performances of a new or revived piece, if the administration think fit. No admission of this kind can be sold, and only persons known as relatives can be entered on the list of admission as such. This list is prepared by the committee, and authorized by the commissioner, and no change made without his authority. The list of free admissions, whether of retired actors of the Theatre Français, or of authors, or of any persons having this privilege, is made out once a year, sanctioned by the superintendent, and unalterable but by his approbation.

Fines and penalties of expulsion are enforced against any comptroller, door-keeper, overseer, &c. who contravenes these rules.

The door communicating from the front to the interior is locked during the whole of the exhibition, and guarded by a sentinel and a servant of the theatre. This door shall not be opened until eight o'clock, and only for actors, their relatives, (having free admission,) and authors. A sentinel and a servant of the theatre are likewise posted at the door for entrance of actors, and only the same description of persons permitted to pass, and the necessary attendants.

THE POLICE OF THE INTERIOR, and of the wings, is entrusted to a particular officer appointed by the superintendent called the inspector, who shall be bound to see the above rules enforced. He shall have a list of all who are entitled to entrance, and if he finds any intruder, he must turn him out instantly. Any person attached to the theatre contravening these rules shall be fined ten francs for the first offence, twenty for the second, and lose his or her place for the third.

No orders for admission are allowed: if one is given it must be carried by the door-keeper to the cashier, and by him charged to the person signing it at the rate of six francs 60-100 for each seat.

RIGHTS OF AUTHors and rules FOR READINGS. To prevent all confusion respecting the rights of authors for priority of readings, reception, or representation, a register shall be kept of all authors who have works to read; of all works re

ceived, and the names of their authors; of all works returned for correction; and of all works rejected, with the names of their authors. This register shall be under charge of the commissioner. A request for a reading must be made in writing to the committee by the author, or an associate for the author. No new piece can be read whose author has not already one work or more accepted, unless an associate certifies in writing that he has read it, and that it has merit entitling it to be heard. Every new author must send his work to the committee, who will have it examined; if the examiner thinks it ought not to be admitted to a reading, he explains his reasons; if the contrary, it is entered on the register for reading. There shall never be more than one reading in a week, except specially ordered by the superintendent. If, however, the piece is of two or three acts, another short piece may be read at the same time. Three pieces of one act may be read at one sitting. Friday is the day for readings, at one o'clock. No member of the reading committee can be excused except for legitimate reasons made known to the directors the day before. Authors or their representatives are alone admitted to the readings. Every work shall be read according to the register, except by special order of the superintendAn author must be apprised of the time of reading his work eight days before, and if he is not ready the next on the list is substituted, and his work carried down to the bottom of the list. An author not wishing to read his work can have it read by any actor he chooses. After the reading, every member of the committee gives in his judgment in writing, always concluding with "I accept," "I accept for correction," or "I cannot accept." These opinions must be couched in decorous and cautious terms. The author has his choice, to hear these opinions read or to have the result sent to him, drawn up by the secretary. If an author agrees to make corrections, he is entitled to a second reading, on which occasion it must be accepted or rejected. This reading must take place as soon as the author is ready. Every piece accepted is registered with the name of the author or his re

ent.

presentative. Every new piece shall be put in study in its turn of acceptance. The distribution of parts and the choice of doubles belongs to the author, but no actor can be compelled to go out of his line. If an actor shall, without consent of the superintendent, refuse a part in his line, cast by the author, he shall forfeit three hundred francs, and suffer farther punishment at the discretion of the superintendent, if he repeats the offence. No double is permitted in a new piece unless the principal has played it at least six times. An actor may, at the request of an author, play a new part out of his line, but when he ceases to play it, the part returns to its line, as adjudged by the committee.

During the six first nights of a piece of five or four acts, the author shall be allowed thirty seats, viz. twenty in the pit and ten in the first boxes. For pieces of three acts, twelve in the pit and eight in the first boxes. For pieces of one or two acts, ten in the pit and five in the first boxes. After the six first nights, the seats are reduced to six for a piece of five or four acts; four for a piece of three acts; and two for a piece of one

or two.

