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Theatre

Political Pantomime By ALAN BRIEN The Hostage. (Theatre Royal; Stratford, E.)—Shadow of ,Heroes. (Piccadilly.)--Julius - Caesar. (Old Vic.) BRENDAN BEHAN admits he always writes......

Music

Ring Out the Old By DAVID CAIRNS MR. DAVID WEBSTER is fond of saying that the Covent Gar- den Ring is the best in the world. This may seem a per- fectly harmless eccentricity.......