... SIR. Can someone please tell us how it is possible to justify the spending of £4,000 on a sound ins tallation in the Little Theatre of Mull, a theatre of onlv 40-odd seats? One wonders which theatre sound expert (so-called) Barrie Hesketh is going to consult and what sort of guarantee he will seek in order that the sound system shall be more satisfactory than those in stalled in the theatres ...

... PSYCHIC RESEARCH SIR May I make an appeal for help through your columns? As we know, many theatricals are interested in the field of psychical research. Spiritualism, etc. I wonder if any who have had purported evidential Communication from Ivor Novello are prepared to share their experiences with an author and psychical researcher? The object is to present a book, the literary pro ceeds from ...

... WAVING THE FLAG SIR--Thank you for your leading article last week waving the flag a little for the Commercial managements. Why the subsidised theatre andl its fans should look down upon the Commercial Theatre on the grounds that their managers are only in it for money. I really cannot understand. They are the people who are always shouting for more and more money, and it would seem from past ...

... IVOR NOVELLO SIR, 1 am engaged in com piling a book about the late Ivor Novello and am very anxious to make contact with anyone who has personal souvenirs and mementoes of him, particularly anything to do with the early stages of his career and his earlier work for the theatre, both musical and dramatic. To save time and risk of loss, I would be grateful if anyone who is in pos session of such ...

... PROBLEM SIR, In reply to Mystified, I would say that Equity has been asked to help and that the answer is tell your Equity Organiser which you should do under Rule 10. I did and got paid BUT, you'll upset the Municipal Authority. In my case a promise of more work just did not materialise after Equity pressurised the Amenities Officer and payment was extracted. One would think that these men ...

... Thanks SIR.-- Through the medium of vour paper, the nursing staff of St. Luke's Hospital, Chelsea, would like to express their appreciation for the complimentary tickets sent by various box office managers during the past year, notably those of the Victoria Palace and Drury Lane. We would particularly like to record the generosity, of Diana Rigg and the cast of Pygmalion at the Albery. who ...

... PIN-UPS Wanted SIR. The troops here in Northern Ireland have their own weekly non commercial newspaper, Visor. One of the most popular features is the pin-up. Alas and alack, the. free supply of these desirable pictures is rapidly drying up. Please, are there some kind aspir ing actresses, press agents, tele vision companies or philanthropic managements who could send us some soon? We'd need ...

... LEEDS GRAND SIR, In reply to Peter Angier's letter, I should like to clarify the situation with regard to the Leeds Grand orchestra pit alterations and their effect in cutting back the front 'of the stage to the line of the proscenium arch. Mr. Angier believes this would be a disastrous mistake in visual terms. The Grand has throughout con sulted the best advice we believe to be available in ...

... NO OFFENCE SIR, Pleasantries, quips and flip- panices can leaven the dough of life delightfully, but sadly when they go awry they wound. May I just hasten to explain to anyone at Greenwich Theatre who was stung by a line in my review of Alan Ayckboum's tri logy there that it was sincerely in tended to sound lightheartedly af fectionate rather than rude. When I wrote that we in the au dience ...

... KEPT WAITING SIR,-- Perhaps when the various warring factions within my trade union have finished their skirmishings. some thought could be given to an item which I know I'm not the only one to be worried by, namely the timely payment of fees. It is not all that long ago mat one of the pleasant things about being an artist was that you received your payment on the night in the case of one ...

... PROVISIONALS SIR, --In reply to the Provisional Members Action Group (July 11) and their claim for a vote I should like to say that the committee of the Campaign for Re-affiliation and Progress for Equity fully endorses their arguments and wili advocate support for them, when the matter is raised. We feel, moreover, that most members of the campaign will also support them, including those ...

... PHOTOGRAPHS SIR In your pages, you remind advertisers to return photos. I am beginning to think that some box number users do so to collect such photos. Recently, due to illness leaving me with an empty book, I have written to two of the advertisers using box numbers, and although the last was a month ago, I have had no reply from either; not even return of pho tos. These people are ...