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... 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 ...
... Sir,--I read the remarks of A. C. last week with great pleasure, because if there is one thing I like more than another it is for people to have the courage of their convietions, and not bo mere echoes; but it is a pity that A. C. does not, after demolishing my fabric, erect another one by suggesting some other plan. A. C. says Actors do not want to become trade unionists. I never ...
... THE ASSOCIATION A PROPOSAL. Sir, Your correspondent 44 M. A. A.f I advocating Mr. Edmonds's proposal as to tha £2 per week qualification for members of the Actors' Association, instances the law-- or one branch of it-- as an illustration of successful trade unionism in a profession.! I am not at all sure that the hard-and-fast 13s. 4d. aud 6. 8d. is so successful but JL know that to tho more ...