... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... TRUE COLOURS AT THE VAUDEVILLE. Sir --Permit me to correct an error that has crept (through no fault of yours) Into your kindly c.iticimi as t tho author ship of my play, lately produced at a Vaudeville ma'inte, which authorship Is credited to another gentle. nan. The mistake fs only natural, from my name havi g been accidentally omitted from the programmes, although it had appeared for days ...

... 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. ...

... Dbar Sir,-- So far as I can see no one complains much of the matinte system except certain dramatic critics. Why they should rail against the givers of inatintts is to me a puzzle if they have too much work to do let them relinquish part of it for th benefit of their fellows, for, believe me, there are unemployed amongst pressmen as well us actors. The dramatic critic complains of th* long ...

... 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 ...