6 SEPTEMBER 1969, page 24

Theatre

Great dames HILARY SPURLING Dames at Sea (Duchess) Fuzz (Jeanetta Cochrane) The thoughtful impresario, and there must be many in our midst, may well feel a twinge of envy as he......

Music

Good mixer MICHAEL NYMAN For anybody following the Peter Maxwell Davies saga, the paradox embodied in last week's Prom—when he conducted the first performance of his orchestral......

Cinema

Decorated style PENELOPE HOUSTON Laughter in the Dark (London Pavilion, 'X') One thing must be said for Tony Richard- son: you never know where you are with him. Two films ago,......