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Theatre

Crime and Punishment. Adapted from Dostoevsky by Gaston Baty. (Arts.)— The Boychik. By Wolf Mankowitz. (Embassy.) ADAPTING a well-known novel into a play always poses serious......

Music

Wordsworth and Prokoflev. THE Royal Philharmonic Society's pro- gramme on January 13th contained two English symphonies, a heartening thought for composers even if, in the......

Contemporary Arts

CINEMA The Battleship Potemkin. (Continentale.) Hell Below Zero. (Plaza.)—Arena. (Rialto.) The Battleship Potemkin is one of the great screen classics. Made by Eisenstein in......