... Regulated Exit CIR. May I suggest that what is needed in the profession is not Regulated Entry but Regulated Exit? Regulated Entry would only thin out the ranks of newcomers Regulated Exit would thin the pro fession out in all the crowded age- groups. How is this to be done A copy of every Equity mem ber's Income Tax Return should be sent to an independent tribunal. If this did not show that ...

... Carnations for Rudolf Nureyev SIR, I was present at the same performance of Le Corsaire as your last week's correspondent, Brian Lee, and was sitting in the front row of the stalls withm a few yards of the deluge of carnations that fell as a tribute to the superb performance of Rudolf Nureyev. I am convinced that he never realised that this floral offering was intended for him as, on each occa ...

... THE IGNORANCE OF REPORTERS SIR.--Mr. R. B. Marriott's attack on ignorant reporters is astonishing and he displays a corresponding ignorance himself of the functions of the true reporter which suggests an editorial experience as limited as his comments are wide of the mark. A reporter is what his name implies a reporter, not a walking reference library combined with Who's Who. The obvious ...

... SPEAKING SHAKESPEARE SIR. If the recordings of the Marlowe Society are anything to go by, Peter Hall's remarks about the speaking of Shakespeare in universities are fully justified. The academic temperament has nothing in common with the theatrical one. and no don or professor has ever begun to under stand either the nature of drama or the mind of Shakespeare. This wouldn't matter, except that ...

... NATIONAL THEATRE win, nquuy, ai us n.\j.m., called upon the Government to authorise the building of a National Theatre without delay, a sentiment that I'm sure we all echo. The important thing a to con vince our opponents, who exist at the highest level, that this project should be National in the widest sense. The emphasis seems to have been placed, quite wrongly in my opinion, on the purely ...

... DEVINE PLAN SIR.-- Jean Wilson, of Worcester, should realise that as far as Norwich is concerned, George Devise's pbo for a new theatre was undoubtedly impulsive. Norwich has many citizens who travel to London theatres, the coach fare being not more than fifteen shillings. My son motored there the other evening to see a show no saving for months and years in these oases I Already this year ...

... Frank Martino Application for letters must be made to tbe LETTER BOX DEPARTMENT. The Stage Office. 19-21 Tavistock Street. W.C.2, and accompanied by an envelope property stamped and addressed. In cases where, owing to a duplication of names, an applicant receives a letter intended for another person of the same name, it is requested thai tbe letter be returned Immediately NO CIRCULARS OR ...

... Why Not Revive Posters? WiK, A nationwide tour of Oklahoma! has been launched at Streatham HiM this week. Ft is a reproduction by Jerome Whyte of the Dniry Laoe original and will be welcomed by countless lovers of the Rodgers and Hammers+ein musical*. I Chink those responsible for presenting the production might have gone the whole bog and revised those gay posters which adorned the exterior ...

... Box Office SIR, I just do not believe that any box office would say, or have said, It is 110 good coming here for cheap seats. We haven't Uik, as Mr. Wilson alleges. Mr. Watson further alleges that he was met with rudeness at three West End theatres. I do not believe that ekber. Would Mr. Watson please name the theatres concerned and produce evidence lo support these allegations Yours ...

... REPERTORY GRANT SIR, In common with many other lepertory managers. I sent up a silent cheer last week when I heard that the Arts Council was to receive a larger grant from the Treasury, and that a considerable proportion of it was to go to Repertory Theatres. Having received the official offer from the Arts Council, however, I have to inform you that the state ment made in Parliament thai ...

... CIR,-- It was with considerable -J amusement that I read your report of Mr. Tyrone Guthrie's remarks during the course of his recent lecture at St. Andrews Uni versity, in which he draws a line of distinction between what he calls Show Business and the legitimate theatre. If anything can be blamed for strangling the theatre to-day it Is the absurd atmosphere of snob bery with which it has ...

... SIR,-- Recently I took a party of schoolchildren, in whom I am trying to cultivate an interest in the live theatre, to Birmingham to see a variety bill headed by two well- known personalities. My charges not only faced what they thought were hij^i demands for ice-creams and soft drinks but were charged two shillings for a programme more than half their admission price. This charge seems high ...