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1953 14 THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN SATURDAY MARCH MISCELLANY -Criticism with humour By Neville Cardus and surrounding districts are all famous for their simnels, and the great antiquity of the sweetmeat is shown in the Book cf Battle Abbey Panem regiae mensae apsum, qui siminel vulgo vocatur a bread fit for the royal table. Much later Herrick (born 1591) says in his Hesperides: I'll lo thee Slmnell briiw 'Oainst thou go'it mothering: So that when she bleiteth thee. Half that bleislnt ttaou'It live roc. especially if he Has laboured hard scholarship, to seek "to see the object in itself it really is" and no harm is done so long as a writer doesn't get on stilts to look for the Thing-in-Itself. But should music criticism, more than any other activity of man's mind, tremble to contemplate mortal relativity and prone-nesa-to want of settled opinion on any subject for any length of time And why fear of how silly a contemporary judgment may look in the eyes of posterity There is no evidence at all that posterity be wiser or more intelligent than the and the worst of us of 1953.

I am not, myself, depressed in the least should argument against the futility of criticism be put to me in the familiar way If six of you listen to the same work or same performance the result will be more or less different reports." What it and who, anyhow, hath believed our report? There would surely be reason acute depression, and much dullness would ensue, if every critic agreed in the main on any work of genius. The critic's responsibility is not such a burden that he need wear a long face per Chess Against Time When the spirit of the jet-age invades the leisurely atmosphere of a game of chess it is time to take notice. And what you may notice just now is an announcement of the first British Speed Chess championships, which are to be decided at Whitsuntide. -Games will be played at a fast speed. Ten seconds only will be allowed for each move hardly time, one would have thought, to say "Your move." The ringing of an automatic bell every.

ten seconds will control the rate of play. There will be tvfo championships decided. One, the British club speed championship, will be for teams of four players and one reserve. The other will be the individual British speed championship. This association of a ten-second bell with the game that has boasted of contests extending through many months, and even years, seems to savour more of the boxing ring (where, indeed, complaints of slow motion have been heard) than of the chess table.

Chess has so far been a pleasant way of spending an evening, or an hour or two. The new method sounds a rather exhausting form of recreation. It raises again the question as to what is to be done with all the time that is saved. Perhaps someone will invent a new game. Or is the new speed method really intended only for those city lunchers who race their way through both the meal and the game Motxei's and Simnels Since the United States adopt so many of our customs it is a nice reciprocity for us to use one of theirs in "Mother's Day." I But in the North, at least, we have had a Mothering Sunday of our own for centuries, which is still observed in country districts if not so much in the large towns.

This falls on the Sunday in Lent midway between Quadragesima and Easter Sunday. It used to be called Mothering Sunday from the ancient usage of visiting the mother or cathedral churches in the diocese, when offerings were made. There were colourful processions, too, but since the thirteenth century these have been discontinued. The name of Mothering Sunday was retained but an actual parent was substituted for the cathedral, and it was the custom to visit one's mother and to leave gms oi irmKtis. money, or canes.

me kind of cake has been fixed by long custom as simnels." Bury, Manchester, everal shortcomings of con- One of the musical criticism vWiiicn at ftnlPorar IS having a rough time, tbe rv from its practitioners) is a t-Peeia lack 0f humour and an excess p5e" i mnitv. Bcckmesser is winning S0'C-, "it is still possible to come Irlnrl Tn op. 293b three motifs of different character are opposed cBt ii other in the first three bars yet ,0 re related to each other through ormai' device or another, such as Version, augmentation And so on. 'r might confldently have hoped this ff would vears ago have been slain ever by the ridicule of Bernard Shaw. eKwied the argon of musical 1 hv autilving it to dramatic j-n riPisiii.

