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THE MANCHESTER GTJAHDIAN SATURDAY MARCH 22 1958 New films in London THE FALL OF A CITY Paris accepting shorter skirts and the trapeze line By James Morris DUNKIRK ATMOSPHERE WITHOUT FALSE HEROICS Film misses, pictorial opportunities By our London Film Critic To try to describe a very large event, involving a great many people, you may. if you please, choose between two extremes either to concentrate on a few characters and make their experience a microcosm of the larger reality or to go at the' job. head-on so to speak, and make a panoramic epic of it. This will be true whether, your medium is a- novel, a picture, or a film (a stage-play, obviously, has special disabilities in the matter of panoramic epics). But, if your medium is the film, the odds are will be tempted to go, for the large canvas rather than the miniature, -and so.

given the particular capabilities qf the moving camera. Sir Michael Balcon and his very capable colleagues of the Ealing group. in making Dunkirk (at the Empire), have tried to have it all ways they have used a mere handful of a section. of- British infantry under Corporal John Mills, separated from their unit in Flanders, and" a couple of the men who took the small boats across the Channel in those memorable days as the main thread in their narrative but they have also introduced, documentary-wise, some of the higher brass, managing or failing to ma3ia the war, and, finally, they have dwelt lengthily on the beaches of Dunkirk themselves, as large and -as populous, very nearly, as they were in may, isu. xney nave tried to nave it all ways and, inevitably perhaps, they have not entirely succeeded.

But, after all, for any of us who were grown up at the time, whether we were there, or not. Dunkirk is not so much an event ns profound, extraordinary, tangled, and singular emotion: and would have been a near-miracle if any film could entirely have succeeded, in doing complete justice to what we feel on the suDjeci. The wonder of -it is not that this film has done no better but that it had done so its oovious merits are its itnpec-eably good taste, its sincerity, absence, of phoney heroics witness its treatment of the bleak relationship between the retreating British troops and'the Belgian refugees, the stumbling progression by. -Corporal Mills from fuddled Incapacity to mild authority, and the blending of fear and general confusion' with individual snatches of decision and courage. All this showed shrewd, sensitive, and likeable observation, andk I would add that though the film does not1 make enough of its big gictorial sequences on the Dunkirk eaehes this' is its obvious failure it certainly, contains memorable pictorial moments such, for instance, as the scene among the refugees after the -baleful passing of a German machine-gunning aircraft.

The film does, all in aiL-go a long uray towards recapturing the Dunkirk atmosphere: this is-its most, notable" if not most obvious successiot, everirso. an entire success but much more than an honourable failure. the named players are such trusties "of I' film; acting as Bernard Lee, Richard Atten-. borough, 'and- John Miffls they' and, the less known Robert Urquhart. -Bay Jackson and others do Innocent Sinners (at1' the' Leicester Square was written, by Patterson" fronV -Burner Godden's novel "Episode of Sparrows arid-it is," composed equally of a touching '(in the betJ sense) romantic of -utterly, realistic settings in and around.

Batter-sea. It is a Dim -about children and about an unabashed but gentle-hearted urchin who (played by June Archer) grow, a Karden in London's rubble. A Philip -trfBacock, who, directed it. has shown before that he has a way with children he has never done better than this sentiment without false sentiment. child-like roughness and crudity but without Script and direction have" made-j a' rare, beneficent marriage between fantasy and realism "it-is a.

film to' see. II "Peyton (at the Warner), vast, coloured -exposure of American small-town' life, had' been -snorter it would have been better. As it -is, its account of the frightening behaviour of a lot' of ostensibly" nice Americans particularly frightening "when it comes to the treatment of the young by their parents is imposing enough for. the-first hour and a halt, -fit the- last hour verisimilitude gives way to conventional histrionic clapHrap. But putting aside the Aim's long-wind edBes and the weak-ness of its latter part." its description: of American co reformism has a familiar and alarmingly authentic air about it.

That eminent John made Gideon's Daye" (at the.Gautnont; Haymarket) and, evidently took' his incursion intoJBritish studios with'ratber; less than full seriousness. Gideon (Jack Hawkins) -Is. a inspector and' his day is made-up of a' all 'hectic. some-irlvial. "-some important, 'and them- giving very' convincing' impression, of' Scotland Yard's way of dealing "with its business.

