5 NOVEMBER 1977, Page 18

Outlay

Sir: In his review of Conference of the Birds — the Story of Peter Brook in Africa (15 October) Mr Whitehead makes a point of writing that I 'say nothing about the cost of it all.' May I simply reply that on page 41 ol the book is the sentence: 'The cost of the expedition was 60,000 dollars.'

John Hellpern The Observer, London EC4