... . Pirating of Plays. To the Editor of THE STAGE Sir, May I endorse the remarks niado by Touring Manager in his letter last week? For many vears now I have been touring a repertory company, first in part nership with the Raynor Reper tory Company, of lato years tho Ennis Lawson Repertory Company. I deal with ail the best agents for plays, and time after time apply for certain plavs, to find ...

... . To the Editor of THE STAGE. Sir,--it is with satisfaction that I read of the formation of the new Guild, representing all sections of the personal stage. which has been created to protect our interest against the mechanisation of the entertainment industry, which inevitably entails further appalling unemployment. It is a step 1 have long advocated, and it is gratifying and inspiring to ...

... . Sir,-- While I fully agree with British Equity on their policy of regulated entry, which is really necessary, I consider their atti- tude in not allowing their mem- j bers to work in town with mem bers of the Stage Guild who have joined since January 1 indefen sible. It is simply telling the Stage Guild that it will not be allowed to recruit any new mem bers. Surely this is not tho way to ...

... . Sir,-- British Equity has no power to prevent members of the profession from joining the Stag* Guild, nor to prevent the fuln! inent of their engagements should tK.v rln n. Yours, etc.. MAUDE BLAYE. The Dubarry Company, Penarth, March 14. 1933. ...

... . Sir,-- While thanking Mr. Kobert S Young, M.P., for his apprecia tion (in his letter in last week's issue) of The Stage report of tho Duke of York's meeting, I cannot agree when he says that it, the re- !>ort, conveyed tho possible impres sion that, from his references to '4 legal trade unionism, it might bo inferred that some trade unions are illegal. Is there such a thing as an illegal ...

... . Sir,--The main oause of unemployment in the profession is the great number of persons calling themselves artists who have no right to be in the business and will not get out of it. They have come in mainly through the so-called schools of dancing, and are encouraged oy lime agents ana managers. They will always work for starvation money anything to be on the stage. Agents and man agers of ...

... . Sir, I read with interest the complaints about local and in experienced performers being pre ferred, and about so-called agents getting their friends into produc tions cheaply, etc. The way to avoid this state of things is for managers and casting directors to be sporting enough in these hard times to give preference to genuine members of their calling. Then not only would unemployment in ...

... . To the Editor of THE STAGE. Sir,-- It is, unfortunately, only too true that the profession to day is overcrowded, and has been for some years, with young people who think to make a living with a minimum of work. The end of the war saw young men who had amused their comrades turning to we siugv. a.uey nau Jinie or no experience of the real hardships of the actor's calling, but trusted to ...

... . To the Editor of THE STAGE. Sir,--Most off the people of this country have some interest in fome forin of theatrical amusement, and the greater majority of lhee people live in the provinces, far collie years, what with the cost of travelling, the high salary paid to stars, and the demand for expensive productions, the provinces have oeen deprived of many high-okas IJorformancea. The ...

... To the Editor of The Stage. Sir, As a consistent reader of The Stage for many years I can not help writing to say how pleased I am to see that Mr. Clarkson Rose is continuing his 44 Peradventure column. There roust be thousands of your readers who like myself have enjoyed that trip to Australia and back with him via The Stage. Many of us know the popular 41 Clarkie ag a stage performer. I ...

... . To the Editor of THE STAGE. Sir,--Of the making of historical films there is no end. We have had as subjects Henry VIII, Clive, Drake, Disraeli, Rothschild, Wellington, and others. But none, as yet, has given to us Beau Nash, the uncrowned King of Bath, who dominated the world of fashion during the nrst nail oi the eighteenth century. What a film his life-story would make! Richard Nash ...

... . To the Editor of THE STAGE. Sir,-- Last year the T.M.A. Journal contaiued an article that contended that the public must never be disappointed, faith must always be kept, and the curtain must always go up, and strongly condemned the action of the artists at the Duke of York's Theatre, who notified the manager before the audience was admitted that they did not intend to play as -alaries had ...