Amateur/Professional

> Throwing small spanner in works.> Theatre is Theatre or is it?> Dominie, ie Frenchs 'rules' say that all amateur productions> must have the appropriate wording to say so in all paid advertising> and programmes.The question is why?I feel fortunate enough not to have heard of this before.I feel it is a silly rule that only encourages a 'racist' likeattitude in theatre. It's like the mark of the lower class. It'slike putting 'phsy' in front of words to separate the intelligentfrom the stupid.What we do is not lower-class. It is simply unpaid. Why separatebased on payment or lack there-of? I've done a bit of both andI've never felt any different in either (except knowing that I'llbe able to go to the movie that week!)