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“ hold the mirror up to nature.”— Shakespeare.
WEST END OF BROAD-STREET.
From the Baltimore N. American.
Mr. COOPER.
The reader is referred to our
columns of this day, for an ele
gam and jull charader of Mr.
Cooper, as a performer of Eta.
£edy.
It is not the trifling Sc evanes
cent flattery of coimnon plare
ieinaik, but the judgment of a
gentleman of accompl.lhed lite
rature and diftingutfhed genius.
It is worthy the relpeCt of the
public, and may be valued by
thelubjed of it, fhouid k meet
Ins eye, as none of the lealt pre.
cious tcflimonies of his unrival
led talents and proficiency in his
p r ofe Hi on.— B alt imo rc Editor.
Mr. Cooper, lo long the fa
vorite o» the public, has lately
attracted an intcreft to our The.
atre by his appearance in fume
of the principle characters in
which he cxcells. '1 he admira
ble pet formanCes of this gen
tk man have so frequently been
the fubjed of ctiticifm and
praile, that even to lpeak of
them now, inay appear luper
fluous. It is, however, bat
tering to genius, to enjoy at all
kimes the plaudits of admira
tion ; and a desire to court at.
tendon and appiaulc, is often
the characte. isiick of great and
thining abilities. r l aients as
often langutfh from iilencc and
indifference, as hom avowed
contempt and difregaid. The
piinciple which nounlhes the
tire of emulation, and piompts
to the ambitious feats of excel
lence and perfection, is to bi
looked lor in the piaifes of a
generous and enlightened pub
lic. The public opinion, tho’
lilent, we are lure is Ittong, in
praile of Mr. Cooper’s merits.
We too would join our voice
to the general chorus of ap
plalure, dt oiler up with a lacred
plealure, the incenleduc to dif
tmguilhed talents. Criticiim,
betides that it promotes the im
provement of the general talte,
has this effect, that while it is
the avowed enemy of dulnels
and incapacity, it vindicates
the rights and honours of true
genius. Were (ome of our
newlpapers, which lerve as ve
hicles lor abuleand lenfelefs de.
ciatnatton ohener convried into
inltruments of impartial remarks
the conlequence would be im
portant and laluiary. The ideas
of dispeople at large, would
become mote liberal and ex
tended; their views would be
turned to what is truly great,
and worthy ot admiration ; and
they would learn to discrimin
ate bold and obtrulive impu
dence, Irotn modelt and unpre
fuming met it. We are lorry
to ohterve, that Icarcely any
l hmg has yet appeared in out
public papers, complimentary
ol Mr. Cooper. It is as diffi
cult as it is ungenerous, to with
hold praile from so llluitrious
an a6lor.
Excellence in comedy, and
I in the inferior walks of the dra.
| ma > E within the attainment ot
ordinary abilities; but to rile
to perfetfion in the high depart
i men t of tragery, and to luper
, add a grandeur and majelty to
the conceptions of the tiagic
muse, demands thole rare and
powetful talents, which conlti.
tatc a genius of the firft order.
It is too generally a mtllake to
confound the merit of the aftor
with that of the peot, whole
thoughts and feritiments he re"
presents; or to confine his
praile to the exterior gifts of
vioce and figure. Much of
the luccels of an aflor depends
upon his powers of fancy and
fenfihility, and much upon the
exercise ol his judgement and
good fenle ; for surely to re
prelent with mhjelly and beau,
ty, and give a juff and noble
expreflion Co the thoughts of a
Schiller c>r a Shakcfpeare, re.
quires a perfrftion of judgment
and an ardor of imagination,
little fhortol what the Poetfiim
fe!f mult l)3ve po fie fled. Fi
gure, voice and gelticuiation,
though they are fuperficial en
dowments, when compared with
other qualities a tragic atior
ought to possess, neverthelel.s
are neceliary to complete the
character. Hence, an accom
phfhed genius for the stage, is
of all others the molt difficult to
be found. It is difficult to find
one, who unites to personal ele
gance, and the graces of dcliv.
rey and afction, fancy, judgment
and sensibility.
