Letter: In Brief

Sir: Unlike Clive Fisher, I did not find Dirk Bogarde's disillusion lent "a great disenchantment" to his public performances (Obituary, 10 May). I saw him on stage at Cheltenham a few years ago, and whatever disillusion he may have felt in his private life it did not show in his public performance, which was full of vitality, warmth and wit.

ALANA MICHAEL

Malvern, Worcestershire