31 MARCH 1944, page 10

Art

Ivon Hitchens at the Leicester Galleries Six of the pictures in Ivon Hitchens' exhibition of recent - work seem to me to be the best he has ever painted, and that means they are......

The Cinema

"The Song of Bernadette." At the New Gallery. —" Heart of a Nation.". At the Academy.—" The Hard Way." At the Regal FRANZ WERFECS novel, The Song of Bernadette, has achieved a......

"a Murder For A Valentine." At The Lyric.

THE THEATRE THE drama can be taken too seriously (as Charles Lamb once sug- gested), but it can, also, not be taken seriously enough. Even if he avoids confusing true with false......

Strife

I DREAMT Orion drew his sword And turned in vengeance on the Bear.. I saw the starry features twist In more than mortal rage. And, as the ursine mass recoiled From that immortal......