... . To the Editor of The Stags. Sir,--As a reader of your valuable paper for many years, I shall esteem insertion of the following letter a great favour. A splendid opportunity commends itself to the activities of the Vocalists' branch of tiho A.M U. 1 received an appointment to attend an audition on Thursday ftiorn- ing last at 9, Great Newport Street, in view of an engagement for a forthcoming ...

... . To the Editor of Toe Stage. Sir,--The Press agent ia a valuable fac tor provided that he works upon proper lines; indeed, he should be one of the most useful members upon a theatrical manager's staff; but, as a rule, owing to various causes, he is the least considered appendage, and seems, through faults not entirely his own, to have fallen into use or uxisfavour, although his services i ...

... . To the Editor of The Stack. Sir,-- I am instructed by the Executive Committee of the Kinematograph Exhibitors' Association to ask for the favour of space in your columns to state that from the very first moment that rumours began to reach them that proposals wero afoot to alter the existing arrangements in connection with the sale of films, which may quite properly be described as the raw ...

... . To the Editor of Thb Stage. Sir, In the leading article last week you take exception to that paragraph in the A.A. pamphlet, which deals with special engagements for definite periods. May I suggest that the difficulty arises from forgetting that the National Insurance Act does not speak of salaries below or above £3 Is. 6d. The Act, in dule 1. Tart 2 (gj, puts outside tho pro visions for ...

... . To the Editor of THE STAGE. BCr, 1 ho wrrtar and his wit nave lived m oa house at Ashton under-Lyne for about twelve years. No objootion or com. plaint has evoir been mado against us un til now. lie. 'ntly tho pox i-erty phanged luiruls and t!oi> now landlord objects to uny tenant remaining in liis property wha oaters far tho theatrioal profession. Th# reeiA has boon that wo have had to ...

... . To the Editor of The Stage. I should like to see the theatres open on Sunday (as well as the concert halls) for the performance of plays by our great writers who are no longer living. To banish these men's plays to the bookshelf, as is now done, is to deny them a hearing in the only place where they are entitled to be heard. On the other hand, to open all places of entertainment on Sunday ...

... To the Editor of The Stage. Sir,--The agistation commenced by Mr. Stoll, and supported by many letters, on this subject, savours strongly of an attempt to proselytize through the Press, on behalf of unrestricted Sunday opening of music halls and theatres. There can be no objection to this, if fairly argued, but it is most unjust to stigmatise the picture tJheatire proprietor as the one sole ...

... . To the Editor of THE STAGE. In the matter of Sunday opening I may recalld the remarks I made at a meeting held at Terry's on July 22, 1910, as published in the following issue of THE STAGE A good drai naa oeen said about tho anomalies of licencing. I may go further and say chaos. Licens ing regulations are applied d astically to one olass of licensee, and loosely or not at a 1 to another. ...

... . To the Editor of THE STAGE. As I am taking a prolonged rest in my country home owing to Sunday work chiefly, perhaps I may be permitted to give an artist's idea as to the policy of Sunday performances. In one of my American trips I played eighteen consecutive weeks twice daily, including Sunday. To such a pitch of ''mechanical ago was I reduccd, that I ceased to know whether it was Monday ...

... . To the Editor of THE STAGE. Sir,--My action against the Lord Chamberlain for tlie return of the MSS. of two plays, decided in favour of the Treasury on Tuesday, has at least demonstrated one important, point. The learned judge's ruling condemns practically all the plays that have been licensed by the Lord. Chamberlain as illegal. 1 ho tiOrd L hambertain s powers ior licensing plays are ...

... . To the Editor of Tfih Stags. SIR,--In your last issue modest mention was made of the fact that the present Lord Chamberlain has granted a licence to my play, Tricked. People may be pardoned for associating the intelligence with the refusal of the late occupant of the post for the protection of playgoers' morals to permit it to be played in public. Not only he Earl Spencer behaved thus; did ...

... . To the Editor of THE STAGE. Sir,--The only times in my career that I have known, theatrical managers act with one accord and in general oral interests is When they are threatened with increased charges which hit everyone alike, as the proposed rise in railway charges now threatened. Alio railway company's argument is oomeot as far as thoir aide is conoerned. For my part, I consider that they ...