14 NOVEMBER 1947, Page 16

" ANNA LUCASTA "

StR,Mr. Peter Fleming, in his review of the play Anna Lucasta, now at His Majesty's Theatre, writes: "It is acted entirely by negroes, but there seems to be no particular reason for this, since the theme is not a racial one." Perhaps I can explain the reason. The American Negro Theatre has art as its main preoccupation, not the voicing of racial grievances. Surely negroes are not confined to plays with a racial theme.