TRUST me, I'm a patient. A brain scan is more fun than the play Abandonment, recently experienced at York Theatre Royal.

I expected the wings to yield Dracula any minute. Mind you, the acting was magnificent.

Come back Chris Barber and your jazz band. Bring back your guitar, Juan Martin and your beautifully co-ordinated flamenco dancers.

Margaret Lawson,

Aldborough House,

The Groves, York.

Updated: 12:15 Saturday, April 26, 2003