... . To the Editor of THE STAGE. Sir, Referring to the interesting obituary notice of the late Robert Mantel 1 in your columns, this versatile actor when supporting Misa Wallis also sustained the fol lowing r6les Romeo, Orlando, Bencdick, Leonatus, Posthumus, Octavius Cmsar, Claude Melnotte, St. Lo Love's Sacrifice Modus The Hunchback It may be interesting to add some of the names of tho company ...

... . In the House of Commons on March 21 Mr. Rose (Lab.-Soc., Aberdeen, N.) asked leave to introduce a Bill dealing with agencies and registries. The Bill (he said) sought to restrict the amount of commission chargeable by employment agents to 10 per oent. for ten weeks. It sought to i prevent an evil known as commis sion-splitting. It was known that agents had invested money in man agement on ...

... . Sir, I notice from Hansard that Mr. Frank Rose, M P- 'n .,ntro- dticing the Agencies and Registries Bill in the Flouse of Commons, stated that it had the support of the Society of West End Theatre Man- agers. This is not correct. The society has not expressed any opinion either for or against the Bill. Yours faithfully. H. COLLINS, Secretary. Society of West End I 1 Theatre Managers, 52, ...

... . To the Editor of THE STAGE. Sir,--As a result of a personal tour of the country I have entered the repertory movement. Apropos of your leading article on the subject, I should like to offer a few suggestions, the result of experience. 1 Leading actors at £3 and £4 a week will not do. The repertory of the future must be built up on the acting of the very best. £7, £8, and £10 is not too much ...

... . Sir,-- Will you spare me a littl# space to reply to Miss Judith Wogan, of the Arts League of Sen vice, regarding agents who have no interest for the smaller fry of our profession She savs that slio wrote to a firm of well-known theatrical agents re-engaging an actor for ft forthcoming tour; that she gave A time on two succeeding days when she could see protective candi* dates for the job; ...

... . Sir,--As manager for the late Albert Chevalier. I employed two advance agents. who received printed plans for posting, the most important part of which was the blanking--roughly, a six-sheet on a twelve-sheet, stand, a twelve on an eighteen, and so on. blanked out. I followed this plkn myself when in advance during the past twelve years, particularly with the first tour of Romance. I ...

... . To tht Kdilnt of i hi Stagi Sir,-- In repfy to Mr. J. H. Hcntschol, my one and onJv desire is to protect the members of our companies. I consider t.his con tinuous commission wicked and outrageous. We shall be only too pleased to do bu&incsa with any a'ent who charges the reasonable 10 per cent, on first ten wekg to any artist in- troduced bv them. MsrHonald and Younsr have no thought of ...

... Sir.--You have published letters on the subject of theatre advertising, one from Mr. E. Ouston and one from Mr. C. Nicholls. The former gentleman suggests a more modem and effective way of using posters, and what he states is quite good, but hardly goes far enough. After nearly twenty years' asso ciation with theatrical enterprises and advertising of every descrip tion, I have come to the ...

... To the Editor of THE STAGE Sir, I was present at an enter tainment at large music hall last Friday, when, prior to the rise of the curtain, the orchestra played God Save the King, and the vast audience rose and stood silently whilst it was being played. Might I suggest that during the time that His Majesty is ill it would be a suitable act if all places of entertainment copied the example of ...

... . TOMMY MOSOL, LTD., v. POLLOCK AND ANOTHER. To the Editor of Till 8tige. Sir,--Our client, Mr. Leon Pollock, for whom we are acting in an action against one Francis Mangan, has referred us to an article in your paper, The STAGE, of December 30, 1927, headed Tommy Mostol, Ltd., v. Pollock and Another-- Revue That was not Produced. Our client complains that the article on the whole Is a ...

... . To the Editor of THE STAGE. Sir, In goinft round I ho country the great question is Whore are the best apartments in the various towns? Week after week it is the dread of the artist that his rooms and the cooking may be as bad as they wcro at so-and-so. Many of the old landladies have tfiven up, owing to the systota of having to tip baggage men and bo lorth. In the coast places it is ...

... . To the Editor of THE STAGE. Sir,--One of the silliest of silly season stunts I have known is that perpetrated by a newspaper in sending around a journalist to look out for geniuses in seaside concert parties. This much-harassed journalist has to rush from town to town--he apparently visits one eacn aav-- ana in trie short time at his disposal in each place he is supposed to visit perhaps ...