7 SEPTEMBER 1956, page 18

At Arm's Length

As the BBC has courageously invited 'evaluations' of the Third Programme, in connection with its impending tenth birthday, I have been switching more often from tele- vision to......

The Berliner Ensemble

MOTHER COURAGE, THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE, TRUMPETS AND DRUMS, An adapta- tion of George Farquhar's The Recruiting Officer—By Bertolt Brecht. (Palace.) We are all greatly in......

What Miracle'?

THE Sadler's Wells Ballet's version of The Miraculous Mandarin is a less worthy con- tribution to Edinburgh Festival achievements than its last reconstruction (The Fire-Bird),......

Solid Gold

THE SOLID GOLD CADILLAC. (Odeon, Marble Arch.)---BHOWANI JUNCTION. (Empire.) FROM the opening shot of Judy Holiday entangling her umbrella in a passer-by, The Solid Gold......

There Is Something About A Bridle Play Which Disarms...

and even if the revival of Mr. Bolfry at the Aldwych were much less successful, it would still be welcome. For some reason the first act is more effective than the second:......