27 JUNE 1952, page 12

The Gay Dog. By Joseph Colton. (piccadilly.) Tins Is...

as a " farcical comedy," but to my dismay I was unable to recognise the presence of farce in any strength. It is, in fact, a genial kitchen comedy in the Northern manner, played......

Contemporary Arts

THEATRE Tlie'Pink Room. By Rodney Ackland. (Lyric, Hammersmith.) Ir is sub-titled " The Escapists," and we -know roughly what we are in for when we see the hag-ridderi, the lost......

Cinema

The Importance of Being Earnest. (Odeon)—L'Uomo dal Guanto Grigio. (Studio One.)—Tora-No-0. (Rialto.) EVEN if it were acted by yokels, there is nothing, I think, more delightful......

Dial M. For Murder. By Frederick Knott. (westminster.)...

take the tip and not fail to carry a pair of scissors to the telephone when it rings op the evening when the husband is out. There is no knowing what might reach out from behind......