... To the Editor of THE STAGE Dear Sir, Since being an actor I have, in addition, written several songs, and the following may help others. I chose an Irish chorus-ballad I had written and took it to the B.B.C. I was given a most flattering opinion by a famous maestro there: Most interested would like to produce it but must be published first. (Technical copyright reasons.) I took it t ...

... To the Editor of THE STAGE Dear Sir, I have received a circular issued by the Roehampton Club stating that at the forthcoming Theatre and Film Carnival will be held a genuine search for talent. Recently, a young actress who had been hailed in your columns as having excelled Jane Wyman. wrote, spoke, and 'phoned to over sixty man agers, talent-scouts, and agents to come and see her performance ...

... BATTERSEA MAYOR'S PLEA FOB TRIBUTE To the Editor of THE STAGE Sir, I teel sure that many Battersea residents will remember the wonderful work done by Miss Lena Ashwell, who during nine years (1920-1929) organised the Lena Ashwell Players. This company of actors regularly performed plays in Battersea and other Town Halls in the London area. A bust of Miss Ashwell has recently been completed by ...

... To the Editor of THE STAGE Sir. 1 rm engaged in a study of A B Walk ley. formerly dramatic critic of The Times, and would be most grateful if anyone with letters or information that might be of interest would write to me I would return any letters immedi ately. Yours faithfully. DAVID GRAY. Moss Grove. Kingswinford, Near Dudley, Staffs. ...

... To the Editor of THE STAGE Dear Sir, In a recent issue I was quoted as saying that if an artist hasn't made a name by the time he is 22 ?.r he 's Boing to find it tough going. Many artists have been taking this to mean that there is not much chance for them if they are not stars by that age. Very few seem to have taken notice of the fact that I also said that they shouldn't despair, and ...

... To the Editor of The Stage Dear Sir, For the past five years my husband and I have been campaigning for organised paid entertainment by professional artists in hospitals and in stitutions for the aged and infirm throughout Britain. Believing that prac tical demonstration is more effective than the written word, we gave a series of free 30-minute vocal and pianoforte re citals in hospitals in ...

... To the Editor of Tmf Siao* Sir,--What an extraordinary profession is served by our esteemed newspaper! In my early days a prominent producer said to me: My dear hoy. it isn't what voo can do. It's what you have done that matters. And an ayent said: Come back and see me when you've had some experience and I'll give you a job. It seemed to me, in my innocence, that I was not to he allowed ...

... To the Editor of The Stack Dear Sir. The Oxford Playhouse and the city's New Theatre have honoured the greatest dramatist since Shake speare The Oxford University Dramatic Society has never performed u Shaw play. A whole page of a pro gramme of an O.U.D.S. play in the open-air announced: O.UD.S.'s next i play will be Shaw's Caesar and Cleo- 1 patra This was not given, and no explanation was ...

... To the Editor of The Stage Dear Sir. I had the pleasure of >ceing a most admirable performance of Veronique given by the Garrowhill Operatic and Dramatic Society. Listen ing to Messager's lovely score. I wondered why this delightful comic i opera has not lately been revived. I saw it in Edinburgh some 45 years ago, and f don't think ft has ever been done in Scotland since by a professional com ...

... Dear Sir, I read Mansel Durham's letter on song-writing with interest. There is a certain amount of truth in his assertions, though Irish chorus- ballads are things thst have only a limited appeal. The Song -Writers' Guild (17. Berners-strect. W.I), has already succeeded in getting a larger quota of British music songs, popular stuff, bal lads, etc., and orchestral pieces broad cast by the B B ...

... To the Editor of The Stagk Dear Sir,--In your issue of June 1 appears a letter from Mr. P. M. Durham, who says: The P.R.S. will not accept one as a member unless one has had six songs published. In this matter your correspondent is quite mistaken. Naturally, an application for membership of the Performing Right Society is what strengthened if supported by one or two works (not necessarily ...

... To the Editor of The Stags Sir, I would like to pay tribute to Frankie Howerd, Jack Jackson, Char- mi%n Innes. Dave Morris, and Frankie Vaughan who, with our local band (Staveley Works), Doreen Brailsford, and Cecil Staton, gave their services free of charge for a concert held at the Regal. Chesterfield, on Sunday, October 8, in aid of this appeal fund. The Associated British Cinemas, Ltd.. ...