_The Bores_ is a character-comedy; but the peculiarities taken as the text of the play, instead of being confined to one or two of the leading personages, are exhibited in different forms by a succession of characters, introduced one after the other in rapid course, and disappearing after the brief performance of their rôles. We do not find an evolution of natural situations, proceeding from the harmonious conduct of two or three individuals, but rather a disjointed series of tableaux--little more than a collection of monologues strung together on a weak thread of explanatory comments, enunciated by an unwilling listener. The method is less artistic, if not less natural; less productive of …
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