1 OCTOBER 1921, Page 12

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—I' have seen

with interest the correspondence in your journal relative to a theatre exhibition "in London, and trust it may materialize, and on a scale which shall enable England to see not only what its own artists of the theatre are doing, but also to see their work side by side with that of the Con- tinental artists. Such an exhibition as is now" proposed, and which I trust your journal will continue to advocate until it becomes a triumphant fact, will afford Englishmen an oppor- tunity of seeing what kind of a show their own countrymen can make in this field of art, and I believe that they will see with a keen astonishment and most legitimate pride, and will be gratified by the ocular proof they will then receive, that a large part of the work 'of foreigners which has been exhibited to them• in recent- 3-'ears -on -the -London -stage-has derived- its

direct inspiration from English work. Mr. Gordon Craig referred in his letter to the Dutch Exhibition to be held this coming winter. This promises to be an interesting one. It is already announced in the Dutch papers, and I know that Mr. Craig has been already invited to pay a personal visit as repre-

eenting England.—I am, Sir, dc., G. J. BARKER. Lyme Regis, Dorset.