To the Editor of the Nelson Evening Mail.
Sir, — May I beg of you to get. from the Art critic of the Examiner a few more autobiographical fragments. It was withjno ordinary delight that
1 read his critique of Mr. Hoskins' rendering of " Hamlet," as I confess that I expected nothing bey and a notice of the most accomplished actor I have yet seen in Nelson. Judge then the gratitude of my heart on being told that the Examiner's critic had once been to the Haymarket Theatre. It is very good in him to admit the excellence of Kean the elder. I was deeply moved when I read that the critic had to huny away from the Haymarket without waiting for the after piece, for a dull fellow like myself has to confess that he delights both in Tragedy and Comedy. Mr. Hoskins exhibits to us the practice and traditions of that great school of actors in which he was trained, one of which is equal excellence in both tragedy and comedy. But I have wandered from my subject, which ■^as merely to ask more details about the early life and emotions of the Examiner's critic. I am, &c, Playgoer. Nelson, June 24.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 150, 25 June 1872, Page 2
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