20 FEBRUARY 1953, page 12

Opera

Nelson. (Wigmore ON the face of it one would hardly expect a" concert-reading " of a new opera to give a fair or even adequate idea Of its quality ; and it seemed a doubtful......

The Temptation, After This Production, Is To Say That It

is the play itself which is of no importance : but that would be unwise, for it has its moments. Tennents have had it knocked into three acts, relieved of some of its painful......

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Rain. By. John Colton And Clemence Randolph. (embassy.)...

a wet, sweaty production of the play based on Somerset Maugham's damp, hot story about the tart from Honolulu who falls into the clutches of a Bible-punching missionary on a......

Contemporary Arts

THEATRE The Shrike. By Joseph ICranun. - (Princes.) THE captive is always likely to be an interesting and appealing figure on the stage. Put a, man in manacles and—unless you do......