20 MAY 1848, Page 9

Plotless plays are dangerous commodities. A farce called The Fast

Man, produced at the Lyceum, belongs to this category; being merely intended to exhibit the domestic practices of a " slow" man (Buckstooe) with a " fast" companion (Mathews). People who laughed at first hissed at last; not because the last part was worse than the first, but because the want of variety ceased fatigue. The farce was as nearly condemned as possible; but as ibis very short, it may perhaps become more healthy with a little additional glibness.