Dark bank holiday

Sir, - I attempted to book seats in the Abbey Theatre for Monday August 7th for American friends who have a longstanding ambition…

Sir, - I attempted to book seats in the Abbey Theatre for Monday August 7th for American friends who have a longstanding ambition to go there. However, the Abbey will be "dark" that night because it is a bank holiday!

Not many theatres in the real world can afford to close for a night at the height of the tourist season. Complacency plus a case of over-subsidisation perhaps? - Yours, etc.,

(Canon) B. F. B. Lougheed, Killarney, Co Kerry.