... . Its Case Against Opening. To the Editor of THE STAGE. Sir,--As Chairman of the Actors' Section of the Stage Guild, I speak for my Council representing 2,900 members, who passed a unanimous resolution as long ago as May of last year that the Actors' Section is opposed to the opening of theatres in this country on Sunday in any shape or form whatever. Although the Stage Guild most happily ...

... . To the Editoi of Ths Stage. Sir, I read in the paper that the late George Bealby was seen a few hours before his death talk ing to another out of-work actor on Poverty Corner. I happen to know that Mr. Bealby had an income. His father built Saxcl- bye Park, near Melton Mowbray, a beautiful house, which was rented by Captain Forrester when M.F.H. Quorn. Poor Bealby was a great genius and ...

... . Te the Editor of Tbi Stage. Sir--At more or less regular in tervals in the history of the A.A. has occurred a sort of religious revival of interest in its activities following a slump, and in the present manifestation which is, if anvthirip, slightly overdue. It was inevitable, and Mr. Hutchison and Mr Lasson are no more responsible for it than the skv is for the rain. They are merely ...

... . 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 ...

... . To the Editor of THE STAGE. Sir, Having always interested myself in the above, I fully agree with Mr. Henry Tweedie's argu ments, and feel confident that the founder, the late Mrs. Kitty Car son. provided tho Fund with its correct title The new title, Lane- lev Hal!, conveys nothing, and ;s likely in time to alienate outside sympathy from the Fund. Wnile I am writing it ruight oiportune to ...

... . 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,--With reference to the very interesting notes, in a recent issue of your paper, about the performance in Vienna of a version, or perversion, of The Man Who Was Thursday, I should liko to assure your contributor and your readers, if indeed it is necessary that the whole of this extraor dinary proceeding is as much a puzzle to me as it can bo to any body. I ...

... . To the Editor of THE STAGE. Sir,--I should like to trespast on your valuable space in order to make known the claims of the Southend Repertory Theatre, which, apparently, your correspondent has not heard of. This organisation, under the directorship of Mr. H. HodgsonBentley has its headquarters at the Am bassadors, Southend-on-Sea, where they started operations on Feb ruary 5, 1923, and ...

... . Sir,-- In reply to No Port ables, I am pretty certain that there are many actors, and quito young men at that, experienced in tli is class of work, and still oapable of doing it, should tho opportunity occur. In 1910 I made my stait in the profession in this kind of work, and very soon was going on for leads This is ono week's work I did in Buckley (North Wales):-- Svengali in Trilby, ...

... . To Ike Editor of THE STAGE. Sir,--Twice nightly is the only uav in which you can compete with the kinema prices and continuous performances. Since the coming of the talkies theatrical managers have done nothing to fight them. They have their association, which meets every fortnight or month, or what ever it is, and what do they do? Have they no ideas? As an artor of many years* ex ...

... . To the Editor, THE STAGE. Sir, I do not question the right of tho Actors* Association to start a Christmas fund for tho relief of its members who are in need, but I was greatly astonished to real in last week's issue of The Stage the statement; No fund reaches more directly tho really struggling and deserving artist, which ap peared in the letter signed by cer tain officials of the Actors' ...