14 AUGUST 1959, page 24

Tender Darwin .

'So limited intellectually and insensitive cul- turally'—the determination to jerk us to attention is announced from the start in these prefatory epithets for Darwin, and the......

Bankside Holiday

Shakespeare's Festive Comedy. By C. L. Barber. (Princeton U.P. and O.U.P., 40s.) As to Shakespeare's comedies in the modern theatre, one hardly knows whether to be more sorry......