... SIR I watched Pot Of Gold on Wednesday August 4 for the first time and, like Paul Daniels (Letters, August 5), thoroughly enjoyed seeing the various partic ipants and liked the fun and entertainment they provided. I also became sad after the two 'judges' had delivered their first verdict, and more so as the programme progressed and the studio audience began to make heavy mumblings at one point ...

... The men who would be King SIR,- 1 take issue with your review of The King and I, February 21, in which you assert that all performances of The King must be matched against the interpretation of Yul Brynner in the role. I speak as one who had the pleasur able experience of appearing as The Kralahome and sometimes as The King in the original London produc tion at Drury Lane in which 'The King' ...

... Act now before the arts are lost forever' SIR, The problems facing the Liverpool Playhouse and other theatres revolve around the doctrine that the Arts Council insists on local funding to match its own investment. This is the crux of the prob lem facing arts funding today. What has been entirely over looked is that the income now generated from the rates and poll tax does not all go to the ...

... Message on Bond's mission SIR,--I am the Councillor referred to by our President (Derek Bond in his letter in the January 17 issue of The Stage) who asked him to bring back details of the press statements, radio and TV interviews etc. given by him while he was in South Africa. I feel, therefore, that I must be entitled to reply to his letter. I live and work in the North so it is not just a ...

... As comical as the Bishop playing Becket SIR, Regarding the Stage's article on the question of Equity membership of Rabbi Cohen may I say that the profes sion must by now be sick to the back teeth with these Short-cut-to-the- Top merchants and their backers. It would appear these days that one only has to do something controversial as was the case of Miss Erica Roe's Bristols or Rabbi ...

... A professional of the old style Dear Sir, With reference to your piece on the late Johr. McGregor in Television To-day last week, may I pay tribute to him? We did On Site together. It was an extremely popular three year running (and occasionally returning) series of weekly live confrontational television, of a kind never seen before and rarely since in which the presenter, instead of sitting ...

... SIR--While I agree with much of what Ian Flintoff says in his article (January 20), I cannot accept his conclusion that the National Campaign for the Arts is powerless on the evidence of the recent government policy. His is not a realistic assessment of how pressure groups work. Would Mr Flintoff dismiss Shelter or the Child Poverty Action Group as powerless because gov ernments have ...

... SIR I sec in last week's issue (Classifieds, page 40) that the Clean Break Theatre Company will only audition actresses who have, and I quote: been held in a prison, secure psychiatric unit, young offenders/remand centre, special hos pital or other institute of confinement, been put on probation, through the courts or in a drug/alcohol unit. Next they will only want actors who are ex-bank ...

... SIR Re: two letters published in your issue of January 20. First, I entirely agree with Mr Alan Marriot that sex shouldn't be allowed to raise its ugly head if and when The House of Eliott is updated to modern times as I suggested. I'll be the first to join /Man's 'Save Bea and Evie from the Permissive Society' cam paign if it does. And we don't want any trendy bad language either, BBC. I see ...

... SIR So, another great name in showbusiness has left us that great wigmaker and make-up artist, Stanley Hall Qanuary 20). While Stanley was not well known among the general public, his name throughout the profession was synonymous with the very, best in wigmaking. I only worked at Wig Creations for a couple of years, in the fifties, but I am proud to have worked with him if only for a short ...

... Talented actors need work not theory Sir--Unaffected as I am over the years by what the media prints, although in the case of our Official Organ of the Profession, much of it does have a ring of truth. Nevertheless Sam Kogan's letter (March 1 8) does however call lor some kind of comment. No doubt the school of The Science of Acting is very good, although I would hardly class acting as a ...

... Blowing our trumpet SIR I was most interested to read your report entitled Oscar Boost to British Films' in your edition of April 1 delighted to know that Miss Emma Thompson received her Award with honours. Yet you completely failed to even mention that we won six Awards, the sixth being won by British sound man, Simon Kaye for his work on an American film. Here we have a British technician ...