The native American., 1839-03-30

my ears-the merits Ut Partisan actors YET Heoh
within my memory. peruse the bill OF iafe IN
NOR ling journals, or stand in glorious PerP exi'y
Def re large eered placards in the streets Around
are collected anxious groups, studying INC
myself, the entertainments which are puolsheu
for the night, and amid so much interest anu al
traction, hesitating within themselves which 'ol
adopt.
The Academic Royale gives Robert lie Dlao'e;
Don Juan La Juive, Guido and Geneva: ana
Duprez, Mario, i.evasseur, Derivs, Damoreau
Chit and Soltz, attract to the gorgeous hali OIL
the Rue Lepellelier. The Esslers, Noblet,
Fitziames Maziier and Mason, are TO figure IN
the ballets Of the Sylphide, File de Danube
Diable Boeeaux, &c. &c.-and how resist me al
fractions which are offered by such names anu
such pieces But the eye of the half decided
reader wanters to its next neghbor. the atiche OF
the Italians. The grand and beautiful conceptions
OF Rossn Beni, Mozart, Donizetti and Mer-
calente-Fhe Norma, Don Giovanni, Donna del
Lago, Aarbiere de Seviglir, Maniro, Faliero, Pu-
riiani, &C. &C., are printed III type large and m
viting Tamburini, Ribini, I.ablache, lvanof and
Marlano, Grsi, Persiani and Albertazz, are to
unite their voices in the creation OF betwlching
music, and the Dilletanti have engaged the balloon
and orchestra iii anticipation Of the feast. The
gifted and admirable Mars, whose merits are too
well known for additional commendation, is to
charm andnstructn Louise de Signifies, Valerie,
Tartuhe and Popularitc. Mile Rachel, the RI
sing-star in the dramatic world, who has claim 10
public favor abovc>,he ordinary standard, is to
give yoice and being to the sublime and graceful
conception of Racine and Corneile Ligier.
Moroze, Joanny, Firmin and Geofry, are to
perform with their wontcd fidelity and success,
the leading parts in the best tragedies OF the
French classic and modern school; and Sampson
and Reguie, to bring smiles to the lip and laughter
to the eye by their comic humor and excellent
conception OF farce AMI merriment. AT the Opera
Comique, we find the Brasscur de Preston, la
Figurante Fra Diavolo, &c. &C., are to be given,
and Chollet, Henri and Roy, Jenny Colon
Provost and Rossi are to do Justice TO the best
musical compositions OF the best modern French
composers most Il la mode.
But 10 bill mui,iplies upon bill-theatrc upon
theatre-sars upon Standardization upon attrac-
ton! The Terietes, with The buifoon Odry and
the comic Vernet, and that spirited actress Jenny
Neobpre, with its broad farces-its jocose paro-
dics-its faithful satires on real life--its gay and
lively reputation, displays an entertainment too
varied and rich to be sighted by the amateur.
The Gymnase announces Boulet the popular
and unrivaed l}oufiet, as returned from his tour
in the provinces. Bernard Leon, Floville, and
NH. Nathalie, ia pretty dancer Of the Cachucha J
inform the public that if they call in that evening
they will be well repaid for their pains and money.
Achard, Acide, Dejazet i'll the Enians de Delirc,
FreIlon, Beignes la Cour, Sc. &C., invariably
ill the seats at the little theatres du Palais Royal,
and the enjoyment and noisy demonstrations of
m!rth in the audience testify, in practical manner,
to the lucrative success which has crowned the
talents ofthese very excellent performers. This
theatre, small and lnconvenient ii is, Yields the
best dividend to its stockholders Of any one in
anI for aIx ,Ila
and broad mirth, has not its superior here or else
where.
Butneither time nor space allows me TO mention
in detail the merits or imperfectons Of the host
oil Partisan theatres OF minor degree. will not
discourse at large upon the bloody dramas Of the
Porte St Marln-Ambigu Conique-I.a Rem
nassance, and l.! Samle-nor upon the farces
vaudevilIes and iooleres Of the Foes Drama.iques
and the Sale d. Orsay. There is too much abuse
and medlocrity in the second and third rate estab-
lishments, too much rant and want of merit in the
actors, too much absurdity andexaggeration in the
pieces, for time or paper to be wasted in descrip-
lon. Whatever the sncy Of half crazed authors
can produce, the art and labor of machinists and
artists get up for the public, and strong lungcd,
mounting performers enact, is nightly exhibited
upon those insignificant boards for the special
amusement of the unwashed artZan. the gay and
giddy grlsette, and the corrupted taste Of trivial
mlstresses and silly shop boys. 1t is there, in the
cheap, uncomfortable, confined and crowded
spectacles of the Boulevard du Temple, that the
disguised stranger may witness the vile and rank
abuses of too prolific drama-the NAL and fanas-
tic efforts Of repued genius, and be convinced Of
the false and bastard taste which is making fear
much, most rapid progress in the laboring and
idle classes of this huge metropolis. He has but
to peruse the Tert Terf, or Entracte (peuy
chronicles Of theatrical doings) to be wildly i'm
pressed with the all-conrolling passion for melo
dramatic representations, for the show and glitter
Of ballets and fairy tableaux, wherein style, plot,
common sense, probability and fact all in
Discriminatory sacriicedto the depraved appetites
ofvulgar spectators. Those theatres where the
startling and convulsve style of acting is the most
in vogue, where revolutions. murders, rapes, en-
chanlments, and such like horrors are admitted,
are the ones most paronzcd and crowded, and
at whose doors the queue is the earliest and
the most constant. The eager public cannot re-
press their braves, and other noisy expressions
of excitement and delight, when the dark details
and horrows Of tie Sept Enfans de Lara-,he
inflated sanzas and improbable passages Of Ruv
Blas-thC fantastic scenery of the Peau d' Anc