PARISIAN THEATRICALS.
It is not to the Theatre Francais that we should naturally look up for the fantastic in dramatic literature. However, ht. E. Plouvier has pro- vided that classic establishment with a two. act drama that set ms an ex- ception to the general rule. A young disappointed poet is about to com- mit suicide, but is prevented by an amiable young lady, who, having for her allies a troop of comedians, surrounds him with a sort of fanciful splendour, and rouses him from his gloomy reveries. When the lights are put out, and the splendid guests have retired, the unhappy youth thinks he has awakened from a dull dream-hence the piece is called Le Songe d'une Nuit d' Hirer-and renews his plan of self-destruction. The lady, however, reappears, this time without fantastic appurtenance, and the donation of her hand gives a new value to life.
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