... vear-old Avril Ticehurst. playing her first professional part as Red Riding Hood, steals the show whenever she appears. She speaks her lines and stngs her songs with confidence and charm so much so that many of the young audience are relieved when the principal ...

... that most people now accept the conven tion of actors speaking proper English when they are playing foreigners, whereas hearing Eng lish actors putting on accents when they are meant to be speaking a foreign language is both instrusive and inconsistent ...

... his stage work has been done. His first tele vision was a BBC Childrens' Hour play about Nelson in 1959. This was the non-speak ing part of a naval gunner. During the past 12 months film and television commit ments have caused Arthur's appearances at ...

... Catherine BBC, January 24. TECHNICALLI speaking, mis was one of the most successful of the Teletale productions. It was a fascinating example of what James Mac-Taggart described in Television Today recently as pushing the studio walls back. To say the ...

... for some criticism, but I found it exactly right for someone who wanted to improve herself and had made untutored efforts to speak better. Joss Ackland had a problem on his hands with the role of Norman. The husband could so easily have been played as no ...

... us on various subjects in the manner of a television university lecturer. He has Evely introduced his point and then, so to speak, reappeared made up to act his views. I don't think enough comedy has been extracted from this role of lecturer -Baxter, the ...

... Cargill carried off his dual rdle with an air that made me warm towards him. I like a character who confides in me, so to speak, and my only grievance about Mr. Cargill's performance, is that some o(f his murmured asides were hard to catch. In a classic ...

... did. Dallia Penn. as the Other Woman, never became entirely real to me. Perhaps this was be cause the writer allowed Rob to speak at length about her bril liance as an artist but did not let her prove this to us herself. It was her ruthlessness and lust ...

... the most compulsive beat of the acts featured. But was all that guitar-waving really necessary? Such an exciting rhythm can speak for itself. Gene Pitney, the young American singer who looks like actor Anthony Perkins, gave a dramatic performance of his ...

... rarely any great dramatic acting needed in this series. Most of the time Peter Woodthorpe as Frank had only to look pleased and speak happily about spending the money, while Rose, his girl friend (Pauline Delany) uttered eternal warnings about the outcome of ...

... persons who would make friends and influence people. All had the north country accent so beloved of television these days and, speaking as a north countryman myself, one the accent of Fatty I never want to hear again, on the screen or off it. I ended up by ...

... music of strong, literate dialogue of a kind that our passion lor realism had made all too rare. People probably never did speak like that-- but wouldn't it be marvel lous if they did! With another 15 episodes to come, perhaps a little will rub off on ...