3 in'. Shakespeare, dispensing wltn exordium, announces his li ec" at once in the infinitive, in which i i- presently repeated after a c'j'nnectinfi passage, in which, brief we recognise the alternative and a miipli rsr" TH the lepetition depends fijr.itic o'i-. el K-'-1' reduce of the first theme i 'l-t-n an episoae in ine ionic with us yet. still with us. v.A'i diamatic critic were to 'm i nut indeed in terms syntax but were to It is nowadays to go to music i -t uf Runciman's gusto Review." He wrote i Hayreuin tins way ie.v Siegfried, I thought lor the most part he stood vert Garden stage like od, with his mouth wide moment came for him to s-hut it." There is -in ot present the and Walkley.

the garrulity of rinnnish dry sherry wit V.agh layings-about of querulous ate There would be a t- ar.d national, if a wy.h darling a notice as Xewman A- greatest tenor of his Miacious preliminary liminary a ct clearing ot tne into action The ower the intellect." of the search for re. vie no: blunted the wit iter on music, else he envisaged and justified world" in which music man's time of life, will, more, valuable musical 1 ice bv at home -s Programme than' co'A maM to a. real t.t.r.fd Newman, L.i:"g:ord, Johr.itone, .1 because these 1" enjoyment of is r.o need for Even Mr New- deemed Troubled history of music 1 bility of rnmar. ur.to error, indivisible. e- the .1 natural vanity in man as to why this will best the six of for he is will if Oi.

in in." tbe to nas me. In the Manchester centenary exhibition at the Cuy GiDtive Andromache," bv Lord Lcishton. Art Gallery The two bronzes are the table is early nineteenth century. Below: Ben Nicholson, and Figure of a Woman," by MERITS OF TRIAL RUNS FOR PLAYS BEFORE LONDON SHOWING Faults of Construction Often Found By Gerard Fay London-. Friday.

of Eliot's lines which suggests a careful Mr Henry Sherek has given up his, analysis of the verse and a real grasp of option on The Bridge," which he its meaning, which is, as is well known, a produced some time ago at the Theatre good deal less obscure than some of the Royal, Bristol. It is a new and promising author's other writings, play though with manv imperfections The Croydon Repertory Players are by Lionel Shapiio. and it will be a pity if; showing themselves less imitative and a revised version cannot be seen sooner more original than some West End theatres or later in London We have few enough by presenting a special Coronation play, new dramatists nowadays who will not a revival and not a play which would tackle a difficult theme, and Shapiro have been produced anyway this year. It (a Canadian journa'list) did this cour- is "Our Family." by Ivan Butler and ageously. He created characters and Kenneth Watson, and is said to draw situation adroitly, and the fact that he certain indirect but clear parallels did not do so faultlessly is beside the I between the life of the Queen and of one porcelain, jacies, iV-c The.se concentrate mostly however, on the later periods, and it is surely almo.st a disgrace that nothing better than 1 eproductions of colour wood-cu's could be found to illustrate the pictoLii art of the Far Eat.

The collections of English fiom StalVot ri-shire slip-wares and to modem industtial and studio jnorlucts are excellent, and the fe.v p.eces of L.il'.ar. majolica and I Lspano-Moresque wares re of good ciuaht. One looks in a.n. however, -for Continental porcelains, to: medieval enamels or noms. or gold and silver wines, or for tapestries and emb'-o.

deies Tne sculptuie collection is considerably chtr than one might nae expected iro-m the appearance ot the galier in recent bat examples erv nearly all "jf dates more lecent than 18ull. The oniv exceiitions ot importance appear lo be two Nottingham alabasurs of tne lo'-it-t er nth centurv and the S.irtg thn.istv K-1. anv.n in tne Greg Room Wnile it is therefore true tr.e of tne g.dler-y its 71 NEW FILMS IN LONDON From our London F.im Critic petually and not enjoy a frisk now and. iueu. ixoDooy win De a penny the worse if pronounces the most unjust verdict he not sentencing anybody to death.

He write his best and amuse his readers (and that primarily is what he is paid for) he brings to his technical and cultural equipment some occasional flippancy or a willingness to laugh at himself. It is long since I personally got a good laugh out of writing on music. Even descriptions an opera libretto are now expressed in grave and rational language. "She is still this melancholy mood when Hans comes Norina rings the bell for the servants and demands that the whole of domestic establishment be brought before her." I preferred dear old Herr Fr. Charley, who decades ago produced in Leipzig a book of opera synopses for the benefit of English and American visitors Germany.

Mr Robert Elkin last year edited a new edition of Herr Charley's masterpiece (published by the Sylvan Press but it omitted one or two of the author's finest prose passages, notably the following graphic account of what happens Ambroise Thomas "Mignon" I quote! trom memory, for alas! my "original trom memory, for alas my copy or tierr r. unarley Opera Glass long since been lost by or stolen from Herr Charley wrote his English vividly ar.d comprehensively, thus Mignon" Akt 1. Seen 1. Courting Yard Olde In. Modtly crowde gahthered tor rejoigings.

