5 DECEMBER 1840, Page 11

An old farce has been revived at Covent Garden—for want

of a new one, we suppose—The First Floor, by Costa ; which lets the merit of continual bustle to set off against a succession of egni ;ekes more bread and ing.enions than diverting. The efficiency of the east, syLielt includes Messrs. Faitenti, C. MagnEws, Ilamatv, and PA VN ; .7,1eSdallleS C. JONES, HCMBV, and COOPER, WORM Lave given life to a more efi'ete affair : Nelsen in addition to these lierform gs: n e recal K Eta.ny eel Meynows Mrs, Ononte and aim Ni...inst-T, not to :S herself, such a company is enough to hispire the dramatists. Are we never to have a new comedy or three at this theatre We have wits and humorists plenty ; but the stage is iu a starving condition for -want of humo- rous incidents and witty dialogue. \Ve can't believe that mana- gers, especially those of Co% tett (nudes), are so blind to merit and their own interest as to refuse good and likely dramas.