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Who's Play Is It Anyway?

John Mortimer THE MOSCOW ART THEATRE LE'l'IERS edited by Jean Benedetti Methuen, £20, pp.377 T his is a chronicle of the enthusiastic cooperation, the arguments, the rivalry and......

Adopting The Necessary Disguise

Anita Brookner SECOND BEST by David Cook Faber, £13.99, pp. 218 T his excellent novel is about depriva- tion, which comes in endlessly varied forms. The most obvious victim......