10 MAY 1851, page 10

At The Olympic, There Is An English Version Of Use

Bataille de Dames. Mrs. Stirling, who is the aunt-countess, can feel the finesse and quiet sentiment of the original; but generally the English actors appear to sad disadvantage......

It Would Be Unfair To Expect Anything But Pieces Of

the slightest kind at Punch's Playhouse; but Mr. Copeland need not encourage absolute trash. A thing called Taking the Census has nothing to recommend it in the shape of plot,......

When Moliere Wrote His Misanthrope, His Object Was To...

a man dissatisfied with the courtesies and usages of his time ; and, consistently with this object, all the characters grouped around the principal figure served to elicit his......

At The St. James's, A Mademoiselle Faivre Has Made A

respectable but not a showy debut in Hoffman's petite-comedic of _Le Roman d'une Heure.......

Topigs Of The Day.

HOW JOHN GETS THROUGH THE SESSION. "I Am afraid you are not strong enough for the place, John," is a well-remembered phrase ; and in practice it has proved to be true so far as......

Tettr Tu Flit (mtn.

"FIDEI DEFENSOR." Stit—The origin of the above title is one of the foremost facts in history, yet in measuring the amount of Royal supremacy over the Church little use Is made......