... By Herbert Far j eon Old Acquaintance (Globe) MR. JOHN VAN DRUTEN once wrote a tender and touching play entitled After All in which he demonstrated the indestructibility of old domestic ties-- a play of stodgy uncles, fusty aunts and seedy depen dants from whom the young turned with aversion as they grew up, but to whom they turned again as they grew older, wiser, less expectant of the future ...

... By Herbert Farjeon Love in a Mist (St. Martin' s) ON the programme there is Exmoor, and on Exmoor there is fog. Hence the title of Mr. Kenneth Home's new comedy. And hence, when the honeymoon car containing Pat and Nigel, married that very morning, can no longer see its bonnet before its wind-screen, the bed-and-breakfast bungalow of Mr. and Mrs. Evans appears to offer most timely refuge. Mrs. ...

... By Herbert Farjeon Ducks and Drakes Apollo AFTER the success of Spring Meeting-- which though I did not see it, I under stand from well-informed sources to have been an excellent piece of work--Ducks and Drakes, by the same author, comes as a disappointment. To describe it as more than just another unpretentious little comedy would be to give it more than its due. To detect in it any ...

... TU By Herbert Far j eon The Morning Star (Globe) HERE would seem to be the first serious play on the present war produced in the West End of London. The pribbles and prabbles of coupon comedy give place at last to the anguish of hope, the routine of heroism. Death hovers ominously; little principals peep between his legs for self- respect and existence; the siren wails, the thunderbolts ...

... //y/* By James Agate A Protest A Yank in the R.A.F. is one of the greatest ventures ever undertaken by 20th Century-Fox and one of Darryl Zanuck's costliest productions. Every phase of the great battle for Britain has been re enacted-- the take-off of the R.A.F. squadrons on the bombings of German cities, dog fights in the clouds, attacks on German ports, rail yards, hangars and troop ...

... By Herbert Far j eon The Mail Who Came to Dinner (Savoy) ON its first night at the Savoy this American success was a roar both on the stage and off. The roaring off the stage was done by the audience, which delighted in the sophisticated, flish-flash sallies provided by those ingenious and indefatigable authors, George Kaufman and Moss Hart. The roaring on the stage was done by that admirable ...