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The French company under M. Talexy has made a good beginning at the St. James's Theatre. it Chereu Blanc, by M. Octave Feuillet, is just one of those short conversational pieces, that we do not care to see on the English stage, but which are extremely agreeable; :when played in French. A husband and wife, living in a virtual state ..of separation, though under the same roof, gracefully talk themselves back into a re- conciliation, and their talk is carried on in the most netted- fashion, by M. Paul Devaux and Mademoiselle Duverger. M. Biindeau, of the Theatre Francais, has displayed his strength, as Georges Bernard, in Par Droit de Conguete. This is a well-known part in the French re- pertory, and was originally played by M. Bressant. Georges_Benuird, is a plebeian by birth, an engineer.by profession a gentleman by education, a man of wealth by dint of industry and talent, and with all these quali7 fications, he succeeds in marrying the penniless daughter of an old aristo- cratic house, notwithstanding the opposition of a lost of relations, who would prefer starvation to mesalliance. Contests between the nobility of birth and that of talent are common on the'Parisian stage, but this piece is remarkable for the leniency with which the old regime is treated by the author, M. Legarve. A marchioness, who carries on a war to the knife with Georges, is, nevertheless, the most amiable lady in the world, and a Marquis who himself studies engineering, that he- may add new lustre to his ancient name, belongs almost ati'much to: one side as to-the
other. .
M. Telex-3, is wisely providing for us the novelties of the French stage. La Tentation' the new comedy by M. Octave Feuillet, produced akre- cently as last March, is announced for tonight, and It Oherets Blanc,iis a
work of about the same data. •
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