DRAMATIC is a good word for tableau.

Dram. — Scene, a poorly furnished room. Centre of scene, a man poorly dressed stands facing audience. In one hand he holds a glass with a little liquor in it; in the other he holds an empty bottle over the glass, as if draining the last drop. A pale, haggard face, and eyes very eagerly fixed upon the glass, are most effective.

Attic. - If a sloping roof can be managed, and an attic window in the background, it will add to the effect of the scene. Centre of stage, a table, with candle stuck in porter-bottle, and a few loose sheets of manuscript upon it. Facing audience, a young man, carelessly dressed, his hair very much rumpled, his hand clinched in the hair; is a poet. His legs are stretched each side of the table; and, while he ruffles his hair with his left hand, with his right he is writing furiously. The wilder the expression, the better.

Dramatic. - The scene is a parlor, where a party for private theatricals have just assembled. Every variety of costume and attitude will be admitted, according to the extent of the manager's wardrobe. Mary Queen of Scots may be tying the cravat of Lord Dundreary; Cardinal Richelieu saying soft nothings to a pretty waiting-maid ; Romeo can dance a hornpipe with Othello; and Juliet arrange the overskirt of Lady Teazle.