23 FEBRUARY 1951, page 13

Contemporary Arts

THEATRE THE Madwoman was a succes Jon in New York ; and this country, which spends half its time grizzling because we see eye to eye with America (" subservience ") and the......

"man And Superman." By Bernard Shaw. (new.) No Dramatist...

more themes, or bigger themes, than Shaw did. Some were more congruous to his genius and his outlook on life than others—war, for instance, is a subject which he really......

I Wished, Emerging From Ivor Novello's New Piece, That I

had a stalling for every time Cicely Courtneidge had been called " indomit- dhle." It is hard to say: " Here she is again," without adding: " God bless her," for hers is that......