Townsmen and Travail-lers. Enter Troup yith Philine, dazling coquette. And her fiend Laerte. Also old anged Mintsrel Lothario, strike sombre tur.e. Extracted of misfortune he roometn for seek of dauhghter Sperata.

Band of Gypsy dance. Young maid numeth Mignon is make to preform by strong bullied stick of grasping Leader Brack of Wiskerth. Wilheim Mei.v.er forward sprang gasping wiskert the neck outwaid where it brake r.earlv. Let go ner Wi.iielm Ana vi.iar. paiea to ooeyr.eis the critic who would not Ir.cre.rse his public ar.d his value to the community if he could in a notice emulate Charley's evocative prose and describe, ioir.e gasping wiskert neck of Ter.r.or where it brake nearly" How apt ar.d poignant, in the context, is the phrase "Townsmen and Travaillers An.

Charley, thou be at this pedantic hour perhaps seem to be er.3..1. 'it-'- '-'f-remains that, for all its ciazl.ng supeiticiai qualities, fiim does not at all succeed in re-creating the Palis of the Impressionists. It may snow us (however lefiy) Lautrec. Seur.it. and Anquetm at th.e Deux but it does not even begin to suggest the -eething.

argumentative society of which Lautrec was a member. Even that first brilliant scene at the Moulin Rogue apart from being spoilt bv the wild miscasting of the doll-like Zsa-Za Gabor as Jane Avi ii is something looked at by a foreigner. And the farther the -tory moves from those opening sequencer the more it loses sense of lime and place. The constat. reminders of the works of Lautrec ar.d his contemporaries are a de.ig.it in themselves with eacn successive minute of the film the feeling gro.vs that a Fier.ch director, working in the bleaker convention of black-and-white cinematography, could have kept much closer to tne heart ot his subject.

Bv its initial sequence, by its use of Technicolor, and, it rr.ig.it be added, bv the hardships its chief successfully endures. t.10 film achieves a remarkable tour But it does not bring Toulouse-, Lautrec to lite 11 his time and place. Indeed, only one character in the film person of flesh and blood and that 1-the vicious. Irs: soul Marie Charlet, as played by the Trench dancer Colette Marchand. Street Corner at the Odeon.

Leicester Sauarei 1 a brisk and competent tribute to the efficiency, tact, and. be it added, goon looks of the women's police lorce. Muriel Box directed it Anne Crawford, Rosamund John, and Barbara Murray tire among the leading policewomen, and Pcggv ummings is much more charming than ought to be as a feckless young mother, whom the women's police rescue tiom the consequences of her lolly. CORONATION MUSIC announcement in the London Gazette" last night said that the Privy Council Coronation Committee had approved for publication the form and order of divine service, including the music, at the Coronation. Director Of SlUilt OLIVE ZORlAN ARDA MANDIKIAN MEWTON-WOOP GEORGE MALCOLM ALEXANDER 100 YEARS AGO From the "Manchester Guardian of March 9.

1H53 C-DAY Sing- a song of dollars, a pocketful of dough, Half a million visitors for the Royal show Pickets at the key-points, coppers standing guard Operation C-Day is announced by Scotland Yard. On the stroke of midnight squads will go their rounds, Hold up London's traffic, shut the Undergrounds, Barricade approaches, fill invasion gaps. Synchronise at zero hour and open tourist traps. Round up early stragglers, scatter midnight queues. Give reserved-seat holders unobstructed views.

Usher to their places chosen V.I.P.S, Pay particular regard to nobs from overseas. None must be admitted without a valid pass Keep boys off the railings, keep them off the grass Pockets of resistance must all be put to rout Rush the ticket-holders in and keep the public out. Fiiteen thousand coppers mopping up the mob. Army reinforcements helping with the job. Standing room restricted, pavements lined with troops.

