DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.

MME. DE DORFISE, a Widow.

MME. DE BURLET, her Cousin.

COLLETTE, Chambermaid to Dorfise.

BLANDFORD, Captain of a Ship.

DARMIN, his Friend.

BARTOLIN, a Cashier.

MONDOR, a Coxcomb.

ADINE, Niece to Darmin, and disguised like a young Turk.

SCENE MARSEILLES.

This comedy is partly imitated from an English piece, called the PLAIN DEALER. It does not suit very well for the French stage; the manners are too rough and bold, though much less so than in the original. The English seem to take too much liberty, and the French too little.

T. S.