PAHISLLN THEATRICALS.
The Irishman's definition of a posthumous work, as a work which a man writes after he is dead, turns out to be less absurd than appears at first sight. A piece by the late M. Bayard, lately produced at the Gym- nese, with the title of LW Noyen Dangereuz, is regarded as a perfect 'specimen of lifeless insipidity, in which nothing can be traced of the well- known vivacity of the author. The managers of the Boulevard theatres are unwearied in their efforts to blow up the war spirit of the country. After some four or five mili- tary anti-Russian plays, we have now, as the last novelty of the sort, a grand spectacle at the Porte St. Martin, entitled SehatnyL The Cir- cassian hero is played by M. Melingue.
The old story of Sappho's suicide has been endowed with a new mo- tive by M. Juillerat, who has made the famous poetess the heroine of a one-act piece, recently produced at the Theatre Francais, with the title La Bein.e de Lesbos. According to received notions, Sappho, finding that Pluton was to be moved neither by her charms nor her talents, eemmitted the fatal act. According,to M. Juillerat, she became Queen of Lesbos, and did not kill herself till she proved that Phaon slighted charms, ta- lents, and throne, all offered together. The rule of three will demonstrate his correctness. Three forces acting in the same direction will neces- sarily be more efficacious than two, and of course the more Sappho of- fers the greater right has she to be mortified by a refusal.
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