6 DECEMBER 1963, page 17

Vestal And Festal

La Bayadere is close to the heart of every Russian ballet lover, and for that matter lover of Russian ballet. Choreographed in 1877 by Petipa for his favourite ballerina......

Britten And Tippett

By DAVID CAIRNS WE expect a composer's later music to be like his earlier, only more so. A change in manner like that between middle-period and late Beethoven is terribly......

Crazy Madness

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. (Coliseum; certificate.)—What a Crazy World. (Rialto; 'A' certificate.) Stanley Kramer's Ir.) a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is an American......