... Ex-MP Greenway is still with us An excellent review of the Variety Show at Greenford (March 16, Light Entertainment Review, page 15). However, there was one wee slip. Harry Greenway, MP for Ealing North for 18 years until last election, is certainly not the late. Jack Seaton Shaftesbury House Grange Road Ealing London ...

... Brenda or Bree, where are you? I am trying to make contact with an actress who worked at Liverpool Rep around 1949/50. Her real name was Brenda Horrocks but she used the stage name Bree Martin. I would be delighted to hear from anyone who knew her, knows her, or better still from Brenda herself. I can be contacted directly on 01983 752326, by fax on 01983 755633 or by e-mail on ...

... Highly satisfied Stage customer I was surprised, nay amazed, at the response to my previ ous letters. From all over the country I've received replies and information regarding my father (the late Harry Leader) and the Regent Ballroom Dance Bands (February 24, Heydays letters, page 1 1 People are obviously reading your excellent show- business newspaper from cover to cover, which is a great ...

... Differentiating on-line directories I read 'Slipping through the Net (News Feature, July 27, page 6) with great interest. I object however to the general assumption that all the Internet based casting and talent directories are the same. I agree that the way of the future is for agents to store and send all their clients' details on-line. The company I work for is offering agents exactly that ...

... No offer was made to Foster I would like to make it cate gorically clear that Mr Neal Foster was not offered the position of artistic producer for Northampton Theatres (News, August 3, page 4). He was invited to a second inter view and declined. Northampton Theatres' interview panel was unani mous in its decision to offer the post to Natasha Betteridge. from West Yorkshire Playhouse. Ms ...

... Prince Charles As I am writing a book about Charles Hawtrey 1 9 1 4- 1 988), I should be very grateful if any readers of The Stage who have personal recollections of this rather neglected genius would care to contact me. Roger Lewis Nunwell Priory Bromyard Herefordshire HR7 4BX Tel: 01885 482501 Heydays letters can also be found on The Stage's Web site at: www.thestage.co.uk ...

... Axe these cutting measures Thank you Victor G Welland, for so rightly complaining about the cutting of the cast credits after a showing of Dumb Witness (Letters, August 3, page 9). I should like to add my complaints, for this is not an isolated incident. Frequently the credits are cut. Just as frequently the Radio/TV Times do not print a complete cast list and when there is a list of credits, ...

... It'll cost you extra In November last year, at the age of 60, I obtained my first work as an extra. To date, 1 have appeared in eight productions, through three different agents, none of whom have charged anything other than a commission on work obtained. The agent who first booked me advised me: don't part with any money. This advice has stood me in good stead, and I would pass it on to ...

... Can you fill us in, friends of Flanders? The Flanders and Swann Estates are gathering material towards a biography of Michael Flanders and should like to hear from anyone who knew him in a personal or professional capacity, with or without Donald Swann. Leon Berger 25 Leighton Grove Kentish Town London NW5 2QP e-mail: leon.berger@virgin.net Heydays letters can also be found on The Stage'! Web ...

... Telephone targeting's ticket to irritating delays I would like to draw your attention to an annoying situation regarding the booking of theatre seats by telephone, which I feel must be having a bad effect on sales, particularly for West End productions. Recently I telephoned Ticketmaster. and before hearing the irritating: if you want this, press this routine, I had to listen to a long spiel ...

... Maxwell musical mystery Whatever happened to Aussie Evan Steadman's proposed satirical stage play. Maxwell the Musical? I do know that the Maxwell brothers successfully applied for a court injunction on the grounds that it would prejudice the litigation they were facing at the time. I am a journalist seeking to make contact with Steadman. Can you help? If en nl*>:icf> rr*ntar*t rrw Harold ...

... Olivier selection is unbalanced Desmond Rayner In view of the recent Olivier Awards. I am prompted to write about the great iniquity of selection. It would be a pretty poor show if both the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company failed to finish up with a considerable clutch of awards between them. After all. with vast sums of subsidy to boost their productions, they have more than ...