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RetrofpeSl of French Literature. — Drama. 



'« La Prif* dc Jericho."— The Capture 

 of Jericho. 



Thii is a new ojeia, 'vhich concludes 

 not only wi:!' the fall i^ the wal)i of ihe 

 city ot Jericho, but the burning of the 

 place. 



The overture, \>\ Mozart, was much 

 applauiied, and the ba.Ucts, byMiLON, 

 contributed not a little to the luccel's ot 

 the piece. 



" Aritqnin Tyran Domcftique." — Har- 

 lequin a donaeftic Tyrant. 



This little hluette, which it a par'^dy 

 of the Tyran Domejiique, by M. Duval, 

 has been p rf;.rmtd with great fvicc'rrs. 

 There are no lefs than thie<r auihors to 

 this IVeakin? panomiine : M. M. De»- 

 AUGUiERs, Francis, and Tournay. 



♦' L'EI'p.iij de la Faveui." — The Hope 

 of Favi ur, a Comedy, of five A£^s, writ- 

 ten in Vcrfe. 



This coiredy was performed at the 

 Theatre Lowvou, and marly at the fHme 

 lime one of cxaitly the fame defcnp ion, 

 hut in ihrte a8s, was brought at arotl'er 

 theatre, urder the name ot Thomas Mut- 

 ter, ur Us Fffetsdc la fa-v/ur, and played 

 during (he very lame rvening. Tht- au- 

 thors of both immediately accultd eich 

 other ot (hgiarifm, and it was (oon dif- 

 covered that ley wne both in the right, 

 baving mutually borrowed the plot troni 

 a comedy of Fabte D Eglantine, eniitlrd 

 LOrari^e de Mallke. On (earching (•ill 

 further into this I'ubjtfl, it wp.s difcovertd 

 that Fabre himlelf had been indebted for 

 the whole to a Geimandrama. 



The end of both comedies is a like mo- 

 ral, but neither of them has proved luc- 

 celsful. 



" Mil'on, Fa^t hiltorique, par M. M. 

 JouY er DiEULAFOY." — Milton, an 

 hirtoiical Fact ; an Opera in one A6t, &;c. 



The plot of this opera is founded on a 

 difputed anecdote in the life of John Mil- 

 »on, whofe name alor.e is another term for 

 literary excellence. The niufic, by Spon- 

 TINI, has experienced great applaiife. 



" Le Jali'ux Malade, Comedie en un 

 Afte et f n Profe, melee de Vaudevilles." 

 —The Jealotis Patient. 



The plot of thii. little comedy, which 

 his often been performed with great fuc- 

 ctls, turns on the pattion of a young and 

 hjsadfoRie vfidow. Having learned that h 



young man for whom (he entertained a 

 great, although fecret attachment, was 

 confined to his bed by a fever, rt>e deter- 

 mines to attend iiim, and sciminifter to all 

 his wants. She nctordingly drefles her- 

 I'elt in the -'ista.-tei of a ntirle, aid hav- 

 ing offered licr lervices, is iiumeoiately ac- 

 cepted. 



Ii is almnft needlefs to rem:<rk, that the 

 whole concludes with a m^irriaie. 



" Le Siilceptible.''— The Sufceptible 

 Man, a CoM^etiy, in Prole, and in ore 

 AH, by M. PiCARD. 



M. DubuilT n, the hero of this piece, 

 repairs to Paris, for the double purpofe 

 of ob a nmg a profeflorfhii> in the Lyceum 

 for htmlelt, and a hiifband lorr.is daugh- 

 ter, wno is couted by a young incrchant, 

 educated by him. Ai there are a number 

 of perl "US in the wurld, who imagine 

 thit every ."y'lable in convtrfation is indi- 

 rei5lly addrdle ' to them, and who ate hurt 

 by a look, ur a f;crture, a^.d are lb ex- 

 ticmely ('enlib.e as t' ie dteply afftiEted 

 by t'i>i- mort trifling 'iniflir.n in rei, e(5t to 

 politeness, 'he cnaraftei of the Sufcepti- 

 ble Man is entirely foundcvi oi^ thefc pe- 

 coliariti'"--. 



" Don Juan." 



It h'is long lince been imagined, that 

 the luccefs ot an opera :eperidj chi. fly on 

 (hemi)fic ai;d dances, and on theFiench, 

 as well ;is on the Englifti ftage, that of 

 Don Juan afFoids a new proof ot this po- 

 fifion. Heie follows the llory on which 

 the dramatic entertainment to which we 

 now allude is founded. Don Juan is a li- 

 bertine, who ha* no other law than that 

 of his own delires. He makrs it a rule 

 to feduce maidens and married wo- 

 nien, and to kill iheir fathers and huf- 

 binds, henoiircibly in duels, at which, 

 from his pradice, he is, of courle, very 

 expert. 



After infulting the body of a m^n who 

 had fallen a viftim to his rever>ge, Heiven 

 is here made to int'.rpofe, and a Jlatue 

 pronounces his fate. 



Mcliere had long finre felc5ted the fame 

 fubjeiit J it is unnecefl'iry, however, to 

 draw any mortifying compariions, al- 

 thoU(,h the muiic and dancing moft be al- 

 lowed, at leaft, to be fuperior on the part 

 ot this inore modern produftion. 



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