... THE COUNTRY QUESTION. SIR,--I consider that the theatrical profession owes you a debt of gratitude for your extremely able leader upon this subject in your issue of last week. When I say theatrical profession, I mean not only the actor, but the resident as well as the touring manager. There is no doubt but what certain tour ing managers were to blame in the first instance for the state of ...

... THE ACTORS' ASSOCIATION. SIR,--I am directed by the Council of the Actors' Association to reply to a statement made by I, L. C, in his letter appearing in your recent issue, in which he says, 'Let it (the Association) expel or refuse to admit bogus managers. (I could point to more than one such on its books.) First, let me explain to those members or non- members who might be slightly ...

... WHERE? Sir, I wonder if it ever strikes actors that, having no organisation of their own for the registration of their names and addresses, the business is naturally left to dramatic agents. This practically places the members of a profession demanding brains, education, and an extensive acquaintance with the literature of all periods, in the same category as domestic servants who sit about ...

... SIR.--After your striking reference to Mr. Edmonds's proposal in your powerful leader of the 16th inst., it is unnecessary to discuss the main subject further, for, as you say, the opinion of the majority has clearly been in the negative. Since Mr. Edmonds wrote, however, your correspondents have gone further afield, and some good may be done if you will allow your readers to exchange a few ...

... Sir, I think M. S. very much in tin wrong when he asserts that the g*ueralit| of actors are lazy, and I think 44 M. S. ii again wrong in surmising that they prefei to deal through agents. They are forced t ...

... SIR,-- In reply to Mr. Adye's note in your last issue. I am sure that gentleman (who I am told is the soul of amiability) will, on reflection, see that the use of the term impertinent, always an unpleasant word, towards one who has never met or, to his knowledge, seen him, and who can have no possible cause for any feeling of any nature outside the rules demanded by the amenities of daily ...

... UNION OF SCENIC ARTISTS. Sir,--Your correspondent Saas has covered the ground so completely in his able and evidently heartfelt letter that he leaves one nothing to do, unless to say Well done. I am glad someone has at last had courage enough to speak out. In every detail I think he is quite right. The scenic profession does seem declining, and declining pretty fast too. Really, ...

... Sir,-- I suggest that the scenic painters of Kuglnnd at ouce send in their names to you, that a mooting be called, and a combination of some sort arrived at as speedily as cir cumstances will permit.--Yours, FRANK RAWSON. ...

... APPEALS. SIR,-- After two months' enforced idleness through loss of voice I am now informed by the highest medical authority at the Throat Hospital, Golden Square, that I must never expect to perform in public again. What this means to one like myself, who has relied on patter for the past twenty-five years, may easily be imagined. Moreover I belong to no fund or society. In nlain English, ...

... Sib,-- I noted a very clevor letter in your l ist issue of Tiie Stage signed Hope r# advertisement. In my humble opinion nothing can be done without it. To get on you must become kuown, and the best way to do it is to advertise. For instance, one shilling a week what is itP My idea is that many members of our profession would stand a better chance of coming to the front if they gave more to ...

... ONE-ACT PLAYS V11U-.WA X Uil 1 u. Sir, Your correspondont, I. L. C.,w is right to a certain extent. But new one-act plays are done, even when written by un known authors. The hotter plan is to write to suit a certain artist. If he or sho likes the piece he or she will endeavour to induce a manager to put it on. Within the last four weeks I heard of two managers who were on the look out for ...

... HONOUR OF THE HOUSE. biR, In your last issuo you announced the forthcoming production of a play by Mr. Lewis. May I draw attention to the fact thab i u proposed title, The Honour of the House ib not jw^lable. Mr. Lewi* will find by referring to The .}?oe of August 3, 1893, that a flve-act drama be*.;^ that title, written by Charles T. Holdernoss aua YwAlt* wan rrrulrira ...