... RICHARD GILL'S Travellers, presented by the Repertory Players on Sunday last, has for characters the circus and fairground folk with whom the author, now an actor, once worked. In consequence, the characters and dialogue have an air of authenticity which makes the unsua' and to some extent unfashionable theme dramatically exciting throughout the first act and even succeeds in holding the ...

... FOR as long as one cares to remember the work, of Gilbert and Sullivan has. apart from the D'Oyly Carte, been presented by amateur companies with hearty gusto and moderate finesse. There can be few who Have not joined in the fun on one side or the other of the foot lights, cherishing memories of harmonious music and worthy witticisms of an individual style which has no equal. One therefore ...

... by R. B. MARRIOTT YOU should not miss Peter Cotes's fine production of William Inge's A Loss of Roses, with its three brilliant performances in the leading parts, which opened at the Pembroke, Croydon on Monday last. Joan Miller has rarely been better, Jane Griffiths establishes herself as an actress of formidable talent, and Alan Howard gives an outstanding study of youthful frustration ...

... BERYL REID, heading the cast of Leonard Schach's revue, Something New, is the biggest box-office draw in Johannesburg. Following up her success at the Hofmeyr Theatre, Cape Town, she is now appearing at the Playhouse with John Boulter. Valerie Miller, Francois Swart, Eatelie Kohler and Ron Shelton as supporting company, and the dance trio of Janice Fellows-Smith. Jimmy BeH and Lucille ...

... RICHARD MARKS, designer for ihe Liverpool Repertory Com pany, has excelled himself in the boiuifuHy s'.agcd and dressed pro duction of Glad Tidings, an American comedy by Edward Mably, presented on Tuesday last, at (he Liverpool Playhouse. The whole spirit of ihe play is gay and exhilarating, with wedJ- clched and well pUived charactci studies. Taking place on (he terrace of Steve Whitney's ...

... THOSE rare birds who have never had the pleasure of seeing Twelfth Night, and all those who have seen it seldom, will enjoy the current Old Vic production by Colin Graham, which is the same as last season but with a new young cast. They will find in Eileen Atkins, the Viola, a young woman of char acter who, with proper guidance and opportunity, should make the grade to an established ...

... by John Montgomery CASTING has started for The Password is Courage, which Andrew and Virginia Stone will produce and direct on location for MGM and Boreham Wood. Production begins February 12 on this true story about the courage of a prisoner of war in Germany. The atones are casting tne picture mcni- selves. The report that Connie Francis will arrive in April for a Metro musical is ...