... THE THEATRE BOOM CONTINUES Last Week's J\[ew Plays Reviewed by PHILIP PAGE I HOPE all those very serious people who since the outbreak of war have been wringing their hands and wailing that the London theatre has gone to demned perdition because little has been produced beyond flimsy musical shows are now satisfied. For Thunder Rock, the meta physical, political, social-economical, psychical ...

... A WAR-TIME BOOM IN THEATRELAND Dear Octopus Again Presented A Revival of The Devil's Disciple Shakespeare at Regent's Park A New Farce at the Duke of York's Reviewed by PHILIP PAGE FOR some inscrutable reason there is something very like a boom in theatreland. True, it is a rather pathetic little war-time boom; yet a boom it is, and not the least remarkable feature is that it has come at a ...

... BIOGRAPHIES for fhe BOOKSHELF -By Vernon Fane The Lives of Well-known Personalities Make Interesting Reading this Week AT school, I remember, it was a point of honour never to reveal one's second name. It was a jealously guarded secret and, for some reason I have never been able to fathom, rather a shameful one, and it is an odd thing that even in middle life people are still reluctant to part ...