... . The following letters, waiting to be claimed at the Actors' Association, must be applied for ah tho offices of the society, and applications must t> accompanied by a stamped addressed envelope H. J. Barrett, Gordon Bailey, Ridge- wood Barrle, Edwin Brett, Cecil Brooking, W. H. Brame, Charlie Cameron, Sybil Carlisle, Combes, Conipton CoutU, H. Chichester, C. Barrel!. C. Esdalc, J. Ellery, ...

... SELECTION AND TRAINING. Sir,-- The answer to Miss lloyai s letter is obvious. Jo long as officers' daughters, etc., pay po'iiums, so lon^ will the Salmon ana (luc'tstein stylo of management flourish, salaries become worse and worse. lady seems to forget that whilst she v ts paying to act she was keeping some actress from earning a fair wage. Now she feels the pinch herself when she wants a ...

... SIR,--The proposed scheme for the above at the Lyceum on Friday last, for which you have agitated so long in your columns, ought to meet with the support of every member of the profession who has not only the welfare of the stage at heart as a profession, but who at the same time recognises that, the stage is about to be put on such a basis that it will be lifted permanently on to a level ...

... THE PLAY QUESTION. SIR,--I am extremely glad to see that your Correspondent L. has been brave enough again to broach the idea in your columns of a Society of Dramatic Authors. I am firmly convinced that the only way of raising the dramatic supply out of its present indescribable state of chaos is by the organised co-operation of the playwrights, but, strange to pay, the chief diffloultv ...

... SIR,--The close of this century is going to mark the greatest event in dramatic history. At last we are approaching the consummation of the dearest hopes of those who love our work. If a scheme of selecting, training, and registering actors is put into effect, as no doubt it will be, the dramatic profession will rise to its proper status: Com pi ants of the present condition are loud and ...

... Sir,--I quote from the Daily Chronicle of Saturday last:-- Sir Henry Irving has a canitlo wit, a, everyone who Is intimately conneoted with htin is well aware. During some recent rehearsals he wai ill-pleased with the performanoc of one of the aotors, and asked him, What have you ever done before you came here I was two years with Mr. Bonus -Bo. sir, said tho young performer, naming one of ...

... SELECTION AND TRAINING. Sir, One of your correspondents stated --and there seems to be a general idea that only tho small tonring managers have the bad companies, and are mostly guilty of fostering the premium-paying amateur. On consideration I think it will be ad mitted that it is the No. 2 aivd 3 companies playing London successes that bring more amateurs into our profession, bccause there ...

... SIR,--Your correspondent Mr. Cyril Harrison seems to overlook the fact that it was in condemnation of the existing state of affairs, which makes it almost an impossibility for a stage aspirant to get dramatic experience without influence or payment, that I cited my experiences. It was only after many months of futile endeavours to get an engagement that I, having no one to advise mo as to ...

... THE GREAT WHEEL. Sir, Our attention has been drawn to a paragraph in your issue of the 10th inst. in reference to the matter of the celebrated stoppage of the (iigantic Wheel at Karl's Court ip. May, 18S6. We would say, for your information, that this is a separate company from the London Exhibitions, Limited, and that neither Mr. Imre Kiralfy nor Mr. Chapman is, or ever has been, in any way ...

... Sin, -Your correspondent R. O. in geniously divides tho actors from tho in competent* by terming them the Joneses and Smiths respectively. Wo hear a lot about the Joneses there nro hundreds of I them walking about ready and eager to work. But still managers will tell you that it is as difficult to engago good artists as ii is difficult for artists to obtain good en gagements. Managers would ...

... Sir, AN e sometimes hear lamentations about the dearth of libretti and, us a con sequence, implied sympathy for com posers; but I venture 10 put tho case before you from a librettist's point of view. For ten years I have been offering the libretto of a comic opera, and you will see from the uocomnanying list of names (which 1 enclose lor your private perusal) that it has been taken up by ...

... THE CHAPERON. Sir,-- I beg to cull Mr. Harry Brummel's a'^ition to the fuct that I produced on Nc. ember 22, 1894, at tho Royal Muncas- ter, Rootle, a three-act comedy entitled. The Gay Chaperon which was duly noticed at the time. I shall feel obliged if the author of Thr Chaperon will see liis way to change his title, as it is practically the same as mine. Yours faithfully. SHIRLEY HOWLETT. ...