20 FEBRUARY 1971, page 22

Theatre

The quality of Mercer KENNETH HURREN Bernard Link, the drama critic protagonist of David Mercer's play, After Haggerty, though a man who bears as stoically as any the suffering......

Television

Disturbances Patrick Skene CATLING `Some viewers,' an announcer warned us before The Rainhirds, Clive Exton's 'Play for Today' (nee 1), `may find certain scenes dis- turbing.' I......

Opera

Onegin no tonic RODNEY MILNES This is a good month for those who believe in opera as drama. Following Sadler's Wells's approachable Twilight•of the Gods, the Royal Opera have......