11 MARCH 2000, Page 30

Reverse Bowdlerization

From Dr T.P. Hudson Sir: Professor McWilliam's letter about Goldoni's A Servant to Two Masters (26 February) reminds me of a similarly uninhib- ited production of Moliere's Don Juan at the now vanished Shaw Theatre in Euston Road circa 1970. Giant phalluses and a fairground slide were prominently featured. At regular intervals throughout the evening different characters would insert the lines `Boogger mah boots' and Took me with a French oonion'. Hilarious, but not quite Moliere!

T.P. Hudson

Chichester, West Sussex