... players, show considerable con viction and sincerity. Julian Somers I is an ideal Adam, making the most of his lines and speaking with ex- ccllent diction. Stella Hichcns played Mary on Tuesday with a rare gentleness which in no way affected her clear ...

... Relph gives a characteristically polished per formance as the naughty but like able agent, and Denholm Elliott, as the son. speaks well^nd establishes firmly the young rrmVfc normality in an abnormal world. Valerie Taylor plays with her usual grace ful ...

... Underwood was thoroughly at case from her first appearance and seemed to endow other members of i the cast with her confidence. t Speaking very clearly in a pleasantly modulated voice. Miss Underwood I gave a really good portrayal of the i career-wife, excited ...

... You. Just You with Grace O'Connor as Mary. Miss O'Connor is a new comer who has come to stay. She has charm and poise, can speak her lines well, and sings beautifully. Her Don't Say Good-bye. in the first half of the show is particularly successful. Ian ...

... Credi( mus( go (o Mr. Kendall, loo, for (he co-operation which he obtained bc(wcen players, nolably when Amy's relations speak in unison. 1( was a pi(y, however, (ha( time seemed to s(and still during (he I though(-soliloquics. Perhaps the producer's ...

... a granite-like consistency. H. G. Stoker and Oouclav Muir have small parts as the celestial judge and advocate, and might speak up with advantage from their queer little elevated sentry- boxes. Mr. Sim's production, apart from any reservations one may ...

... externals. What amusement and excitement (here is is episodical. The arrival of the Russ an lady (for no apparent reason) who can speak little English beyond p'ease makes for some comical verbal misunderstandings; and he outburst at the dinner table, with the ...

... But the actor should resist a temptation to direct some of his more important speeches towards his boots. The play has 34 speaking parts, and these have been cast Tor the present produc tion with only two doubles. Inevitably many of the parts are small ...

... similar incidents are occurring in the rehabilitation-centres at the present time. Were it not for the fact that the author speaks with real know ledge, it would appear that his story might be a little far-fetched, so warped arc the minds of those poor ...

... points all j through the sketch, and certainly (Continued on pa(t 10) 40'oatia.ed from page 9) gave an excellent display. Speaking characters were taken by Christine Flatman, Ann SuHivan. Olive Adison. and Peter Mercer. The stage-director was Jack Bush ...

... old silent films. The characters simply mouth the words they arc presumed to be say ing, while the man with the um brella speaks the lines allotted to them. To make the whole thing just a little more obscure and con fusing the Italian interlude is sug ...

... offspring, of whose very existence she had thoroughly disapproved. The play betrays its novelistic origin. It contains some 50 speaking roles and is top-heavy with scenery and elaborately shift ing locales. The weird blend of farce and pathos makes unusual ...