14 AUGUST 1971, page 20

Theatre/television

Hamlet and Spamlet KENNETH HURREN It is a rare generation that lacks its very own Hamlet to take lovingly to its heart, forsaking all others till age do them part. For this one,......

Ballet

Tetley's tediums ROBIN YOUNG Glen Tetley's Field Figures was part of the Queen Mother's 71st birthday treat on its first performance at Covent Garden. It was impossible to gauge......

Cinema

Not making it CHRISTOPHER HUDSON Villain (' X ' ABC 1) is another moulting wreath on the coffin of the British gangster film. Richard Burton, piggily unpleasant as Vic Dakin an......