With refpeft to external ad
vantages, Mr. Cooper is un
doubtedly the favorite of na
ture. His figure is beautiful;
his voice perfect harmony ; his
afclion graceful ; and his coun
tenance, admirably adapted for
exprelfing all the higher and
grander passions. We may fe.
ieef the dagger feene in Mac
beth, as an instance in which
the Ikill and addrels of Mr. Coo.
pes were strikingly displayed.
it can liaidiy but have occuted
to the generality of readers,
*.hat this soliloquy, though enno.
bled by the genius of Shake'
Ipeare, wants lomething of pro'
priety. Its introduction is too
abrupt;—the reader is not fuffi.
ciently prepared to feel with
Macbeth, and participate that
horror, which raises up an ap"
petition before his dillempered
fancy. 1 his defeat, however
dtlappears in the acting of Mr.
Cooper; the dreadful interum
is filled up with the mod ex
prefhve filcnce, and tlie agita
tated feelings of Macbeth pour
tiayed in all the colours that
gelture and attitude can paint.
If there is any fault to be found
with his admirable acting, it is
the ffudied and declamatory air
his pauses sometimes have.—
f he right adjustment of pauses
13 without doubt one of the nic
e(t and molt difficult articles of
delivery ; it depends upon ajuft
and delicate feeling of the au
thor’s lpirit and meaning, and
requires a clolenels of attention,
which the molt powerful genius
will find it difficult to support
throughout a long tragedy.—
It therefore, diminilhes Mr.
Cooper’s praile but little, to
lay that his pronunciation
sometimes is destitute of force
and passion. Thisdefefcl strik
ingly appeared in the firft feene
of the fourth afcl, perhaps be
cause it is a feene which more
than any, requires a conlum
mate and malterly execution.
When the mind labours under
the prellure of furious and over
ruling passions, and about to
have revealed it to its future def
times, lhrinks back from the in
trusion of guilty recollection,
MONDAY, March ?0, 1809*
the air, voice and getturc
fomenting in them belter coo~
ceived than defcribcd ; such
is the (late of Macbeth's mind,
when he approaches the cave
of witches. Nothing short of
the molt defpei ate passions
could have driven him to an
interview with the abhorred pro
ftilors of sorcery and magic.—
The awfulnels of the place too,
where this dreadful colloquy is
held, has every thing in it to ex
cite the paftion* of perturba
tion and alarm. The feene, a
gloomy cave, in which are per
forming the mylterious rites of
witchcraft ; the visit of Mac
beth. which was to enquire into
the events of f uturity, and pen
etrate the leciets of fate; toge
ther with the awful and mylte
tious language of the witches,
arc conceived with all the force
and grandiuer of Shakespeare’s
imagination, and call lor all
the powers and flrength of the
aCtor’s genius. The poet ad
mirably paints the horror of
Macbeth, in that lliort fetuence
he addrelles to the witches—
How now ! ye secret, black and mitnight
hags ! What is’t you do !——
Whether from an indiftinft and
feeble conception of this part,
or from an ill adjullment of
the pauses, or from both com
bined, Mr. Cooper’s pronunci.
ation appeared cold& dilpaffion.
ate. Every reader may perceive
what lublimity thisfimple, unaf
fected sentence gives to this
feene; and how much in ac
ting the effett is Pkely to be im
paired, by a cold & languid pro.
nunciation. ihe fame remark
applies with some force to the
manner in which he pronounces
some of the fpceches of Ham
let particularly Hamlet’s address
to the ghost, which wanted that
thrilling horror, which genius
and paflion know how to trans,
fule into language. To notice
a less confiderablc fault—the
spirits conjured up by the in
cantations of the witches, are
not seen by Macbeth, until they
speak, who is supposed to be
regarding their myllic ceremo.
nies, and waiting, in dreadful
expectation, for the fpectres
they invoked*
We particularly feleft Mac.
beth ; because, after Richard
the Third and Othello, we think
his performance of this tragedy
his matter piece. We had
flattered ourselves with the
hopes of feeing him in the
character of the Moor of Ven
ice, before he should leave our
city. It is impoflible not tt>
admire his lago, as just and
spirited ; yet it is in the high
& difficult characters of the dra
ma, that Mr Cooper’s genius
fti inrs molt. X o mention eve
ry thing worthy of note, with
the precision of a minute and
circumstantial cirticifm, would
require the compass of a vol
um. We difdaim that excep
tious and uncandid spirit, which
cavils at the (lighted faults and
loves to dwell on the imperfec
tions of genius; and we are
content to lose fight of his ble
milhes in the general lultre of
his talents. Hj s faults, what
ever they are, are far overbal
anced by his excellencies, which
indeed overpower criticism.
Absolute perfection is not to be
expected; there well always exr
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