[ DRAMAS FOR EVERY-DAY LIFE.]
The following drama is upon a subject that will come home to the heart and tongue, the lungs and the lips, the epiglottis and the affections, of every Englishman. There is not a theme in the whole range of every-day life, that so frequently furnishes the matter of conversation, and there can be none, consequently, so universal in its interest, as the one which forms the subject of the drama we are about to present to our readers. In every circle, at every hour of every day, the first point started by every one meeting with another, and taken up by that other with the keenest relish, is—The Weather. The title may not appear at first sight a promising one, for the purposes of the dramatist; but if he can succeed in presenting to his countrymen a type of a drama for every-day life, divested of those common-places which long habit and an apparent exhaustion of the theme may have thrown about it, he will be content to hang up his harp on the first hat-peg of "Tara's," or any one else's "hall," and repose, as well as such a substitute for a mattress will allow him, upon his already-acquired laurels. But without further prologue, we will "ring up," and let the curtain rise for the drama of
THE WEATHER.
| Dramatis Personæ. | |
|---|---|
| Mr. Muffle | An old friend of the late husband of Mrs. Yawnley. |
| Mrs. Muffle | Wife of Mr. Muffle. |
| Mrs. Shivers | A casual acquaintance of Mrs. Yawnley,and knowing incidentally a little of the Muffles. |
| Mrs. Yawnley | A widow, whose late husband was a friend of Mr. Muffle. |
| Servant to Mrs. Yawnley. | |
The Scene passes in the drawing-room of Mrs. Yawnley. The Stage represents a handsome drawing-room, elegantly furnished. There is a door at the back opening on to a hall in which is hung a weather-glass.