... that the amateur is vain; that he is very vain; and his friends keep that vanity alive by flattery. If some amateurs could only hear the truth about themselves would it cure them? No. The amateur actor is beyond cure, while he remains an amateur. Should ...

... THE AMATEUR NUISANCE. TO THE EDITOR OF E ERA,. Sir,-I do not desire to occupy your space with a defence of the amateurs. From the letters published by you it is evident they are quite able to take care of themselves. All I wish to do is to beg the profession ...

... andl the cause of all this dissetttion is the statement seadle al short time ago, somewhat to the following effect, that amateurs were effecting great injatry to thte pro. fessioti, cudai that aetors were thenteelves to blameo for enecti- raging thein ...

... enact such roles as Charles his friend. I have no claim to the title amateur. I am not quite sure that I can see why we should have amateur actors and actresses at all ? Why not amateur clergymen, physicians, lawyers, &c. ? Either of these noble professions ...

... AMATEURS AND THE PROFESSION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ERA. Sir, -It would have been gratifying to have seen more letters from members of the dramatic profession upon the subject of so-called amateurs conceived in the same spirit as Mr Henry Neville's letter ...

... managers of amateurs and novices in impor- A; .-AtiA tn tihs exclusion of experienced and (if for that tant positions, sO bnl cXUlXuIL W. -v reason alone) more competent artists. So long as these amateurs present themselves to the public as amateurs, I fail ...

... The Amateur Influx. TO THE EDITOR OF THE REA. Sir,-I read with much interest the letter in your last issue relative to the influx of amateurs into the profession. But there is one thing which, in my opinion, contributes greatly to encourage this immi- ...

... AMATEURS AT KILBURN. On the evening of Wednesday last the Kilburn Town Day. I Hall was well filled by an audience eager to witness a Deell r dramatic performance, given under the direction of De I e Mr and Airs Cecil Lamb, for the benefit of St. Monica's ...

... Y case of Green v. Mercier was heard before his Honour b Judge Payley. The plaintiff (Mr William Green) is a s well-known amateur dramatic performer, and the n defendant is the secretary of St. John's Hospital, e Leicester-square. The plaintiff (Mr William ...

... AMATEUR PICKPOCKETS. The ways of the piratical amateur are wonderful and, like Mr Bret Harte with reference to the 1-Heathen Chinee, we are free to maintain that for ways that are dark and for tricks that are, we are happy to say, usually vain, lie ...

... a capital fits-s Bull and the latter, who is aL chiarilug young uctliess, once inure giviug great assistance to amateurs and making amateur acting tolerable by playing delightfuilly as Alice. We are not aware of tie name of the gentleniaii who painted ...

... renairk suggests painful suspicions of the existence of a system of dishonest dealing on the part of religious and other amateurs. 'I patid for ?? plats,'' said thle rev. CO.YEB, which, I believs:, is sot)ctiemcs )iot dotte. In addition to stage-managing ...