... MERRY WIVES OK WINDSOR On June II. in celebration of the fifth centenary of the New Inn. Gloucester, the Gloucester Theatre Guild presented The Merry Wives ol Windsor in the court yard where, it is believed, Shake speare himself may have played when he was with Lord Strange °s Company. It was an auspicious occasion in theaircless Gloucester, and Sir Barry Jackson's presence in Ihc audience ...

... THE NEW LINDSEY THE FAMILY HONOUR On June 2, the People's Theatre (London), by arrangement with Frederick Starke and A. T. Smith, presented the play by Laurence Housman The Family Honour. Honor Burklynch Joan Maude James Burklynch Charles Maunscll Jonathan Robert Mooney Larry Edward Bvrnc Brian Patrick Boxill Ron Adam O'Riordan Budget Diana Cummin* John Durham Patrick Mac Nee Produced by ...

... THE EMBASSY THE WHITE EAGLES On June 6, at the Embassy, following a premiire at the Royal. Newcastle, on May 29, of which a full notice appeared in THE STAGE of June I. was presented Diana Morgan's The White Eagles. TTiis is an expertly contrived play--but contrived is the operative word, and u is uniiKeiy inat a soutnern audience will find any more convic tion in it than did the ...

... THE WATERGATE THE TREE OF HEAVEN On June 5, the Watergate pre sented the play, by Mervyn Mills, The Tree of Heaven. Yolande Maxwell Mavis Villiers Salem David Young Luciano Fuseli Enzo Coticchia Beata Anne Padwick Flying Ollicer Peler Burridge Basil Appleby Hauptmann Otto von Reisen John Bennett First German Soldier George Herbert Second German Soldier Ralph Noffek Doctor Marcel Lavardin ...

... THE GATEWAY EVA BRAUN On June 6, Moorhall Produc tions. by arrangement with the Gateway fheatre Club, presented in association with Anthony Pendrell the premiere of the play by Hugh Sutherland, entitled Eva Braun. Hermjnn Gocring Sebastian Cabot HcmricJi H mmier Gavin Gordon Adolf Hitler Patrick Troughton Eva Braun Rona Laurie Greta Christine Adrian Leutnant JCossor Ma* Miradin Dr Josef ...

... THE EMBASSY SHEPHERD'S WARNING On June 20 the Reunion Theatre Guild, Ltd., by arrangement with Anthony Hawtrey, presented a new comedy by Reginald Beckwith, entitled. Shepherd's Warning. Ethel Buena Bent Girt Guide Charlotte Mitchell Lady Raseby Joyce Barbour Jane Ponsonby Henryetla Edwards Tony Cirmichael Vernon Greeves Tiggy Raseby Jack Allen Mr. Ripley Christopher Steele John ...

... PEOPLE'S PALACE On June 19 the Continental Ballet, under the direction of Molly Lake, presented Les Sylphides, Sylvia, Children of Space, Flora and Fauns, Salute to Petipa. Les Sylphides revealed a well-drilled corps-de-ballet contain ing several pleasing and promising dancers. Keith Lester's Sylvia, a ballet overlong for its content, albeit tastefully costumed from designs by Phyllis ...

... ALDEBURGH FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR FROM ROTTERDAM Aldeburgh's third Musical Festival opened on June 17 with a fine and moving performance of Bach's St. Matthew Passion in the parish church, sung in its entirety in German for the first time in England. The orchestra and choir were from the People's versity of Rotterdam, and the visit was made possible by subsidies from Dutch cultural ...

... THE SCALA OHEL THEATRE On May 29 the Israeli Ohel Theatre, of Tel Aviv, commenced a two-weeks' season of plays, opening with Jeremiah. a tragedy in three acts, by Stefan Zweig. On Tuesday evening, King Solomon and the Cobbler, a Biblical comedy in verse, by Samy Gronemann, was presented. Written in Hebrew, the quality of the verse is largely an un known quantity, but a detailed pro ...

... MINUET FOR STUFFED BIRDS. On May 30 was presented here a comedy by Frank Marcus, Minuet For Stuffed Birds. Ian Cameron Patrick O'Connor Jonathan Keith Saxon Erika Bauer June Dixon Dr. Hugo Pfropf Fred Wihon Florence Easter Terry AnseM Ella Huesing Jacqueline Sylvester Prof. E. A. M. Snee John Adams Produced by the Author In a curtain-speech, the author of this new comedy complained of a ...

... STRATTON On Tuesday, May 30. the Mercury Players, in association with the Arts Council, presented a revised version of the play by Ronald Duncan entitled Stratton. Sir Cory Slra'ton. K.C. William Devlin Ladv Vlaria Stratton Cicely Paget-Bowmar Cory Stratton Brian Haine> Katherine Barbara Loti The Rev John Courtenay Robert Sansorr Hardwicke Richard Vernor Capt Marsden John Edmond' Dr ...

... BUDAPEST HAS A THRIVING RECORD By NEIL STEWART A visit to Budapest revealed a remarkably high standard of production in theatre, opera and ballet. Budapest is a city a little bigger than Glasgow, yet able to support a big opera, a large national theatre, and ten or a dozen smaller houses. On the six occasions I went to the theatre the house was either full or practically so. There is also a ...