... First lady organist pipes up SIR,--In your ShowPeople column (June 20), it was stated that Miss Jane Poxon is the first woman organist to join the Tower Ballroom organ team. May I correct this statement, and point out that I was in the original team, formed by the late Mr Ken 1 urner in 1977, and in which I played for five years. There was also Miss Esme Hand who played for at least two ...

... I just called to say SIR,--We were most grateful to your correspondent for explaining the mix- up that occurred over a wrong telephone number (July 4). Letters that we sent to many of your readers were typed 440 2424 instead of 440 2324. And no one, of course, will be more grateful than Theo, the Greek hairdres ser, who found himself answering all the calls that were meant for Helen Shapiro ...

... Putting artists in the picture about photo's SIR,--I have noticed various announcements in The Stage concerning the return of artists' photographs from agents and managements. I have always been quite amazed that artists request the return of photographs, and am sure this opinion is shared by many of my colleagues in the agency field. Perhaps I should point out how I and other agents work in ...

... Green's review brings the blues SIR,--I wish to comment on James Green's review of The Rolf Harris Show at Dartford (The Stage, Oct. 24). First of all, I appreciate that this is just one man's opinion. However, it is very clear that this man is not at all keen on Rolf Harris and I wonder why he was chosen, in the circumstances, to review this particular show? The review opened with references ...

... Cuckoo about 'Joseph' SIR,-I would like to take issue with the views expressed by Suzanne Williams re Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in The Stage (April 25). I find her remarks concerning Mr Kenwright's production offensive and derogatory to what I considered to be a first class family show expertly pro duced and directed and enacted by a cast which strove for perfection and a ...

... Gone but Notts forgotten SIR, G. Godfrey describes Richard Eyre and his Nottingham productions as brilliant (Letters, August 29), yet says that audience attendance proved Eyre to have been unpopular. What he is saying, therefore, is that ordinary people reject excellence and prefer j mediocrity. And what is left for those of us who prefer excellence? I have not the time or money to take ...

... Where the NYT went wrong SIR,-- So, on the strength of If You Wanna Go To Heaven, Sidney Vauncez would shudder to think what the other 236 plays in the National Youth Theatre/Texaco play writing competition were like.'' As one of the 236 unlucky losers, I shudder to think that, on this report, the play I submitted failed to even make the also rans. Perhaps If You Wanna Go To Heaven' was ...

... Yes Gowrie scheme is a success SIR, The article Gowrie Plugs Business Sponsorship in Regions (The Stage, 6 June) was inaccurate in almost every respect. Since October 1, 1984 when the scheme started, 74 awards have been made, of which 15 have been for theatre. This represents a total of nearly £3 million of new commercial sponsorship money that had never been given to the arts before. Your ...

... Trite tripe SIR,--I read with interest your editorial (Oct 24) concerning the critics' apparent dislike for any show that has popular appeal and, as an ordinary person, agree with your conclusion. However, I recently saw Mutiny and despite a long-standing regard for both David Essex and Frank F inlay, can only agree with the general critical opinion of this show. I found it dull, lifeless, ...

... Unlucky for some SIR, I wonder as a matter of some urgency, if you could correct a little error which appeared in the Letters column (August 8.) You printed a letter wherein I had informed you that Vernon Adcock has this year embarked upon his THIR TIETH (30TH) consecutive summer season at Weston-super-Mare: unfortu nately, by some quirk of fate, this was transposed to read Thirteenth and ...

... Come off it, girls! SIR, Re: Letters from Y. Moffat and Kerry Ellen Bryan (August 1) COME OFF IT, GIRLS! Mutiny is the non starter of the year. EVERYTHING that's been said about it is true. It just doesn't work as a musical. I wonder if they (or David Essex for that matter) has ever seen a really good one? There's nothing like the exhilaration felt when all the components of the genre music, ...

... Coco and the animals SIR, H. T. Bonnie has been misled regarding the last wishes of Coco the Clown with reference to performing animals (Letters, July 25). Only one member of Coco's family subscribes to the claim that his will asked for a circus to be started without animals being used. All his other rela tions know that the old man attached himself for decades to the Bertram Mills' Circus, ...