BVV) औदन-bब्रिड । play. I am aware that it will be hard to get good female actors but we must make the most of what we have. That is a misfortune I can not remedy, I have great faith in you as a Teacher, I am happy you like the language. Ease can be only obtained by practice ; and I am as yet a mere novice But I hope I am a progressive animal. As the play is a tragedy, I have not thought it proper to begin any scene with the determination of being comic ; in my humble opinion such a thing would not be in keeping with the nature of the Play.-But whenever in the course of the dialogue a pleasant remark has suggested itself I have not neglected it. The only piece of criticism I shall venture upon, is this ;-never strive to be comic in a tragedy; but if an opportunity pre... sents itself unsought to be gay, do not neglect it in the less important scenes, so as to havc an agreeable variety. This I believe to be Shakspeare's plan. Perhaps, you will not find many scenes in his higher tragedies in which he is studiously comic. However, both yourself and our friend Tagore are welcome to brush up into a comic glow any scene, that would admit of such a thing. I am not such an ungrateful fellow as to find fault with my friends for trying to make me look handsomer As for beginning thc play with a soliloquy, that is of little consequence ; a little mannerism does no harm, and, I promise you, I shan't do it again. Perfection, my dear feliow, can only be attained by
