MY DEAR MR. DACRE,

I have seen your Play, and, since then, I have not seen any other like

it. "When will I come again?" To see it twice within a week would be

too ecstatic a joy for a dweller--may I say a Liver--in London, who

is more at home as one of the Lights of Asia. So, for the present--to

paraphrase what I believe were the words of a popular poet whose name

has passed from my memory--such, alas! is popularity--I will say to

you, "Not to-day. DACRE"--(I fancy the last word was "Baker" in the

original Syriac)--but, some other day, when, as one of the Lights

aforementioned, I shall, at a _Matinée_ be day-lighted to re-witness

your admirable performance.

Yours ever most sincerely sincere,

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 22, 1893 · 第 6 / 21 题