... A Row in the House RICHMOND FRINGE THE CURTAIN-RAISERS and after-pieces of the mid- and late-19th century make ideal lunchtime thea tre, as some of its more enterprising purveyors have realised. Richmond Fringe at the Orange Tree have dis interred Robertson's ...

... characterisation and strong farcical tnrust. It begins with a hearty marriage row. between Tom and Annabel Bryce. in their cottage at. of all places. Thames Ditton. The row has a tragic consequence, for Tom is left with the body of his wife, there on ...

... remarkable like ness and a moving characterisation which always rings true if not out if I couldn't hear from Row E, could the packed back row? Susan Hamp* shire is Siri von Essen-Strindberg, the estranged wife trying to recreate her theatre career by ...

... felt interpreta tion. Her tone has a lustre that melts the listener's heart and touches the fuse of remembered personal sor rows through the genuine emotional response she gets from Gluck's music. Jill Gomez and Elizabeth Gale gave admirable support in ...

... of the most controver sial poets of our time. Everything we know of Dylan Thomas, from his drunken stupors to his money bor rowing, was portrayed by David Ryall and Michael Mundell. They performed as separate entities, vet came together on occasion, giving ...

... Shaftesbury, is included in the exhibition of dance sculptures and drawings by Tom Merrifield which is at Gallery 22, 1 Elm Row, N.W.3 until July 15. Tom Merrifield was himself a noted dancer in many West End musicals before devoting himself to painting ...

... was refresh ing there were none of the restrictions of an automatic pairing-off of couples. One much-used formation was a row of dancers (unisex), arms linked through each others' belts the inspiration for the cygnets' quartet in Swan Lake Synchronisation ...

... the gimmick palled. It was used to far greater effect by Mary Longford in a mock strip routine, and the quietly positioned row or swans round this stage area somehow seemed highly symbolic. This was certainly an obscure work, but it had a force which ...

... wistful qualities of Tchaikovsky's music. What Silver really needs now is the opportunity to dance about a dozen Florimunds in a row, but until the company gets its own theatre this is no more than a dream in itself Ann Nugent DANCE ...

... by insect life, then by animals, then and the step is terrifying by the whole family of man. What a little girl in the front row referred to as a spinach hamburger and I thought of as a green mushroom with an ant- catcher's tongue led logically to the ...

... progress being made, particularly from the Chairman, and Thick Wilson turns in an amusing per formance as funnyman Abe Bur rows. but for the most part it is all as sad as Bob Sherman's portrayal of Larry Parks, whose showbiz career came to a grinding ...

... perfor mance as good as that of Tony Wilds as Henry, a production such as Mr Worsfield's which swirls the action between banked rows of audience. Mr Wild's own designs which alter nate drabness with a riot of colur and glitter, and movement which is nicely ...