12 APRIL 1963, Page 15

SIR, —Mr. Kersley's attempted rehabilitation of Helpmann's Elektra really will not

do. Even if your critic had not already given argument enough in support of his condemnation of the ballet, Mr. Kersley's dismissal of any 'outraged moral reaction' would be appalling. The logic of his position is that we should leave both moral sense and intellect in the cloakroom before entering the theatre--an argument surprising in a man of Mr. Kersley's record.

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