The French company at the St. James's has made a
great acquisi- tion, in the person of M. CHERIE, a comedian of versatile humour,
and a finished artiste of first-rate talent. We saw him on Monday, in two as opposite characters as could well be personated by the same individual—namely, as a young and handsome woman, and an old and not partictilarly good-looking man ; and in both his acting was perfect.
As La C'hanteuse Polyglotte, M. s'llestie is first seen iris private box ; and any one not prepared for the part he is to play would take him to be a modest, comely, and portly dame. His appearance afterwards on the stage, wearing a coiffure, a low corsage, and a bustle of duly fashion- able proportions, is not less feminine. His voice only betrays the disguise. His singing, in mimicry of the popular vocalists of the day, is clever and amusing.
His performance of Stolbach. the actor who personates Frederick the Great, in Le Roi et le Comedien, is equal to FARREN. VIZENTINI
looked and acted the part of Frederick the Second very well, but the mock King was more majestic than the real one. This piece has been acted on the English stage ; and, if we remember rightly,
FARREN played in it. The entrance of the King's double at one door just as the King walks out at the other, and their subsequent rencontre, with all the mystification that follows,—which is wrought up to the extremest verge of stage possibility,—produce a very ludicrous effect. JAIME is worth seeing for himself alone ; but we wish that he would act with JENNY VERTPRE in the same piece. The system at
these French Plays, however, continues to be the display of an indi- vidual actor or two of distinguished talent, in dramas calculated to develop their powers. We must go and see L'Heate again.
A Mademoiselle DORSAN, who has been added to the company since our first visit, is a graceful and sprightly actress, has a pleasing voice, and sings nicely. She reminds us of MALIBRAN in face and person.
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