... MATINEES. Dear ir, As an old playgoer, with a fondness for new productions and fresh debit's, I go to many of the matii.t that so frequently take place, snd I must say t iat I often see a promising play or a clever performer, which well reward me for the price of the pit seat 1 disburse at the pay-box. One of such matinees I recall with a degree of pleasure which few even of the evening shows ...

... 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 ...

... Dear Sir,-- In your last week's issue of Tni Staor it was stated in the criticism of Trick for Trick at the Theatrs Royal, Stratford, that Miss Nannie Goldman as Jessun ne ooks and enacts the p irt to the letter. Tnrough the above lady leaving for pantomime the character was played at by yours GUENIVEVE SHILTON. ...

... A MOTHER'S SIN CO. Sir The paragraph in your issue of January 18, anent the above Co., h rather ambiguous There was no misunder standing. We decided to pay salaries and allow the com pany to walk about rather than submit them to the discomforts that would have ensued had we remained in the town.-- Faithfully yours, M. R. MORAD, Queen's Theatre, Birmingham. Jan. 18, 1889). LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. ...

... . To the Editor of The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. Dear Sir, Will you kindly allow me to make an appeal through your columns on behalf of the sport of trotting, which has from various causes languished of late years in this country, owing to the incapacity and neglect of the late ruling body, the National Trotting Association, which stood in t lie way of reform. However, that ...

... . SOUP STALLS FOR CABMEN AND OTHERS IN THE STREETS OF LONDON. To the Editor of' The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. Sir, When putting forth my Christmas appeal on behalf of the Home of Rest for Horses, I touched on the above subject, which to ray great gratification lias since been favour ably alluded to in many of the leading journals. Unfortun ately I am not in a position, unaided, ...

... Dkar Sir,-- May I be permitted to say that from what 1 have experienced at matim'eM, the audiences are not com posed of the regular irght playgoers, and so tho morning performance cannot rob the manager of his night audience. There is a regular day audience in London. Mr. Beer boh in- Tree knows this, and he caters for it on Wednesdays. Other managers do the same thing on Saturdays. For a man ...

... Dear Sip, In your notice of last week on Mr. W. Morton's Forty Thieves Pantomime at the Gaiety Theatre, Hastings, you mention the Brothers Esmond in connection with same There aro no Brothers Esmond engaged, the parts of Cassim, Raha. Man Proir. and iriotesque dancer, are performed by, Yours faithfully, Fred Esmond. ...

... VOCAL EXERCISES AND BREATH-TAKING. i'kar sin,-- in your last issue I have read with much interest your cutting from The. American. Mtintciaii, entitled Does it pay tostiMy singing? Tne writer very truthfully points out the many advantage* accruing, not only to those who study it as a profession, but also to those who take it up as a pistimo. Jc is almost an a :cepr,ed truism of tne present ...

... Sir,-- Your Brighton correfpondent has made a mis-statement (which T am sure was unintentional), in consequence of his having been misinformed. Martin Byam and Byam Wjke aie not identical. I wrote the pantomime i i question, along with others, in conjunction with Mr. ityam, who is my son. I would like this etror to be rectified, as your correspondent's letter might bad to complications. ...

... . &ir,-- i regret tnat tne announcement of my return to health is premature, and may mislead my many friends, and too early invite managerial cempotition. I am still playing the Demon Rheumatism in pantomime (with occasional words), but am much better, though far from relinquishing that proverbially distasteful rdle A Comedian on Crutches Devil on Two Sticks my enemies-- should I have any-- ...

... IF NOT CLAIMED WITHIN SEVEN DAYS Dkar Sir. If not claimed within seven days is a melan choly phrase, which frequently nioets the eye of the poor player, ar:d sends his ho irt into his boots, provided, of course, that h> has a pair. Last week I discovered, through an advctlsoment in your columns, that myself and ft Professor Somebody had left a box at the Theatre Royal, Hetton-le- hole, ar d ...