30 OCTOBER 1959, page 23

Opera

Glorified Vaudeville By DAVID CAIRNS WHAT is wrong with our two London opera houses, when you get down to it, has nothing to do with acoustics, voices, con- ductors or language.......

Cinema

Sundae's Child By ISABEL QUIGLY The Five Pennies. (Plaza.)—The Wonderful Country. (London Pavilion.) DANNY KAYE'S charm is sonic- . : thing I have to take other people's word......