... the Comedy Theatre. The first act showed some little promise which, alas, was not fulfilled, and the last act, which developed into an undressing competition or strip-tease act en masse, was one of the most depressing I have known in any theatre for quite ...

... of modern life and letters, and Mr. G. L. Steer is therefore only one of many to come along with a book about a potential theatre of war. The differ ence is that Mr. Steer's conclusions are worth attention, since he is an authority on his subject, both ...

... the THEATRE PHILIP PAGE on Good Hellish Effects at Sadler's Wells-- A Naughty Butler Tries to Blackmail at the New Theatre A Powerful Play af the Westminster THE season of Ballet at Sadler's Wells has been far too short-- the company has now gone on ...

... Martin's Theatre, takes place in one room of an aristocratic mansion. But very different things occur in SCENES FROM LONDON PLAYS Running at the New, Globe, Duchess and Wyndham's A TUNEFUL MUSICAL COMEDY ON TRADITIONAL LINES AT THE NEW THEATRE W AM n lit ...

... Mixed Bag -By Vernon Fane FOR the past few years Mr. Sinclair Lewis has been giving evidence of a growing interest in the theatre. He has written for it, he has studied it, he has attended it, he has even, on a number of occasions, acted in one. It was ...

... is such a diary as might have been compiled by a gentleman living in London between the years 1774 to 1776, visiting the theatre, the card rooms and the principal trials, and keeping an observant eye open for those events which might have reper cussions ...

... Simenon it is still logical and provides thrills. To a summer resort, with its small hotel, golf course and nearby repertory theatre, playing on a disused fishing jetty, come a rich young man and a band of hangers-on. They arrive on the eve of his twenty-first ...

... that there are considerably more theatres open in the West End of London this week than there were in the corresponding week a few years ago. There is no point in speculation as to the cause of this. That all theatres, and cinemas too, may close with ...

... 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 ...

... been nourished with as many new and bright ideas as it might have been, though it stands a good chance of filling the Lyric Theatre for some time. It follows the familiar formula of being funny about murder. In this case, however, we find after a bit that ...

... author lingers with a good deal of dexterous play upon a family background, leading them eventually into the world of the theatre, with an occasional aside on fishing which always produces the best from Mr. Pertwee. These early intimations produce rather ...

... surround many of the peepshow windows. The Leicester Galleries have had their make shift window decorated in the form of a theatre proscenium arch with a splash of crimson surmounting the columns: this now frames the. small window HEATH ROBINSON HELPS TO ...