... PLAYGOERS' DIARY May 4-- Belle or Ihc Ballad of Dr. Crippen (Strand). May 5 The Father (Cnnonbury Tower). May I Am Married (PSt- loohry). May 7-- Tagore Celebration (Old Vic). The Departures (Royal Court). May 8-- Pic Battle fSadter'8 Wells) The ...

... Old Vic and will take up the appointment in July. Mr. May is responsible for the direction of Belle, or the Ballad of Dr. Crippen which opens at the Strand tonight ...

... 'BELLE' IS HERE X)> HpHE first murderer mu$i- 1 cal Belle, or th Ballad of Dr. Crippen devised by Wolf Mankowitz, opens at th Strand tonight, with George Benson as Crippen and Rose Hill as Belle Elmore, seen here having one of the nagging arguments ...

... almost every minder hunt end story she wa prey un. are to be asked to themaelvea with It. counts a pocket knife - owned by Dr. Crippen - among the colle4 Ma. When she Janke pac *vet the year' she sftyllt It was ten per cent ability and DO per cent Della ...

... after Waterloo/* as Christopher owen * Ma Hassall said in his famous prologue), “BELLE” (Strand). Sub-titled “The Ballad of Dr. Crippen,” with music I return to it with relief from the encircling md lyric f Monty * orma and by Wolf Mankowitz, based on a play ...

... LETTERS the Dr. Crippen stayed at our house T REMEMBER Dr. Crippen. the hero of Wolf Mankowitz's new musical comedy, Belle. When I was a girl met him and Miss Le Neve, his lady-love, Just before they tried to escape to Canada. My parents kept cafe ...

... CAST BELLE OR THE BALLIARD OF DR. CRIPPEN Musical with muvic and I>ric5 by Monty Nornwn. Book by \\.>f MankowUz. from a play by Bewrky Cum. Presented by Wolf Mark*iii. vith Bob Swash and Kcnticlri .ir* by arrangement with Send M.mor Jnis: Lid., at the ...

... huried from all quarters at Wolf Mankowitz and his collaborators because of their production of Belle, or the Ballad of Dr. Crippen, a musical based on the notorious murder drama of fifty years ago. Not so mucn bau taste in putting Crippen, Belle Elmore ...

... to be kept in mind regarding Belle the new musical at the Strand, is the second part of the title--Or the Ballad of Dr. Crippen. The story of Crippen. Belle Elmore and Ethel le Neve has been given the ballad form, atmosphere and emphasis hv Wolf ...

... BELLE' For Belle. the musical at the Strand Theatre, about Dr. Crippen, the murderer whose name became a household word. is undoubtedly good entertainment—colourful and tuneful. Whether it is a suitable subject for a musical with some of the people ...

... 'Belle' SIR, Thanks to R. B. Marriott for his imaginative and exJ tremely fair review of Belle, or the Ballad of Dr. Crippen. Also for the balanced leader, Bad Taste which gives credit to Wolf Mankowitz and his asso ciates for having had the courage ...

... of - Belle by Wolf Ilankovrtz prove unpalatable are dispelled. Belle IN a play In pure musk style: far from painting Dr. Crippen black It made one feel rather sorry for the little man. This is an exceedingly lively production, with of mus C3l Items ...