Terraces and windows kept' for higher-income groups. Grease the handy lamp-post. Spike the wall and pole. Movements of the masses curb by crowd-control. Close the state procession route, keep the crowd at bay.

clear the Cockneys or! Coronation Day. i the streets on Mercutio. of her subjects born at the same time. Richard Baldwyn is directing and the cast includes Rosemarie Dunham, Christine Bocca, Will Leighton, George Baker, and Marjorie Morris. The first nights next week are Monday, Croydon Repertory Theatre, Our Familv Theatre Royal, Stratford London Theatre Workshop's Juno and the paycock Tuesday, Memorial Theatre, i stratford-upon-Avon, "The Merchant of Venice Q.

Six to Ten Gateway, The Deserter." Wednesday, Embassy, Hark the Herald Angels Park Lane Theatre, The Park Lane Revue." Thursday, King's, Hammersmith, Macbeth." Friday. Globe. The White Carnation." The White Carnation is R. C. Sherriff's comedy written specially fdr Ralph Richardson.

The director is Noel Willman and among the players are Harcourt Williams. Meriel Forbes. and Colin 'Gordon, BROADCAST OF BIG RACES IN CORONATION WEEK The B.B.C. announced yesterday that agreement had been reached with Epsom Grandstand Association, for the broadcasting of the Derby, Oaks, and Coronation Cup races during Coronation Week. 3191) TbursiUj a 0 p.m.

26 lYUtcb The Neve- Erm Concert Society presents ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Symphony No. 102 In flat Haydn Concertante Quartet for Tour Wind Instruments nnd Orchestra Mozart Symphony No. Richard Arnetl Overture: The Flying Dutchman Waaner SIR THOMAS BEECHAM. Bart. Tickets: 126.

10-. 76. Concert Manasement WILFRID VAN WTCK. Fridat 8 0 p.m. 27 Murcb Phllharmonla Concert Society present PHLLHARMONIA ORCHESTRA IFounder and Artistic Director: Walter Lese) FURTWANGLER Overture 17-smont BeetrtoTen Symphony No 6 Pastoral Beethoven Symphony No 7 in A Beethoven Tickets: II-.

15-. 126. 106. 76. Box OtSce tWAT 3191).

usual Atcnts. and from IDBS TILLETT 12-i Wismore SL. London W. 1. Thursday 0 p.m.

2 AjKll THE BRITISH ORCHESTRA (Ex-Members Association of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain). Pianoforte DENIS MATTHEWS WALTER SL'SSKIND Overture Romeo Juliet Scottish Rhapsody for Two Pianos Sinfonlx Symphony No 1 In minor Conductor WALTER SL'SSKIND rickets 10-. 76. SI-. 316.

TchatVorskT Brittea J. Bach Sibelius :6. Box Office (WAT 3191), usual Asents. and from IBBS A TILLETT 124 Wlsmore London W. 1.

Concerts SOUTH CHESHIRE HOSPITAL AMENITIES FUND SUNDAY, MARCH 22. 1953 In the CIVIC HALL. NANTW1CH." at pj. PIANO RECITAL BY RICHARD GREATOREX The Projramme will include worts br: Chopin. IJazt, Bach.

Dohnanvi. Schubert. Schumann. RactuxxaoinoQ. Tickets, priced 76.

6-. 4-. 26. may be obtained from Messrs R. O.

Harris. 17 and 46 Hospital- StrVst, Nanttich: or Boasons and Doit. 27 Victoria Street. Crewe. FREE TRADE HALL.

MANCHESTER. TUESDAY. MARCH 24. at 7 30 p.m. S.

A. GORUNSK.Y announces LUIGI INFANTINO The World-famous Tenor. I'rocTtmme Includes: Flower Sons (Carmen). Vour Tiny Htind is Frozen (Boheme). (Marta).

Lrxo (HanUel). Santa Lucia, etc rickets 76. 6-. 1'orsyth 5- 36, 26. 126 Deansgate.

Including tax. Manchester. GENUINE BEL CANTO SINGING NOWELL Recognised World Authority HUnest Specialited Refretbf Courses for Professionals. Advanced Staffers. Serious Beslnncrs.

coznpUtc trsJfilaa. Exclusive Voice Tests. Opinion. Advice. FORSYTH'S.

Deanssate. Manchester. BLA, 32t point. There is complaint sometimes that try-out-s of this kind are unfair to playgoers outside London. They certainly are not unfair to dramatists, for they are the research method by which faults of construction are found faults which do not show themselves in rehearsal but can only be seen in the presence of a genuine audience.

