24 MAY 1957, page 16

Aida And Lucia

THE Italian Opera Season now run- ning at the Stoll is considerably better than those of the past few years, both in its repertory and in the standard of the performances. Lucia......

The Mill-pond

The Chairs, by Eugene Ionesco, and The Apollo de Bellac, by Jean Giraudoux. (Royal Court.) ONE realises perfectly well that it is no use trying to convert people to Ionesco—it......

At The Dublin Festival

ONE had heard, of course, of the degeneration of the Abbey; but here it was, substitute playhouse, crumb- ling walls, threadbare upholstery and all, and a depressing evening it......

Three Sculptors

How often it is said that the English are not really appreciative of sculp- ture, but one of the most obvious features of our artistic life in the last ten years has been not......