BRYAN BAILEY MEMORIAL FUND
Sut,—In March of this year Bryan Bailey, the Director of the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, was killed on the Ml. He was on his way to the Theatre Royal, Strat- ford, E, for his production of Never Had It So Good. At the same time the third play of Arnold Wesker's trilogy was in rehearsal at Coventry. Bryan Bailey died at the age of thirty-eight just as he was coining into his power. There is no one who would not say with sincerity that his death was a sad loss to the English theatre. Before going to the Belgrade he had been General Manager and Secretary of the Guild- ford Repertory Theatre and his ambition for that town was to see a new and vigorous theatre on the riverside site so generously granted by the Guildford Council. in the new theatre it is intended that there should be a fitting memorial to Bryan Bailey, arranged by The New Drama Group of which he was a founder member and Secretary, and I am sure that there are very many who will wish to contribute. Donations should be sent to: Bryan Bailey Memorial Fund, New Drama Group Ltd., 14a Canonbury Square, London, N I.—Yours faithfully, The New Drama Group Ltd., I4a Canonbury Square, NI
JACK RODNEY
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