PARISIAN TILEATILI CALS.
L'Amant Bourru, an old comedy originally brought out in 1777, when it made a considerable sensation, chiefly on account of the celebrated actor, Mole, who played one of the principal characters, has been revived at the Theatre Francais, where Mole's part is sustained by M. Geffroy. At the Vaudeville there is a new comedy, written by the veteran M. Scribe in conjunction with M. de Najac, and entitled La idle do Trente Ans. An elderly young lady, played by Mademoiselle Fargueil, is so anxious to obtain a husband that she thinks all means justifiable that will, lead to the desired end, and even sets on foot a base intrigue to break off the marriage of a gentleman, whom she has discarded in her blooming days. She is at least compelled to content herself with an old rake, with the further humiliation that he is simply bullied into an offer of his hand. This piece derives an adventitious interest from the cir- cumstance that it was refused by the Theatre Francais before it was taken to the Vaudeville.
At the Opera-Consique there is a new work, composed by M. Gabriclli to words by MM. Leuven and Sauvage, and entitled Dun Gregorio. The "Don" is an innocent pedagogue, who gets involved into the pecca- dilloes of other folks, much after the fashion of Ignatius Polyglott in the old farce of The Scapegoat.
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