... Dear Sir.--I wonder if you have ever heard of a Nerissa who could be guilty of the schoolboyism of putting her thumb to the point of her nose while she extended her four fingers to the Duke of Morocco during his examiuation of the caskets. You would scarcely accredit it the ciudest amateur with such execrable idiocy, therefore, when I te!l you that an actress (tic) in the Winter Stock Co. of ...

... A CORRECTION. Dbar Sra,-- I ee announced in your last issue, to mv ur- prise, that I am about to play in a comedv at a series of mot into. As there is not the Might- st foundation-- nor haa there ever been -for such a report, and as I shall be plavine in the country at the time named, I should feel much obliged if you would kindly mention in our next issue that the in formation sent you was ...

... Dear Mr. Editor,-- Whilst thanking you for your flattering notice of Amanda Bazani in Lovt in the Ritur nill you kindly allow me to say that it was I and not the' lady you mention who created the part With best compliment*, oar dially yours, Anna M. DITTINI, Prince of Wales's Theatre, Salford, March 11th, 1890. ...

... . NEW SHAKESPEARE READING IN GERMANY. Dka ft Sir,-- In justice to the ladv whoso representation of Portia called forth the well-merited rebuke contained in my letter which appears in your issue of the 14th inst. under th heading of New 8hake*pesre Reading in Germany, I beg you to allow me now to give her a word of equally well merited praise. This lady, hy name KrUulein Doppel, played last ...

... THE GONDOLIERS. Dear Sir,-- In your report of tin* D'Oyly Carte Opera Co., under the heading Darlington, you nay The Gondolirrs was conducted by Mr. Cellier. Mr. Cellier most ably did superintend t lie whole, but the actual musical conductor- ship uf the o|>era was and is in the hand* of yours most faithfully, Mozart Wimoh, Darlington, March 21. ...

... MRS. LANGTRY AND HER COMPANY Blah Sik,-- It was with very much regret tliat, In com mon no douht with many others of vour readers in the rank and file of the profession, I gathered from the Chit Chat your last week's issue that the genial Grimalkin ffiwamy sees no prospect of the injustice done to the oemhen of Mrs. Langtrv's company lieing even now tinier have little hesitation in lielievhig ...

... MISS MINNIE PALMER AT RICHMONT Sl^rtainmSrit fi *2 ilf tUe /°u noticfHl a proposed Bt whWiSien mi f ,ar and Hotel at t? biL ,r *il^ l'nlmer *nd others h. tp MWU-. Allow nie. u Ml* PubmrV irfr*- I sentative, to say that the promoters of the entertainment announced Miss Palmer's name without any authorisation whatever. The only promise given for Miss Palmer to ap- I j war at Richmond Is at the ...

... Dear Sir, As Mr. John Rogers has written to the editor of a local paper to say that Mis Minnie Palmer did not promise to appear at the Star and G.irt r here on S-iturday week, ami possibly lias sent you a similar communication. I should like to say the lady's name was printed both on the hills and programmes, and that I was present and saw the person mentioned in my report come forward wit h a ...

... . NUMBER TWO. SIR,--The unwonted vehemence of critical vengeance on the work (favourably received on two occasions by audiences comprising hundreds of people) of an almost untried playwright, would presuppose some cause, independent of the merits or demerits of the piece, to account for the avalanche of criticism which has been precipitated on the author of Number Two. My letter to the ...

... . Dear Sir, In reply to your _ Richmond correi.iiden letter in your issue of to-day, 1 never inferred that MiW Minnie Palmer s name was not uaed either on bill, or pro grammes. What 1 said was. that if Miss Palmer s name had been so advertised it was without any authority whatsoever, and If any telegram was read as purporting tocome from Pi.ln.er It must have been a forgery, as it never ...

... . MISS MINNIE BELL'S MATINER Dear Sir,-- In youraccount of Miss Minnie Bell's Matinee, you stated in your issue of April 4 that the waltz suet gavotte danced by Miss Sylvia Grev were composed by me. The waltz only was mine, which 1 wrote expressly for Miss Grey. Fours faithfully, POPSIE ROWE, Sunset, Bouverie-road West, Folkestone, April 4. 1890. ...

... GUY FAWKES, ESQ. Dear Sir,1-- Your Not t ingham correspondent, in his flatter ing notice of Mr. Arthur Roberts's Guy Favokes Esq., bur lesque. credits me with the production of same, when it should have been Mr. George Capel. By inserting this will oblige yours very truly, W. H. RAWLINS, Theatre Royal, Edinburgh. ...