THE THEATRES.
At Drury Lane, a great sensation has been produced this week, by the appearance of Mademoiselle Sophie Fuoco, a young and fascinating dansense from the French Academy. In daring the greatest difficulties of her pro- fession, and achieving them with perfect ease and confidence, she takes a position among the very highest rank of dancers. The feats which she performs on the very point of the toe (in Elssler's style) are those which have earned her the greatest celebrity among the Parisians. An entire "solo " in the course of a grand pas de deux is danced in this fashion, with surprising firmness . and precision, and is one of the most remarkable performances of the kind. For a certain naivete of manner, and a light playfulness of movement, she is perhaps rather to be compared to Carlotta Grid than to any other dancer of the day. The ballet in which Made- moiselle Fuoco appears at Drury Lane, and in which she made her &but at Paris, is called Betty. The plot is the same as that of our Charles the Second; And is founded on a French piece (La Jeunesse de Henri V) played yester- day week at the St. James's; " Betty " being our " Mary Copp." It makes a prettier ballet than might be expected by those who have seen the sub- ject treated in the form of comedy only. Much of the action being'made to take place, not inside a tavern, but on the banks of the Thames, among picturesque groups of sailors and their lasses, a picture of a novel and pleasing character is produced, and occasion is given to some very pretty and characteristic " pas d'ensemble."
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