, 1874-11-01

na!ao ~ a4t14cue: Ast produced IN 1888. at the
Theatre Francois. 4 new piece. called "Aar-
ceile," BY Messrs Dennery aud Brasil, occupies
tho stage Of the Paris Varieties. It is sweet
scented affair, relative to the proceedings OF q
young wife and her husbands nistrcss-the lat
ter being keps installed in the house.
-, The ..ii Raa 4 4aN Gazette sass; "a Hungarian
being Fehearsed ar tho National Theatre ia
Pesth, It is fact. the academy remarks, that
even the Hungariana sec moro Of khakspeare's
p1ays performed than We do in England. No
week passes without at least one or two Shak-
apearean comedies being named oa tho play
bills in Pesth, and eTen in provincial towns"
There is story current in Paris respecting
40 actress who WAS to play tho leading part in a
forthcoming comedy OF fashionable life, and
who. being late one day at q rehearsal, was some
what sharply reproyed BY the author Of the play.
rehearsing With his colaborateur. ssBut have
no collaborateur, Madenoiselle; the piece is
wholly from my pau." answered the dramakist,
" You forget the dressmaker," replied the
actress.
The one-act comedy of Mr. Arthur A,Deckett.
to which We have already alluded. produced at
the Haymarket Theatre. London, under the title
OF :" Faded Flow ers, recalls in portion Of it's
motive bluette lately given ut one Of the chic:
Pa1lsl2n theatres. A man vho, in consequence
Of won,an'e supposed falschood, has led the
life Of traveller, returns to find his former love
the wife OF bis friend. So changed is he in ap-
pearauce he is not recognized By the woman.
from whom he learns that report Of his death
hau caused her to marry another He finds also
that she still loves him in her heart. With sigh
over the happiness that has been within his
reach, he quits house to the peaca OF which his
presence is likely to prove . menace. ana 1e~
sumes bis uoInadic habits.
Tho Paris correspondent Of the New Orleans |
I'lcayune has the folio wing anecdote ancnt the |
late Victor 6ejou1: He was rarely satisfied with t
his work no dramatlst made more changes than
he did At tho first performance Of all his pieces
le would, whenever an actor was about to ap- I
pear. give him alp Of paper. 90 which Was
noted some ne" reading. The night s'Le Fila
De In NUT waa first played the fifth act was on
traly rewritten, rehoarBed, and gotten by heart
IN the Interval between the fourth and fifth acts,
True. the between-act WAS very long. for the yes-
sel had to be put together; but still the incident
3 rare IN dramatic annals OF whole act being |
'ewr1tten and learned in the between-act which
preceded its performance Victor Sejour Was I
LsSed why be had ceased to write for tAs French
comedy- he replied: '*What can drsmatist do |
n theatre where the Wallets are rnasters2: You
lnow the role of valee in the old theatre il
ll!ed By the ablest actors Of the COMPANY. and
t the French Comedy, Samson, Resnier. Got |
nd CoQueln xle the most lnfluentiaI actors Of !
hair day.. Victor Seiour used to say, "Wben
he st2odlng-plt was suppressed, enthus,aam
Fas At eho same time suppressed; nobody goes /!
uto ecstacies while sitting At ease.r Formery
here we're no seats 10 the pit; everybody stood.
DistruHt the Artistic vitality Of an scSzoas for