This letter is one of twenty-nine letters from Anne Jenkin to Henley, most of which are undated, but appear to have been written between 1878-1883.
Written from "3 Great Stuart Street / Edinburgh" on stationery engraved with the address.
The year of writing is not provided however Jenkin appears to be writing of her performance in "Antony and Cleopatra" which she spoke of in previous letters where the possible year of writing is 1878.
Saying her arm was strained by the actor playing Proculeius but it is healing with the help of bandages and iodine, "So Phèdre has to go too - & what a part!!...I longed to have been an actress...I saw Ellen Terry - lovely & sweet & charming & pathetic all to perfection - but not joyous & not angry. I fear she stops short of tragedy & will do so. Her Gainsborough-like grace enchanting - I felt as if I had washed my tired eyes in [illegible] when I looked at her - It takes a great deal to make an actor evidently. But Irving!! & Mrs. Chippendale!! If these hench-men know the horrible secrets of our playhouses - how can they endure to act for us? We go soon to Inverlaal - Loch Broome...- I think 'Gringoire" simply the best short play I know - do does my Professor."