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Monday, November 16, 2015

Win-win tactic for befuddling pollsters | Letters by Letters

“I don’t get people wanting to watch live theatre beamed into a cinema,” says Peter Bradshaw (Another Fiennes mess, My Week, 14 November). And so, Peter, we can assume that you, say, l…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:08PM

Unity gave strength to Warren Mitchell | Letters from Harry Landis and Jon Green by Letters

Philip Purser, in his obituary of Warren Mitchell (16 November), surprisingly made no mention of Unity Theatre as a formative experience. Mitchell, along with other household names like Alfi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:08PM

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Bayko? What about Arkitex office blocks? | Letters by Letters

Like Ros Slowley (Letters, 10 November) I still have my Bayko but I remember Arkitex, a toy even more akin to Arckit. It was made by Triang and consisted of bases, beams and panels from whic…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:15PM

Monday, October 26, 2015

Run-of-the-mill notice that the Irish mightn’t mind | Letters by Letters

I applaud Ian McKellen’s exhortations for more plays to be broadcast on television (Report, 23 October). Judging by the popularity of the live (and repeat) screenings from the National The…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:46PM

Friday, October 16, 2015

Angela Lansbury: a dame with the Commons touch | Letters by Letters

Angela Lansbury, to whom you pay deserved tribute (Lithe spirit, 16 October), came to lunch with me at the House of Commons last year during her West End run in Blithe Spirit, met the Speake…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:26PM

Thursday, September 10, 2015

For the Sky Blues, mediocrity is the limit | Letters by Letters

As a widow, I would point out the tremendous advantage Queen Elizabeth II has had over Victoria in still having a husband thanks to medical advances. As a socialist, I cannot understand why …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:58PM

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Christopher Eccleston is right – there is a dramatic need for acting diversity | Letters by Letters

Christopher Eccleston’s assertion that the “stage door is shut to poor children” (Report, 21 August) is in some ways correct. There are often significant obstacles faced by young peopl…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:34PM

Thursday, August 20, 2015

Why Hamlet’s new order was not to be | Letters by Letters

I had a friend who collected weird productions of Hamlet. They included Hamlet on a plank (suspended eight feet above the action); Hamlet on roller skates; and, my favourite, a production th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42PM

Thursday, August 6, 2015

Bernard Ingham so wrong on The Rite | Letters by Letters

In proudly asserting his cloth-eared philistinism, Bernard Ingham exhibits a very British trait but seems a little confused (Letters, 6 August). The Rite of Spring, which he claims to have �…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:19PM

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Childhood influences on Stephen Joseph’s directorial career | Letters by Letters

Two points to add to Tim Auld’s piece on the impressive legacy of theatre director Stephen Joseph (Doing the rounds, Review, 11 July). Both refer to his “messy childhood”. Joseph alway…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:44PM

Friday, May 22, 2015