... Denham Ford's criticism of our performance (THE STAGE, December 13). First, the orchestra was forced to play in the Drury Lane theatre pit, which, to meet the requirements of Hello Dolly, is covered over with a kind of mosquito net. Inside is a forest of steel ...

... whole thing together we asked the help of the industry and they came up trumps. I wish to thank Guy Slater of the Horseshoe Theatre, Basingstoke for allowing Miss Daviilia David to app ear as our special guest artist at such short notice. My thanks also ...

... plane over London the first since the War! When I see these poorly produced film and theatre award evenings and hear of the public's lack of support of the West End theatres it makes me want to shout from the roof tops that we don't need American ideas men ...

... on Education and the Arts, that Equity bombarded him with information that will enable him to give a high priority to live theatre in a white paper to be published in the spring. I know the request was sent to him. Lastly, it is a fact that of the eight ...

... provincial theatres have given the same quality of entertain ment to the same quantity of public then we have no fear as a profession that live Christmas entertainment urill rlip ecnerullv in nlniirpster Members of the cast Cambridge Theatre Gloucester ...

... example, virtually no mention is made of the situation with theatres receiving public subsidy particularly from local authorities. How would a local ratepayer react if, having paid to keep the theatre open, he was unable to buy a seat, well in advance, for ...

... time for Wylie-Tate Productions and also C. W. Poole at Gloucester. He could also have been stage manager at the Alhambra Theatre, London. My mother was a singer, dancer and actress and toured in revue, variety, musical comedy and pan tomime, and her shows ...

... production myself I was compelled to write to put the record straight as I felt the review unfair to both the cast and the theatre staff involved in the production. In conclusion I suggest that in future Ms Bates Murphy reviews productions from the viewpoint ...

... lack of courtesy shown by the general members of the Leisure Centre staff, this being a large complex and many of them not theatre minded. The cast, perhaps justifiably, took exception to the piece in a previous issue about the attendance at the panto. ...

... Man at the Royal Court Theatre were observed. We played to over 80 per cent capacity in the one week run. se cured three figure salaries for the members of our cooperative and made a profit for the theatre. Quango Royal Court Theatre SlQane Square, London ...

... by an organised regime. The chaotic shambles of this pro duction need not be stressed. An yone who has ever worked in the theatre knows that any play, good, bad or indifferent, stands or falls by the production, it receives. Mine fell like a plumb-line ...

... for hundreds of people, without standing at the exits and interviewinc evervone as thev leave.1 Ray Seaton Queen Street (Theatre Critic) W olverhampton WV1 3BV ...