... CONCERT AND ENTERTAINMENT NOTES. Mr. Tom Percival. In n paracrapti dealing with Mr. Andrew Roberton's enterprises last week an error was made in describing Harry Hatto and Madge Kurnival as being members of The aches Both these artists are with Mr. Tom Pencival's The Maidse and Middies. Mr. Matto as comedian-producer. and Miss Furnival as soprano ana entertainer, mi. rc*- oival informs us ...

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... THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST The Duchess of Gloucester was present on Tuesday at the first of the eight special matinee performances of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of being Earnest, which are being given in aid of the Actors Orphanage, Theatrical Ladies Guild, Actors Benevolent Fund General Theatrical Fund, and King George's Pension Fund, ex cept that next Tuesday, when the Queen ...

... I DONE A MURDER On Monday, January JO, Circle Theatres, Ltd., produced a play, in three acts and five scenes, by E. G. Cousins, en titled: 41 I Done a Murder V If red Hanible Ivor Barnard Ellen II amble Vera Lennox Edgar Moddling Ken.ieth Warrington (ieoffrey Treen Bryan Coleman Vera (iresland Nancy O Neil Anthony Horn whistle D. A. Clarke Smith Florence ModdLing Moll* Jaynor Tom Gresland ...

... BRISTOL OLD VIC New Season Opens THIS was the first production by the new company's new resident director, John Moody, and its success augurs well for what is to come later in the season. The Road to Ruin, Thomas Hglcroft's moralising comedy, which Revival of the plav by Thomas Holcrot't. Presented by the Bristol Old Vic Company at the Royal. Bristol, on August 30. Sellings and costumcs by ...

... ON Sunday. BBC Children's television begun a cycle of eight plays depleting the life of Jesus of Nazareth with the story of the journey into Jerusalem when Christ was 12 years old. The plays, to be shown weekly on Sundays, will culminate with the Resurrection. Obviously a great deal of delibera- lion and devotion have gone into the televis ng of this tremendous project, and the result, on ...

... TITLE seem familiar Arthur 1 Askey used it on his last BBC- TV series and retains it for his first all-live commercial series, pre sented by Jack Hylton. This Kicked off on Fridav and proved as funny as ever. It merited the sub-title Askey's Asides, as he was funniest when addressing viewers direct and going out of character to explain things that went wrong. Big was seen holding a mock- ...

... VT/HEN I say that the finale was the best thing in the latest Sunday Night at the Loodon Pal ladium, I do not mean to be rude. It is just a fact. Dickie Valentine. Bonar Collcano and Eve Boswell combined to make it a gay, lively affair, with Call the Whole Thing Off and Tender Trap. Up to that time the only outstand ing offering was from John Gilpin and Marilyn Burr, of the Festival Ballet ...

... UNCONVINCING PORTRAIT THE PLAYERS surpassed their material in Ronald Duncan's short play. The Portrait, pre sented on ATV on Sunday night. Andrew Cruickshank brought ail easy authority to the leading part of an internationally famous art critic whose comment can make or break a painter overnight. Fifteen years before the play opens his opinion caused a young accountant to give up his job and ...

... BID For Fame, ABC Television's shop window of new talent, will be switched from Sunday afternoon to Saturday evening on the 'North and Midland ITA Channels as from 22nd March. The programme will run fort nightly. alternating with Saturday Spectacular. It will take the place of The Steve Allen Show which has been taken off. The present series of Bid For Fame began in September and since then ...

... Edited by DEREK HODDINOTT EQUITY ATTACKS STV AGAIN SCOOTTISH commercial television is not patting oat enough alive programmes, according to the Scottish committee of Equity. There is precious little provided by professional entertainers, states the committee's annual report. When the I.T.A. was first con sidering offers from contractors. Roy Thomson, representing STV, said that Ms firm, if ...

... 'MAN ON A DIET' Your reviewers this week are Derek Hoddinott and Mollie Ellis. MY heart went out to Joey Miller in Man In A Corner, ABC-TV's production last Sunday, for he was on a strict diet so that he could pass his physical examination for the police force. Food in one form or another pre dominated in this play, and included some of the biggest sandwiches I have ever seen. Apart from the ...