THEATRE AT PARIS. 



lace, and on the pont neuf. The palais royal and the 

 theatre have all along been my principal fcenes o£ 

 amufement. 



To day I was at the Theatre de Monfieur. It is in 

 the Tuilleries. Perhaps as large as the theatre francois 

 and italien, well decorated, lighted, and attended, as 

 all, even to the leaft, are at Paris. 



Two pieces were reprefented, a little one and a larger., 

 The lively fpirit of the French cannot poffibly confine 

 itfelf for two or three hours to one piece. For a piece 

 of fome length it mufi: firft be prepared by a fmaller ; 

 and for the longer it mull again be compen fated by a 

 fhorter : hence it comes, that every theatre gives -almoft 

 always three pieces. The Ambigu-comique and the 

 grands danfeurs frequently give, four, five, and everi 

 fix. 



The firft little piece of this evening had no other in* 

 tereft than what it acquired by the part of a father, 

 which I fli ail never fee played again with equal truth 

 and vivacity. The name of the aevtor I could not 

 learn from any of the fpeclators- who fat within my 

 reach. On this particular I fhall forbear to make 

 any remark, though I vilited all the french theatres^ 

 and uniformly met with the fame occaiion for it. 



The fecond piece was a farce with excellent mufic 

 by Paifiello. It was called Le marquis de Tulipano, 

 and had already outlived the feven and thirtieth repre- 

 fentation. The ridiculous name Tulipano was mofl 

 probably the caufe of the fuccefs of the piece : for, as 

 often as it was pronounced with a certain folemn ac- 

 cent, it was conftantly attended by a furious clapping 

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