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Letters: Where is the variety

... could have been made, Les Dawson and Russ Abbot had a good go at it but more support would have gone a long way. I know that I speak for a large majority of the population who are fed up and bored with endless repeats, obviously cheap; and banal game and chat ...

Published: Thursday 18 January 1990
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 468 | Page: 9 | Tags: letter 

Letters: Gentleman Jim

... The complaint that you refer to and there has only been one was anonymous and not addressed to the theatre. That, I think, speaks for itself. You go on to refer to a spokesman for the venue. This mysterious spokes man seems to have quite disappeared, so ...

Published: Thursday 18 January 1990
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 179 | Page: 9 | Tags: letter 

Letters: Not the critics choice

... daresay that some of your perform ing readers who know my own work will have raised an eyebrow at that allegation! I cannot speak for my local colleagues, but I have no doubt of their unbiased integrity when reviewing productions. As for audiences staying ...

Published: Thursday 25 January 1990
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 294 | Page: 7 | Tags: letter 

Letters: Now's the time to mind your language

... running debate in Wales as to the equivalent propor tion of resources available in television and film making for the English speak ing Welsh voice, though few express their view with such back-handed venom against the Welsh speaker as does Mr Fanning. Moving ...

Published: Thursday 01 February 1990
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 461 | Page: 9 | Tags: letter 

Letters: Who cares anyway?

... rightly points out, not all love has a physical basis, and who is to say that the other kind is not just as special? I'm sure I speak for the majority when I say that I don't give a fig who Coward slept with public figures are entitled to keep 'their private ...

Published: Thursday 08 February 1990
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 221 | Page: 7 | Tags: letter 

Letters: When all else failed

... . This film required a considerable input of specific knowledge from both its white and black co-leads plus a capacity to speak and sing Xhosa by the latter. In this country, in the age group and of a stature to hold down such a part, there are in fact ...

Published: Thursday 22 February 1990
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 473 | Page: 7 | Tags: letter 

Letters: 'Don't dismiss us so readily'

... have regularly carried items about the employment situation in Wales which is no secret S4C has created a demand for Welsh speaking performers more voracious in relation to their numbers than elsewhere in the UK, but nevertheless we have main tained existing ...

Published: Thursday 01 March 1990
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 347 | Page: 7 | Tags: letter 

Letters: Ethical watchdog yets hypnotists to keep performers on course

... licence for stage hypnotism, but there are legal ways round this problem should it arise for any of our members. Mr. Newton, speaking for BCPSH, might well argue that it is wrong that councils should have the power of censorship, the fact is: they don't, ...

Published: Thursday 08 March 1990
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 749 | Page: 9 | Tags: letter 

Letters: For the love of no money

... the director and who wrote it and then add those halcyon words Profit shan only. This of course means there's no money. I speak from expcrieno having being an administrator for a fringe theatre company some years age and had the dubious delight of having ...

Published: Thursday 05 April 1990
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 210 | Page: 13 | Tags: letter 

Letters: Great opportunity

... Great opportunity SIR Further to your article Famous For 2 Minutes (April 5), speaking as a contestant on Opportunity Knocks, I would like to make the following comments. I think it is true to say that the majority of contestants that appear on this programme ...

Published: Thursday 19 April 1990
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 131 | Page: 7 | Tags: letter 

Letters: A night to remember

... not seen the show presume that it will cause a breach of public order, or incite a riot? Can I also presume that as he is speaking for the residents of Preston, that the venue is licensed to hold the whole town, and not just a small percentage of it. The ...

Published: Thursday 26 April 1990
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 216 | Page: 8 | Tags: letter 

Letters: Politics left and right

... the maximum number counted as present was 265. How can such a tiny proportion of the mem bership be said, democratically, to speak for the whole Union?? A committee has been set up to produce the membership, by democra tic means the Rules prevent it being ...

Published: Thursday 17 May 1990
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 432 | Page: 7 | Tags: letter