... Murray took over the part of Romeo at very short notice, the production was generally welcomed as an attempt to let the play speak for itself. It also gives theatre- lovers a chance to see again Dame Edith Evans as the Nurse. Romeo (Brian Murray) interrupts ...

... he could and then when he had reached middle age, decided to live among the Italians, who have given up such illusions. SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE LIKE A NATIVE (Hamish Hamilton. 21s.) is the book which is one of the results of Mr. Menen's long Italian stay ...

... in im moderate terms against those who stopped the Minister in his tracks. They are content to let the rather dreary facts speak for themselves. The last has certainly not been heard of Mr McDermott, a man of talent by many people's reckoning and probably ...

... what it is worth, is claimed as the most expensive black-and-white film ever made. The huge cast includes 57 stars and 1 67 speaking parts. The list is so long that it seems to the jaundiced eye that everyone in the film world has done his bit, as they ...

... fairies are cast as small boys; the timbre of their voices is part of the haunting world of Oberon and Tytania. Puck is a speaking part, played by a boy acrobat, Nicolas Chagrin. This originality of treatment extends to the lovers, who are seen as a group ...

... His actions and statements are frequently in the news and his intentions may not always be properly understood. His book, I SPEAK OF FREEDOM (Heinemann. 25s.), should help to clear away such misunderstandings. It has the sub-title A Statement of African ...

... tax produced the larger surplus for distribution to shareholders) but Mr. W. Longman gave an optimistic view of prospects, speaking towards the end of 1962. Ranking larger than Longmans in terms of assets but recently showing smaller profits is the Gla ...

... and highly individual ways with love and crime, are moving, exasperating, funny or repellent and always vitally human. They speak with naturalness and behave often fantastically, but never unbelievably. They are characters in every sense of the word. I ...

... cover many subjects, such as death and rebirth, the nature of man, suffering and life in the world. On all of them the Sage speaks with wisdom and considerable humanity. Some of the dialogues have a humour all their own: Devotee: I have a toothache. Is ...

... Portugal almost no English is spoken. What Our oldest allies? And then I tried to remember one person I knew just one who could speak Portu guese. But it is a delightful book. First in the list of novels this week, for more reasons than one, is Miss Margery ...

... plans to leave for Perth in the autumn of this year Chief Kola Balogun, the Chairman of the Nigeria National Shipping Line, speaks at a luncheon in Newcastle-upon-Tyne after the launch from the Walker yard of Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson of the M/V ...

... the general editorship of K. R. Greenfield are responsible for this wide-ranging review in which the facts are allowed to speak for themselves. For the reader there is the fascinating exercise ot considering what might have been. Ann Welch and Gabor Denes ...