... To the Editor of THE STAGE. bir,- The A.A. of)ntrn ...

... To the Editor of THE STAGE. Sir, At prosoTit the Touring Httn- tra ...

... . Sir,--I am glad to see that the above subject is engaging the attention of your readers, especially of dramatists. I am sure Touring Manager hit the bull's-eye when he declared that melodrama failed to secure dates because the public in the provinces is ing it-- that is, outgrowing it in its prevailing form. There will always be a public for melodrama for the cultured and critical must ...

... . To the Editor of THE STAGE. Sir,--I am glad, and I am convinced that all fair-minded proprietors of concert parties will also be glad, that you have taken up this matter in yor columns. for many moons 1 have en deavoured to bring about a pro perly organised federation o f con cert party proprietors to abolish the abuses which we have been compelled to tolerate during the war, and at various ...

... . To the Editor of THE STAGE. Sir,--Is it not time that some measures were taken to prevent the indiscriminate opening of so-called theatre throughout the country? There are men, sometimes over- adventurous, but more often t in n ...

... To the Editor of THE STAGE. Sir, Id answer to a letter in your paper on October 30, re apart- menu in Newcastle, the terras were arranged by poet, ao must haw been aaiisf notary at tbe time of booking Coal i rationed in New castle the same as in any otfier part d the country. Landladies cannot keep fires burning from parly morning until after mid nagtat. Yoor eorrespordmt aeked for tbe &re to ...

... To the Editor of THE STAGE. Ssr, -May I, tfrroogfc the valuabla ...

... . To the Editor of THE STAGE. Sir, Your correspondents' ideas and suggestions are all very well as far as they go, but none of them goes far enough. The reason j- tiats are treated as they are is be- cause their work is not taken at its proper value, lbs authorities ougilit to provide at least beck, and clean ones, too, for all travellers, and especially for those who live by their brains, and ...

... . To the Editor of THE STAGE. Sir, At the en3 of 1914, and for somo time after, there was a great hue and err far volunteers. Vocalist- were singing lustily We don't warft to lose you, but we think you ought to go/' and various other stirring a.irs. We we.re promised that if we went nothing would be too good for us on eur return. Well, we went, in our thousands. No trade or profession in the ...

... . To the Editor of THE STAGE. Sir,--Are they trying to drive drama off the road? Every week we hear of theatres such as Dalston, Coatbridge, Royal, Liverpool, going over to pictures. Macdonald and Young, having the number 2 and 3 rights of most of the musical West End shows, have booked heavily into drama nouses. Kesuit, many drama companies off the road through tlieir inability to get ...

... To the Editor of THE STAGE. Dear Sir,--Having read the article entitled The Worries of an Actress-Manager, by Mise Peggy Primrose, in the Sunday Evening Telegram, I want you to be good enough to allow me to write a few words, putting the matter from another point of view Like Miw l^rimroae, 1 myself have found that being a manager entails the receipt of a large cor respondence and many ...

... . To the Editor of THE STAGE. 1 Sir,-- May I suggest U> my ex- soldier comrades sending a few Christmas cards to their friends and acquaintances in France, Belgium, Italy, and Russia. We shall never see them again, and it would be a good tbinp to close the book with a little act of kindness, and thus leave in the:r minds pleasant memories of us. Posrtoordi v*-vuVJ servo. They would be very ...