... I defend Equity's on-line job service It is a pity that Brenda Marsh, an elected councillor (Letters, December 14, page 9), did not pay as much attention to the information she received from Equity as she did to reports in The Stage. Had she done so she would know that Equity's excellent Job Information Service, set up as a result of a decision taken at the Annual Representative Conference ...

... Theatre buildings are not 'unsafe' I knew that theatre build ings faced problems, but I was not aware until I saw the front page coverage given to the Trust's Annual Report (News, December 14, Front page) that they were 'unsafe' or 'dangerous'. By adding such words to what the Trust actually wrote you probably risk a libel action, and you certainly do a disservice to all those who work so hard ...

... Coronet goes on If Simon Blumenfeld had con sulted the recently published Theatres Trust Guide to British Theatres 1750-1950 he would have seen that John Earl reported that the Coronet in Notting Hill Gate is still in current use as a cinema (Heydays, December 7, nape I 2) SS Berenzweig Sheridan Place Roxborough Park Harrow Heydays letters can else be found on The Stage's Web site at: www ...

... Bring back the generation gap I was glad to see so many people writing to The Stage to defend good speech. Until now, I thought I was alone. I believe that one ol the main reasons for the decline of good speech is the lack of a decent generation gap. In my teens, I spoke all the latest rock'n'roll slang with my friends. At home and school, however, none of us spoke in this way. We knew we ...

... Questions of patronage In Theatre Record, Ian Herbert wrote: The Arts Council Annual Report has arrived, a wasteful three sections in a criminally wasteful silver slip-case. In the council's 1962/3 report, the various schemes for subsidising drama required me to include an analysis of how each company's total had been calculated. Accordingly, I listed the annual grants, the guarantees ...

... Audition wasted time and money The open audition for Hollyoaks, held at the Channel 4 building on Saturday, April 15, attracted an estimated 20,000 young hopefuls (April 20, News, page 3). All these youngsters made their way to the centre of London at their own expense. Most, I sus pect, could ill afford it. This was just so that, after queuing for more than three hours in the rain and ...

... Pinter's point Though 1 can sympathise with James Martin Charlton's dismay at Harold Pinter's pessimism (April 20, Letters, page 9), I think he has failed to see that Pinter's poignant new play. Celebration, is aimed at precisely people like himself those who yearn for good, illuminating and imagi native works of art. In the play an assortment of self-focused, foul-mouthed or vainly stupid ...

... Trendy class battles are boring now I was interested in the letters of Susan Lea and John Samson (March 16, April 6, Letters) about the way good speech is despised and even persecuted in England. I too, am saddened and concerned at the way poor speech is promoted by trendy people scrambling to acquire that ghastly fashion accessory 'street cred'. These downward social climbers affect ...

... Alan Fluck's legacy of musicals Your article on the Notting ham Festival (April 6, Heydays, page 1 1 has been drawn to my attention because of its references to the musical Love on the Dole, by Alan Fluck. and the writer's question about the present status of this and other works by Alan. As the article rightly records, Alan died on Christmas Day 1997, and 1 am his joint executor. The ...

... There is still an audience for Christopher Fry Leonard White (April 13, Letters, page 7) expressed the views of many people when he called for the revival of Christopher Fry's plays. In 1 997, after spending a magical hour at a National Theatre platform performance with Fry and Denis Quilley. I wrote to Trevor Nunn asking when the National was going to stage a Fry play. The NT replied that ...

... Daylight robbery My newsagent delivers my copy of The Stage and the Daily Mail every Thursday. I instruct the manager to deliver The Stage with the morning paper. Whenever the Daily Mail arrives with no Stage I am immediately on the telephone to find out why. One recent Monday, I did not receive my Daily Mail. I was told that the shop had been burgled and the manager attacked. Apparently, he ...

... Facing up to considerate mailing In further response to Peter Bradford's letter (Letters, October 5, page 9), I agree that folding and returning people's photographs is an unprofessional way for agents and so on to behave. Having notepaper or CV with one's photo incorporated into the design (or on an address label) would be more cost-efficient and allow artists' pictures to reach more people. ...