... . To the Editor of THE STAGE. Sir,-- Although an actor, I usually pay for my seat when in town. Like most playgoers, I rather enjoy the wait in the queue, and cannot understand why so many theatres are now booking every seat in the house. Hundreds of folk like to come down to a theatre on short notice. IN or they want to book seats that illness or other causes may prevent them from using. ...

... . To th* Editor of Thi Stack. Sir,-- I ahould like to draw your attention to a habit amongst managers, proprietors and agents which is nowadays becoming fax too prevalent The retaining and in some cases actually destroying the photographs of artists (in most eases unemployed), who reply to their advertisements. These advertisements particular ly state send photographs. In the last few weeks ...

... To Hit Editor of Tmi Stage. Sir.--I have a complaint to make not, I surprisedly and thankful interject, against your criticism of my play in your last issue, for it was a model of what dramatic criticism should be, as it made no attempt to be merely destructive in order to be smart, but agains't a particular premise it contained, which i ...

... . To the Editor ol The Staci. Sir,--A short time ago Miss Sybit Thorndike wrote on the above subject--The stage war must end. Everyone but the fanatics on either side will endorse her dietum. She also expressed a hope that someone, outside, the contending bodies of the Actors' Association and the Stage Guild, might come forward and suggest a solution of our difficulties as no such ...

... . To the Editor of THE STAGE Sir. I I'll grcailj intercstod in inn nriiclo Ijy Miss Ada K frrnr in last week's issuo pn 41 Htago Nat ura lneiM especially thai |>oi- ion of it dealing with conveiffttion. In my young days it vvs always 'impressed upon me that tlie matt in the gallery was us a Vxiotis to henr what was X>oiii|{ said as the rest of 'lie house. It seems to mo that pitch lias been ...

... . To the Editor of THE STAGE. Sir, 1 hope 1 nespian s letter does not represent the attitude of the majority of professionals towards amateurs. I do not know how these matters are arranged in other towns, but in the small town where I live we have three very keen amateur societies. There are two picture-houses, one of which i convertible into a theatre. For perhaps two and a-half weeks during ...

... . Sir, I have seen in The Stage the names of those selected for tho Council of Equity. I wonder if those who voted are ungrateful or forgetful, as Miss Acfa Roscoe, whose name was on tho list of candidates, was not among tho elected. When the Actors' Association was on the verge of extinction Miss Roscoe offered to become honorary secretary, and for four and a-half years she attended tho ...

... THE LATE HAROLD MONTAGUE. To the Editor of THE STAGE. Sir,--I should like to make known to those friends of my late husband, Harold Montague, who are unknown to me, a fund which I am raising to be presented In memory of Harold Montague, from his friends, to the Endowment Fund of The League of Remembrance, 1914-1919. Ho was greatly interested in this organisa tion, his work for it being ...

... . To the Editor of THE STAGE. Sir,--In these days one understands so well that managers are anxious to keep their theatres open and are ever striving to find out what the puplic really wants But what a blessing it would be if twice-nightly performances of plays could be abandoned. Poor artist, poor author, and one might often truthfully add, poor audi ence. Take the artist, who has to play ...

... . To the Editor of THE STAGE. Sir,--Portables could not succeed nowadays because the portable artist if not already gone is fast dying out. How many artists are there to-day who can do those things demanded in a portable? In the first place six plays a week (without doubling), three songs, and six semi-studied farces. ardrobe required anything' from Ancient Briton to modern society charac ...

... To the Editor of The Stage. Sir,--Will you kindly allow us to point out that the Theatre Correspondent of the Daily Herald, in its issue of December 28th, unwittingly misrepresents tho intentions of the Stage and Allied Arts Defence League when he asserts that in our approaches to the Government on the Entertainments Tax the theatre interests are anti-kinema, though the kinema interests are ...

... . Sir,-- I must reply to No Portables, if only to set his doubts at rest. Male clothing- except modern dress-- is always supplied by the management. Very few portables play turns and farces nowadays. Long shows are not in favour. No manager would put up a week's play such as No Portables quotes. A leading lady dying the 9ame kind of death three times in one week would tax the patience of ...