... 44 How now, Cordelia Mend your speech a little, Lest you may mar your fortunes After a long, dark emptiness, due to the war and its attendant complications, the Old Vic reopened three weeks ago with tremendous Shakespearean theatricality. Here is the mainspring of the two- play season John Gielgud, now Lear, and to follow that, Prospero in The Tempest. King Lear, which has still nearly half of ...

... Rebecca Daphne du Maurier's Modern Melodrama at the Queen's The homecoming of the young shy Mrs. de Winter as second wife of the owner of Manderley, beautifully por trayed by Celia Johnson, is overshadowed by the sinister house keeper, Mrs. Danvers. So when she breaks a valuable ornament the bride pathetically hides the pieces for fear of being found out. This is one of the most moving ...

... Home on Leave Lord and Lady Jersey at Osterley Park The Earl of Jersey, now a Second -Lieutenant in the Army, was back at Osterley Park the other day on short leave. He and his pretty American wife went round the house and grounds of this lovely place of theirs just outside London. The park and gardens have now been reopened to the public, but not the superb Adaiu house, whose beauties of ...

... These Clever People No. 8. More Writers and Painters Christopher Sandeman Christopher Sandeman, seen writing on Gardening in Lima for Lady Beatrix Stanley's quarterly, The New Flora and Silva, is a distinguished and witty Edwardian. He entertains in a Kensington flat full of museum pieces and choice pictures. After nine months' travel in South America he published The Forgotten River, ...

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... The Chilean Ambassador and Madame de Senoret T unbridge-Sedgxcick When Chile's present ambassador arrived in London a year ago, he found himself the tenant of a fine house in Hamilton Place. The drawing-rooms contain many lovely pieces of French fur niture, and both H.E. and his wife are very fond of pictures, of which they have a large and valuable collection at the Embassy. Before he was ...

... Miss Janet Johnson and Mr. Birkin Janet Johnson, the young Australian actress, now in A House in the Square and Charles Birkin announced their engagement last week they met in Hollywood two years ago. He is the son of the late Colonel Charles Birkin, and nephew of Sir Alexander Birkin, Bt is work ing at the War Office. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Peter Johnson, of Melbourne Miss Mia Macklin ...

... The Late Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, K.T. By James Gunn Sir Hugh Walpole By R. G. Eves, R.A. j tfcu August 1 939 By Harold Harvey Their Hero A tempera panel by James W. Tucker Two Portraits of Men, Two Portraits of Women, a Nude, Landscapes and Documentaries from the Summer Exhibition at Burlington House ...

... Romance By David Jogger Gypsy Plaiting Her Hair By Dame Laura Knight D.B.E., R.A. The Good Earth By T. C. Dugdale A.R.A. Landscape Summer By Harry E. Allen Feeding the Birds By A. J. Munnings RA. Copyrights reserved for Oxvners by Royal Academy Illustrated ...

... Mr. L. A. P. Robinson and the Hon. Nancy Boives-Lyon The Queen was present at the marriage of her niece, Nancy Moira Bowes Lyon second daughter of Lord and Lady Glamis, to Lance Amigo Percy Robinson, R.A.F.V.R., only son of the late Captain P. D. Robinson (9th Northumberland Fusiliers J, and of Mrs. E. L. Dimond, of Ladywood, Seal, Chart, Kent, which took place at Holy Trinity Brompton. The ...

... Ta i I o red Simplicity In Tweeds In Fur The Government slogan, Wear your clothes longer, is no hardship when it is applied to l'urs, for good skins, cleverly worked, do not date any more than they wear out. The prices of furs will inevitably go up, so it is a real economy to buy them now. Harrods, Knightsbridge, have a collection that is a series of sound investments. Their model below, for ...

... Getting Married r. Hie Bystander's Review of Weddings Mather Gillespie Peter Mather, the actor and producer, son of the late Norman Mather, and Mrs. Mather, of the A nchorage, Barmouth, Merioneth, married Audrey Gillespie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gillespie, of Abcrford House, Aberford, Yorks, and niece of R. H. Gillespie, of theatrical fame, at St. James's, Spanish Place Wills Richards John ...