... A HAMLET INCONGRUITY Sir, In reply to your correspondent in your last issue with reference to the above subject, may I be allowed to point out that the line mentioned, viz., 44 The undiscovered country, from whose bourne no traveller returns, is capable of a meaning other than that which the actual words in them selves naturally convey; otherwise it would be an undoubted incongruity for ...

... UNION OF SCENIC ARTISTS. Sin, I am pleased that Fitch's plan is being acted upon, and trust it will meet with success. I enclose one shilling for the above object. Thanking you for the deep interest yon have taken in the betterment of the scenio profession. Yours truly, CHALKLINE. THE SHILLING FUJD. J. C 5s. C. W. Moore Is. M. B 2s. Bolt of Canvas Is. Perspective Point iis. Pound of Blue ...

... Sir, In reply to Mr. Paul Barry's lettor in The Stage re Authors' Fees to Amateurs, we should be very pleased to act up to his suggestion of producing plays by amateur authors, and should b ino-t happy to hear from any aspirant. We quite agroe with him that there aro as good fish in the sea as have ever l>een caught; that there are numerous strug gling authors waiting for an opportunity (which ...

... THE BATTLE OF LIFE. Sir, With reference to The Battle of Life, I beg to state that it is an old title that the piece was performed years ago and. that it is now printed in Dick's free list of plays.--Yours &c., JOSEPH C. HODSON. ...

... PLAY TITLES. Sib, As I have assured Mr. Wilton Jones, so I should like to assure you and your readers that I was unawaro ho had used the title The Agony Column. My little play, so admirably acted by Miss Cowen andMr. Sydnoy Brough, will hence forward be known as A Bold Advertise ment. Yours very truly. LOUIS N. PARKER. November 22, 1895. ...

... AUTHORS' FEES FOR AMATEURS. Sir,-- Mv. French seems to infer that I havo charged him with collecting fees that were not due. I did not do so. His now tariff list, I consider, fully up holds my statement respecting tho per centage of froo plays mentioned by me, and is the most applicable answer I can present him with. If my assertion in your last issue respecting this is not correct thon I ...

... A CORRECTION. Sir, In your notice on tbe pantomimo at Dpera House, Northampton, in this day's paper, it is stated that tno ballets have boon arranged by Mr. Will Bishop, and danced by my quartet. I beg to inform you that the four girls are my pumls, and that their :1a noes wero arranged oy my wife (Madame Phasey), who has always arranged tho bal lets that have been sent from my school.-- ...

... Sir, There is no question as to the neces sity (more so than ever) for a Touring Mana gers' Association. And I shall bo pleased to subscribe to and assist in the formation of one. Yours truly, WALTER SEALBY. juycoom 1 ueatre, Sheffield. January II, 1898. ...

... THE ASSOCIATION A PROPOSAL. SIR,--To a large extent I agree with your correspondent, E. Edmonds, but I cannot for the life of me see how it all is to be brought about. That no one should be permitted to become a member of the A. A. unless he or she is capable of earning at least £2 a week seems a capital idea. It would keep the association one of actors. and free it from tha novices. But to ...

... . A DISAGREEMENT Sir, In the last issue of Thb Stage of Dec. 5 Mr. Bruce states that 1 am Business Manager only for The Turn Hussars, and I get my salary and com mission. Now, to prevent any mistakes, will you kindly allow me to inform him by my last agreement with him I am to have the option (in writing) of booking anything he may migrate in, in the way of travelling playa. And I must ...

... A HAMLET INCONGRUITY? Sir, There is a lino in Hamlet which, being a contradiction, deserves some little regard. Publio criticism has not, to my knowlodge, beau directed thereto. In act throe, scaue one, ocours the soliloquy, To bo or not to be. The 24th line reads thus The undiscovered country from whoso bourne no traveller returns. I submit that this lino is in direct opposition to the ...

... SIR,--I have watched with great interest the letters' in your valuable paper on this subject, which I hope will not be allowed to drop out of sight until, like the Actors' Association--inaugurated by you, I believe--the scenic artists also band themselves together into an association. I am surprised none of the London artists has come forward with offers ot assistance in tills matter. In ...