It is not the usual practice nowadays to open plays cold in London without giving tnem a trial run, nor is it unusual for the provincial audiences to pack the house and enthusiastically accept plays which either never arrive here at all or close after a short run. The try-out system is not infallible, but managements seem to regard it as indispensable. Rehearsals of Murder in the Cathedral at the Old Vic are going well and Mr Helpmann. the director, is using, unchanged, the setting and costumes which Mr BenthaU was working on before illness forced him to eive tin the production. He had only just started work on it in the theatre, so Mr Helpmann has had his own way almost from the beginning.

He will hardly be pleased if the "balletic" side cf Ins production is over-emphasised but it shows in rehearsal, for instance by his interest in gesture and posture and by his insistence on perfection in movement. The lLTl the verse. Ilis showing an understanding London Concerts carec.or ruble li'ms about life Ur.i:erl States. 1 American history 1 and he r'm- arjo.i; Africa ar.d much-praised, film-biography of Moulin Kouge tat the fir-t European him to a moment of the Impres- tiri the stove-pipe American fiim- i.ter.t and exuberant -aid 0. Moulin period in yet made i seems may be well to mt.r.'.s Not only make Techni-" beau'v i u-e and himself, '1 film indeed, a ir a- :r.et might have Moulin lasts about a 'vi be remem- go-geous, attno-i though t- at the book r' accurate 1- er to: gets that oromot.

a a a. together ic to make real iNfd puppets f1. women -1011. ere tr.e tne of the exttcme'v that it to v. ear boot--t lower tiart oi riignitv by tne o' on'-iderable marie bv a less Huston it might HALL.

Totnes Devon. Rodin's Eve dated (left) a mahogany sof table. Elizabeth Andrews of existence as a municipal collection are very considerable, the hst of obvious desiderata is still a vcrv long one. Mondav's opening ceremony is to be made the occasion also for the unveiling of Epstein's lar ge bronze figure Youth Advances, commissioned by th.e Arts Council tor the Festival of Britain two ears ago This has been temporarily placed an angle of the entrance but it is to be hoped that a mote suitable situation for it will eventually be found A figure with such terrific energy of movement requires an ornn-air setting and a mgrier pedestal One more feature of tne display calls for comment, namely tne conversion of tne balcony into a gallery of local worthies. T.ie provision ot such a gallery certainlv ought to be among t.ie duties of the Art Committee This, however, is uemaps r.ot trie ideal pos.tion for it The uistinct'y lower level of artistic attainment in these poi traits makes an unfavourable impression on the visitor durmg his ascent of the sta.rcase to the main galleries on the uppt lloo: A.

day publication, for the insertion ot news. We have therefore resolved to make the folltj.ving changes in our arrangements; commencing with the publication of Saturday next, th.e 12th instant 1. All advertisements will be printed a somewhat smaller type than heretofore being fact precisely the same as that used the Tunes 2 No cuts block', or of any kind can be inserted w.lh advertisements. The ncedless! occupy space; they disfigure the pages- of a newspaper and their onlv use is to attract attention to one advertisement at the expense of all others Theie will be a ver slight increase of ch irge upon short, and a somewhat gi eater increase upon long advertisements. 1.

No medicine advertisements can be received except at the full scale price charged on all other announcements Of course the two latter changes will not Si as me uui- 3uu.ii.nmh ENTERTAINMENTS, 1,1 (j 0 p. Ill 14 rsiaicn Repeat Performance or Handel's MESSIAH Tdlled by John lohln nt entirety with original accompaniments MARGARET F1I LD-Hl l)h NANCY LVANS ALHU1) DTLLrR RICH ARP LI WIS JOHN HANKS LONDON CHORAL SOCIETY KAIMAR CHAMBLR ORCHESTRA JOHN TOI1IN Tickets 126. 10J-. To morro' IS March 3 0 m. CONCLRT BY THE rAMOL'S SALE CHOIR uf Cheshire Conductor Abl'RED HICSON Soln.sl ISOIIkL LtAlLLlE Pianoforte IRNlsr 1LS1I and RON Al 15 HROAI11II.S I Oritun WILLIAM I1ARDWICK Tickets 126.

l(). 76 5.. Hot OIlKc iWAT 31s)D -i-ual Ascntt. and from IHI1S TII.LL I 1 1.11 124 Vicmorc St London lo-morrnw 7 .30 p.m. IS March LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Overture Lc Carnaval Romain Berlioz Prelude a raprcs mull d'un fanne Dchussv Piano Concerto No 2 In minor Raehmaninol! Symphony In flat minor Walton CYRIL SMITH GEORGE WELDON Tickets: 126.

