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of countenance, and voice, and figure, which it is pofiible 
to conceive; and no one can ever have witnefled her in¬ 
comparable afting, without feeling that the imagination 
can fugged nothing more completely lovely, more grace¬ 
ful, or more natural and touching, than her reprefenta- 
tions of character. Mademoifelle Mars has been molt 
exquifitely beautiful; and, though the period is pad when 
that beauty had all the brilliancy and frefhnefs of youth, 
time appears hardly to have dared to lay his chilling 
hand on that lovely countenance, and die dill aCts cha¬ 
racters which require all the naivete, and gaiety, and ten- 
dernefs, of youthful feeling, with every appearance of the 
fpring of human life.” Travels in France, vol. i. 
This theatre is open every night. The prices of ad- 
miffion are—to the balcony, orcheltra, and fird boxes, 
6 francs 12 fous; fird gallery and fecond boxes, 4 francs 
8 fous; third boxes, 3 francs 6 fous ; pit, 2 francs 4 fous; 
and fecond gallery, 1 franc 16 fous. The doors are here 
likewife opened at 6 o’clock, and the entertainments com¬ 
mence at 7. 
The Odeon, burnt down March 20th, 1818, but now 
rebuilt; Faubourg St. Germain.'—A French company 
plays here four times a-week; but the lituation of the 
houfe is not favourable: it is on the fouth of the river; 
and its own regulations form another obdacle to its fuc- 
cefs. Obliged to play fuch pieces as have been rejected 
by the Theatre Frangais, or others dill inferior, they can 
neither fatisfy the fmall number of the amateurs of good 
comedy, nor the public at large, who are not eafily put 
off with finging or mere ftage-efteCh This theatre, though 
not fo well laid out as it was before the revolution, 
is dill the handfomed and the mod commodious in 
Paris. The exterior is fuperb, and makes us regret that 
th is houfe is not Jituated in a more frequented part of 
the town. 
The performers of the Opera Thtffa play alternately 
with thofe of l’Odeon. Madame Fodor, who performed 
with fuch applaufe at the King’s Theatre in London, was 
engaged from the Oueon. 
Ope'ra Comioue, called Theatre Feydeau, from the 
name of the dreet it dands in.—The exterior of this the¬ 
atre is almod concealed by furrounding buildings. The 
interior much refembles that of the French Theatre. Its 
name well expreffes the entertainments that are ufually 
given here. They are principally operas, reprefenting 
country fcenes, like the Englith operas of Rolina, Love 
in a Village, &c. It mud, however, be acknowledged, 
that the French give an intered to thefe rural pictures 
feldom felt on the Englifir dage. 
The'atre des Italiens, Rue Favart.—This edifice 
was erected by M. Heurtier, in 1782, on the fite of the 
Hotel de Choifeul. A peridyle of fix columns, of the 
ancient Ionic order, forms the only ornament of the 
fagade: the proportions of the columns are grand, but 
altogether without decoration : the entablature has a 
heavy appearance. Some years ago this little theatre was 
taken by Madame Catalan!, who engaged a fmall com¬ 
pany of Italians, and exhibited here her unrivalled 
powers of voice. The fpeculation did not prove fo lu¬ 
crative as die expeCted. The prices were too high : fird 
boxes, 10 francs; fecond boxes, 6 francs 14 fous; pit, 
3 francs 12 fous; amphitheatre, 5 francs 10 fous. 
TheIatre Vaudeville, Rue de Chartres.—This is 
the chief of the minor theatres, and always attraCts 
crowded audiences. The performances confid of (hort 
yet intereding comic Iketches interfperfed with little 
longs (vaudevilles), either amatory, fentimental, or epi¬ 
grammatic. Thefe fongs are ufually furnilhed by a club 
of wits, whofe meetings are known by the name of Les 
Liners du Vaudeville. The pafling events or occurrences 
of the day often form the tubjeCt of little comic or ferious 
pieces. Happy parodies are frequently given of the fpec- 
tacles of the larger houfes. The performances begin 
every night at feven ; and the prices are moderate: fird 
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boxes, 3 francs 10 fous; fecond boxes, 3 francs; third, 
2 francs 4 fous; fourth, 1 franc 10 fous; pit, 1 franc 
13 fous. 
