... artiet* have boon ajproached by tihoir different manaemcnto with an offer to book tho pr ...

... . To the Editor ot THE STAGE Sir,--During the depresion in our business I find that some of the resident managers have brought the systom of ths deadhoad to a fine art, for their own personal gain. Imagine my surprise when meeting til* manager of a well known dram* house on a rooent Monday morninjj to 1 informed l>y him that ho had distribut xl 600 briefs for that night, and for tho nit*t ...

... . HALF-SALARIES AND HOLY WEEK. Sir. Holy Wwlt deserve* oredit in bringing to notico a matter that, if suc- oosBful in this instance, may be adopted by many others of Uio smaller managore for I hardly think a marvnger of roputo or with ny m-lf- respect would descend to it. In Uio who'.o of my rrrofossional carper I have nevvr lu-ard of siio:i an attempit, and I only hope Holy Week and tho ...

... To the Editor of THE STAGE. Sir.-- Following the above is another managerial move, !ri l. i. -,v jirove inter esting, viz.: An to the com pany to accept rexl from Easter to Whitsun. From la-:, r When all the people who iiave been absent from theatres during the Lenten season will he returning to them. I wonder what Mr. Cecil Raleigh would think of this, the ac tion of a member of the Managers' ...

... . To the. Editor of The Stagb. Sir,--I wish to associate myself unre servedly with Gomora Manager in the complaint he makee against the custom of resident managers in indiscriminately filling the house with paper. General Man ager hae not said one wond too much. I should like, with your permission, to go farther and to call attention not only to the unfainnees of the custom, but ateo to ...

... Eneter week, or any other week, any more than wo do for twice-nightly. This half-salary idea must hf nipped in the bud. Fortunately, it is only a few impecunious managers who are likely to Rusrsrcot it yot thew> eame nmiia- gerby mien cihoev-paring ways compote with rrwnagors who are at a big-j^r oxponse and hone to make a legitimate, profit, and beat down the pcrrx'n*agr. Artirts' salarif* ...

... To the Editor of THE STAGE. Sir,-- Thds year ia Holy Week I played five nig-hts nnes was th usuaJ one, and not ...

... HOLY WEEK AND HALF-SALARIES. Sir, I have been approached by my manager re Holy Week. He asks if I will accept half-salary. I would like to inquire through the medium of your valuable paper if any of roy confreres in any other company have had a similar experience, and if in the short time in- tervoning it is possible, and advisable, to oddres* the Managers' Association on (We matter? I would ...

... RETURN OF PHOTOGRAPHS. Sir,-- Permit me, through the medium of your valuable paper, to oall attention to the scandalous way in which some man agers treat artist* wiho, with a view to an engagement, answer tleir advert*. As we all know, photographs have to bo sent through the jx>et on such occasions, and when ono requires the return oi these a stamped and addressed nvelope must be enclosed. How ...