A new farce, called The Original, was played after Macbeth,
at Covent Garden, on Monday ; and met with better success than it de- served. There was nothing new in the plot, persons, or language. A. hairbrained scamp contrives to obtain the written consent of two old curmudgeons to the marriage of his friend with the niece of one of them, by a trick too palpable to have deceived a child. As Colonel Detonator, uncle of his friend, he deceives Sir Jacob Lukewarm, the lady's uncle ; and,then, Lis Sir Jacob, dupes the Colonel. On the strength of this exploit, the hero of the farce dubs himself an " original." The piece succeeded, one might almost say, by main force. Betimes', who played Colonel Detonator—one of the modern exaggerations of Sir Anthony Absolute—and VINING, WilO rattled away us Jack Nonpareil, gave the house no time to notice its bald dialogue and gross improba- bilities. When the cut lain fell there was much good-natured applause, and a very slight hiss ; and 13airrus announced the piece fur every night.
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