Mystery solved

Published Tuesday 13 May 2008 at 12:20

I’d like Tony Gareth-Smith (Letters, page 7, May 8) to know that I did not confuse Angela Lansbury with Jane Russell (how?) or the Palladium with the Shaftesbury (I think the Palladium has more seats?).

Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury

I have had two letters from readers who were at the Shaftesbury Theatre back in the eighties who witnessed a standing ovation for Bosom Buddies performed by Lansbury and Beatrice Arthur. So it wasn’t a “senior moment”!

Russell Davies

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