PARISIAN THEATRICALS.
Several novelties of weight have been produced in the French metro-
At the Theatre Francais, the affecting story of the Circassian Algae and the Chevalier d'Aydie, which stands out so romantically among the heartless intrigues that occupy the French memoirs of the last century, is made the subject of a drama in five acts, named after the unfortunate heroine.
At the Odeon there is a new drama in verse. The authors, MM. Du- homme and Sauvage, have dived into the Merovingian history of M. Thierri, to fish up the old notorious Fredegunda, as a terrible worker of tragic mischief. However, it is not the contest with Brunehilda, but the murder of Chilperic's first queen, Galeswinthe, and the consequent acces- sion of Fredegunda to power, that form the subject of the plot. A frightful story of poisoning and false accusation has been worked up into a five-act drama from M. Eugene Sue's novel of La Bonne Aventure. The reappearance of M. Frederick Lemattre at the GOO, where the piece is produced, is looked upon as an important event.
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