19 SEPTEMBER 1998, page 54

Smoking Only, Please

Michael Kallenbach went to Bayreuth and was horrified by the lack of sartorial elegance I t might come as a surprise to the follow- ers of German fashion icons such as Jill......

Opera

Otello (Coliseum) Persisting in perversity Michael Tanner T he first ten minutes of Verdi's Otello are among the most exciting in opera, cli- maxing in the hero's entry and his......

Theatre

Alarms and Excursions (Gielgud) Phedre (Albery) Via Dolorosa (Royal Court Downstairs) Gadget phobia Sheridan Morley H aving reinvented postwar British farce with his classic......