Extrav needs constructive criticism

Sir—The brief respite afforded Salient readers by the reviewer of "The Crucible", is over, and we are once again forced to read reviews which could have been constructed far more efficiently by n college pupil. Your critic, in his review of "Extrav 68" opens with a sweeping generalisation—"Three or more, a chaotic bore":—A Miss! Later on he comments on the second half of the show (for the most part of which in excess of twelve cast members were on stage) and delivers his weighty evaluation—"On the whole it was enjoyable"—A Hit!

Surely, with an annual revue such as "Extrav", constructive criticism which succeeding producers could utilise to the benefit of the show is worth far more than such destructive self-contradiction.

I am etc. R. A. Green.