14 JUNE 1851, Page 9
Adrienne Lecouvreur, chiefly liked for.the accuracy with which Made- moiselle
Rachel represents the tortures of a maddening poison, has been acted no fewer than three times at the St. James's ; revealing the fact that the London public loves the romantic " drame" better than the classical drama. At the same house, the comic songs and recita- tions wherewith M. Levassor used to diversify the dramatic evenings in the vaudeville season, have been aggregated into a separate morning en- tertainment.