SIMMS

the comedy actor, manager and dramatist, asking him to excuse the theatrical medium of my address but... I cannot forbear writing to you. I hear you play 'One Touch of Nature' on Saturday and I have just a desire that you do it with your own exquisite skill... and another reason for writing to you... I am in a desperately unhappy frame of mind and were you here I should rush up to you only for a kind pressure of the hand now your Scarbro trip prevents that - Do you intend making a longer stay than your previous resolve - I shall wander up to your Castle here and... be reminded you have exchanged your 'Constance' alias Henrietta Simms, 4 sides 8vo., T[heatre] R[oyal] H[aymarket], 'Rehearsal Time Friday' no date, c.