Even Mr Hawkins -prevent" Gideon i from seeming," a- transatlantic rather than a Cockney, type of detective and the general, -'setting Is rather than true. The1 film is easy-entertainment" -but with-' Mr -Ford and Mr Hawkins on the job, 'it should and could have been much less trivial. -s Liverpool City Police band outside Kingston House, the new headquarters of the Seamen, which was opened by the Duke of Edinburgh yesterday first ball. (Could it be that the French designers, with their eager eyes on Dallas and the ready-mades, are losing some of their urbanity As for the day clothes, it seems assumed that the trapeze line, whici has been giving the covers of the fashion magazines a monotonous unanimity, is going to succeed Even the taxi-cab drivers like it, especially after last year's sack line, which most men loathed (and most women I suspect). The pouch-backed silhouette, which makes everybody look rather like Maudie Littlehampton, is apparently popular; and already people are jauntily appearing in the new Dior-style suits, which, with their small beguiling jackets and full, often pleated skirts, are naggingly reminiscent of the New Look itself (though it is worth remembering that this year's debutantes were about seven years old when Chrisitian Dior evolved that portentous condition).

So Paris yields, as always, to the new fashions: but which, if any, of these several innovations will resist the tarnish of time, and be remembered as vintage clothes Not, to my mind, Saint-Laurent's trapeze designs, which at first sight look as fresh and original and exhilarating as pink primroses, and are obviously the greatest fun but which, after you have thought about them for a while, begin to feel specious and chain-store. Certainly not the "little girl" look, with its fourth-form innocence, its its sailor hats, and its juvenile gloves a which, when carried to the excess given it by acques Griffe, is enough to make anyone feel a fool. No, perhaps the clothes that will most impress us when, twenty years hence, we spend an hilarious half-hour thumbing through the yellowing pages of L'OfHciel will be those of Pierre Cardin or Laroche, both of whom manage to combine newness with genuine distinction. Daring They make a woman look daring without looking brash or ludicrous, and they seem to be dressmaking for ladies, not for department stores. There was a blue shantung dress in the Laroche collection a double-breasted effect to its long bodice, a very deep flounced hem to its skirt that will still make beautiful sense in 1978 and Cardin's long-bloused jackets, though you may not like their sense of almost 'pneumatic fullness, are nevertheless instinct with aristocratic style.

But anyway the new fashions, immortal or ephemeral, are always exciting to see, and mark the passage of the years as inexorably and emphatically as any parade of war and politics. There is nothing sheepish to the women of Paris. and those "who have already plunged into the new world of the spring fashions do so with zest and showmanship, flaunting their short skirts and their pouched backs, in nylons of pale blue or champagne pink, in flowered hats and minutelv pointed shoes, with evening wings of muslin or fabulously frilled blouses and so the czars of the fashion houses are already giving to the winter, as to the old fashions, a faint' insidious suggestion of the spinsterish. MISCELLANY position. He brings to each game a bottle containing a red liquid if he drinks it.

he is satisfied if it left untouched, the situation Is bad. Some commentators at the match suggest teat this liquid is a special potion prescribed by his doctor, but the English referee H. Golombek claims that it is just raspberryade. Smyslov has as his greatest assets a tremendous impassive calm and an astonishing skill in the end While most masters show some nervous symptoms at the board, Smyslov sits quietly relaxed when he moves a piece, he screws it into its new square as if to indicate that no other move was possible. While his opponent thinks, he walks up and down the playing arena; by the end of.

the present match be will have covered around 200 miles. Only in the third game, after two successive defeats, did he temporarily abandon this habit; and it was in this game' that he made one of the biggest oversights of his career. HELPMANN BALLET REVIVED "Miracle in Gorbals" our London BalSet Critic One of the mysteries of haute "couture, subtlest of international groups, is the' speed -with "which its edicts are obeyed. No golden potentate, no World Bank, no nuclear Jeremiah can so swiftly "influence the manners and customs of the Western world. lit is extraordinary how quickly the human mind, male and female, can adjust itself to Uie exigencies of other peoples' tastes.

