6 MAY 1943, page 11

" Present Laughter " And " This Happy Breed." At

the Haymarket. THE THEATRE MR. NOEL COWARD is now forty-four years old—if the ordinary books of reference can be trusted. He reached his lowest level with the operetta Bitter......

M U S I C

Two New Chamber Works A NEW Quintet for Clarinet and Strings by Dr. Gordon Jacob and Benjamin Britten's First String Quartet, which has not been heard in England before, were......

Art

The Royal Academy PEOPLE still go to the Academy, and still talk about it ; and while they do so it will be an enemy of good painters outside it. That is, while exhibitions......

The Cinema

" The Light of Heart." At the Tivoli.—!• Lucky Jordan." At the Plaza.—" The Little Hump-Backed Horse." At the Taller. ALTHOUGH The Light of Heart heads the list of new releases,......