II)-. 76. Tuesday 8 0 p.m. LONDON MOZART PLAYERS symphony No 83 In minor (La Poulc) Concerto for Two Pianos In-li Hat Overture. Prometheus Symphony No 1 in C.

Op 21 VRONSKY anil BAI1IN HARRY' BLFCH. Tickets 10-. 76. 5-. 36.

17 March Haydn Mozart Bcclhoven lleclhosen Concerts TUESDAY MID-DAY CONCERTS TUESDAY. MARCH 17. HOULDSWOR1H HALL 1 15 till 2 p.m. Doors open 12 50 p.m. VIOLIN RECITAL by the brilliant Australian arlist BERYL KIMBER CIIACONNE VITAL1 SONATA IN F.

Op. 24 IJEETHOVEN for piano and ylolin (Known as "lhe Spring HAVANAISE SA1NT-SAENS At the Piano GEOFFREY PARSONS ADMISSION 16. CHILDREN (under 16) II- LLSSER FRItE TRADE HALL. SAIUPDAY. MARCH 21.

105J Al 7 Jo MANCHESTER STRING ORCHESTRA tender. MAR UN MILNLR Programme will Include Divertimento GliKk-ttenjanun and Conterlo In lor Oboe and sirinus. Ernst rlthncr. arr. Rolhvvell: nlsu symphony No.

I in Hat. Bviycc. and serenade for Sirinus Ichaikovsky. EVELYN ROTHWELL, Oboe Gucnt Conductor: MARTIN FOGELL Ikkeis 50. 36.

and 2(5 from FORSYTH'S. etc liOVAL 1 i Tod one of the rooms and "The Age of Bronze and 1800. (Right) Still Life," by The exhibition which opens at the City Ait Gallery on Monday will give the public a better opportunity than it has ever had before of forming an idea of the range and quality of Manchester's art collections. Selected pieces from till the principal sections of the gallery's collections have been assembled, in a chronological survey, never have the galleries so 1 ich and attractise an appearance. Fuimtuio, silver.

pottery and and coatumc. punts, atercolou: s. and panning all each otrier and cre.t'e a far more complete representation of each period than is possible when the riitferent materials are segregated. So successful, indeed, is the display that it is to be hoped that the committee may decide to continue this principle of arrangement permanently. British art i.

eour-e. most niliy represented The seventeenth century is rather -spa: -ely illuttated. but the eighteenth and nineteenth century collections aie tmpiessivcly compi eher.si e. Two recent additions to the eighteenth-cento: collections now shown for the til st tin.e- a very pretty mauogunv sota-ta'ole ot Sneraton "st le and .1 theatrical p.cture bv Francis Among the things trie gioup of pre-Raphaelite pictui es ot outstanding interest. It 1- no.v ajiijaient.

also that the galler has been fortunate 111 its choice ot works" bv modern artists, from Wil-on Steer Orpen John to the extremely delicate and beautiful Ben Nicbol-on presented bv a bodv of Mib-c: ibeis aided b-. the Cont'empoi ary At I in 19.il "The little 100m devoted to French at: of the century ic iess ariecpiate Tie Irnnres.sionist movement is rcpie-enten orH i's minor- member- as and the'-e 1- nothm'i; hv Manet Monet. Renoir Degas Ce mie af.d C'ourbet are al.s rni.ss-ng Indeed, t.v is altogetn-'athc: eai; 1.: examples from foreign sci'iils. of pern The handiul I'ahan ti.c'.uri certan'v include- a fine mrio bv Pieo rii and a loe! Ma'teo ci; (j.ovanni but much more I mi- ii (t tne inr.ci ar.d Flemi-i and the hrer.cn berore B.i-o.on per.od. renin: a gie.it ded ot -implementation In the Gieg Room, on tne g'ound-tloo: level tiere is now a liner.il selection trom the collections of Cnine pot'try and London In Linn, luiiv llintovs in LONDON l.AUOHS Lauwhtcr all the way Mali IVVYCH (Tern and Lynn In Urn 1 rjver AMBASSADORS.

