Star.
London, England, 1826-08-05 00:00:00

THEAtit/CALS EXTRAORDINARY:

KENDAL, Auottre 1.
Stn—The following singular correspondence betweeh
the Mayor of Kendal and part of the Manager's com-
pany here, who have just separated from him, it being
a ,isharing concern," in consequence of the non-attend-
ance of the Kendalians (who, by the bye, are far from
a plargoidg people, being more of a godly race) at
the theatre, which is, in fact, only a large room at the
Crown Inn, may amuse your readers, and at the same
time form a curious moralist in the annals of theatrical
affairs. It may be necessary to premise, for the due
understanding thereof, that the Mayor's letter arose
from a personal application from one of the performers,
for liberty to act in the evening after the races, which
was refused, and which gave rise to one of a more ex-
planatory nature.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant, IL
COPY qv A LETTER FROM THE WOR,HIP?UL THE. MAYOR
OF KENDAL, DATED SATITRDAY, JULY '29.
Sta—.l have just had an explanation* of the nature of your per-
formances, and front the low prices, &c. &c. I think it might in-
jure the respectability of the stage here ; I wish you would, there.
fore, be content with the performance on the race course.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
" G. FURRIST, Mayor."
1' To'slr. SW— D—.
To which note the following answer was sent:
"SATURDAY EVENING.

" SIX —I have just now been honoured by the receipt of your
letter, in reply to which I trust I shall be excused for stating, that
with regard to the objection made to ' the nature of our perform-
ances, I had the honour of personally explaining what these per-
formances really were, and you were pleased to assure me that you
would not discountenance them. If any stranger or enemy has
offidously offered an explanation different to mine, I unhesitatingly
pronounce it both false and malicious, and fearlessly refer to good
sense and reason 'whether my statement, or that of a person totally
unacquainted with the nature of Sur performances, be the worthier
of credence.
"As professional characters, myself and brother performers are
deeply interested in maintaining the respectability of the stage, and
our anxiety to support it must surely be greater than that of
strangers; else histrionic performers would have long since been
set apart from gipsies and tinkers, in whose respectable company
they are to be found in the well.kuown vagrant act. We cannot,
however, possibly conceive in what manner our reduced prices at
the Rose and Crown can militate in the least against the dignity of
'the stage. Our life, it is true, is rather a romantic one, and the idea
that respectability is not a nutter of shillings and pence is, perhaps,
equally so ; but granting that the line of respectabilily is distinctly
marked out by a certain price of admission, the fact speaks for
itself, that we have been starving for the last five weeks in adhering
to it,during which. time the respect paid to ourselves, personally,
has been very inferior to what it would have been if our pockets
had been lined more profusely with the coin of the realm. Drury-
' lane and Covent-garden charge 7s. for the boxes. Is every other
theatre, en that account, to be erased from the list of respectability ?
Some a! ns have played in the Theatres-Royal Bristol and Glas-
gow, to 'six-peony galleries." The fact la, in the present state of '
things people cannot afford high prices, and when many other more
important articles have suffered a reduction, why should theatrical
entertainments he exempted? Our performances, however, are of
.the nature of a concert of vocal and instrumental music, accompa-
nied by recitations; and as to respectability of talent, we anxiously
court comparison. —I have the honour to be, Sir,
" Your very obedient servant,
" To G. Forrist, Esq. Mayer of Kendal." W— D—."

• Supposed to have been given by the Manager.

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