. Shakespeare on the stage. the chief pretexts for that humani-tarian gloss. ? Cookes performance of Shylock wasfirst seen in London in 1800, and first seen in NewYork in 1810. Mention is made of the savage exulta-tion of his laugh when hearing TuhaVs statement ofAntonios losses, the electrical rapidity of his transi-tions of passion, and his mingled apprehension andinveteracy when, replying to Portias entreaty, Bidme tear the bond, the Jew ejaculates, When it isPAID—according to the tenor! Shouts of applausetestified to the effect of his utterance of the tremendousagony and rage of the Street
. Shakespeare on the stage. the chief pretexts for that humani-tarian gloss. ? Cookes performance of Shylock wasfirst seen in London in 1800, and first seen in NewYork in 1810. Mention is made of the savage exulta-tion of his laugh when hearing TuhaVs statement ofAntonios losses, the electrical rapidity of his transi-tions of passion, and his mingled apprehension andinveteracy when, replying to Portias entreaty, Bidme tear the bond, the Jew ejaculates, When it isPAID—according to the tenor! Shouts of applausetestified to the effect of his utterance of the tremendousagony and rage of the Street Scene. I can, wrotehis biographer, William Dunlap, conceive of nothingso perfectly the Jew that Shakespeare drew as thevoice, face, manner, and expression of Cooke; and,according to that authority, the whole of the TrialScene was inimitable in Cookes hands, defying com-petition. When Portia spoke the line, It is an attri-bute to God himself, he reverently bowed his head;but when she said, That same prayer doth teach us.
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