4 MARCH 1955, page 18

Contemporary Arts

THEATRE The Bishop's Bonfire. By Scan O'Casey. (Gaiety Theatre, Dublin.) 'Luca an International night,' said somebody, 'when Ireland has been beaten I2-3.' That is a fairly good......

Opera

FOR want of high vocal quality, Sadler's Wells rightly makes a brisk and truly vernacular style the first aim of its performances. This is the characteristic virtue of the new......

The Great Debate Between The English And The American...

continues. I had thought that the transatlantic competitor had gone down for the count with Pal They, but here he is coming up lighting in a story of two simple mid-western......

Ballet

'PHENOMENAL' is a large word but it can con- fidently be used of Antonio, now at the Palace Theatre heading a troupe of Spanish dancers. His phenomenal quality is twofold; as a......