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Theatre Letters: Rewards of trip to America

... Rewards of trip to America SIR,--We were interested in reading your front-page article (STAGE, October 8), headlined Anglo-USA exchange deal concerning the Major Road and Iron Clad Agreement companies. Whilst we are pleased that meaningful exchanges ...

Published: Thursday 22 October 1981
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 309 | Page: 9 | Tags: letter 

LETTERS: Time to bring pantomime to America?

... Time to bring pantomime to America? I am a member of a local amateur dramatic society in the town of Preston (Preston Drama Club). We recently held auditions for new mem bership. Included in the very good turnout was an American gentleman working as an ...

Published: Thursday 28 August 1997
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 193 | Page: 7 | Tags: letter 

LETTERS: Why no single plays from America?

... Why no single plays from America? Dear Sir, Whilst I do not disagree with the comments made in your editorial-- US Stars Winning No Stripes on February 24--might I raise the question of why good single plays from America, as distinct from series are not ...

Published: Thursday 09 March 1972
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 218 | Page: 14 | Tags: letter 

LETTERS: To the Editor of TELEVISION TODAY: Avengers in America

... Avengers in America Dear Sir, In Allan Prior's article entitled Selling our series to the Americans (Television Today, February 10), he not only excluded The Avengers from his opening reference to British series sold in the United States in 1965. but ...

Published: Thursday 24 February 1966
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 246 | Page: 11 | Tags: letter 

Letters: Shipping out centuries of traditional British panto to America

... centuries of traditional British panto to America SIR,--Like several others, I am slightly puzzled by John Morley's hopeful claim to be the first writer of 'traditional British pantomime' presented in America (Cheerio to Dick Whittington Oct 22), and ...

Published: Thursday 05 November 1987
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 531 | Page: 10 | Tags: letter 

LETTERS: Lamotts' life on the stage

... Motts. They are thought to have gone to America with Charlie Chaplin to appear in the show The Mumming Birds. I understand that this was a Fred Karno enterprise and Alf Reeves, a colleague of his. took it to America in 1912 with Stan Laurel and Chaplin. ...

Published: Thursday 30 March 2000
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 167 | Page: 9 | Tags: letter 

BY CABLEGRAM

... speaking voice, without having to cable to America for one. I see by the Daily Mail of Jan. 9, that this is what Cqphran has done. Might 1 en quire if Mr. Cochran also intends to bring an understudy from America, or will he (should this wonderful American ...

Published: Thursday 16 January 1919
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 222 | Page: 6 | Tags: letter 

AN INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE RACE

... universities of America, while their opponents would belong exclusively to either one or another of two universities in England. It appears to me there fore that in such a contest there would be little honour to gain and much to lose for America. I take the ...

MR. R. A. ROBERTS

... ever so many little changes that kill off the horribic effect of a repetition in spite of a long and tedious journey In America ono cannot live on a Monday night's success every perform ance thero is a first night. By this I mean to convey that it is ...

Published: Thursday 15 August 1912
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 529 | Page: 19 | Tags: letter 

To the Editor of The Stage: LIGHTING

... piece of equipment after the types used in America which are callcd elliptical spotlighis. Apart from that As one of the practising professionals in the American theatre I take issue with the statement that America employs far too many lamps. If as he says ...

Published: Thursday 28 April 1960
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 538 | Page: 18 | Tags: letter 

Soccer hooligans

... this kind of person does not get into the grounds. I do not want to see wire netting round our grounds as in south America. as in south America. Billy Wright, New Barnet, Herts. ...

Published: Saturday 08 October 1966
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 95 | Page: 54 | Tags: Letter