... will be regarded in a more serious light. Quite apart from the joy children derive from such a pastime, it teaches them to speak correctly and allows them to project them selves into the personalities of their puppets. Never has a toy with such magic in ...

... make it entirely acceptable, al though he hand'es his outbursts of philosophising freshly and wit tily. David ReaJ moves, speaks, looks, and silently sings to excel lent purpose as Jaques a notable performance, and Reginald Hayes's actual singing as Amiens ...

... into their own hands. They .lad said that they would have their own theatre, and would build it if necessary. Lena Ashwell. speaking in favour of a proposal that legisla tion should be introduced enab ling local authorities to provide and manage municipal ...

... Celia is attractive but rather vaguely characterised. Hugh Griffiths Touchstone is a courtly fool with a talent for swift speaking. Myles Eason plays a fine upstanding Orlando, at his i best in the scenes with the de lightful old Adam of Douglas Seele ...

... trained ear; to the majority his singing will no doubt sound as spontaneous as It ever was. The performance was divided, so to speak. There was much lively and humorous teamwork by the Bohemians -one remembers with admiration and affection the superb Marcel ...

... an exchange between the uncles (John Burch and Frank Napier) and aunts (Henzie Raeburn and Eileen Thorndike). Each artist speaks the self-thought, a chorus giving the united conclusion. These four are excellent foils. Henrietta Watson, as the dowager ...

... half of her n-Mdiance and tone. Robert Help- ni, inn. as Oberon. is. surprisingly- enough, less impressive in gesture, but he speaks the lines with a true feeling for poetry. The mortal lovers are cut out of the argument, and we are left with the fairies ...

... cast responded with en thusiasm and a good show of talent, the most striking general impression being the high stan dard of speaking. Every word could be heard, and in some cases the quality of voice and clarity of enunciation were a pleasure in themselves ...

... Pat Rave. Hazel Clarke. Ann Bussell, and Maureen King, maintain a profes sional slickness which is often lacking in their speaking col leagues. Paul Dawkins gives his Henry VIII and other parts a well- defined certainty of character that stands out. Michael ...

... from dames, dancing and dog-tracks and his emotional playing is very effective. He would be more easily understood were he to speak a little less quickly. Michael Godfrey is the essence of forthrightness as the solid John and gives a very cap able performance* ...

... the idea of suffocating their victims in safes! The other plays lacked human interest. The characters were simply puppets speaking mediocre dialogue, unrelieved by sparkling wit or profound thought. Some cheap laughter, evoked by tasteless jokes concerning ...

... creating three con tinuously diverting characters an unworldly dramatist, who writes worldly plays, a droll prostitute, who speaks but one line in a long- ish appearance, and a racketeer, who is the most entertaining per son we have seen for a very long ...