1 JULY 1955, page 29

Contemporary Arts

Opera HE best Don Giovanni since 1939 in Britain is now to be seen in John Christie's opera- house in Sussex. Only one of the individual performances, though, would merit......

What Happened At Versailles ?

Stn,—May I protest against Mr. Walter Wig- field's totally irresponsible statement in your last issue that the experiences of Miss Moberly and Miss Jourdain at Versailles,......

Sir,—until The Obituary Notice 'remembered' By Your...

comes to light, there will be few who have read the story of the Versailles visions ready to believe it a hoax, Such a conclusion would be so out of character with the personal......

Theatre

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. By William Shakespeare. (Regent's Park.)—THE LION IN THE LIGHTHOUSE. By Billy Thatcher and Rolf King. (Embassy.) IT was pleasant to discover a......

The Attack On Bahai • Sir,—professor Zeine N. Zeine's...

and sarcastic letter under the title 'The Attack on Baha'i,' published in your issue of June 3, has attracted my attention and has caused me both astonishment and regret. To......

Sir,—the Repetition Of The Epithet 'corn-fed' In Your...

('a corn-fed Middle- West senator' on p. 800 and 'the corn-fed tradition of modern American poetry' on p. 803) recalls an older example of dietary pejorative. St. Jerome, in......