Autograph Letter Signed ('Charles H E Brookfield') from the playwright Charles Hallam Elton Brookfield to his friend 'Mrs. Damart', thanking her for 'praise' and discussing his work.

3pp., 12mo. Bifolium. Very good, on lightly-aged paper. He writes that her letter has 'exhilarated' him: 'I think there is nothing wh. gives one such thorough pleasure as praise frm those of whom one is fond. But I wish you would write some stories in the style of "Scenes of Clerical Life" (if that is the book I mean).' He has received 'cheerful telegrams from Mentone' and was 'pleased to get a note from old Weatherby who was in front the other night - & who left after the first piece'. He reports that he saw his 'employer the other night for a moment who invited me to stay & see a lot of rats killed after the performance. But I told her it was a lady's sport in wh. I took no interest.' He expects that his 'Magnum Opus will shortly be produced at the Comedy probably in about 3 weeks.' He ends by sending his 'love to Harry', and a postscript reads: 'The Cower Harbour master also sent up word to me the other night that he was in front'.