... THEATRES A. P. H. AGAIN.-- There comes a time in the life of every humorist, or almost every humorist, when it is remarked with dolour, in which there may be a tinge of satisfaction, that he is not as funny as he used to be, that his work has lost its ...

... AT THE THEATRE I have little hesitation in saying that the production of Madame Butterfly at the Shaftesbury is the best performance of grand opera that I have ever seen in English, and is quite as good as many I have seen in Italian at Covent Garden ...

... THEATRES WHO'LL WRITE A WAR PLAY:-- I wonder whether there is anywhere a playwright courageous enough to write in time of peace a play frankly in favour of war? I don't suppose there is; and if there were, I don't suppose he would stand much more chance ...

... THEATRES WOMAN AND WAR.-- Although wars are always popular with the participating nations once they start, I have some times thought that zeal would run even higher if the casus belli could be as simple and romantic nowadays as it apparently was in the ...

... THEATRES RE-ENTER IVOR.-- It is possible that as Count d'Orsay is remembered as the Last of the Dandies, so Ivor Novello will one day be remembered as the Last of the Matinée Idols. He is the golden calf of the girl in the gallery. He is the enfant gdtd ...

... THEATRES LUSCIOUSNESS.-- Although it came just too late to ring in the new year with its opening peal, Bow Bells at the London Hippo drome was the first big show ol' 1932. lhat it may attract, by virtue of its title, many lovers of the Dick Wliittington ...

... THEATRES THE CURSE OF GOLD.-- Miss Christine Jope- Slade and Mr. Sewell Stokes have written a comedy (Britannia of Billingsgate) in which they demonstrate what a devastating thing it may he suddenly to become rich if you are not used to it, as Shakespeare ...

... THEATRES MARVELLOUS AS ALL THAT.-- If by some miracle Mercury were to appear before me and, placing a golden apple in my hand, were to invite me to award it as a prize in a beauty contest between the three leading theatrical managers in London-- well ...

... THEATRES GOINGS ON.-- If boys will be boys, parents I will be parents-- or so I thought until I saw the new comedy by Anthony Kimmins at the Royalty, where the old folk are distinctly indulgent. If, having two sons, one of them (in the Army) were to telephone ...

... THEATRES FIRST-NIGHTMARES.-- In spite of the crisis, in spite of the cinema, in spite of lawn tennis, dancing and Corinthian bagatelle, in spite of the fact that there were no new contributions from Shaw, Galsworthy, Barrie, Pinero, or any of the other ...

... THEATRES ENTER DUBARRY.-- Much has been written from time to time on the probable effect of the talkies on the art of the theatre. It has been said that they would revolutionize the theatre, it has been said that they would kill the theatre, it has been ...

... THEATRES HARD TIMES FOR CRITICS.-- it is pretty safe to say that never have there been so many Christmas holiday shows in the London theatres as this year. So vast is the number that the computations of the mathe maticians all vary, one saying thirty ...