WEATHER OR NO
SAVOY THEATRE. The Musical Times 1896 September 1 37(638): 601 [unsigned review]
A MUSICAL DUOLOGUE,
entitled "Weather or No," was produced at the Savoy Theatre, on the 10th
ult., as a "curtain-raiser" to the "Mikado." The book, by Messrs. Adrian
Ross and W. Beach, is bright and smartly written, and the music, by Mr.
B. Luard Selby, is graceful, refined, and by no means lacking in point
and humour. The characters, impersonated with fair success by Miss Emmie
Owen and Mr. Scott Russell, are the "He" and "She"of a toy weatherhouse,
who emerge alternately from their respective doors in obedience to the
vagaries of our fitful climate. The funny little couple fall in love, but
find courtship so difficult under the circumstances that they wrench themselves
away from their supports and leave the weather to take care of itself.
The trifle will be welcome to those who require pieces suitable for private
theatricals.
transcribed by Helga J. Perry, 16 December 2000