... THEATER LEXIKON, edited by Christoph Trilse, Klaus Hammer & Rolf Kabel, 1977; OPF.RN LF.XIKON, edited by Horst Seeger, 1978; published by Henschelverlag Kunst und Gesellschaft. Berlin, G.D.R. at 25M. These two admirable books have no equal for comprehensiveness in the German-speaking world and even the international compendiums published in the U.S.A are nothing like as full or as well ...

... Nostalgia Isn't What Is Used To Be, by Simone Signoret (Weidenfeld and Nicholson, £6.95). CONSIDERING that Simone Signoret is one of the best-known Continental actresses in Britain, we know little about the woman herself, save that she has been happily married for many years to Yves Montand and has strong left-wing sympathies. This book, discursive and wide- ranging in tone and, at nearly 400 ...