... SNAPS Greg Dyke, BBC director- general, has revealed that the Corporation will make another Andrew Davies classic adaptation, this time a version of the Anthony Trollope novel The Way We Live Now. BBC drama, he said, also has plans to adapt Flora Thompson's Lark Rise to Candleford as well as Kingsley Amis' Take a Girl Like You. Children's ITV has commissioned a new seven- part comedy drama, ...

... Don William* opens his 2000 tour at the Sunderland Empire, this Saturday (April 29). followed by dates in May at: Glasgow Clyde Auditorium (3), Dundee Caird Hall (4), Irvine Magnum (5). York Barbican (6). Llandudno North Wales Theatre (7). Liverpool Philharmonic Hall (9). Halifax Victoria Theatre (10), Grimsby Auditorium (11), Hanley Royal (12), Reading Hexagon (13). Hereford Leisure Centre ...

... B The Remarkable Piety of the Infamous. a new play by Peter Dunne looking at the life of Oscar Wilde in Paris post-trial. receives its world premiere at the Barons Court Theatre. W14. Starring William Maxwell and Michael Piccirilli. Martha Collins and John Golightly and directed by Kate Marlow, the show runs from May 9 to June 4. The Big Bus Company has announced the return of its comedy play ...

... Macbeth, by William Shakespeare. Young Vic Theatre. The Cut SE1 to June 3. Management: Royal Shake speare Company. Cast includes: Antony Sher. Harriet Walter, Ken Bones, Nigel Cooke, John Dougall. Stephen Noonan. Joseph O'Connor. Paul Webster. Director: Gregory Doran. Designer: Stephen Brimson Lewis. Lighting: Tim Mitchell. Sound: John A Leonard. Music: Adrian Lee. Sponsor: NM Rothschild Sons ...

... SNAPS HTV drama A Mind to Kill has been criticised by the Broadcasting Standards Commission for the use of bad language in an edition screened in December last year. Although the complaint was upheld, the broadcaster said in its defence that the edition dealt with a murderer who had been abused as a child and that the language contributed to the dramatic effect. TIm Writers' QuiM of Great ...

... Personate which received its British premiere at London's New End Theatre in September 1998 will open in the West End at the Apollo Theatre on June 15. With book and lyrics by the cre ators of the hit television series Friends. David Crane. Marta Kauffman, together with Seth Friedman, and music by William K Dreskin, Joel Phillip Friedman, Seth Friedman, Oscar-winners Alan Menken and Stephen ...

... NEW SERIES MON, MAY 8 Black Cab BBC2 series of short films (10.20 10.30pm) Production company: World Productions. Cast includes: Stephen Tompkinson, Harriet Walter, Phil Davis. Lesley Manville, Phil Comwell, Marc Warren. Clive Russell, Gillian Kearney. Philip Jackson, Diane Abbott. Series creator: Amelia Bullmore. Series devisers: Amelia Bullmore, Simon Heath. Writers include: Mark Ravenhill, ...

... SNAPS Orchard Theatre, Dan lord staff have been paying tribute to stage director Steve Easey, who passed away recently. The 47-year-old, who died suddenly at home, had worked at the venue since it opened in 1982. Orchard manager Vanessa Hart said: We are still coming to terms with such a devastating loss. Steve's contribution here cannot be overestimated. His funeral takes place tomorrow ...

... La Bayadere. The Lowry. Salford Quays to this Sunday. Management: Paris Opera Ballet. Company includes: Agnes Letestu, Fanny Gaida, Elisabeth Platel. Laurent Hilaire, Manuel Legris. Jean- Guillaume Bart, Aurelie Dupont, Delphine Moussin. Press: Michelle Bowey, 0161 876 2037. The Queen of Spade* and I, by Sylvia Freedman. New End Theatre. New End NW3 to May 27. Management: Pluto Productions. ...

... Who's Where SUNDAY, MAY 7 SATURDAY, MAY 13 The following artists, listed in SHOWCALL 2000, the visual directory of light entertainment, can be seen working at the following venues on the dates shown. For more Information on these artists, consult your copy of SHOWCALL 2000. Showcall artists can also be found on the Internet at: www.showcall.co.uk/diary THE FABULOUS ANTONS Touring, Paulo's ...

... ABERDEEN His Majesty's Gasping Lemon Tree Arcadia BAGNOR WstermlH Up n' Under BANGOR Theatr Gwynedd Coleg Menai (11-13) BARNSTAPLE Queen's Murder at the Vicarage BATH Theatre Royal The Mystery of Charles Dickens Theatre Royal, Ustinov Studio Moments of Madness (11-12) BELFAST Grand Opera House The Beauty Queen of Leenane Lyric A Doll's House BIRMINGHAM Alexandra Theatre Lanza: The Last ...

... SNAPS Montreux Roses went to two UK comedies this week. Chris Langham's BBC2 show People Like Us. which was exported wholesale from the Radio 4 show of the same name, won the Silver Rose. Channel 4 comedy Trigger Happy TV. starring Dom Joly, won a Bronze Rose. Chris Evans' Virgin break fast show has been censured by the Radio Authority for making constant references to cannabis and oral sex in ...