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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">From:</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ian
Herbert<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
/><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Co-convenor,
Guardians<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(All and any offers of
support/help can come to me, <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="">ian@herbertknott.com</A>, or to <A
href="">office@theatremuseumguardians.org.uk</A> )<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We are still collecting
voices at <A href="">www.theatremuseumguardiansd.org.uk</A>, but will soon be
seeking pledges there.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="LINE-HEIGHT: 36pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=red size=6><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; COLOR: red; FONT-STYLE: italic"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="LINE-HEIGHT: 36pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=red size=6><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; COLOR: red; FONT-STYLE: italic">Guardians</SPAN></FONT></I></B><FONT
size=7><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 36pt"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT size=5><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">of the</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=7><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 36pt"> </SPAN></FONT><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><FONT color=red size=7><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 30pt; COLOR: red">T</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=red size=6><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 26pt; COLOR: red">HEATRE</SPAN></FONT></st1:PlaceType><FONT
color=red size=6><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 26pt; COLOR: red">
</SPAN></FONT><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><FONT color=red size=7><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 30pt; COLOR: red">M</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=red size=6><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 26pt; COLOR: red">USEUM</SPAN></FONT></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><FONT
color=red size=6><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 26pt; COLOR: red"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=5><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt">Report 26 January<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=red size=5><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 20pt; COLOR: red">Phase Two – are you still
with us?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=red size=5><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; COLOR: red">We need pledges for £600,000 a year
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=red size=5><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; COLOR: red">– the first £10,000 is already
there<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Since the closure of
the Museum various members of the steering committee have met interested bodies
and found considerable continuing support for the campaign. Ian Herbert
discussed the situation in depth with Mark Jones, Director of the V&A. Ian
and John Levitt, with Jo Weir of the Covent Garden Community Association, met
both with the landlords, Capital and Counties, and with representatives of
Westminster City Council. Encouraged by these discussions, the Steering
Committee propose that we now go forward to Phase Two of the campaign,
actual fundraising. There is very little time before the V&A hand back
the lease on Russell Street, and we are not formally constituted, so the
proposal is that we seek <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">pledges</SPAN></I>
of financial support immediately. If sufficient support arrives quickly, we can
then set up formal means to redeem those pledges and begin serious discussion
with the V&A on how to proceed.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">We therefore invite
all supporting organisations to a <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">General
Meeting</SPAN></B>, to be held in <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">The Actors
Centre’s Tristan Bates Theatre, <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">Tower Street</st1:address></st1:Street>, WC2 on Wednesday February 7
from 2.30 -5pm</SPAN></B>. Here we will hope to gain concrete support from you
all to this next step. A draft of a fundraising leaflet has been prepared and
follows this introduction. It has yet to be properly laid out, and the nature of
the pledge form that is to be a part of it is still being worked out, but what
you see here will, we hope, enable you to reflect on the thinking behind the
fundraising campaign and give your advice – and support - at the meeting.<FONT
color=blue><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Arial color=blue size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Phase Two is based
on the acceptance that we have no money for professional fundraising and have to
improvise around the very limited resources we do have – and the limited time.
At the same time as seeking pledges for the £600,000 annual contribution which
the Guardians will be offering to the Theatre Museum’s running costs (the amount
the Royal Opera House would have put into the failed rescue plan), we would try
to find larger, philanthropic donors who might fund the capital sums that would
be needed to make the scheme really work.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The bandwagon is beginning to
roll</SPAN></FONT></B>: <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">at today’s Annual
Party given by <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Stage
</SPAN></I>newspaper, Managing Director Catherine Comerford pledged £10,000 for
each of the next two years to the campaign. We hope that <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Stage</SPAN></I>’s example will be followed by
many of those present, as well as by you, our supporting
organisations</SPAN></B>.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=blue size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue">If you can’t come, please let us have your
view of Phase Two, and if possible your pledge. The V&A made great play with
the</SPAN></FONT> <FONT color=blue><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">misleading idea
that ‘the luvvies won’t pay’. Apart from the fact that this is like asking
archaeologists to fund the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">British</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, in fact nobody asked the
‘luvvies’. Now we’ve been asked - and the pledges are rolling in. We look
forward to receiving yours, large or small.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Ian Herbert, John Levitt<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Co-convenors<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A title=mailto:ian@herbertknott.com
href="">ian@herbertknott.com</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">020 8737 8489<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A title=mailto:johnjlevitt@blueyonder.co.uk
href="">johnjlevitt@blueyonder.co.uk</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">020 7916 9239<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><B><FONT face=Arial size=6><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Leaflet draft
follows:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><B><FONT face=Arial size=6><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=6><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR
clear=all></SPAN></FONT></B><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><st1:City w:st="on"><B><FONT
face=Arial size=6><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">London</SPAN></FONT></B></st1:City><B><FONT
face=Arial size=6><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">’s <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Theatre</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> - <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><B><FONT face=Arial size=6><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Something Worth
Saving <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=clear style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 16pt"><FONT face=Arial
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Re-born with YOUR help
