... or two on difficulties facing an honest man forced to live among thieves and parasites. There can rarely have been so much fun de vised at the expense of the dead or dying, but Mr. Trumbo's honesty of purpose and strong sense of satire-- not to mention ...

... tense, gripping act in a disused granary in Blaise, where four men are wait ing to be smuggled into Spain. In command of this section of the River Line organisation is a French woman, Marie Chassaigne. whose strict devotion to duty never falters, even when ...

... themselves were prisoners in Stalag 17. There is a great deal of humour blended with the drama. The characters in this cross- section of American manhood arc brilliantly drawn and the stark realism of the setting is enlivened by skilful timing and grouping ...

... many ways tc fit in with Miss Neagle's abilities that some sections in which she docs not appear are apt to be Hal and cramped, with no individual talent to bring them to life. It is easy to make fun of the story, which concerns an actress, Carol Beaumont ...

... period as it was expressed in this section of the theatre. Mr. Wilson is serious, clever, inventive in an astonishingly short spacc of time he gives us what seems to be a whole musical comedy. He pokes light-hearted fun, polishes his whole work with neat ...

... did soft-shoe dancing: and Barbara Kelly and Bernard Braden sang a character- song from way out West. To wind up the first section of the programme was Tony Mariin. welcome with his individual sentiment in song and his insinuating personality. Stars in ...

... which was presented for the first time at the New Bromley, on Monday. Directed by Vere Lorrimer, the players extract a lot of fun from the domestic, homely story ot uie orphaned Winters family who find themselves enduring somewhat strained financial conditions ...

... n adds to the fun poked at man's fear of lost potency. Shostakovich's music makes much use of staccato phrases, often lying very high for the voice, and strongly rhythmic and syncopated accompanists for chorus and the percussive section of the orchestra ...

... MACMILLAN^ Triad may not be everyone's cup of balletic tea, and it certainly has its obscurities of motive in the central section, but given a performance as well danced as that by the Royal Ballet at the Coliseum on May 22. it is patently a cho reographic ...

... to make a firm dance, or even dramatic, impact. Visually rewarding, with costumes based on flags which later show the red sections running like blood, but overloaded with choreographic padding indica tive of an unclear sense of direction. All the same ...

... A cross-section of New Group work THE Sadler's Wells Theatre season by the Royal Ballet New Group performs a valuable service to those dance-lovers unable to afford Covent Garden prices, in that they present a cross-section of the group's work at com ...

... scoglio with appropriate mock ferocity, and produced a delicate, though firm line and sweet purity of tone for the middle section of Per pieta. At first, she seemed a trifle nervous in this particu larly taxing aria, but in a sense it added to the s ...