19 JULY 1975, page 26

Opera

Virtue and necessity Rodney Milnes The Royal Opera has been noticeably defensive about the Peter Grimes they unveiled last week, referring to it in advance as a 'new staging'......

Cinema

The least of Lester Kenneth Robinson Royal Flash Director: Richard Lester. Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Florinda Bolkan, Oliver Reed,_ Britt Ekland 'A' Odeon, Leicester Square' (120......

Ballet

Gaining points Robin Young It is not very often that I have had much nice to say about the Ballet Rambert, so I am tempted to think that the column which follows might be the......