2 JULY 1921, page 23

Some Plays Worth Seeing.

Lyme, HAMMERSMITH.—The Beggar's Opera •• 8.30-2.30 [The first and best musical comedy.] COMEDY.—A Family Man •• ••■ 8.20-2.30 [Mr. Galsworthy'a moderately effective play.]......

The Theatre.

BEN JONSON'S "BARTHOLOMEW FAIR "—THE PHOENIX SOCIETY. WHEN we have said that Bartholomew Fair is not quite so dull to witness as it is to read, we have almost said all that is......

Poetry.

REQUIEM. A STRANGER told me you were dead, And I, unmoved, replied, Asking in even tones, the place And hour you died. But as, half reverently, he told The things I asked of......

Books.

WORLD REVOLUTION.* WE have written elsewhere on the question of secret societies and Mrs. Webster's handling of this perplexed and perplexing matter in her new book. Here we......