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Inr lour l)as HA( III I.UK HI.L'l.s." Leon l.rrul "I'liRIAIN CALL" Itv.hnn.olor spiti.il IIOM1. Willi KOI Al. (Hit Dtiltli Royal I TWO (AKIOONS PI III SMI1II 1 CLAIR JOURNAL Uily Ham I A I 1 SI WORLD Nl WS Sun 2 Tnj, ir WIILN SLI.LIMj OR BUYING I INL PIANOS CONSUL! FORSYTH 126 D12ANSGATE. MANCHESTER. 11LA 3281.

AND THEATRE BOOKINGS. On the wall is FESTIVAL HALL TO For READERS AND ADVERTISERS some time past we have Leen but too well .1 a tire lha cause to complain our readers had just the undue encroach ment of tisemem.s upon the space the columns of the Guardian which ought to be devoted to tne mseition of news and general mtoimution. and the month of June last, in apologising tor is encroach-men'. we expressed an opinion that the extiaordm.iry piesMiie ot advertisement, which we then experienced would be merel temporary After the termination ot the general election the pressu -e of udvei tu-en-ienl-s con.sicierably diminished; ana we did not think that a'n change in our an angements necess.i'-y experience, -iUT. us that the quantilv of ertising matter is still too lrige.

and ha.s convinced us p. it we shall not do uistice lo o.ir readers if we do not take measures on cfjuni at least lo a full pnye. ir in our oaiur- Theatres (UNCI- OI' WALtS. tUhlt NOV I ft A H. tc Sew Spctt uuMr 1 OI.U-S KLLh I'AKIS IO PICCAlill-l-V.

Uuh Alt-inr C'nsl i'RINCIS (1cm 606 I I lilt Constance Cumminns SHRIKE. Last two weeks 7 at Wed 2 ill Sjm jiinamakcr in SI. MARTIN'S. (Ion 144 1 i I tut 7 at 1 net 2 i Vli A UrRNAKU IlKAULN. JOAN'MILLLR In HIE MN Audience spellbound UalK lelcsrnph SHAM), llem 2660 I its 7 to Sat 5 10.

3d Th 2 .10 PHMXIS IALVIRI. NIC.IL PA I RICK In ESC.A- PADh. by Is MasD.iuii.ill (extra mat Las Moil Apl 6 VICTORIA PALACE. (Vic 1317) 6 15 8 45 lack llvllon pres I he Crazy Jamt Nerso and Knot Itiid I l.in'Otan Nauuhton and Oold In RINf. Oil rill- BIII.lA.

3'6 to 126 all bookable WI-srMIVSH (VW ()2M 7 30 Sat. and Ihurs 2 30 Jane llntler I.mrys Jones Andrew CrniLkshank In DIAL IOR MURDLR, .1 I (Whl 66')2 7 S.it It in JnhnSliter Ilrlan lilt RLLL CIAN I I IEROKS. 3i It If' latiuhtc. yiiu're here -C lul yWNDMIl.L i'ilc Ire KEVUDEVIl l.K 22.KI irai 'tstli cd (6ih week) Com dly 12 15-IO 35 L.isi Pert Worn A VIVIAN VAN DA MM PRODUCI ION "WE NfcVIK CLOSID." VVYNDIIAM'S. (Tcm KI2K Lvenlnut at 7 1 5 Matlnco lhursday 2 311 Saturdays 5 and 8 15 Peter Ustinov Moira Lister in I HE LOVE OI-' I.OUR COLONLI-S Alter the show Supper at EVE." IH9 REGENT SI.

London's Urishlcst NiRtltspot 8.30 lo 3.30 a.tu loorshow I a Members enq Res. U5S7. Opera and Ballet COVENT GARDEN. SADLER'S WEI.IS BAl.LEI. yits 7 30.

Mat Salt. 2 30 To-day mot. Lc Lac (let Outlet. Mon Giselle with Markovii -Tues ILillnbllc. Hie A Mirror for Witches.

Icm. 7961. SADLER'S Wltl.l.S. (Tcr 1672.) Evilt at 7 To-nlKht Die ITc.lerinaus. Th Toscu.

i iii-c iromen aim juuci. iuu hc I Tratlatn. Concerts IHCU TRADE 11 ALL. SUNDAY. MARCH 15 at 7 m.

