23 JUNE 1967, page 18

Cinema

Same tame James PENELOPE HOUSTON The Jokers (Leicester Square Theatre, `U') It is odd that perhaps the two most distinctive among recent thriller writers should both be......

Plotting Their Downfall Arts

CHARLES REID When in vacant, pensive or slothful mood, I sometimes crave for opera plots so basic that you can get a fairly clear idea what's happen- ing at first go, even if......