29 DECEMBER 1950, page 12

Music The Villain Of Tchaikovsky's Queen Of Spades, Which...

given at Covent Garden on December 21st, is the composer's brother Modest, who turned Pushkin's sardonic, Hoffmannesque tale into a conven- tional operatic libretto. The......

Cinema

" Samson and Delilah." (Carlton and Plaza.)=—“Transcontinent Express". (London Pavilion.) IT is impossible to write of Mr. Cecil B. de Mille's productions without using the......

Contemporary Arts

THEATRE "Bartholomew Fair." By Ben Jonson. (Old Vic.) " Tuts Way to the Fayre " says a large notice which is visible throughout the opening scenes; and at the sight of the arch,......

One Of The Greatest Difficulties Of Headmasters Is The...

of open testimonials which satisfy simultaneously their bearers and the truth. A prize of f5, which may be divided, is ofiered for sup h a testimonial from his headmaster for......