... suddenly start up an agency, and I have lost count of the number of times I have phoned the advertiser only to find myself speaking to his mum. who will pass on the message, when he gets home from work. Like the old saying about our business being like ...

... More sounds for the over-sixties Your correspondent Sunil Hirandani (January 28, Letters, page 9) speaks for many people when he com plains about the disappearance of classic popular music from the airwaves. The more radio stations that open, the less ...

... down because we didn't have an exit strategy! This being interpreted means. 'You don't have an adminis trator/fund-raiser who speaks 'form language'.' At an Edinburgh Festival conference I asked Chris Smith what groups like ours could do. We are profession ...

... for filling my lungs with his smoke and giving me a tragic, tickly cough with complications in the form of snuffles. To speak about Mr Castle in this way was extremely offensive. My husband knew Roy and his wife and we find it quite an insult to Roy's ...

... Speaking out beautifully We must not be too hard on Trevor Nunn for introducing microphones into the National Theatre. Where is he to find young actors who have been trained to speak clear, straightforward English, audible at the back of the gallery ...

... page 9) in which he points out the badly-spoken performances in our theatres nowadays, and the lack of pride in being able to speak beautifully, audibly, and also to project well. I have not enjoyed perfor mances for this very reason. Being able to act is ...

... looking vaguely like a king of any thing, let alone of the fairies? Shouting and raving often replaces any effort at verse speaking, and any press references to actors such as Wolfit or Olivier are usually derisory, even though written by journal ists too ...

... too good. On this basis, I congratulate Corona tion Street for at least having the relations of Saeed Jaffrey's character speak Mancunian, but wait with bated breath for the day when actors are cast for their ability. vic Leach Henry's Agency Westbury ...

... record straight with regard to his production of Energy Champions. However, I would also like to set the record straight and speak up for The Stage. In his letter, Johnny Ball states that its theatre critics have always declined to accept his invitation ...

... four. I rang them all up (some had agents) to find some of them could not tap, some could not sing and most could not really speak French. This is why producers and casting directors are reluctant to supply information to cast ing services, because the sub ...

... but at least let's have the arguments by people who can claim to have some knowledge, not just opinions. The only right to speak Mr Thompson seems to have comes from his amazing ability to droop a cigarette out of his mouth. Nathan Wesley Elgin Avenue ...

... not published by French. He is published by diehard, the Edinburgh-based drama pub lisher, and his 13th volume (Lady Macbeth Speaks) is just back from the printers. He is in Whitakers at least three of his books are in print at any given time. We do our ...