... No amateurs in the Kitchen SIR In a recent article, Equity defends use of amateurs (The Stage and Television Today, February 24) it was suggested that the wait resses in our current production of The Kitchen were amateurs. They are in fact either members ...

... News from The Kitchen SIR This is to clarify the situation: the Royal Court Theatre would not consider transferring The Kitchen to The Roundhouse unless all the actors were on full Equity contracts. This decision was not in response to pressure from Equity ...

... Dictionary gives profes sional: undertaken as a means of subsis tence, as opposite to amateur. The amateurs in the The Kitchen may have a professional attitude but engaged as professionals they are not. They are given a courtesy amateur handout which ...

... justifiably indignant against Phil Gibby's use of the word amateurs with regard to unpaid actors in his production of The Kitchen. rhat is provided we accept his definition that the members of the Royal Court Young People's theatre and recent graduates ...