... To the Editor of The State Sir,--Is there no procedure whereby Members of Parliament can be made to verify the substance of the allegations contained in their questions to the heads of Government Departments? Is there no redress for Persons Whose Professional business reputations have been injured as the result of such un founded allegations, causing ad verse publicity in the Press A recent ...

... To the Editor of THE STAGE ?Sir.-- I sea our profession i; naving some difficulty in getting 'ood while on tour, as members re not registered ut local shops fne same thing happened during we last war; but I happened to jn.ention the matter to Sir Thos. ^'Pton. who was staying at the fame hotel as I was. and he im mediately wrote to his staff celling them to see that every possible help should ...

... TOUR OR SEASON To the Editor of THE STAGE Sir,--May I correct your misapprehensions in the following particulars (a) The item Sale of Con tract Forms in Equity's ac counts refers tg the Erher West End Contracts, all of which are only procurable from this office. ...

... To the Editor of THE STAGE. Sir. I was interested to read the following paragraph: The Windmill Theatre in its latest edition of Revudcville again shows that a stage can be attrac tively set with the minimum of material. The Venetian scene, the slow moving Grecian dance and the ballet have delightfully decorative backgrounds, all ex cellent examples of an imagina tive use of paint brush and ...

... I To the Editor of Thl Stack. Sir,- Doubtless your attention has been drawn to leports in the daily Press of a White Paper to VT'v to the House on he subject of Youth Service after the These reports mention a sec- tion on Regulated Kinema i Ooide There seems to be no 1 to the living theatre s that the cultural and '1 value of the kinema is tu bt stressed to the detriment or exclusion, of the ...

... To the Editor of THE STAGE. Sir,--Broadly speaking, of the three competitors mentioned in Mr. Green's letter, the activities of one (E.N.S.A.) are essentially peculiar to war conditions and must be accepted as such. The second (C.E.M.A.) is giving cultural refreshment analogous to S war-ume service but has also the prospect of per manency under the aegis of the Board of Education. The ...

... To the Editor of The Stage. Dtar Sir. In commenting upon the setting for Donald Wolfit's pro duction of Hamlet at the Scala. your dramatic critic observed a' similarity of pillar-and-stairway with the design used In another place. i It may be of interest to know how and when Mr. Wolfit's design was originated. On a spring tour v in 1941 Mr Wolflt sent me one day, from Bath, to note the ...

... Dear Sir, I was very in terested in your leading article on Revivals this week, but there Is one type of revival for which there is no excuse namely, the revival which masquerades as a new play. There was nothing at all to suggest to playgoers that One Room. produced at the Apollo last week, was another version of Fly-Away Peter. in which Basil Foster appeared at the Embassy some ten years ...

... To the Editor of THE STAGE Sir.--I was interested in your recent leading article and Claud Jenkins's letter. Is not the constant success of the Gilbert-and-Sullivan works, whose traditions are so magnificently preserved in the D'Oyly Carte Company, an index? I agree with Claud Jenkins there are forgotten operettes such as those of Solomon and Cellier-- that might revive; but only if ...

... To the Editor of Thf. Stage Dear Sir,-- 1 am surprised at the usually well-informed Stage ac- cepting the American definition of ham.'' I will not weary you with the story of its origin, but simply state this fact. It was a slang term used by the experienced actor for the amateur or novice; in fact, for any member of the company who did not know his business tho roughly. The term ham or ...

... To the Editor of The Stage. Sir, With reference to your eader and to other articles com- ?Ulning about the scarcity of good )lays. may I put in a word in de- ence of the author? Authors do write good plays, ven to-day. under the stress of var. It is. however, quite true hat neither individual producers 101 producing companies have ime for the author, unless his lame has already become known, ...

... To the Editor of Thk Stagf. Sir, While sharing with Edgar T. Hayes his antipathy to the pretentious amateur. I am afraid he cannot get away from the fact that ham. in all its bearings, is a gibe at the old pro. who could put a bit of frilling on the old hambone and keep the show- going to some purpose. The melodramatic tricks are ham. *ut as they frequently went with audible speaking and a ...