20 MARCH 1964, page 20

Pinter's Marks

THEY say when Beardsley was all the rage Beardsley faces sprouted everywhere overnight: ' you couldn't walk down the street with- out finding his character- istics or......

The English Chekhov

The Seagull. (Queen's.) - A Kayf Up West. (Theatre Royal, 'Strat- ford, E.)—The Royal Commission Rev u e. (Mermaid.) THE English like their Chekhov to be a study in decaying......

Digging Up The Past

The Dutchman may be immature: its text may be naïve; the music's Weberian and other deriva- tive streaks may vex the purist (although they have never vexed me). But one thing at......