14 FEBRUARY 1970, page 21

Theatre

Stags at bay HILARY SPURLING The Battle of Shrivings (Lyric). Peter Shaffer is a problem playwright. His problems—war and peace and the hereafter, not to mention youth, old age......

Opera

Thumbs up JOHN HIGGINS Given a tenor and soprano of good staying power, there are few pieces better calculated to send the customers home happy than the final duet of Andrea......

Cinema

Fancy wraps PENELOPE HOUSTON Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Carl- ton, 'A') Pookie (Plaza, 'X') The Lost Man (Odeon, St Martin's Lane. `A') Butch Cassidy and the Sundance......