30 MAY 1981, Page 20

Miller's Shakespeare

Sir: I wholeheartedly agree with Richard Ingrams's criticisms of Jonathan Miller's productions (16 May). Can Mr Ingrarns also explain why the words are habitually thrown away (a point he only touched on) by mumbling, gabbling, whispering or ranting, and why the blank verse has to be flattened into prose?

P. R. Bonnett

Officers' Mess, HQ Northern Ireland, BFPO 825