... . THE GERALDINE CO Sib,-- It may interest some of your readers to learn the fate of the Gcraliine Co., announced to open last Monday week at Waterford. 1 was cngag -d by telegram on June 24, ami duly proceeded from London, the hire necessarily being heavy. On arrival at WmterfordI found that ladies and gentle men had arrived, but the manager had not. Owing to the kindness of the Mayor of ...

... Dear Sir,-- Your Goole correspondent, in his report last week of Tne Arabian Niahts, says that as Joshui Gillibrand Mr. F. L. Glover scores heavily in the song, I was in it I beg to state that the song is sung by, your* very truly, EVELYN VAUDRAY, 27, Tremlette-grove, Highgate, January 20, 1890. ...

... Dear Sir. In June 1884, under the management of George Rlgnold, Esq.. at the Holborn Theatre, I produced, and played iu. a musical farce entitled tutuHttcd, and have now iti mv possession copies of your paper containing very favourable criticism-, t hereof, lor which I thank you. Yours truly, I -Alibi. Grey, July 6th, 18J0. Dsih Sir,-- In your Stauk provincial notices of July a, IS '0, your ...

... THE ACTORS ORPHANAGE. Sir,-- I have read with considerable interest the proposals made from time to time in your columns in connection with this all important subject, important that is to the rank and file of our profession whatever it may be to the big guns in whose hands is vested the management of the moneys subscribed to the Benevolent Fund. When, Sir, are vour excellent proposals to ...

... ,0°WlnK ,etter ha' been the'Jn' to 'sTnes'KN, .f aten,ents which hive appeared J' \Valp5erii.0' iio^rL,^10 0Dd ,ler P14 W,lJrid ,n nprm?f8 Theatre from rn 1Perforraed at the Prince of permit me to say th. c' 'cts, will you ^'t?nd I am bound t n inaccurate, mis- tra.SU- iS Wil1 be n,fldu acnuftf K^norous. In due time S^P'red, and under what Ud with what hM iotuallv as declined to ...

... iw v° to.ni?£' V^ANAPALUS. tro£rrett's Dor??} ^U8t r turned from re-witnessing Mr J^-peruninw06 in Ctoudian, and have also just William Archer's article in the a^*tio £1 *ehrttry, 1884, entitled Claudian Theology. it i8 not, however, with Messrs. Wills and Herman's play, nor with Mr. Archer's dis quisition thereon, that I have to do. In the learned and charming essay mentioned, the ...

... 'PLAYMATES. Dear Sir,-- Mr. W. E. Morton in his letter to you last week asks the quest on What is the benefit of registering a title of a play at Stationers' Hall? There isn't any benefit at all. Registration is only necessary when an notion is brought for infringement, and may be done immediately before a writ is issued. Tlie production of a play secures the right, and if Mr. W. Morton can ...

... THE SHAKESPEARE (?) SIR,-- So the new Olympic Their tre may perhaps be re named. What recollections does the name call up There MadameJVestrls reigned supreme there I saw Robson walk on with his clarionet in TheWantU ring Minstrel I think I behold him now, looking up to the gallery, and saying, Ladies and gentlemen, this Ib not a comic song. There I saw Brooke make his memorable first ...

... . MR. EDWIN DREW'S ENTERTAINMENT. Dr. ar Kir.-- I see in your issue or to 'lay date tnat mr. Edwin Drew takes exception to what, appeared in your columns respecting bis Ruston College entertainment. It is perhaps, hardly compatible with the dignity of The Stage to reply to any such ungrateful attempts to suppress honest criticism, but when straightforward opinion and unbiassed statements of ...

... LITTLE JACK SHEPPARD. Sir,-- In your able critique last week you mentioned that Miss Fanny Rohina appeared in a minor part in the original production at the Gaiety. Permit me to state that prior to appearing as Jack at the Standard, on the 18tli inst., Miss Ronina's only connection with the burlesque was when she plavcd the X\l\e-rule for two years in Australia. Yours obediently, A. D. Corry ...

... Dear Sir,-- Far be it from me to make capital out of an incident that can be of no interest to anyone, except to one's individual self, especially in such a widely circulated paper as yours, where space is so valuable; therefore, if you will kindly insert this explanatory letter, I will not write again on the subject. To your Leeds correspondent I offer a sincere apology. My impression that ...

... . Dear Sib,-- I see in last week's issue of The Stage a criticism of a new play produced at the Royal, Ryde, Isle of Wight, in which my name was mentioned. I beg to state I did not take part in the performance, although I was offered the engagement, having accepted one previously from Mr. John Douirlaas. to ulav at the Theatre Royal, Leicester.-- Yours very truly, LILY GORDON-ASCHER, 4, Wood- ...