PARISIAN THEATRICA.LS.
A new work, composed by M. Halevy and written by MM. Jules Bar- bier and Michel Cane, has been produced at the Opera Comique, with the title Valentine d'Aubigny. The heroine, represented by Made- moiselle Caroline Duprez, is a young orphan, betrothed to a gentleman of fortune, who, never having seen her, nearly falls a victim to the wiles of a designing actress that endeavours to pass herself off as his bride. Of course the mask is at last removed from the face of the impostor, and virtue receives its reward.
At the Vaudeville—that great source of moral wisdom—there is a new- piece entitled Les Declasses. The fate of tweIdsters, who are brought up on opposite systems, is related something after the fashion of an Ho- garthian narrative ; she who has been educated like a fine lady coming to misfortune, while she who is the household drudge settles down into prosperity. Madame Doche represents the lady who goes wrong, and Mademoiselle Luther depicts modest rectitude. The author of the piece is M. Bfichard.
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