Fry foursome
It has always seemed to me regrettable that we have had no opportunity of seeing as a single entity Christopher Fry's sea- sonal quartet of plays—The Lady's not for 'Burning (Spring), A Yard of Sun (Summer), Venus Observed (Autumn) and The Dark is Light Enough (Winter)—written over a twenty-year period. The omission is about to be rectified by actor George Baker's production company, Candida Plays:
'Let them eat cake'
Fry is now at work revising the plays (particularly Venus Observed, with which he has always been dissatisfied), while Baker busies himself with casting. Rehear- sals begin in August, the tour in September. Later it is hoped to take over a West End theatre for a year's run from November.
There will be a better chance of that then than at present when theatres in the -tourist-crammed capital close nothing that has the remotest chance of an audience, while sometimes worthier plays queue hope- lessly in the provinces. Candida's last pro- duction, a revival of Maugham's The Con- stant Wife, had to fold last weekend at Guildford. where it has been succeeded by another hopeful, the Lesley Storm comedy. Look, No Hands. I understand there is no truth in the rumour that this one's title will be changed to Almost a Lady, follow- ing the announcement of a knighthood for Rank chairman John Davies, ex-husband of its star, Dinah Sheridan.
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