... i Dear Mr, Darton, May I both congratulate you on and thank you for your excellent and per ceptive appreciation of New Look. Having worked in ekw* association with Brian Tester since his initial production for ATV (the first of the Dickie Hender- soo Spectaculars' we have shared a common aim to translate the revue format into terms of television entertain ment for a mass audience. You arc ...

... THE STAGE'S' SECRET SERVICE Dear Sir. 1 welcome wioh much pleasure the cotamn in the stage con tributed by Ma/caret Cowan, because it is so informainre about future TV fttai plans. One of the useful thine* that the stage can do for actors and actresses is to give them early information about new ventures and productions, so that tbey have a chance to approad) casting departments in time for ...

... Dear Sir, As editor of the New Musical Express formerly Television Editor of the stage) wish every success to Television Today which should fill a long felt want and give backstage television its own paper. Yours sincerelv. ANDREW GRAY. London, W.C.2. ^iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiihiiiiiihiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimih EDITOR Derek Hoddinott I All correspondence should be addressed to The Editor, ...

... Dear Sir, I read a letter last week which praised Margaret Cowan's cover age of TV films. I'd like to echo this. Many papers neglect this expanding field and Miss Cowan, is I believe, the only person who makes some definite contribution in informing readers as to what's happening. Yours faithfully. JOHN GRIERSON Harrow, Middx. ...

... THE KINGSWAY To the Editor of the stag* Sir,-- Derek Hawke's feature on the destruction of Kingsway Theatre seens to me to underestimate the importance of this extremely charming playhouse, and the productions to which he refers were not by any means the most distinguished that graced its stage, though they may have been the most profitable. I venture to suggest that no theatre in London ...

... GOOD, BUT. r Dear Sir, J write to you with a problem, hoping you may be able to give me some advice. For some while now I have been trying to break into the script-writing world and like many others I suppose, I am find ing it extremely difficult, in as much I write for a character, send it to an agent or someone in that capacity only to find that I get the usual stock replyWhile we find ...

... Dear Sir, Now the launching of Tele vision Today is imminent I hope it will provide a greater service, than the TV pages in The Stage have been able to do, in helping young actors and actresses, like myself, to know as early as possible when the TV companies are casting their plays. I find the Play Casting column very interesting but what is the use of having it when the cast has already been ...

... THEATRE COLLECTION To the Editor o1 the stage Sir, A* owners of what is acknow ledged to be the largest privately held comprehensive Iheatre CoWcotion in this country, wc would like to say that we arc entirety behind your plea for a London Theatre Museum and research centre; but we haw since 1 ...

... Dear Sir, Although I am not in professional show business, I read your paper every week, and am a great fan of your critics reports in Our View, of which I didn't always agree. But sir, having read Television Today, dated February 19. I should like to congratulate Derek Hoddinott for his fine and down to earth reports of television pro grammes. I feel sure with a critic of this type we will ...

... Sir. What a delightful column Steven Gale writes. liked the racy style and what a lot of infor mation he gives. Please let's have more of him. He brings a refresh ing approach to what, up to now, has been a rather neglected item in your TV coverage Yours faithfully. HILDA REAGEN, Potters Bar. ...

... J Sir, While I enjoyed reading the first issue of Television Today must ask you what Going Around With Steven Gale was all about. This is a completely new style to me, so new in fact, that I couldn't understand it. Although I like to read gossip columns about show business, I found I had to struggle through Mr. Gale's peculiar prose more than once before I eventually understood it. If Mr. ...

... Dear Sir, Whilst strongly sympathising with Mr. Raymond Lee. personally, in my attempts to break into TV writing, have received a tremendous amount of helpful encouragement from all concerned. Their advice has been invaluable and has enabled me to steadily improve the quality of my material. Though still receive rejections, now they are always accompanied by a logical explanation and often ...