30 NOVEMBER 1956, page 17

The Perfect Circle

SOMEWHERE in Claudel's voluminous and anguished correspondence with Gide he describes his idea of Christopher Columbus, remarking that his greatness did not lie in the discovery......

Soothing Mixture

FRIENDLY PERSUASION. (Empire.)—LOSER TAKES ALL. (Carlton.)—THE LAST WAGON. (General release.) WILLIAM WYLER'S Friendly Persuasion is in a particular Hollywood, but not really......

Covent Garden

THE revival of Otello at Covent Garden last week was the first production this season in which the performance has risen—on the first nights at any rateabove a rather dull......