"ADAM AND EVE" ON THE FRENCH STAGE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1511, 19 March 1887, Page 3

"ADAM AND EVE" ON THE FRENCH STAGE.

The th^atry u^a .-oiiv.:iiute\ PaHa hiH Vronght out m honor or Madame Theo's etarn from America an operet'a m four i cts, called " Adam and Ere." The uthora of the libretto aro MM Toche f»nd Blum, and the compeer of he soore M. Gaston Rerpette. In the pr >logue Adam and Eve are show» at the foot of the tree of knowledge of good- and evil The d ffiouliy whloh the question of drees presented han been tritmrh->ntly but mounted by moms of a flesh-colored Jersey, which eeeme rather the work of nature than <i a*t, and a belt and tunic of the undressed skirs of soft-fleeced iambs. Besides the Miltonio personaues there are diverß who are new to us. For instance, there is a food genius, Adrimetac, who tiies to prevent Eve from biting into the forbidden frnit. Trie tempter (BfAsseur) on the contrary employs all his address to bring her first, and then Adam (Brssaeur, jin), to eat the apple. He oots the fruit la two, and flings to right and it ft, the halves, and deoreea that the disobedient pair are found and reunited. Adrimetao is comdemned to everlasting celibaoy for not guarding ho tree be te*, and is given permission to bring Adam and Eve ag*in together m happy matrimony. Tho ensuing ac ■ are their adventures when they go m search of the two halves of the spile, Th> y wander from Pa 1 a lies to kome, from Home to the banks of the Gaadalquire*, and therm to Pougka 1 , famous for its Bal des Canotiers. Ev<» at all these places adopt* tho loot! fashions. In a word, she tries to do at Home as Borne does. Adam ia Adams, a patrician, m the Eternal City ; Ad aims, a brigand m Iboria; and on the banks of the Seine a young sensational painter, M Saint Adam, who m one of a band of joyous oanotlern who abducts the oanotiere rive from an il 1 Bourse Baron, Sataniel. The Eve of the Prologue, who is dressed m the flkioß of lan.bi, and want m bare fee*, has com? to wear Parisian boot* with an infinity of buttons, and orushes the head of the Serpent m the grass with her pair of high heels. The wedding chorus is tho gem of tha sc^re, but its name is a niianomtsr, iuasuiuuch ab it rather treats of divorce than marriage.