... leisurely development of either character or plot. And if you were hooked on part one, you'll be on the line to the death, so to speak. Meanwhile it remains only to record that Joanna Dunham, David Knight, Melissa Stribling, Beth Morris and half a dozen more ...

... sequences that open and close the show. But a good report for the lighting and for the unselfish support of John Cleese who can speak a tag line and yet leave all the credit for it with the star. ...

... administration, and Philip Smith the new student who (wait for it) turns out to have come from darkest Africa and behaves and speaks like an Etonian. There is material there all right if it can be worked upon. Monday's script depended in part upon the humour ...

... scares, invites ridicule, and savours blood with gentlemanly relish. Dr Van Helsing is the comedian of the piece, a Dutchman speak ing broken English, and very amusingly played by Geoffrey Freshwater. Among others who bring zest and personality to the production ...

... reunion? Derek Farr as the elderly, self-doubting academic was rather good. His air of abstraction and declarative manner of speaking both inside and outside the classroom were fine brush strokes in a splendid portrait. He was ably supported by Pauline Yates ...

... gestures contrast with the aimless arm-waving of some of the other members of the cast. And these gestures and her expressions speak volumes of disapproval, surprise and a certain resigna tion but even that has its breaking point, which comes inevitably as ...

... imaginative. Here is decidedly a director, a personality and distinction, yet clearly and harmoniously he lets Chekhov himself speak. All is bound closely together, atmosphere, character, situation, event, dramatic development, comedy stress, so that there ...

... all three go down to the sea together. The writing is very good indeed, and Diane Cilento's direction lets her three players speak for themselves. Jim Clay and Charlie Paton have washed the stage in heat and we are led in and out of the action by slides ...

... production of Man and Superman at the Savoy Theatre, the sandwich board. The well-dressed young man between the shafts, so to speak, is 19-year-old SIMON COPSON, from Leicester. ...

... though not when she becomes hysterical and Anthony Andrews, making a welcome return to the stage after his film successes, speaks persuasively for the unplea sant journalist. Perhaps if Mr Andrews needs a week off some time, the management will ask me ...

... himself repairing a tv set, an Inspector (Police? He wears navy-blue trousers) is in a state of agitation waiting for a woman to speak and the remaining man. officially in charge, goads the others with his incessant talking. The woman is offstage and her heavy ...

... but this, too, disappears without trace. Lynn Farleigh, clad in gold from skuil-cap to ballet -shoes, looks mar vellous and speaks with admirable clarity, while Ian Charleson and Julia McCarthy support her as doc tor and gentlewoman. Director is Jack Emery ...