2 NOVEMBER 1934, Page 18

SMOKING IN THEATRES [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]

am very glad indeed to see a further comment in your paper on this subject.. Throughout the entire performance at the Old Vie one night this week I had to endure the smoke industriously puffed by a man in the stall in front of me. Incidentally this offence often increases quite unnecessarily the amount of coughing in a theatre. Let us hope Miss Baylis will be prevailed upon to take some steps in the matter. I might add that in my own experience this is a permanent annoyance at the Old Vic.—Yours faithfully, BESSIE TASSELL.

2 Shepherds Place, Upper Brook Street, W. 1.