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... COPPER-HAIRED, vital Sheila Burrell plays the wanton lover of a witch-boy in Dark of the Moon. From the Lyric, Hammersmith, Peter Brook's imaginative and speedy production was due to arrive at the Ambassadors Theatre yesterday, April 12. Photocraphed by ANTHONY BUCKLEY. ...

... Beverley Baxter TWENTY-ODD years ago a play was produced which added a new word to our vocabulary. It dealt with a scientifically produced mechanical man known as a Robot. The word became a part of the jargon of the day, and was recklessly applied to men who were lacking warmth, humour, delicacy and understanding. Then if passed and both the word and the idea were forgotten. Yet once more we ...

... . SO we 're all Londoners-- see glamorous and unra iBed'i ^ecree °f the Ministry of Fuel. The premidre coincided with the return of B.S.T., and huge crowds of th If ^'ccadilly Circus to gloat over the come-back of the winking, flashing signs in gold and white and colours I C li are fresh|y floodlit aspects of Brighton's Palace Pier; London's Houses of Parliament; Piccadilly Circus; 0lseum; ...

... GAFFE By Charles Cochran. COME years ago, be- >J fore Constance Cummings became Mrs. Benn Levy, and, I think, before she had played in England, Benn Levy brought her one day to I a little house we had in the country. My wife and I, and our guests, were all enchanted by her personality. Her name was unknown to us. During the evening, I summoned up courage to ask her if she had ever been on the ...

... |F Easter weather is kind the light wool dress which can be worn without a coat will make its debut. These two models have been designed by Debenham and Freebody for early summer. Both are in navy lightweight wool. The dress in the smaller picture has a detachable bolero. Hats from the Model Millinery Salon. Photographed by John Cole. ...

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... longleat reopens TO THE PUBLIC. LORD BATH'S magnificent Elizabethan house Longleat, Warminster, Wilts, is again open to visitors. Originally a thirteenth-century small Augustinian priory, in 1541 the property was sold by the King to Sir John Thynne (John o' th' Ynne), who began converting and rebuilding in 1567, and whose descendants hold it to this day. Alterations were made through the ...

... . I WE agree entirely with Mr. Alan Melville's melvillainous Film Crisis in our issued March 16. In film studios we have noted time and money treated with a contempt which neither deserves. We now await the sorting-out of the film industry; believing that it contains more intelligence and less co-ordination than most other industries. Part of this lack of liaison extends to the depart, ment ...

... SKETCi I PI ■KilM\l\m a s >i M I Si\\l**H MARCH 24. In picture fffl Col. Smith-Maxwell, Mr. SH Murray-Smith and the SH Hon. Mrs. Hardy at the |H Pytchley Hunt Point-to- SH point at Great Brington, |M Northants. Some thrilling BR racing included the Low- ther Challenge Cup, and |1|^ the Adjacent Ladies' Race. |1| I MARCH 26.-- Mr. and J Mrs. Derek Tangye held Jgg annual party in their 17th ...

... ANGELINA AT last, with the first quarter of the year behind us, we have 1949's first major film. It comes from Italy, where they have a knack, just now, of making pictures that make pictures really seem to matter. The star is Anna Magnani, whom British audiences saw in Open City. The director is Luigi Zampa, who made Vivere in Pace. The script and even with a very small knowledge of ...

... . OBSERVATION, imagination and wit are clearly shown in these draw ings by children under eight years of age, all of which gained prizes in the Royal Drawing Society's 54th Exhibition of Children's Drawings and Paintings at the Guildhall. Each year the point of achievement seems to grow younger, and huge enthusiasm goes to the work many hundreds of entries being received. THE DERBY, by seven ...