27 MARCH 1847, Page 12

Mr. Mitchell has made a hit " with Le Mariage

au Tambour; a drama the action of which is placed in the wars of the French Republic, and which, while it has the interest of a simple love story, is enlivened by all the bustle of a camp, including the ceremony of a marriage by the roll of the drum: the wedding actually takes place on the stage. Lafont and Mademoiselle Fargueil, the former as a Marquis reduced to the condition of a Republican soldier, the latter a lady of quality who assumes the disguise of a vivandiere, are able to produce a very pleasant combination of the re- finement of one class and the piquancy of the other. Alcide Tousez con- trives to elicit some humour out of the part of a comic soldier; though his voice has been almost demolished by a severe cold.