HALLE ORCHESTRA Sir JOHN BARBIROLLI RAYMOND COHEN (Violin) Irumpct Voluntary Violin Concerto in Fl minor lsr. on Grcenslecves Vaunhan Williams. Symphony No. 7 In A Beethoven. Seals at 76 10-.

126 from Haiti nooklna Office or 1 rce Trade Hall to-morrow evening NORTHERN SCHOOL OF MUSIC ORCHESTRAL CONCERT IIOULDSWORlll HALL VMIIM.SOAV MARCH IV5J. Al Pronraniine includes OVIRIURI-, Rl'SLAN AND LUOMlll-A sy l.HOJ No 4 IN (i (LINK A OVOKAK PRIN lliOK DANl LS (will) chon I MPl Roll ONl.LU I O- MARY WTIITMOU Leader: PLRCIVAL Guest Conductor ERNEST READ Italtony Ircscrved) Stalls (unreserved) IIORODIN 1 III I I I KIVI 76 and SK 36 and 26 From FORSYTH'S nnd Hie School Proceeds in aid ot the Siholarshlp Tund i i a Tir ii sr SUMMER SCHOOL of. MUSIC WILLIAM (WATerloo i it a.m. It March ntnunvir SfldlCTY Concerto Gross'o No S2S Prelude. Am A Finale (arr.

Gui) Franck in a ilmliani Mendelssohn Pictures rrom an Ethlblllon Monttormky-Ratel IIOYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA vrrroRio gui Tickets: 15-. 126. 10-. 6. 5-.

Hot Olficc (WAT 3191). ntnal Acents. and trom inns ct. TILLLTT 124 Wlgmorc London W. 1.

I Thnrsday 8 0 P-m- 19 Mreh I nie Symphonla Concerts Society present ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Conducted bv STANLEY POPE lraclc Oyerture lohn Concerto In major Symphony No 4 in minor MimCI SCHWALBE Brahms ickets i'o. lint Othc-c (WAT 3191). usual Asents. and from iio, a-. a(o.

26. II1BS A TILLLTr LT 124 Wismore London w. 1. Saturday 8 15 p.m. 21 March IN THE RECITAL ROOM Masterpieces for Piano Trio LONDON CZECH TRIO Lisa Marketla Maria Llpka Karel Ilorita (piano) (violin) Iplano) Trio In Hat.

502 Mozart Duinky Trio. Op. 1 Dvorak Trio In minor. Op 65 I ureserved). nrace for details ot Proarammej and tickets available for further concerts In this series on March 2S.

April 18. and May 2 and 16. p.m. 23 March Phllhsrmonta Concert Society present I'HILHARMUNIA sJttsniut tf. trounder and Artistic Director- Walter Legiel SIR MALCOLM SARGENT Overture.

Corlolan Symphony No 41 in major WeetJSvVn Svmphony No 3 i Erolca ectrjpven Tickets: 15-. 126. 106. 76. 6-.

nv rmiee (WAT 31911. usual Anents. and from I 1BBS TILLliTT LTD 124 Wlsmore London w. I Concerts VICTOR HOCHHAUSER announces In Response to Public Demand VIENNA BOYS' CHOIR WILL GIVE A THIRD CONCERT ON SATURDAY, APRIL 11, at 8 p.m. FREE TRADE HALL VIENNA BOYS' CHOIR Programme will Include repeat oerformanci of the Comic Opera In One Act.

"TALES FROM VIENNA WOODS" by Strauss (in full costume). Waltzes. Polkas. Sacred Music, eic. Hook Now '26.

36. 5-. 76. 106. rom rorsyth's.

126 Dcansgate. Telephone BLA .1281. IRI.IS TRADE HALL. MANCHESTER. PIANOFORTE RECITAL Special Visit J.OSE ITU RBI v-nnntu Replhrvven: Uallade -b major and Scherzo in Bb minor Chorln: Rhapsody in Blue Wcrshwln: and works by Rsvcl.

Debuisy and Granados. Saturday, March 28, at 7 30 p.m. Tickets 15- to 26 FORSYTH 126 Deansgate Manchester. LlSWlS'S. Matket Stccct, Manclrcstei.

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