5 MAY 2001, Page 32

Noises on

From Mr Nigel Famdale Sir: 'Playwrights do not bring farting on to the stage,' writes Paul Johnson (And another thing, 28 April). Not so. Samuel Beckett has one of his tramps fart in Waiting for Godot (and the other one complains bitterly about it).

Nigel Famdale

London SW4