as <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Theatreland HQ</SPAN></B>, the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Theatre</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>’s <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Russell Street</st1:address></st1:Street>
building could do all this:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=clear style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=clear
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"><B><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Street Level
(5,000 square feet)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=clear
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"><FONT
face=Symbol size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">An inviting, well lit exterior, with
<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Theatreland HQ</SPAN></B>
signage<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=clear
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"><FONT
face=Symbol size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Theatre</SPAN></FONT></st1:PlaceType><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></SPAN></FONT></st1:place><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> staff in
costume to welcome you at the door<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=clear
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"><FONT
face=Symbol size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A café and drop-in centre offering
advice on theatre in and out of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">London</st1:City></st1:place> – what are the must-see shows? How do
you get there?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=clear
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"><FONT
face=Symbol size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A place to book theatre tickets,
perhaps half price as in <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Leicester
Square</st1:address></st1:Street> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Canary</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Wharf</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, certainly without criminal
mark-ups<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=clear
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"><FONT
face=Symbol size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A shop selling performing arts
books, CDs, posters, show souvenirs and theatre memorabilia
*<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=clear
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"><FONT
face=Symbol size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Bright, changing, topical
exhibitions on a small scale*<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=clear
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; TEXT-INDENT: 0cm; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"><FONT
face=Symbol size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Outdoor performances in a clean,
well-lit, pedestrianised street<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Basement Level
(30,000 square feet)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><FONT
face=Symbol size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Theatre <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Museum</st1:City><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">,
<st1:country-region
w:st="on">Britain</st1:country-region></SPAN></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">’s National Museum of Performing Arts: permanent and
temporary exhibitions based on its world-class
collection*<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></B></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><FONT
face=Symbol size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Escorted tours and activity
sessions, for theatregoers and tourists, schools and colleges, led by
experienced animateurs*<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><FONT
face=Symbol size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Daily demonstrations, performances,
talks and educational events in the 80-seater Studio Theatre – theatre comes
alive*<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><FONT
face=Symbol size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Evening performances from the
Fringe, late-night cabaret from new groups and established
stars*<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><FONT
face=Symbol size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A chance to meet visiting
celebrities, who would give their time to appear daily and talk about their work
in progress<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><FONT
face=Symbol size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Screenings from the National Video
Archive of Performance*<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><FONT
face=Symbol size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Talks and lectures, meetings and
corporate entertainment events in the magnificent Paintings Gallery, home of the
Somerset Maugham Collection of great theatrical
paintings*<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><FONT
face=Symbol size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Special events for the <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Friends of the Theatre Museum</SPAN></B>, using all
these resources<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><I><FONT face=Arial size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">*
And all these activities are already happening!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><I><FONT face=Arial size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR
clear=all></SPAN></FONT></I><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><I><FONT face=Arial size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><B><FONT face=Arial size=6><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><st1:City w:st="on"><B><FONT
face=Arial size=6><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">London</SPAN></FONT></B></st1:City><B><FONT
face=Arial size=6><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">’s <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Theatre</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> - <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><B><FONT face=Arial size=6><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Something Worth
Saving <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><B><FONT face=Arial size=7><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 36pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">YOU CAN
HELP!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><B><FONT face=Arial size=6><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Make your pledge
now – large or small <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Set up after
a fifty year campaign, <st1:City w:st="on">London</st1:City>’s <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Theatre</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> holds one of the world’s finest
collections of material on the performing arts. It is administered as a
department of the Victoria and Albert Museum, which for reasons of economy wants
to close it as an independent attraction and relocate it to a few of its own
galleries. <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">If this happens there will be no
public access to the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Theatre</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> collections for at least two years,
possibly ten - and no museum in Theatreland for
evermore</SPAN></B><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Theatre
Museum consists of two parts, a library and research archive in Blyth House,
Olympia, and the Museum itself, a centre for exhibition, education and
entertainment in the heart of London’s Theatreland, where in 2005, according to
Visit London, the 12.1 million customers for London’s West End theatres spent
£375 million on tickets alone<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In spite of
years of under-investment, the Museum is one of the <st1:country-region
w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region>’s most popular, attracting more visitors than
the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Walker</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Art</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Gallery</st1:PlaceName>
in Liverpool or Kenwood House in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">London</st1:City></st1:place>. Visits in 2004 topped 220,000, more per
