... . We have received iho 7th No. of The Musical Circle,' pnbli'1' ''i- H Vii-k,-n>. sir. s-.i-and, W.U. The quaniuy ofu, somewhat sorpriiug, oqhki We have a solo for I y,e 11,,,-v, i -ii1 'forte pieces, Barely enough lOr anyoue. Tlie music well printed on good' 1 paper, and we see no roason why ibis litiie joural should not attain an immense circulation, [t is worthy of it. ...

... . r' in t.h meti i'h dates of ever rmnl ii. a previously m or the pro- ?iirl. NOV. 5. Aog. 30. Nov. 10. ?en. Drc. 22. Oct. 27. f *h, i,, n ti Hi i lWi .c, ??..,,,,_,.. u^.. .j. Lyrlo-- The Chocolate Solditr. Sept. 10. New Count Hannibal. Oct. 20. Playhouse.--^ MingU Man. Nov. 8. Prince of Walea's Inconstant Oeorge. Oct. 1 Queen's-- The Prineaa Clementina. Deo. 14. RoyHy-- A Plaet Hunter Parted ...

... . By IVAN PATRICK GORE. THE HUNGARIA TAVERN. October will see the opening of this new haunt, which will be under the patronage and blessing of the Hungarian Government. One is entitled to expect something new and attractive in the way of music and entertainment when one takes into consideration the fact that the new concern is under the management uf Benin i (who for something like twent) ...

... A REVIEW OF 1947 By JOHN PARKER With all the good will in the world, I am afraid it must be conceded that 1947 was a disappointing year in the thea-tre. There has been a greatly increased number of new plays, but the quality of most of these has been very mediocre; the really worth-while plays could be almost counted on two hand*. In a review of the theatrical >e*r for 1946 I called ...

... CARMEN AMAYA ON DANCING FROM THE HEART Never has London seen Spanish dancing in such exotic exuberance as at Princes, where the dynamic personality of Carmen Amaya and her troupe of gipsy dancers from Granada charge the fandango and the farruca with new vitality. They transform the stage mxo a gipsy encampment. The audience might be honoured guests at a gipsy fiesta in the heart of ...

... by RANALD SAVERY MAJOR entrants on Broadway have been a comedy, Who Was That Lady I Saw You With? (Martin Beck, March 3), and a drama, Blue Denim (Playhouse, February 27). The comedy is of a genre form erly more familiar to the American stage than it has been in recent years. It is broad, boisterous, often preposterous, fun depending upon concocted situations. The plot involves a husband ...

... THE City of Cologne seized every opportunity lo make its new Opera House a technical masterpiece. It was fortunate that it could be started from scratch on the extended site of Julius Raschdorf's theatre, built in 1872 and destroyed by bombing. Dr. Wilhelm bahn s commission was to provide a full-scale theatre seating 1,400, but with an intimate atmosphere, and this architect succeeded bril ...

... On the Bandstands BATH'S FESTIVAL OF JAZZ NEARLY 5,000 people attended the Festival of Jazz which was given at the Bath Arts Festival last week at the Regency Ballroom, Bath, formerly the Palace. The project was an ambition one, with visits from the top-ranking Jazz bands of the country, lectures by experts, and a razz brains trust. The ballroom, if it made no money on the week, got ...

... IN Valmouth, based on the novel by Ronald Firbank, Sandy Wilson has written a musical about a resort which not only has bracing air. but abounds in petty intrigues and plots by the score. It was presented at the New Shakespeare, Liverpool, on day. Stt in the prc-motor car period it reflects the satire of that time. Directed by Vida Hope it has a cast of 22 headed by Bertice Read ing. who ...

... VIVID COMMENT BY EISA BRUNELLESCHI NEXT MONTH Antonio returns to London for a six-week season at the Coliseum, which makes the appearance of Antonio and Spanish Dancing by Elsa Brunelleschi, published by A. and C. Black at 18/-, most opportune. It is a slender volume, which tempts to dc no more tnan a pen picture of the career of the greatest Spanish dancer of this or any other generation ...

... SPANISH DANCE TOUR I he r.duardo and Navarra Spanish Dance Group conclude theit tour of Wales, which is in arrangement with the Arts Council of Great Britain this month. Another tour opens at Newtown on November 12 ami ends at Barmouth on November 21. Appearing with Eduardo and Navarra's company will be the Spanish Flamenco guitarist Antonio Navarro, appear ing as guest artist. On their return ...

... DENNIS ROSAIRE journeyed out to Spain recently to join Circus Price at Seville, where he is covering two spots in the programme with his high wire and trampoline acts. Also in Spain arc Frans and Pain Krceft, who left their winter quar ters at Billericay to join Circus Almania. Although both these acts are with different circuses, they are touring the same grounds as very often happens in ...