Reading Evening Post from Reading, Berkshire, England • 25

Classified: (0118) 958 8588 FEATURE Reading Evening POST, Wednesday March 10 1999 23 Ratine GET YOUR BUMPER ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE ON FRIDAY In-demand actor dies WEDNESDAY'S 4-PAGE A time At Your THOOPEE STOMP dance performs a company battle of the sexes called Bored at 21 South Street Reading tonight. Also tonight, Ibsen's A Doll's House has a one-off performance at Windsor arts centre in an adaptation by Custard Factory theatre company. Patricia England, pictured, is one of Alan Bennett's More Talking Heads which finishes at the Watermill, Newbury, on Saturday. Also finishing on DOUBLE CROSSWORD CRYPTIC CLUES Across 5. Church head's 10 exercise includes work (4) 7.

Table not used 12 13 every day? (10) 8. Nothing in the beer is bitter (4) 16 9. In favour of Scotsman, politician on the head- 18 19 land (10) 12. Handsome youth 20 Sid on a bender 21 (6) 13. It can only be 22 seen when it is No.

2460 not there (6) 14. A bird or two can Down be heard (6) 1. Complete circuit of 10. Set gauge on instru16. Sea-cow made a the lake going back- ment measuring radihole on the wards (4) ant energy (10) ground initially 2.

Repetition of sound 11. When at work one is (6) from a screech-owl given a hand (10) 17. Shake another (4) 15. Respectable solicitor part of the rickety 3. Pals have no right to still batting (3,3) vehicle (6-4) be devils (6) 16.

Quietly in new Indian 20. A small case in 4. Tell tales but not out or old Greek city (6) the Tuileries (4) of school (6) 18. Uncommon combina21. One has to face 5.

Dramatist could be tion of soldiers (4) this at the North wary in an unfortu- 19. Pole position (4) Pole (10) nate condition (10) 22. Worry over this 6. Information for heatype of work? (4) then lawyer (10) QUICK CLUES Across Down 5. Fold under (4) 17.

Slanderous (10) 1. Skin disease (4) 11. Stranded (4,3,3) 7. Make up (10) 20. Timber (4) 2.

Break suddenly 15. Give exact 8. days' won- 21. Plundering (10) (4) meaning (6) der (4) 22. Greyish (4) 9.

Underlined (10) 12. Riddle (6) 13. Great fear (6) 14. Risk (6) 16. Lacking clarity (6) AMERICAN-BORN actor Billy Mitchell, who twice appeared at The Mill at Sonning, has died from cancer at the aged of 58.

He had been based in London for many years and was much in demand for American roles on this side of the Atlantic. Thus at Sonning he played a mid-West farmer in The Rainmaker and a Washington senator in the comedy Born Yesterday. He was a familiar face on television and last year played Uncle Victor in Coronation Street. Among his numerous films were two James Bond capers, Never Say Never Again and GoldenEye. His West End stage work included the award-winning musical City Of Angels.

3. Afternoon nap 16. Marsupial (6) (6) 18. Leave out (4) 4. Piece let into a 19.

Hindu ascetic garment (6) (4) 5. Newcomer (10) 6. Regulator (10) 10. Untruthful (10) ANSWERS to No. 2459 CRYPTIC: Across 3 Lampshade: 7 Heave: 8 Amsterdam: 9 Salad: 10 Channel: 13 Ellen: 14 16 Ochre.

17 Disdain: 21 Decoy: 22 Apologise: 23 Rouse: 24 Blueberry. Down Chastened: 2 Faultless; 3 4 Patch: 5 Heron: 6 Drape: 10 Chain: 11 Night -club: 12 Grasp: Leading: Liverymen: 15 Powdery: 18 Impel. 19 Delve: 20 Ingle. QUICK: Across 3 Jellyfish: Glean: Spike: 22 7 8 Stolidity: 9 Least: 10 Demesne: 13 Nairn: 14 Gored: 16 Unarm: 17 Endorse: 21 6 Speculate: 23 Ouija: 24 Clergyman. Down I Esplanade: 2 Finalised: 3 Jesting: 4 Lille: 5 Fudge: Satan: 10 Dirge: 11 Strategic: 12 Egomaniac: 15 Dudgeon: 18 Nepal.

19 Occur: 20 Silly. LEISURE LIFESTYLE AND TELEVISION GUIDE Stompin' good guaranteed Saturday at the Haymarket, Basingstoke, is Liz Lochhead's Dracula but the thriller Laura continues at The Mill at Sonning. Iolanthe is at Oxford Playhouse until Saturday in a production by the university's Gilbert And Sullivan Society. Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat returns to Windsor Theatre Royal until Saturday. Old time music hall is, performed by the Cabbages And Things company at Bracknell's Wilde Theatre from tomorrow until Saturday.

