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

The same went for the Nymphes de Diane this year. "It would be desirable to revive in this way some of the ancient Opéra-Comiques; they must please the French, with all the more reason as they are the fathers of this genre and of the gay and malicious Vaudeville that forms the soul of this Spectacle." Mercure, August. The Fairs of Saint-Germain and Saint-Laurent, these two asylums, remained devoted to French gaiety; they were destroyed as unworthy of a thinking Nation. Literary Year. It is therefore in vain that the Frenchman excels in the art of turning a couplet! We banish from the Theater that which would surely do us much honor. What benefit the playful Stage would derive from the Vaudeville! ... I dare therefore to repeat it again; the Public would see with the greatest pleasure the ancient Opéra-Comique; that is to say, the Ponts-Neufs popular street songs, the street tunes, in place of the Ariette. I propose to extend this idea elsewhere. I must finish, and in finishing, let us dare to say that if our wishes were granted, if our voice were heard by the Throne, oh my dear Fellow Citizens! you would enjoy, from this very Spring (my Entrepreneurs are ready), our ancient Opéra-Comique and a second French Theater. I know, Madame, that it may be objected to me that it often happens that these two Halls of the French and Italian Comedies are deserted