... BATTLE THROUGH LIFE. Sib,-- If A. W. Parry and Thos. Dobl had mado inquiries before protesting 01 charging authors with palpable imita tions they would have found out thai they had no right whatever to questioi the use pf the above title. My drams entitled The Battle Through Life was pro duced on February 12, 1890, at the Koyal Barnsley, duly licensed by the Lore Chamberlain. Therefore, I ...

... THE ASSOCIATION: A PROPOSAL. SIR,--I wish the writer of the letter in your last issue had signed his own name, instead of adopting the psendonym On the Road. There is a great deal of truth and sound sense in his letter, but why when any matter of vital interest to the profession comes up for discussion should this constant recrimination Detween touring and travelling managers be brought in ...

... MANAGERIAL PARTNERSHIPS. Sir, Mr. Edmonds, a few weeks ago, opened in your columns a fine pitfall for Mr. Bogus. Surely no respectable managor will iu futuro assist Bogus with advance fares, to be paid back out of receipts, if, according to Mr. Edmonds, he becomes in consequence legally a partner, and therefore responsible for salarioB which Bogus may noglect to vtj. But Mr. Edmonds, by tho ...

... THE SNAZELLE ENTERTAINMENT. Sin, Your Cardiff correspondent in men tioning my name says (or words to that effect) 41 Mr. Snazelle and several other turns gave satisfaction This is likely to be most misleading. I do the whole of my en tertainment 44 Music, Song, and Story, Pic- torially Illustrated by myself for two hours a-id a quartur. There are no other turns whatever. Yours, truly, G. H. ...

... A HAMLET INCONGRUITY. Sir, We are indebted to Mr. Seymour for an ingenious exposition of my query, but I fail to gather from it any definite in- formatioj. lie says the line 44 the undis covered country from whose bourne uo traveller returns, is capable of a meaning other than that which tho words couvey. Very well, what is this hidden moaning Tho words are as plain and simple as a pike ...

... . SIR,--Knowing your kindly interest in the profession at large you may think my letter worthy of consideration. I send you the journeys I have taken from one engagement to another last year, combined with the week given in each case for rehearsals. They are a considerable item. I could have made several short engagements two or three weeks, but the fares made them impossible, and in no one ...

... SIR,--In reference to the very excellent article on professional amateurs, which appeared in your issue of the 10th inst., will you permit me to call attention to one point, which I think deserves consideration. I allude to Mr. T. E. Pemberton's contention in the Theatre that these would-be actors are just clever enough to give a fair imitation of the original production. Now, Sir, were ...

... ROBSON. Sir, I read iu last week s Stage that, on the occasion of the dramatic performance by t Mr. Alexander's Company at Balmoral, Her Majestv was pleased to mention to Mr. E. M. Robson fhat she remembered his father. I am afraid Her Majesty must have been mis informed as to the relationship existing be tween that artist and my father, the late cele brated comedian, Mr. F. Robson. Mr. E. M. ...

... LIABILITY OF LESSEES? Sir, Is the resident manager liable for tho salaries of his partner's (the travelling ones) artists P The question, I think, scarcely admits of a doubt. The actors have brought in the money taken at the doors of the theatre without them the local manager's orchostra, scenery, properties, aud gilded auditorium would have been powerless to attract. He has dorived a profit ...

... . SIR,--I read with interest your leader of Oct. 10 on the Scenic Artists' Society, and seeing that artists liko Mr. H. Craven, Mr. Flarker, and othes of repute are giving their support to it, I am sure it cannot fail to be of benefit, to all who wish to see this interesting branch of fine art placed on a better footing, especially if it? can in any way assist in excluding the un educated ...

... LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. A SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL. SIR,--A melancholy truth is contained in your admirable leader on this subject in last week's STAGE. I refer in particular to the sentence A few more yearn at the present rate of decline, and actors at large will be wholly unversed in the art of playing Shakespeare. Save for the members of the four or five provincial companies touring with ...

... SIR,--Of course the usual shriek will go up against tradas unionism on the strength of Mr. E. Edmonds's spirited proposal. Why should we actors be ashamed of trades unionism, if it comes to that? The solicitor is not ashamed of it when he takes his six-and-eightpence for a single letter--and six-and-eightpence is all that Edmonds suggests as tho minimum salary for the night's work f an ...