THINGS THEATRICAL. 



at the masked ball, in his well-known costume of latter days an 

 anachronism at COVENT GARDEN which could only have been sug- 

 gested by the grossest ignorance. 



The " Butterfly's Ball," at the ADELPHI, was but a poor affair. 

 Its attraction chiefly depended on the merits of the legfc of Mrs. 

 WAYLETT and Mrs. HONEY ; but whether they have been seen often 

 enough, or that the taste of the Adelphi audience is becoming more 

 pure, they failed to produce a run. 



The fair widow of Wych-street has not been so successful as last 

 year. " The Beulah Spa" seems to be the most attractive piece hitherto 

 introduced ; we hope MADAME may receive great benefit from the 

 waters. 



The French theatrical world has been in serious commotion lately 

 nothing less than a rupture with Sweden is spoken of. The 

 descendants of the heroes of Charles XII. have threatened ven- 

 geance. As we have been guilty of the same impropriety, we must 

 leave Mr. BUNN to get the country out of the scrape as he can. It 

 is hard that an innocent people should suffer from the delinquency 

 of a manager. It appears that a diplomatic correspondence of an 

 angry nature has taken place between the French and Swedish 

 governments, in consequence of the latter having demanded the 

 withdrawal from the French Stage of the opera of the " Bal Masque 

 de Gustave," and the vaudeville of the " Camarade de Lit." The 

 latter piece is certainly not calculated to flatter the vanity of the 

 reigning monarch of Sweden. The plot of this singular dramatic 

 production, which is from the pens of MM. LANGLE and VANDER- 

 BURCK, is as follows: Thiebault, an old grognard of the Grande 

 Armee, and his Majesty, Charles John (Bernadotte), had, when 

 simple grenadiers in the service, been bedfellows Camarades de 

 Lit. Thiebault goes to Sweden after the late revolution, where he- 

 carries on the trade of a cabinet-maker. He there meets the king, 

 who, at the sight of his old comrade, feels all the force of youthful 

 impressions, that he puts on his old uniform of a grenadier, and 

 with Thiebault repairs to a cabaret. Here the latter reads the king 

 a lesson on politics and the art of government, who at last, under 

 the influence of deep potations, signs several edicts calculated com- 

 pletely to reorganize the political condition of the Swedish people. 

 The denouement is admirably managed, and the piece throughout 

 full of interest and gaiety. It has met with great success. 



The rage in Paris for theatrical novelties is truly surprising. The 

 life of Napoleon made but the subject of one piece while the ages 

 of Louis XIV. and XV. have been ransacked over and over again 

 for subjects to satisfy the greedy curiosity of La Jeune France. 

 During the last month thirteen new pieces were produced at the 

 different theatres of Paris, viz. two tragedies, two dramas, one 

 comic opera, and eight vaudevilles ; a number, considering what has 

 been, and what is expected, is thought by our neighbours to be a 

 monstrous meagre affair after all. 



