23 DECEMBER 1949, page 14

Contemporary Arts

THEATRE 44 Murder at the Vicarage." By Agatha Christie. (Playhouse.) AN odour of sanctity seems to be de rigueur for stage murderers. Last week we flushed one in a convent ;......

Music

THE performance of Lohengrin at Covent Garden on Decem- ber 15th was like meeting an old, half-forgotten friend. By general consent of the perfect Wagnerites, this is a......

Cinema

“ A Handful of Rice." (Studio One.) — " Jolson Sings Again." (Gaumont and Marble Arch Pavilion.) THIS is always a very difficult week in which to review films—at any rate if one......