. An actor's notebooks, being some memories, friendships, criticisms and experiences of Frank Archer. at my service. His nextletter touched on my play collaboration. 90, Gloucester Place, Nov. 10, 1886. My dear Archer, Thank you for your kindly inquiries. ... Iam like the old posting horses in the old posting I was whipped my pace was wonderful. Nowwe have got to our destination my head hangs downand my fore legs tremble. But, considering that I wastwelve hours a day at work for the last week of mylabours, I have no reason to complain of my con-stitution, though I was sixty-two year
. An actor's notebooks, being some memories, friendships, criticisms and experiences of Frank Archer. at my service. His nextletter touched on my play collaboration. 90, Gloucester Place, Nov. 10, 1886. My dear Archer, Thank you for your kindly inquiries. ... Iam like the old posting horses in the old posting I was whipped my pace was wonderful. Nowwe have got to our destination my head hangs downand my fore legs tremble. But, considering that I wastwelve hours a day at work for the last week of mylabours, I have no reason to complain of my con-stitution, though I was sixty-two years old last birth-day. The School for Scandal and The Rivals are still alive, and Jim the Penman has been agreat success. Moral : Dont be afraid of the idioticdecision [?] of an audience, and think of the peoplewho are sick of farces in three acts. Ever yours, Spinster, was his favourite story when he was a youth. A real compli-ment, which I value, though he never sent any * copy after he had got our scale of wage —and I was not surprised ! ^juuJi OUcLa. S^ CHARLES greens INVITATION-CARD. p. 282) A Party at Charlccote * 283 — After Dark and The Queen of Hearts contain my shorter and better stories. In the latterbook there is a story called Mad Monkton (writtenages ago), which had the honour of keeping Scribe ina breathless condition. He prophesied all my latersuccess from that little specimen when I was presentedto him in Paris. On February 16, 1887, Charles Green gave aparty at his house, the last of his large assembliesat which I was fated to be present. Looking at alist of the guests in a local paper before me, it ismelancholy to note how many of that large and merrycompany have shuffled off this mortal coil. Thereare a few survivors of that pleasant evening: Lucas, Sir Alma Tadema, Mr. J. Orrock,Sir J. D. Linton, Sir A. W. Pinero, and so alas! J. Pettie, Burton Barber, F. Barnard,F. W. H. Topham, Edwin Hayes, T
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