5 SEPTEMBER 1981, page 26

Theatre

For real Mark Amory Children of a Lesser God (Mermaid) Loose Ends (Hampstead) Chapter Two (Lyric, Hammersmith) Plays about dwarves gain an extra impact because you know that......

Cinema

Lost in space Peter Ackroyd Outland (' AA', selected cinemas) Deep space is now the only area where cinema audiences feel completely at home: the eerie music composed by John......

Television

Overdose Richard In grams John Braine made a name for himself about a hundred years ago as the author of Room at the Top, a story of Northern lust and ambition which was......