PARISIAN Tarwrarcers.
M. Octave Feuillet, well know-n as the author of dramatic " pro- verbes," has achieved a work of more than usual magnitude, called La Tentat ion. The plot is, however, but trivial. Madame de Verdes, brutally treated by a neglectful husband, listens to—only listens to the addresses of an adorer. Unfeeling as he has hitherto appeared, M. he Verdes is remarkably sensitive on the subject of his honour, and not only fights the invader of his slighted hearth, but treats his wife with a severity that amounts to cruelty. However, she behaves so exceedingly well, under the circumstances, that she obtains forgiveness (I) from her unworthy lord. This drama is played at the Vaudeville.
Gil Bias has been converted into a five act opera, by MM. Barbier and Michel Carre, and with music by M. T. Semet, has been produced at the Theatre Lyrique. M. Meyerbeer's early work, II erotica°, has been revived at the Theatre Italien.
Among a number 'of insignificant pieces lately produced at different theatres, there is one by MM. Coignard and Clairville, with an incident so original that it is worth describing. Two young lovers, forbidden to marry by a cruel aunt, resolve to commit suicide on the Boulogne sands. With this view, they both stand with their backs to the sea, hoping that the coming tide will overwhelm them. But they have not rightly under- stood the instructions of the tide table. The waters do not advance, but recede, and reveal snugly ensconced between two rocks, a little box containing letters, so terribly compromising to the severe aunt's repu- tation, that she is glad to make peace by consenting to the union of the lovers. The title of this piece, which is played at the Varietes, is La Grande ifare'e.
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