3 JULY 1976, page 26

Arts

Good-time music Robert Cushman The first act of the evening at the London Palladium usually has my sympathy. Very often that is all it has; certainly it can boast very little in......

Films

Women Ian Cameron The publicity for Wives (Phoenix, East Finchley, X certificate) describes it—putting the words in quotes as if someone had actually said them—as 'sparkling,......

Opera

Marriages Rodney Milnes Any fool can mount a new production (and many do) provided the cheque book is the right colour. Revivals are a different matter, a matter in which......