... letter (THE STAGE, January 3) describing the problems of cramped and criticised musicians at the Royal Variety Show at Drury Lane. But lest he should be too de pressed by his description of musi cians as cultivated mushrooms sitting in the dark, ignored ...

... Defending the Osmonds SIR, In reply to your recent report of the Osmonds at Drury Lane I don't think it is fair when you say that the Big O are here to be seen rather than heard. The Osmonds, over their years as superstar idols, can have had no rivals ...

... and as a Franco-Canadian I yield to no one in healthy resistance to many things American. Nor did I see the production at Drury Lane under good auspices. A Saturday matinee found one of the principals losing his voice, another who had lost hers and didn't ...

... Obituary for musical SIR, Sweeney Todd was laid to rest at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on November 15 in the year of 1980. His premature death was sadly due to undernourishment, insufficient wean ing during the vital tender months of babyhood, and ...

... creation of the atmos phere. As for it being unsuitable for children we have deliberately taken ours on the second visit to Drury Lane, not wanting them to miss the exper ience and although young, they saw beyond the macabre element to the excitement of being ...

... the arts having absolutely no business of being there at all. Finally, of course Sweeney Todd should have been put on at Drury Lane if people want to see a production they'll go to it regardless of where it is. Alex Harding 66 Myddelton Square London EC1 ...

... likely to be the first such event for many people, we shall be meeting on familiar territory outside the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, at 10.30 a.m. and moving as a group to join the main march on the Victoria Embankment. Graham Padden 16 Port Road New Duston ...

... am therefore horrified to see what I hope is not going to be a new trend; i Not in Front of the Audience, open- ing at Drury Lane on April 12, has Stalls I and Circle priced at £8.50, the Upper I Circle at £7 and the Balcony at £5.50. i With the ancillary ...

... writing on 'O'- level history project entitled The Theatre Royal Drury Lane 1663-1982. I would be grateful if anybody with any photographs of the interior or any theatre programmes for Drury Lane would contact me so I could either pur chase them or photocopy ...

... profession? SIR,--Your editorial last week noted that many of the critics who reviewed Not in Front of the Audience at Drury Lane came to the conclusion that what works on TV often fails in the theatre. Your contemptuous dismissal of this point of view ...

... punishment, having seen the disastrous Drury Lane production, we thought at least another try. Again we were not disappointed. We had always thought that this show could well be done in a smaller area than Drury Lane, and it is quite amazing what a little ...

... necessary for a large scale dance theatre. Even if the eventual outcome were to house large-scale dance in the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in the 1990s, the Lyceum will be urgently needed to carry on the Lane's traditional role. The information will be needed ...