... BYAM WYKE AND MARTIN BYAM. dbar SIR Your Brighton correspondent has been mis- i informed. By am Wyke and Martin byam' are not one and the same, the former being my father. Mr. Wyke is well known, but as an author only, while I am pretty extensively known as a comedian and artist, as well as an author. I enclose our respective cards.--Yours truly, MARTIN BYAM, Pier Pavilion, Hastings. LETTERS ...

... UNMASKED. Dear Sir, In reference to tho letter or Mr. r rancis j. i^aniei 1 in your last issue, may I inform those whom it concerns ihat, 1 as lonir airo as 188'J. 1 wrote and produced at Dublin a little play which I called Unmasked.--Yours, CECIL RAVENSWOOD,--The Dawn of Hope tour. LETTER TO THE EDITOR. ...

... THE LYCEUM VACATION COMPANY. Dbar Sir,-- I beg to sta'e that the H. Fei.ton announced to tfo on tour with the Haviland and Lvceum Comnanv is not Yours truly, C. H. FENTON. Lyceum Theatre. ...

... . NORTH LONDON COLOSSEUM. Drak. Sir,-- The energetic proprietors of this establishment tnust in future be careful how thoy insert names in their bills which they have no right or authority to do. I have no knowledge as to who they are, but they evidently are aware that I am well-known in that part of London, and seek to trade upon my name. I am, and have been for some time, engaged by Messrs. ...

... LOST LETTERS Dkar Sir,-- I am the hallkeeper ...

... FIRE AT STALYBRIDGE. DbarSir,-- In answer to our appeal in Tub Staoe and Era wo have received on behalf of tho sufferers, who are left completely destitute of wardrobe and properties, the follow- intr sums.-- s. d. J. Pitt Hardacre, Esq 110 Ed. Tearle and Co. 1 3 6 OsmondTearle andCo. 16 0 T J. L. and J. L 0 5 0 Herbert Budd and Co. 110 Carl Stenn (through Herbert Budd) 1 1 0 Messrs. ...

... Dear Sir.- Your Middlesbro' correspondent last week in criticising The Silver Falls at the Royal writes-- 41 Miss Sa>h Millward, as Primrose Easterbrook, won golden opinions for her pleasing and sympathetic acting. May I ahk you to insert this letter as, owing to Miss Millward's indisposition, the part was then being played by yours faithfully, EDITH GAUTIER. ...

... INSANITARY THEATRES. Sir,--At a time when members of the theatrical profession are being struck down right and left with mortal sickness, it may be well to call attention to the conditions under which the actor pursues his occupation. It is well known that many theatres are in a btite most perilous to health. Faulty drainage, broken or obsolete sanitary appliances, unventilated dressing-rooms, ...

... PASS-OUT CHECKS. A oik,, i snoiiMi De onhged if by inserting this letter you would call the attention Jof touring mantfers to what I consider would bo an effectual mode of couritcractinglthe evils attendant on above. If each travelling manager carried and supplied his own pass-outs, a more satisfactory result would be arrived at. luirther, if they were sent by agent-in-advance three days' ...

... THE MATINEE. limit Sir, -Thoro is a feature hi Tub Stag* (hit I greatly admire. Whenever you put forward a new idea, sir, you stick to your work, an 1 endeavour to make others think as'you At the fisk of Incurring your displeasure, may I disagree with you about the watt ns* As you say, the nuitiaca is of benefit t tht young actor, io ,li/- young author, and to the p'aygoin puhllo -though I ...

... MATINEES. Sir,-- You hit the right nail on the hea l iu saying that, as far as the metropolis is concerned, mi tint-ex are an indis pensable expedient of modern theatrical management. Where, indeed, would tho future of struggling dramatic authors be if they had to rely upon evening production as tho one channel open to them What manager, may I ask the compl lining critics, would so much as ...

... . iv oio,-- in your Kind and complimentary notics of the Dublin Amateur Operatic Society's performances of Maritana, in last week's issue, you state, Miss E. Parkinson, 1 who was very warmly received, gave a delightful interpreta-' tion of the part of Maritana, the music being exceotionnlly woll sung by her, insteati of which it should have been, yours faithfully, Alice Bartii. New Theatre, ...