... Sir,-- Referring to my letter in The Stage undor the above heading, will yon allow me to correct an error which seems to have been mado. You make mo say, Then, again, in the published lists of copyright plays, upon which 'a foe is demandod, at least 50 per cent, are free plays, for the copyright has expired.' If you will kindly refer to my letter I think you will find that what I said was 5 ...

... Sir, In reply to Mr. Paul Barry's lettor in The Stage re Authors' Fees to Amateurs, we should be very pleased to act up to his suggestion of producing plays by amateur authors, and should b ino-t happy to hear from any aspirant. We quite agroe with him that there aro as good fish in the sea as have ever l>een caught; that there are numerous strug gling authors waiting for an opportunity (which ...

... THE BATTLE OF LIFE. Sir, With reference to The Battle of Life, I beg to state that it is an old title that the piece was performed years ago and. that it is now printed in Dick's free list of plays.--Yours &c., JOSEPH C. HODSON. ...

... BATTLE THROUGH LIFE. Sir,-- No doubt Mr. Mitchell has every right to the above title, but, with all duo respect to that gentleman, wo beg to say that it was only after much trouble and research that we finally decided to call our drama The Battle of Life, which we then considered entirely original. We a re not aware that we have made any charges against anyone, but, thinking The Battle ...

... ROBSON. SIR,--In reply to the statement made by my brother, Mr. Frederick Robson, in your issue dated the 20th inst., that Her Majesty must have been misinformed as to the relationship existing between the late celebrated actor, Mr. F. Robson, and myself, I beg to say that who ever informed Her Majesty that I was a son of the late F. Robson only informed her of a truth, as the enclosed ...

... THE LATE DOUGLAS TRACY. Sib. In July last you kindly in serted a notice of the death of, and an appeal for subscriptions for the purpose of raising a stone to the memory of, the above. In tendering our best thanks to yoursolf for the kind notice, and to the few friends who responded to the ap peal, I desire to inform you, and the theatrical profession generally, that, not withstanding the ...

... AUTHORS' FEES TO AMATEURS. SIR,--I have read T. H.'s letter with considerable interest. May I bo allowed to suggest that it amateur clubs would consider the advisa bility of producing plays by young, un known, or comparatively unknown, authors, they might financially benefit themselves, and they would undoubtedly be a great encouragement to many a strug- ling young author. It is much more ...

... THE ART OF ADVERTISING. SIR,--Your correspondent, Mr. Davis, in his letter on the above subject, remarks, In fit-up towns the agent always gives out his briefs himself, whereas in theatres they have different systems of distributing them in the shape of books, monthly passes, &c., which an agent has no control over. Now this statement which we all know to be correct, suggests the double ...

... THE CHILI WIDOW. SIR,--A very disgraceful and scandalous slander has, we are informed, been circulated by certain members of the Playgoers' Club, and has found its way into print in this week's issue of the St. James's Budget, to the effect that we submitted our manuscript of The Chili Widow to Mr. Clement Scott prior to the production of the play with a reading fee of ten pounds. A more ...

... Sir,-- May I, through the columns of your valuable paper, comment on a remark mado by Mr. Arthur Davis. Ho says that if managers, instead of picking up novices at 30s., were to get a decent man at a good alary it would be much better. Now this is all very well, but allow me to inform Mr.Davis plenty of good agents are working for 35s. and 30s., and if Mr. Davis will put an advertisement in The ...

... Sir, With reference to Mr. Samuel French's reply to T. H. S., in The Stage, I should like to point out to him that if ho will compare his list of plays and fees for the same with Messrs. Dicks's lie will then find that in his (Mr. French's) catalogue pieces are announced as having fees duo to them which in Messrs. Dicks'B aro put down as free. Yours truly, Gerald Sinoton, Tower Grange, ...

... COPYRIGHT. Sib,-- I notice in last week's Stage two questions answered in Answers to Corre spondents column doaliug with copyright performances, wherein it is stated a play must bo licensed and played to secure tho copyright. I should like to point out that from inquiries I have made from the licenser of playa the licensing of the play does not secure the copyright, but after tho play has been ...