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LONDON THEATRES: GALLERY FIRST NIGHT

... influence is still there. The critic is essential he is the custodian of the dignity of the theatre. He should not exercise his power, how ever, unless he loves the theatre. The London stage, he concluded, has its bad points and its weak nesses, but we are ...

Published: Thursday 19 January 1950
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 931 | Page: 12 | Tags: theatre review 

LONDON THEATRES: AT WIMBLEDON

... AT WIMBLEDON THEATRE GUILD REVIVES ROBERT'S WIFE The presentation of St. John Eryine's Robert's Wife by the Wimbledon Theatre Guild at the Town Hall on January 9 would do credit to any company in any theatre. But the poor attendance left the impression ...

Published: Thursday 19 January 1950
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 242 | Page: 11 | Tags: theatre review 

LONDON THEATRES: AT HARROGATE

... company, it was feared thai the theatre, one of the finest in the North, would have to be con verted into a cinema, owing to the lack of support. It can be under stood. therefore, that the founding of the repertory theatre was an ad venturous enterprise ...

Published: Thursday 19 January 1950
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 597 | Page: 12 | Tags: theatre review 

LONDON THEATRES: THE NEW

... January 17, by arrangement with Bronson Albery, the Joint Council of the National Theatre and the Old Vic (in association with the Arts Council) presented the Old Vic Theatre Company in Miles Malleson's adaptation of Molière's The Miser. This is a roaring ...

Published: Thursday 19 January 1950
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 408 | Page: 9 | Tags: theatre review 

LONDON THEATRES: TELEVISION

... Spring Heeled Jack added nothing to the argument for or against theatre relays. The Royal's audience on this occasion was so much a part of the play, and the atmosphere of the theatre so much a part of the setting, that it is difficult to imagine ...

Published: Thursday 19 January 1950
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 505 | Page: 12 | Tags: theatre review 

LONDON THEATRES: GUILDFORD PREMIERE

... GUILDFORD PREMIERE LITTLE EARTHQUAKE On January 16 the Guildford Theatre Company presented the play by Beatrice Mayor, entitled Little Earthquake. This play hovers uneasily between farce and the ironic Ronald-Mac- ks^zie style of comedy, with occa ...

Published: Thursday 19 January 1950
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 177 | Page: 12 | Tags: theatre review