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A REVIEW.* We have been kindly favored with the perusal of the play, bearing the above title, and impressed with its intrinsic merit, have carefully reviewed it, with the express purpose of subjecting it, as a dramatic composition, to the analysis of impartial criticism. Should we be tempted, in the progress of our comments, to lavish upon the work very high encomium, we may reasonably be suspected of being governed by interested motives, and of forming our judgments through the flattering medium of kindly prepossessions. Now while there is need for us to encourage what we really think is possessed of sufficient merit to sustain itself, we deem it expedient to state in the premises, as a foil against the imputation of being swayed in our opinions by feelings of personal friendship towards the author, that we cannot even claim the pleasure of his acquaintance, and know him exclusively through the reports that have reached us of his literary tastes and talents. We are glad of an opportunity to announce this fact, because should we be questioned as to why we have undertaken to bring the play before us into public notice, coming to us, as it does, in a modest and unpretending way, we reply, that the object we have in view at present, is to rescue from the undeserved oblivion and neglect attendant upon the unobstrusive efforts of mind, emanations worthy of being snatched from so harsh and unjust a fate. Through the deference and respect we pay to intellect, we regard it an imperative duty to notice her revealed existence, and so to watch the various phases she assumes, as to be enabled to exhibit to the world, her immediate sphere of action, and the signal triumphs she may happily achieve. What higher and more commendable aspiration can we cherish, than to become, as it were, the historian of contemporary talent, and thus to record for the study and admiration of posterity, as well as for the gratification of those of our own times, the mental labors of such as contribute valuable donations to the treasury of our current literature? In exalting true worth, we but elevate ourselves, and as long as we possess the power to rehearse the praises of unostentatious merit, we will exercise the privilege, not passing the limits of legitimate criticism. We might fairly urge in behalf of the "Italian Bride," that it is the first effort of a gentleman, as yet in the early dawn of his manhood. Although it is the business of the critic, in making up his verdict, to weigh all the facts, connected directly and indirectly with the case at issue, and we doubt not they materially tend to influence his final judgment, we here disclaim our intention to consider the circumstances of inexperience and immaturity, as affecting the author's work. We transfer to our page a synopsis of the plot, from a notice which appeared in the columns of one of our daily journals. Clodio Renaldi, a noble, but poor Venetian, who had obtained fame in the military service of the Republic, is betrothed to Venetia, daughter of Giovanni, a wealthy merchant. Lorenzo, a dissolute noble and gamester, in revenge for a slight put upon him by Clodio, murders Giovanni, near whose body he places a dagger, which Clodio had lent Giovanni, as a protection to his person. The dagger is recognised as Clodio's. He is arrested and condemned to death by the Venitian Senate. Venetia with the connivance of the Doge, whose life Clodio had saved, enters the prison with the means of his escape. He refuses from a high sense of honor. The day of execution arrives. While on the platform, he is rescued from ignominous execution by the confession of the murder by Lorenzo, who is killed by Hugo, the friend of Clodio, while offering an insult to Venetia. The conception of this plot is in perfect harmony with reason and nature, and evinces, no less than in its execution, considerable histrionic ingenuity and tact, Written for Miss Eliza Logan, and published for * The Italian Bride. A play. In Five Acts. private distribution. Savannah. John M. Cooper & Co., 1856. VOL. XXIII-10 |