26 NOVEMBER 1954, page 14

The Purple Cloak

Caligula knows how to entertain. Nothing can compare with his gladiatorial Shows; with his games in a circus all strewn With purple and panthers and Aethiopians Who box and act......

The Worshippers Of Paper Heroes Sink Into The Piling Pages

of their books, Wander through haunted gardens of dark ink, Till all the might-have beens, the dashinglooks, Young blue and gold fade into dusty grey, Flowers pressed between......

Upon Concluding Virgil

The book lay on the marble steps, bound In the silence of the newly dead. The Chian sea was feasting beyond the tranquil urns. Facing this wine-blue water, I cannot see you,......

Mediterranean Poems

Greece and Rome II' your troop-ship is sailing in fine Weather from Port Said to Gibraltar, And you sense behind the hard sky-line Athens and Rome—temple, dome and altar Rising......

Cinema

Garden of Evil. (Odeon, Marble Arch.)---- The Great Adventure. (Academy.)----- The Sheep Has Five Legs. (Cameo-Poly.) THE Western is perfect food for Cinema- Scope. Inside its......

Theatre

The Talk of the Town. (Adelphi.) THE word review' covers a multitude of sins. It can mean something performed in a cellar and depending for its effect on jokes about existenti.......