Letter to the Countess of T. on a Second French Theater in Paris

and their vigils, which most of the time become fruitless. The spectators would no longer be bored by the eternal revival of old plays, and the actors would not tire their poor chests learning so many new roles, nor performing so many new plays. Chance would sometimes result in the public seeing the same characters treated by two different authors, such as we have seen this year: the Egoist original: "l'Egoïste" by the Chevalier d... and Egoism original: "l'Egoïsme" by Mr. Cailhava, which is accepted, they say, but will not be played for another five years. We have seen in our days the two Surprises of Love; one at the Italian theatre, the other at the French. The two Schools for Mothers, the new School for Wives and the new School for Husbands by Mr. de Moissy.

Let the reader take the trouble to search the ancient chronicles of the theatre; he will see that the PHAEDRA of Racine was played by the Marais troupe, and that of Pradon at the theatre of the Hôtel de Bourgogne. And if there had not been two French theatres then, as Mr. Cailhava has said, dramatic art would have been deprived of one of its masterpieces. This last reason alone is more than sufficient to open the eyes of the government to this part of administration, which is not as small as some great and sublime politicians imagine it to be, and to give free rein to the entrepreneurs of