22 APRIL 1955, page 20

Sir,—mr. Wain Is Too Good A Critic To Need Support

against the emotional strictures of Messrs. Lloyd and Croyden-Smith; and Hous- man is too good a poet to welcome their kind of allegiance. During the last twenty years (ever......

Art

THE Hiroshima panels to be seen at the Col- lege of Preceptors in Bloomsbury Square are the most interesting paintings to have come out of Japan in recent years. They are not,......

A. E. Housman • 'snt,—for All I Know, Mr. Wain,

who describes himself as a literary critic,, is entitled to his opinion of Housman's poetry. I do him the charity to assume that he is not similarly qualified to write about......

Contemporary Arts

THEATRE • TwEurrst •Thom% By William Shakespeare. (Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.) THERE is a certain lack of heart about this elegant and well-paced production. The......

Sir,—in Mr. Wain's Article On Housman In Your Issue Of

March 25 there was a remark which one would have thought would have drawn the fire of your readers before now : I refer to the statement that Bentley left 'detailed proof of his......

Sir, — Mr. Adlai Stevenson Says That Thy United States

has a right to defend Formosa and ought to do so, but he does not say what right. The question is extremely important because it is being suggested that this country might be......

Theme, But Whose Plot Can Be Anticipated A Mile Off.

This crudity in the play itself can also be seen in the acting. With two exceptions the whole cast over-acts to extinction—whether it is the American accents or the relief at......