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Opera L'italiana In Algeri (covent Garden) Second-

Rodney Milnes ow new does a production have to be? Some of my younger and sterner confreres have been casting doubts upon the newness of Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's Ita- liana at......

Theatre

Candida (Arts Theatre) Mother love Christopher Edwards R eally first-rate productions of flawed plays can be very beguiling. Frank Haus- er's staging of Shaw's comedy Candida......