THE ..THEATRES.
The manages* seem now to be reposing on the strength of their Christ- mas attractions, and novelties are not forthcoming.
The French Theatre alone presents an appearance of change. The drama of La Dame de St. Tropez has been revived, for the sake of Frederic Lernaltre; and has proved so successful as to be played three successive nights, and to receive the honour of a " bespeak " from her Majesty, who went to see it on Monday. It will be remembered that this play is founded on the story of Madame Laffarge, and that with respect to intrinsic worth it is but an indifferent production. However, the opportunities it affords to Lemaltre are great indeed; and as a picture of mental anguish and bodily suffering, nothing can exceed his representation of the character of Georges Maurice. Some of the situations, in which violent emotions are brought suddenly before the eye of the spectator, are absolutely electrical.
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