square foot than for the V&A itself. In 2005 it rated 69<SUP>th</SUP> of the
country’s 100 biggest visitor attractions, from <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Blackpool</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Pleasure</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Beach</st1:PlaceType> (1) to <st1:City w:st="on">Swansea</st1:City>’s
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Waterfront</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> (100). There are nearly 2,000
museums in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Britain</st1:country-region> – the
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Theatre</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> is one of the
foremost. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">One bold
attempt was made to save the Theatreland site, when the V&A agreed to join
with the Royal Opera House, <st1:place w:st="on">Covent Garden</st1:place> in
its operation. ROH were to cover half of the Museum’s £1.2 million annual
running costs, in return for significant use of the premises for their own
activities. Not enough financial support was forthcoming and the plan was
abandoned.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Guardians of the Theatre Museum</SPAN></B> now propose
to find that missing £600,000, for the V&A to keep the Museum site open for
at least two years, during which it can demonstrate its real value as a visitor
attraction, as a focal point for London theatre, and as the showcase for one of
the world’s finest performing arts collections. If successful, they will seek
the capital funding needed to make the Museum truly fit for
purpose.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">12,000
people registered as Guardians in six weeks. Their messages of support show an
amazing strength of feeling on the closure, and come from actors, playwrights,
designers, researchers, teachers and, above all, an overwhelming number of
members of the public – Londoners and tourists - who have enjoyed visiting
the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Theatre</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> and insist that it
be kept open.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR
clear=all></SPAN></FONT></B><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">How will the
money be raised?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In today’s
terms, £600,000 is not a lot of money. It is just over four times the salary of
the Director of the <st1:State w:st="on">Victoria</st1:State> and <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Albert</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>. We propose to raise this sum by
seeking pledges for <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Friends of the Theatre
Museum</SPAN></B>, who will guarantee to support the Museum for at least two
years. A possible breakdown might be:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Corporate
Friends: </SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">50 businesses and arts organisations
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">pledging
£10,000 a
year
£500,000<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dear
Friends</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">: 500 lovers of theatre pledging
£100 a
year
£50,000<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Good
Friends</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">: 5000 lovers of theatre pledging
£20 a
year
<U>£100,000<o:p></o:p></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
£650,000<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Allowing for
costs of £50,000 to raise it, this generates the necessary £600,000. Gift Aid
and tax relief will produce a substantial extra
sum.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Arial size=6><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Who will
follow <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Stage’s</SPAN></I> inspiring
example? <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=6><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR
clear=all></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Arial size=6><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Here are
some supporting Voices<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Arial size=6><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><st1:City w:st="on"><B><FONT
face=Arial size=6><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">London</SPAN></FONT></B></st1:City><B><FONT
face=Arial size=6><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">’s <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Theatre</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> - <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><B><FONT face=Arial size=6><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Something worth
saving <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt"><B><FONT face=Arial size=6><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">- and so say all
of us!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The loss of
the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Theatre</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> is unthinkable. It
is vital that we unite to stop the closure and keep the museum alive.
<STRONG><B><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Harry Landis,
President, Equity</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=block style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I would like to see the
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Theatre</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> remain open on its
current site and believe that through working in partnership with other
organisations and cultural institutions its programme and collections can be
expanded and enhanced for the
future.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=block
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
<STRONG><B><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ken Livingstone,
Mayor of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">London</st1:City></st1:place></SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Theatre
Museum must be saved - Our Theatre has been, for four hundred years and more,
our chief artistic expression and it seems extraordinary to me that we don't as
a nation want to celebrate the Theatre's past and present and preserve our
heritage. Our theatre is the envy of the world and the Government and the
Department of Culture should be fighting to keep the Museum open, not seeking
ways to reduce its importance and stature.</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
</SPAN></FONT><STRONG><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sir Peter
Hall</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">As joint
chair of the All Party Parliamentary Theatre Group, I am deeply saddened by the
closure of the Museum. I fear a valuable and impressive collection will be lost
to sight. … <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">London</st1:City></st1:place> is in very large part about theatre and
we need to celebrate its lively history, not just its current
vitality
<STRONG><B><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Peter Luff
MP</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG></SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I
wholeheartedly support the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Theatre</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> and deplore the closure of the
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Russell
Street</st1:address></st1:Street> premises as an act of artistic
vandalism.</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
</SPAN></FONT><STRONG><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sir Derek
Jacobi</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=block
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Of course
the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Theatre</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> must remain in
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Russell
Street</st1:address></st1:Street> and I’m more than happy to add my name to the
list of its Guardians. It is a vital institution for all of us, and not only for
members of the theatre profession, but also for the theatre-going public. I
strongly support any initiative or movement to keep it alive and will ardently
join the ranks of those who urge its continuation and the furtherance of its
existence.
