... 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 ...

... BURNING OF THE THEATRE ROYAL, BURNLEY. Sir,-- In your issuo of Juno 14th you publish an accou n of the destruction by fire of the alove theatre, and in tn account you state that the thoatre was fitted up w Sprinklers which were of no use, as, owing to the fierce* no is of the blaze, it was impossible to get at them. As this statement is likely to bo very much misunderstood would you allow us ...

... MY NADINE. Dkab Sir,-- Allow me to contradict a report in yourw? week's issue, namely, that myself and Co. were announced w appear in Huddersfleld, hut, owing to somo cause, had no done so. Your correspondent, I think, should he more care'u re matters of that kind, and fully shows he did not tn previous week look at the programme when A Slice Luck Co. was announced. I nave never been in ...

... Dear Sir, --In your notice of our performance at P°nz:}{uy of Les Cloches de Corneville last week, you name Mr. Mft'^ as having played Bogo-- it should have been Mr. Martin. If you will correct this in your next issue you greatly oblige, yours truly, RICHARD MARTIN ...

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... 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. ...

... 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 ...

... BURNING OF THE CITY THEATRE, DUNDEE. Dbar Sir,-- The city theatre hero was totally destroyed bj fire early on Tuesday morning. June 4th, as notified in youi issue of last week. Will you kindly allow me, through thi medium of Tub Staub, on the part of myself and company to thank Fred Wright, Esq., of tho Face to Face company thon performing at the opposite theatre, for timely pecuniar aid In ...

... Sir,-- The best argument in favour of the matinee system fro n an actor's point of view lies before me In the shape of a table I have carefully prepared. Thi* table contains a list of all the new pieces produced at inatiiites within the last two years, together with a complete cast of each play. From ic I have worked out the propo.tion of actors in engagements and actors out who have boen ...

... Sir,-- Your correspondent, 14 Ex-Manager, touches upon a part of the ma'.inti question tint I think may well be followed up. He says, Were I the manager of a West-end theatre I would Insert a now clause in my thea re rules that no member of my company should accept engagements for matinees. Mr. Hare, I believe, has already done this, and I hope his lead will be followed by all the managers ...