30 JANUARY 1948, page 13

Contemporary Arts

THE THEATRE Mountain Air." By Ronald Wilkinson. (Comedy.) THIS play is described as " a Comedy of a Swiss Holiday." The " comedy " consists of the frequent mispronunciation of......

The Cinema

" Anna Karenina." (Leicester Square.)--- " Daughter of Darkness." (Carlton.) I DID not see Greta Garbo as Anna Karenina, although, much to my astonishment, I have found myself......

Music

The Mastersingers THE production of The Mastersingers at Covent Garden prompted feelings equally of gratitude and of regret—regret that the perform- ance should have been so......

" Bred In The Bone." By Michael Egan. (lyric, Hammersmith.)

MR. EGAN'S comedy—though whether it is meant to be a comedy or a problem play seems a little doubtful—has come to Hammersmith from Cambridge. It may find its way to the West......