"Dear Mr. Terry,—I am desirous of letting you know my opinion of Kate's acting of May Edwards in 'The Ticket-of-Leave Man,' here.
"My impression, in the most general form I can state it, is simply this, that I have never had any one character in any piece I have written, from first to last, impersonated so entirely to my satisfaction. She played with a grace, intelligence, and delicacy and truth of feeling which completely carried away the audience, and what is more—the author. If she had played the part in town I should think it would have doubled the success of the piece.
"You are quite at liberty to make this opinion of mine known in any quarter where you may think it useful to your daughter that it should be known.— Yours very truly,
Tom Taylor.
"Mr. B. Terry."
PRINCE'S THEATRE, MANCHESTER.
Proprietors The Manchester Public Entertainments Company Limited.
Beddoes Peacock, Thorncliffe Grove,
Chorlton-upon-Medlock.
Friday and Saturday, October 4th and 5th, 1867,