23 OCTOBER 1982, page 31

Television

Superior Richard Ingrams W aking up in the middle of the night last Friday I came downstairs and watched the final part of Laurence Olivier's Hamlet film on ITV. Despite the......

Cinema

Twists and turns Peter Ackroyd Deathtrap ('A', selected cinemas) I saw Deathtrap on the stage some years ago: it didn't make a bit of sense, and I forgot the plot as soon as I......

Theatre

Attention please Mark Amory Other Places (Cottesloe) I t is desirable for an audience to be not only awake but alert. At the first night of Other Places by Harold Pinter,......