<STRONG><B><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Paul Scofield, CH,
CBE </SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=block
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: 0cm"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">My support
for the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Theatre</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> is unqualified. The
Museum is the ONLY resource the general public has to consider the ‘backstages’
that have made British theatre such a vibrant force over the generations
<STRONG><B><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Jatinder
Verma</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG> , <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Tara
Arts<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Theatre</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType> is a vital attraction in the heart of the West
End, a tangible repository of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Britain</st1:country-region></st1:place>'s extraordinary history of
dramatic achievement. Its closure will be a blow to <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">London</st1:City></st1:place>'s tourism as well as
everyone's consciousness of the artistic process.</SPAN></FONT><B><FONT
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
</SPAN></FONT></B><STRONG><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tracy C. Davis, President, American
Society for Theatre Research</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><STRONG><B><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><STRONG><B><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><STRONG><B><FONT face=Arial
size=6><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Pledge your support
NOW!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><STRONG><B><FONT face=Arial
size=5><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Send the enclosed form
to<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><STRONG><B><FONT face=Arial
size=5><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Guardians of the
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Theatre</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><STRONG><B><FONT face=Arial
size=5><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Guild House, St
Martin’s Lane, WC2<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=6><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">: Save <st1:City
w:st="on">London</st1:City>’s Theatres Campaign (<I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">President</SPAN></I>, Graeme Cruickshank; <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Chair</SPAN></I> John Levitt), The Society for
Theatre Research (<I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">President</SPAN></I>,
Timothy <st1:place w:st="on">West CBE</st1:place>, <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Chairman</SPAN></I> Ian Herbert)<I><FONT
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: red; FONT-STYLE: italic">Council</SPAN></FONT></I></B><FONT
size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">: Sir Alan Ayckbourn CBE, Ian Albery, Brenda
Blethyn OBE, Yvonne Brewster OBE, Nica Burns, Simon Callow CBE, Michael Cashman
MEP, Raquel Cassidy, Sir Patrick Cormack, PC MP, Dame Judi Dench CH, Sir Richard
Eyre CBE, Viscount Falkland, The Earl of Glasgow DL, Gawn Grainger, Sir Peter
Hall CBE, Sir David Hare, Thelma Holt CBE, Sir Derek Jacobi CBE, Sir Eddie
Kulukundis, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Joanna Lumley OBE, Sir Cameron Mackintosh, Lady
Macmillan, Peter O’Toole, Lynn Redgrave OBE, Vanessa Redgrave CBE, Luke Rittner,
Lord Rix Kt CBE DL, Paul Scofield CH CBE, Sir Donald Sinden CBE, Jatinder Verma,
Zoë Wanamaker CBE, Sir Arnold Wesker FRSL <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" color=red size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: red; FONT-STYLE: italic">Supporters</SPAN></FONT></I></B><I><FONT
color=red size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: red; FONT-STYLE: italic">:</SPAN></FONT></I><FONT
size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> The Actors’ Centre, The Association of
British Theatre Technicians, The Association of Lighting Designers, The
Association of Personal Managers, BECTU, The British Music Hall Society, The
British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild, The Critics’ Circle, The Drama
Association of Wales , Equity, The International Association of Theatre Critics,
The International Federation for Theatre Research, The International Society of
Libraries and Museums of the Performing Arts, The Irving Society, The Mander and
Mitchenson Theatre Collection, The Musicians’ Union, The National Campaign for
the Arts, The Noel Coward Foundation, The Noel Coward Society, The Puppet Centre
Trust, St Paul’s Covent Garden (The Actors’ Church), The Shaw Society, The
Society of British Theatre Designers, The Society for Dance Research, The
Society of London Theatre, The Stage Management Association, The Standing
Conference of University Drama Departments, The Stephen Sondheim Society, The
Theatres Trust, The Theatrical Management Association and the Vic-Wells
Association<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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color=#0000ff>_________________________________________________________________<BR>"
. . . we have to accept that our tragedy lies always in our past, that we have
to live with our ancestors' folly and suffer for it, just as they, in their
turn, suffered, and as we, through our vanity and ignorance, ensure the pain and
suffering of our own children. How to correct history, that's the
thing."--Robert Fisk<BR>____________________________________<BR>"In 2005, the
world . . . pass[ed] the trillion-dollar mark in the expenditure, annually, on
arms. We're fighting for $50 billion annually for foreign aid for Africa: the
military total outstrips human need by 20 to 1. Can someone please explain to me
our contemporary balance of values?" --Stephen
Lewis.<BR>__________________________________________________<BR>Denis
Salter<BR>Professor of Theatre<BR>McGill University<BR>853 Sherbrooke St.
West<BR>Montréal, QC<BR>H3A 2T6<BR>Tel (514) 398 6592 / 487 7309 <BR>Fax (514)
398 8146<BR>Computer Fax (309) 294 0444<BR><A
href="mailto:denis.salter@mcgill.ca">denis.salter@mcgill.ca</A>
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