The'atre des Varie'te's, Boulevard Montmartre.— 
This little theatre, defigned for pieces of a burlefque and 
popular kind, was built by Cellerier in 1807. The ex¬ 
terior has four Ionic over four Doric columns, crowned 
with a triangular pediment. The fiyle of building is 
fimple, light, and theatrical. 
The pieces performed here profefs not to rank higher 
than farces. Les deux Boxeurs, a theatrical caricature 
of the Englifir boxers, and Les Anglciifes pour rire, had 
great runs. The Englifir in Paris are condant in thear 
attendance at thefe grotefque reprefentations. 
The'atre de la Gaiete', Boulevard du Temple.— 
Of the melo-dramas, fuch favourites with the public for 
many years pad at this place, it may be faid nothing is 
more intereding, humorous, or amufing, or more pathetic, 
than the pieces produced by MM. Caignez, Pixerecourt, 
Varez, &c. The Dog of Montargis is not yet forgotten 
at this theatre; but what animal will be made ufeof next, 
is beyond conjecture, though there is no doubt that the 
aCtors will do their duty, whether bipeds or quadrupeds. 
This, however, is the chief of the melodrame theatres ; 
and we are allured by Mr. Planta, that, in this particular 
line, “they are decidedly fuperior to any of the minor 
theatres in London.” The ballets, and the dancers of 
both fexes, are alfo of a fuperior kind. The doors open 
at five, and the performance begins within half an hour 
after. Prices: fird boxes, 3 francs 12 fous; fird and 
fecond boxes in front, 2 francs 8 fous; orchedra and 
front gallery, 1 franc 16 fous; fecond gallery, front, 
1 franc 10 fous; pit, 1 franc 4 fous. 
L’Ambigu Comioue, Boulevard du Temple.—This 
worthy rival of its neighbour never ceafes to attract a 
Crowd, even in fummer ; and, like it, owes its popularity 
to the productions of MM. Caignez and Pixerecourt. 
Many rival writers, and among thefe fome ladies, have 
endeavoured to fiiare the palm of th e tnelodrame with thefe 
gentlemen ; but hitherto none of them have been able to 
deprive them of their titles, as the Racine and the Cor¬ 
neille of the Boulevards. Thefe two theatres, whatever 
may be the afpeft of the political horizon, never know 
any relaxation. 
The'atre de la Porte St. Martin. —This houfe was 
originally defigned for the opera; but it was afterwards 
confidered to be too didant from the court. It is now 
appropriated to the fame kind of performances as the 
Ambigu Comique. The interior of the theatre is pecu¬ 
liarly elegant. The favourite melo-drama of the Maid 
and the Magpie was brought out here, and attracted 
crowded audiences at the period when the cannon of the 
allies could be didin&ly heard from the Boulevards. 
The'atre de Bienfaisance, Theatre of Benevolence; 
Rue St. Denis.—The pieces reprefented in this druCture 
are performed by blind perfons ; and the profits are ap¬ 
propriated to the fupport of this unfortunate and intered¬ 
ing part of the community. 
Cirque Olympioue, the Olympic Circus; Faubourg 
du Temple. The entertainments exhibited on this dage 
refemble thofe of Adley’s, and are fcarcely inferior to 
them. The houfe is fpacious and elegant, and the whole 
is under the direction of M. Franconi, whofe family are 
the principal performers. The intelligence, docility, and 
activity, of two young dags, are much admired. Prices: 
dage boxes, 4 francs ; fird boxes, 3 francs; circular boxes, 
2 francs 8 fous; fecond boxes, 1 franc 16 fous; third 
boxes, 1 franc 4 fous. The doors are opened at fix, and 
the entertainments commence at feven. 
The'atre Pittoresque et Mecanique, PiCturefque 
and Mechanical Theatre; Rue Montefquieu.—M. Pierre, 
the inventor of this pleafing exhibition, is dead, but his 
former afiidants continue it with undiminifiied attraction. 
It was exhibited in London, at the Sans Pareil Theatre in 
the 
