... Some exceptions in BBC drama Dear Sir, With reference to your cor respondence Lack of Courtesy from BBC drama: I am im pressed with the considerable courtesy and helpfulness ex tended by most BBC production offices. TTiere are however a few exceptions; and if any agent con siders that he has received some thing less than courtesy either from the BBC or elsewhere, I would like to hear of ...

... Kari Anderson writes: Is Mr. Shulman prepared to deny that he called serials baloney TV? Or that he specifically attacked a classic serial in terms applicable to any serial? Damning the species through a particular example is common practice Yes, I noted that The Times article was largely about series, but serials were included in the commendation. The 5.30 p.m. Sunday spot is ...

... Evelyn Laye I CIR, Mr. R B. Marriott's s delightful article entitled s Greetings to Evelyn Laye brought t to mind yet again the incredible I fact that she has not been granted 1 the honour of Dame. After fifty years on 'he stage, in all branches of the profession both here and in America and Australia, c she is undoubtedly the greatest c musical comedy actress of her time, r She brings ...

... Training Audiences SIR, Your article on the training of audiences I agree with whole heartedly. There is nothing more annoying than when an audience is unappreciative after a thoroughly eood production. Just what do the general public demand of the theatre today Far too much good theatre is taken for granted, the show finishes and everyone cannot get out of the building quick enough. I am only ...

... SIR,--In reply to Mr. Snowdon's letter in your last issue, it would surely have been strange if the slides shown to the Civic Theatres Conference had not included Nottingham Playhouse and Coventry Belgrade. These are the only two new theatres in fact shown to which his expression costing hundreds of thousands of pounds' could conceivably be ap plied For the rest and the great majority we ...

... Length of the Show CIR, My wife and I spent a day 'J in London and as is our plea sure on our rare visit* we booked for a show in the evening. Wc chose the Max By graves show at the Prince of Wales, which we certainly enjoyed. But the thing which amazed us was the fact that it started at 8 p.m. and finished at 10.15 p.m. With an interval of 15 minutes, the show was thereby one o i two hours' ...

... Dear Sir, Congratulations to Mr. Frank Harding for putting in writing the long-expressed lament of artists, and many thanks to Television Today for publishing it. I would go even further, and claim that not only is this sort of discourtesy meted out by tele vision personnel, but also by theatrical managements. My own most recent experience was at an audition for a show, when 1 was greeted ...

... Three vital questions for Sydney Newman Dear Sir, 1 will not take up a lot of space answering Mr. Sydney Newman point by point. His statements were both self-contradictory and misleading and were presumably made for their rhetorical value rather than for any attempt at accuracy. I would merely ask him to consider three vital questions and to consider them carefully. Firstly, does he really ...

... Frank Robertson SIR, I should be most grateful if any of your readers could give me information concerning my uncle, the actor Frank R. Robert- son. _ If he were still alive Frank R. Robertson would be in his eighties. He was a leading man in melo drama before the Great War. played in repertory at the Q Theatre in the late 1920s, and appeared in Circle of Chalk at the New in 1929. and Judith ...

... The Names SIR,--It would be hard to find a more curious rider to your front page feature of last week than: But the names remain the same. Hasn t rt always been the lu^x- and wish of the public that the names they have helped to nuke secure should remain the same? Has there ever been a feeling or un spoken belief that the older and well-beloved should be put out to grass? There are a good ...

... Details Wanted SIR, On many programme- one is informed about who did the lighting, the costumes, the decor etc, etc., but one looks in vain for the name of the author! Similarly on posters and ad vertisements in newspapers, surely the interested enquirer needs lo know Address and telephone number of the theatre; Title of Play; Author's name: Date and times of performances; Price of seats. i I ...

... 'Closed shop' in ITV Dear Sir, The success of TWW's Hot Spot at Prague (Television Today, June 24), underlines one of the most scandalous facets of independent television as it is now organised in this country Readers will have noted from your report, that only the smaller regional companies have shown this feature, and 1 suppose despite this award, it is unlikely that those of us who live ...