Let all persons interested in the drama study these laws and regulations. Any manager or association who shall conduct a theatre on a similar plan, varying it according to circumstances, will avoid the abuses which have lowered the drama in the estimation of the world, and may raise it again to its proper level among the institutions which benefit the human race. It may then be truly deserving of the epithet bestowed upon it in the last of the following lines :

"Time rushes o'er us; thick as evening clouds

Ages roll back; what calls them from their shrowds?
What in full vision brings their good and great,
The men whose virtues make the nation's fate,

The far, forgotten stars of human kind?
The STAGE---the MIGHTY TELESCOPE OF MIND!"

CATALOGUE

OF

AMERICAN PLAYS AND THEIR AUTHORS.*

ANONYMOUS.-The Americans Roused, or a Cure for the Spleen printed 1775. Guilt; translated from the German. The Ancient Day. He was a Soldier at the Battle of North Point. The Irish Patriot. Is it a lie? The Jubilee, or Triumph of Freedom. Julia, or the Wanderer. Life in New York, or Firemen on Duty. Love in a Cloud. Lucinda. The Green Mountain Boys. Greece and Liberty. Miontonomon. New York and London. The Poor Student. The Return from the Camp. Road to Honour. Rokeby. Ruffian Boy. Shakspeare in Love; acted in Boston. Sylla; acted in New York. A Tale of the Crusade; a tragedy acted in New York. Blow for Blow; tragedy printed in Baltimore. The Medium, or Happy Tea-party; acted in Boston, 1795. The Pilot, and others from James F. Cooper's Novels.

BARKER, JAMES N.-America, a mask. Attila, tragedy. The Embargo, or What News? acted 1808. Indian Princess. Tears and Smiles; comedy, five acts. How to try a Lover. Marmion.

Travellers.

The Ar

*To J. F. Foote, Esq. I am indebted for access to a collection of materials made by him for a new and improved Biographia Dramatica, the publication of which I hope will repay his labours.

mourer's Escape. Superstition. All acted with great

success.

BARNARD-The Wilderness.

BARTON, ANDREW-The Disappointment.

BAYLEY-The Sultan.

BEACH, L.-Jonathan Postfree.

BIDDLE, BARNABY-The Mercenary Match; tragedy, acted at Yale College.

BOOTH, LUCIUS JUNIUS-Ugolino; tragedy.

BRAY, JOHN-The Toothache; farce.

BRECK, CHARLES-The Trust. The Fox Chase.

BROWN, JOHN PAUL-Sertorius; tragedy.

BROWN, MRS.-The Pirate.

BURGOYNE, GEN.-The Blockade of Boston; acted in Boston, during the blockade, by British officers..

BURK, JOHN-Bunker's Hill. Joan of Arc. Death of MontFortunes of Nigel. Innkeeper of Abbeville.

gomery.

Which do

you

Bethlehem Gabor. Female Patriotism.

like best, the Poor Man or the Lord?

CARR, Mrs.-The Fair Americans.

Gasperoni.

CHAPMAN, SAMUEL-Doctor Foster.

CLINCH, CHARLES P.-The Spy; from James Fenimore Cooper's Novel. The Avenger's Vow. The Expelled Collegian. The First of May in New York. All acted with distinguished success.

COOPER AND GREY, DOCTORS-The Renegade.

CRAFTS-The Sea Serpent.

CROMWELL-The Ocean Spectre.

CUSTIS, GEORGE WASHINGTON-Pocahontas.

DA PONTI-The Italian Husband; tragedy; The Roman Wife; tragedy.

DARLING, DAVID-Beaux without Belles; farce, acted in Petersburgh, Va.

DEARING, MRS.-Carabasset, tragedy; acted in Portland, 1831.

DUMONT, J. B.-The invisible Witness; acted 1824.

DUNLAP, WILLIAM.-The Modest Soldier; comedy. The