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Arts

M us ic Let's hear it for Harrison Robin Holloway acclaims Birtwistle's primeval inspiration T he closing span of this year's Centenni- al Proms has been distinguished by pre-......

Theatre

The Letter (Lyric, Hammersmith) The Glass Menagerie (Donmar Warehouse) Suspiciously well-timed Sheridan Morley S omerset Maugham's The Letter is probably now best known (if at......

Opera

Arianna (Royal Opera House) Carmen (London Coliseum) Waiting for Bacchus Rupert Christiansen T wo hours ten minutes in a theatre with- out an interval, as Charles Duff's recent......