... ST. MARTIN'S TWICE UPON A TIME On Thursday last week, by arrangement with Bernard Goodman, Henry Sherek and Philip Booth presented here the play by Tedweil Chapman Twice upon a lime. For Heaven s sake, says the exasperated girl to her Inquiring fianc6, stop being Sherlock Holmes! Now it is true enough that the young man who is en gaged in a promising if gratuitous experiment in amateur ...

... THE TORCH MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING On Wednesday, April 20, The Company of Cousins presented a modern dress version of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. With Benedick In R.A.F. uniform, Beatrice sipping tea in the best Gunter fashion and dressed in an appropriate gown and the rest of Much Ado fol lowing in the same style, we are surprised and amused, but hardly enchanted. And one of ...

... OSCAR WILDE On Friday of last week John Buckley, by arrangement with the Boltons Theatre, presented the play by Leslie and Sewell Stokes, entitled Oscar Wilde. The very private life of Oscar Wilde, such as his personal rela tionship with Lord Alfred Doug las and other alleged scandals, is little seen in actior. here. Neither is the conflict benveen Wilde's wittily egocentric degeneracy ...

... THE Q POISONED CHALICE. On Tuesday was presented here a play in three acts and six scenes by Robert Bell, entitled. Poisoned Chalice. This is the story of a wicked lady, and what a wicked one! Any young man contemplating matri mony would think twice after seeing the wife in this thriller by a journalist author. She is the essence of vileness; but it is diffi cult to believe, however evil ...

... COVENT GARDEN GISELLE On Tuesday last the Covent Gaiden Opera Trust presented the Sadler's Wells Ballet in a revival of Giselle. Margot Fonteyn has long estab lished her Giselle as one of the outstanding interpretations of the Kci'r i;ition following Pavlova and S|n--.:-iva. On Tuesday evening it wjs seen under ideal conditions, as she was partnered once again by Robert Helpmann. who re- il ...

... THE MYSTERY OF THE MARY CEI ESTE At the Royal Artillery, for this week onlv, the Wheeler and Salisbury Repertory Company are presenting the olav by L. Du Garde Peach. The Mystery of the Mary Celeste. This dramatic suggestion for a solution of one of the great unexplained occur rences of the sea is not often played, and Its more moving moments call for sympathetic treatment. The central ...

... DEADLOCK On Monday evening, at the Little Theatre. Bristol, the Rapier Players produced a new play, by Leslie Sands, entitled Deadlock. The author is himself a player being a member of the Bristol Old Vic Company, and he has written something that will be appreci ated by all who go to the theatre for entertainment. Deadlock is a thriller: there is no involve^ plot, but many tense moments, ...

... THE BOLTONS The new edition of the Boltons Revue, which commenced on Tuesday, is a sparkling, briskly-moving production, well staged, brilliantly costumed, and presented with an enthusiasm and zest which should assure its success. Corn in Cornwall is a brilliant satire on all those plays depicting the darker side of Cornish life and character It has a wind howling round the house and a ...

... ROMANCE Queen Marv was present at i a special matinee of the Rich- I mond Theatre's production of j Romance. in aid ol f- Garter Home, on W. last week Produced 1 sense of atn force by sentimental i its spell of oM ,i i charm. The Cavnllint and t! i in ai. ever. of wh i the.T.' has a deep siiicenty which makes his work inteiest and grip Whether f i-.'m f> un it ..i not. !>y the li :llll of ...

... WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL'S PLAN The plan recently issued by the Westminster Citv Council for West End reconstruction during the next 50 years, prepared bv J. Rawlinson. M.Eng., M.Inst.C.E.. and W. R. Davidge, F.R.I. B.A., contains the following proposal:-- Situated in. and about Soho are many theatres, cinemas, and other places of entertainment, so lhat the district is often referred to as ...

... THE CHEPSTOW THE HUMMING BIRD FLIES BACKWARDS On Tuesday last Guy Vaesen, by arrangement with Bernard Goodman, presented a new comedy, by John Coningham. The Humming Bird rues Backwards. In the home of the Scotts. in outer suburbia. mother and daughter Gay are completely pre occupied with amateur theatricals and professional actors. Less am bitious are the tastes of father and daughter Joan ...

... AT MALVERN ALL FOR TRUTH The Compass Players, who already have a number of productions to their credit, entertained a large company last Thursday evening by the performance of All For Truth, a new English version of Moliere's Le Misanthrope, at the Geraldine-road Hall at Malvern. Those who saw some of the plays given at the festival, which has just concluded, and were present on ...