroe- |
ton, und sticking to him through nil his cnnyul- |
6ions- The Illusion was strangely nss!sted, |
tisst, By tho dark crimson dress and shoulder
nsa 81 agG se ebe sS5 Eyss m
3tiltouic sIend, by any means. but Just II buzxsux
and pestlferous ny: and next, BY his inccssant |
only to ui=hr agatn-till he had the frantic jfoor
e. e;,Fas!; Ths rule M is fer 6sssao e aed r. sssgs
most part, It was the Iago Obviously ]