The Royal Ballet visits The Swan at Wycombe from tomorrow until Saturday with a programme called Dance Bites. Renowned organist Gillian Weir gives a recital at St Giles, Southampton Street, Reading, on Saturday. The same evening, Newbury Symphony Orchestra gives a concert of American music at the town's Corn Exchange with local violinist John Kane as the soloist in Barber's violin concerto. Also on Saturday, Alan Price teams up with the Electric Blues Company and the Climax Blues Band at The Anvil, Basingstoke. Last year's Brit-hit movie Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels has a special showing at ABC Friar Street Reading today.

The historical drama Elizabeth, which The Hexagon screens tomorrow evening, has been nominated for seven Oscars, including best picture and best actress (Cate Blanchett). ZONE WITH ROY MARTIN IT'S GOOD TO TALK Patricia England in Alan Bennett's Talking Heads YEAR YEAR READING BOOKSHELF READING Reading Reading READING'S TOP 10 NEW ARRIVALS 1. Gardens of England and Wales Just in at Reading Central Library: Packed full of information. 1. it Seemed Like a Good I Idea at the Legenday Girlfriend Mike Time Sue Lloyd.

Funny, inspiring and 2. My Gayle Weekend in the life of a heart-warming autobiography. love-struck schoolteacher. 2. Zoo in the Sky Jacqueline Seafood Odyssey Rick Stein Mitton illustrated by Christina Marine cuisine from the Balit.

Children's book, a journey creatures. through Padstow restaurateur. constellations named after Michael Smith 3. F1 Through the Eyes of Damon 4. Station Story of Bletchley Park's Hill.

One. public and Hill Damon Damon's wartime codebreaking station. private lives in Formula Fortress Bernard Soldier of Peace: The Life of 5. Sharpe's faces the Yitzhak Rabin Dan Kurzman. Crosswell Sharpe French.

5. Kingdom Gone Frank Lean. Comprehensive, detailed biography. 6. The rules Highway of the Code road.

1999 thriller with Sharp Revised and le Carre 6. Tathes Anne Perry. Epic fantasy a refreshingly nasty twist. 7. Single Single John financiers exploring the battle of good and evil.

After the spies, try 7. Southern Cross Patricia to rule the world. Cornwell. chiller, sequel to 8. The Testament John best-selling Hornet's Nest.

Grisham Riveting Billionaire's will starts search 8. The Gilded Cage Josephine Cox. for missionary. Gardens of Heligan Tim Coming of age novel. 9.

Lost the Cornish 9. Throwim Way Leg Tim Flannery Smit Revisiting Adventures of an Australian field estate. biologist in New Guinea. 10. Raising Boys Steve Biddulth 10 Every Dead Thing John Guide for parents.

Connolly. First novel, in American crime Top 10 provided by Blackwell's, Kings Road thriller genre. Russell Grant Call your star line below ARIES MAR 21 APR 20 0891 242614 Mercury moves backwards in your sign so over the next few weeks you can go back over the past and get a second chance to make amends or change your mind. TAURUS APR 21 MAY 21 0891 242615 You cannot trust or rely on your judgment for a couple of weeks. You are best to sit on your ideas and do nothing rather than embarrass yourself or others.

4 GEMINI MAY 22 JUN 21 0891 242616 Mercury moves into reverse gear today and you must consider objectives for the new millennium. Facts come to light before Easter that have a bearing on your future. CANCER JUN 22 JUL 22 0891 242617 The message you put out could easily be misread. You could find it hard to get your true opinions across. Its worth shelving your ambitions at least until April begins.

LEO JUL 23 AUG 23 0891 242618 If you are making a journey between now and Easter then make absolutely sure of all the information before you set off or something is bound to go wrong. enj ur, Ho repo by NE "We instead Partici clothin; traditic Mr festil has coming ebrate the VIRGO AUG 24 SEP 23 0891 242619 Mercury goes retrograde from today which can lead to problems with money. If you are sitting on paperwork to do with taxes, then seek advice and show willing. LIBRA SEP 24 OCT 23 0891 242620 With Mercury about to thrust into reverse gear, the wrong kind of communication can cause a rift between you and your other half. Be sure of what you say.

SCORPIO OCT: 24 NOV 22 0891 242621 Dot the Is and cross the Ts on everything of a professional or medical nature. Don't sign anything until you are sure of what you are letting yourself in for. SAGITTARIUS NOW 23 DEC 21 0891 242622 Children need telling the difference between right and wrong. Something may happen which needs discussing with police, a school or the authorities. CAPRICORN DEC 22 JAN 20 0891 242623 If you're on the verge of signing something to do with the home or family then be careful.

Be doubly sure of any contracts and be satisfied you get what you've ordered. AQUARIUS JAN 21 FEB 19 0891 2426241 Be patient as a delay is likely before you can get your teeth into a plan. A period of close scrutiny is on offer during this welcome breathing space. PISCES FEB 20 MAR 20 0891 242625 You must be certain of everything you enter into which costs you money. What you see isn't necessarily what you get and that alone should alert you to the pitfalls.

TAROT 0930 555 402 BIRTHDAY LINE 0930 555 403 FUTURESCOPE 0930 555 404 Cats cost 50p per minute at times A product of The Service Find the tamiliar phrase. wring or name in this arrangement of letters ENTENT8.