Dramatic pieces, the whole humour of which turns on the
courtship of young ladies by exceedingly old gentlemen, are not in the very best taste; and we do not find much to our liking a farce produced at the New Strand Theatre, in which an aged idiot of the time of Charles the Second has his idiotcy exposed by a flippant fine lady to whom he pays his addresses. However, Mr. Farren has certainly done the best he can for this weak creation, as no one could give a picture of the imbecility caused by years with more artistical accuracy than himself; while the costume of the piece is pretty enough to endow it with the character of a tableau. The title is My First and Last Courtship. Sadler's Wells comes foremost in the order of dramatic reopeners. It is announced that the season will commence tonight, on the "legitimate" plan, with a revival of The Tempest.
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