The play portrays the turmoil caused by a mentally deranged aristocratic dowager who goes into a trance and behaves as if she were a dog.
The company was formed in 1932 as a touring ensemble, headed by Kate Cutler, to present Coward's plays around Britain.
Their cynical young friend Reggie suggests holding an impromptu séance, at the end of which Lady Warple is discovered in a trance.
Twickenham declares her cured, but then makes a casual remark about the weather, at which Lady Warple springs at his throat and worries him to death.
[4] Coward's biographer Philip Hoare makes brief mention of Weatherwise noting it as a precursor to Blithe Spirit in showing the author's fascination with spiritualism.