Panismar THEATRICALS.
A new drama in five acts, by MM. Theodore Barriere and Jaime
has been brought out at the Galte, and is the chief novelty of the day. It is called La Boisiire,—a word which will not be found in the Dic- tionnaire de rAcademie, but which seems to denote a feminine wood- cutter : it is one of those tales of vicissitude which are so popular on the Boulevard du Temple and in its immediate neighbourhood ; poverty and splendour pressing on each other with sharp striking contrast. The pro- duction of this piece is a proof that the Parisians, with all their fervour for Uncle Tom, have become weary of him sooner than the English ; for the Gate, it will be recollected, was one of the sable hero's domiciles.
The "run" of Le .Fils de Tamil?* at the Gymnase is a theatrical won- der. This last work of the late M. Bayard has already passed its hun- dredth representation.
At the Academie Imperiale, an opera by M. Niedermayer, called Les Derniers lours de to Fronde, is in active rehearsal ; while the literary patrons of the drama are looking forward with some anxiety to the pro- duction, at the Academie Franeaise, of a new work by M. Leon Gozlan, to be called Les Lundis de Madame.
The English "contortionist" Devani, after earning forests of laurels at the Porte St. Martin, has moved to the more fashionable region of the Vaiietes. It is gratifying to find that an art which the London theatrical public honours more than any art in the world—namely, the art of dis- torting the human body—is so efficiently represented in the French me- tropolis, and that its representative is so highly honoured. Mutual re- spect between nations is an important element in the "entente cordiale."
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