THEATRE AT PARIS. 



the cadence. And indeed they actually do whifper 

 their parts, as other wife it would be impoffible to ex~ 

 prefs the play of the mouth. This whifpering mufb 

 be extremely difficult to beginners, as it is fcarcely 

 poffible, in the heat of the pantomimic rcprefentation 

 which accompanies or produces the words, fo to matter 

 onefelf as not to fpeak out. 



The way to conquer thefe difficulties employed my 

 mind more in this little theatre than the piece that was 

 reprefented, and the manner in which it was performed. 

 It "is very vifible in the performers of both fexes that 

 they come of low parents. The actors betray this by 

 a certain vulgarity in expreffion, gait, drefs, and fri- 

 fure, and the actreffes in the fame manner ; only that 

 with thefe latter it, was frill more apparent in a little 

 piece in which they were habited in the turkifh coflume. 

 The dreffes were fplendid ; but fo much the more was 

 -it difplayed by two' long yellow hanging fleeves, which 

 fluttered and whifked about as they exerted themfelves 

 in gesticulation. They Strutted to and fro in their grand 

 oriental robes, juft like country-girls when dreffed in 

 their Sunday's finery, and could not forbear admiring, 

 with a broad grin of felf-complacency, the glittering 

 of the fpangles, and the brilliancy of the fdver gaufe, 

 with the admiration of a iim-wife that has got into a 

 coach. 



The theatre is fmall in comparifon of the other pa- 

 ri ii an theatres ; but Igrge enough for the purpofe. It 

 was quite full. • 



The 24th, went to the theatre Italian. 



Two pieces were performed : Les arts et Famine, 

 and Sargines, ou l'eleve de Tamour, The former, 



which 



