... THE ' was the subject of a talk liven by Peter Moro at the Institute of Contemporary Arts on January 10 and illustrated by lantern slides showing the form of theatres past and to come; in fact, from the Greek amphitheatres to the new Nottingham Playhouse designed by the speaker and yet to be built. Theatre will always be a minority art form. said Mr. Moro, but the health of the theatre ...

... 'Iphigénie en Tauride' AMONG classical operas Gluck's Iphigénie en Tauride is still one of the noblest in musico-dramatic conception. A fine musical performance, but a poor production, marked the presentation by the Covent Garden Opera at the start of the company's first Edinburgh Festival appearance. The guest producer, Goran Gen- tde from the Swedish Royal Opera, has settled for a ...

... SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM ASK any newcomer to show business his professional ambition and nine times out of ten he will reply: To be an all-round entertainer-- like Sammy Davis, Jr. After watching the irrepressible Sammy's début on this ATV variety show, a good many people may well have been left wondering why. It certainly did not indicate the range of his talents and even ...

... JOKE OVER SO now we know. While John Whitney and Geof frey Bellman were collecting material for their hygienic, cellophane wrapped, cosy series Harpers West One, they were also observing life in a big store at a deeper (one might say, basement) level. The result was this ATV Drama 61 offering, a neat little story of a practical joke that misfires on its instigators. The trouble was that a ...

... THIS first segment of a four part portrayal of Cuba today (Granada, Friday Sept. 29) had moments of impact of the quality found in a truly great documentary film. It also suffered from some very silly mistakes. A close-up of a shop window full of cans with Russian and Chinese labels created with a sudden sharpness the reality of Soviet influence in Castro's island. The opening sequence a ...

... MR. COLE AND THE MIDDLE KINGDOM ALUN FALCONERS play rv (Thursday Sept. 28 A-R) was based on a factual situa tion, and as such made a dramatic plot. The dilemma of Mr. Cole when he realises that he could be instrumental in saving a man's life, if in fact that man's story is true, made for absorbing tv. The only thing that spoilt the story was the feeling that fictitious elements had been ...

... the dancers DANCE In international ballet seasons at Golders Green and Streatham Hill, ALL the stars will appear at EVERY performance, that is eight times in a week. This was once customary, but in recent years stars incline to take it easy, appearing only two or three nights a week the parts in which they most shine. And in a limited season such as the one planned for International Stars ...

... WHATEVER else is happening in South Africa today, Live Theatre is booming, and since the war many new theatres have been built. Regular theatre-going is confined to the large towns, and, the great majority of the theatre goers is drawn from the English speaking section of the Community. Ot toe eight organisations in more or less continual production, live are permanently based in ...

... IN-STAGE is attempting to raise 1 £25,000 for a new small theatre seating 250, where the company's experimental activities can be put on a sound, commercial basis. They are seeking support from members of the public, who can become sponsors, affiliates, associates or donors, according to the amount of money they are prepared to subscribe. In-Stage is a permanent group of professional actors ...

... IN two one-act plays, produced at the Arts. Cambridge, on Monday. Edward Atbee shows a remarkable dramatic talent. The Death of Bessic Smith, set in the Deep South in 1937. deals with the colour-tar which prevents the treatment of an injured Nefro singer in a white hos- pai and causes her death. The moment of truth and understanding brtween the white doctor and the Ngro who comes for help ...

... THE world premiere of The American Wife by Henry James, edited by Basil Ash more, is among the items comprising Our Little Life, which opened at the Pembroke. Croydon. on Monday last, and provides an interesting solo item for garet Rutherford, who leads the small company in this pro gramme devised as a study of the relationships between men and women. In The American Wife. Miss ...

... IT might not be a bad thing to give us a rest from Irish plays that is unless they can ofter in something more original and important than the old quarrelling, singing drinking and fighting. O'Casey is still hard to surpass, let alone emulate. A Whistle m the Dark, which erred from the Royal, o the Apollo on Tuesday, liier, proudly announced on ihe proprimme as prori.iWy the toughest piay ...