Only a few weeks have, passed since the Paris spring collections but already their ideas, noble or bizarre, are altering the texture' of Paris life, and have smeared across the old winter, styles first drab patina of dowdiness. Nothing, for example, contributes more strongly to the ambience of a city than the length of its skirts, and rhe skirt-length remains the most decisive weapon in the infinite armoury "df the couturiers. Within a matter of I have no doubt, tile new length' (just below the knee) will be universal throughout the West, and in Paris it is already becoming a criterion of day-time dazzle. Many a rash but determined Pansienne has simply turned her hems up. giving her ensembles an awkward and unbalanced air, like a high-heeled penguin but many, another has already visited her dressmaker, and it is odd how frowsy the old lepgOi is beginning to look, and how quickly the new has lost its gaucheness.

oft and perky The' new length, and the new spring testes, are most happily apparent in the young; insouciant coats, so ragile-TOoking of construction, that are now brightening the boulevards. Not (many women are yet wearing the trapeze line coats devised by Saint-tkaurent at Dior's, but everyone seems to have -fallen in love with the soft perky coats, often with a high back yoke and a deep flounced hem, adopted with particular charm by Guy Laroche These little coats look snug but agreeably, snooty, and; have already made their gay, unmistakable impiint on -the Paris scene. (Every other American woman boarding the New York aircraft seems to have invested -in one, and makes an awful fuss about where to hang it up. It's truly a lovely garment, yes, but these French-well, I sometimes think they just don't -like Americans The evening dresses of the collections win perhaps have a less potent impaction French society than this Italian equivalents. Some lovely cocktail dresses were shown everybody speaks of a woollen frock Jacques Helm in which a low back springs from a modest bow into wonderful full'lpose folds, a striking combination of the lush and the demure but among the evening dresses there has been apparently nothing so vigorous as the buib line presented bv Fabiani- in Italy, or Simonetta's pungent fantasies of taffeta and muslin.

By contrast Saint-Laurent's breathtaking little numbers, as somebody remarked to me in Paris the other day, seem to have been run up specifically for Miss Audrey Hepburn's BAIT FOR -YOUTH Clubs' approach Two under-cover coffee bars are to be opened in London shortly by National Association of Mixed Clubs and Girls' Clubs with the aim of getting in touch with modern youth and tinding out why 60 per cent of -those between the ages of 15 and 18 do not belong to youth clubs. Officials of the association said in London yesterday that the ownership would be secret they believed that, if the young 'people knew who was sponsoring the coffee bars, they would feel there was a tag to them and would not patronise them. At least one member of the staff at each coffee "bar will be an expert on youth, problems and, as well as operating the coffee-making machines, it will be their job to become friendly -with the young customers, discuss 'things with' them, and help them as unobtrusively as possible. For. these experiments and many others of various natures over the "whole country the association requires a quarter of a million pounds.

An aopeal launched by the Lord Mayor of London has already raised 75.000 from industry and commerce. Mr Thomas Frankland. director of the Lord Mayor's appeal, said yesterday that, in addition to using the cult of the coffee bar." the association was making' use of a great number of otner facets of modem life. 100 YEARS AGO From the "Manchester Guardian" of March 23, 1858 MANCHESTER, TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1858 When it was proposed, during the "troublous times that followed the Revolution of 1685, to add some new test of loyalty and Orangeism to the many sacxamentary securities then existing for the Protection of their Majesties, a srjeech was -made Parliament which might have 'been repeated" with profit in the House of Commons last night. A veteran politician, whose-years commanded the respectful attention of the House, rose in his place to oppose the introduction of another oath.

had, he said, lived in stormy times, and seen. many changes. use otners ne naa sworn lealty to more than' one Government. He had taken many oaths, some of which he feared he had not observed as he ought to have done. But his conscience, we fear.

was tender, and susceptible than that of his Parliamentary successors. Time "'after time do they swear oaths which have little meaning in themselves. as applied to existing circumstances, and which, -In the mouths of those who take thexn. have no meanine whatever. The newly elected member swears fealty 10 the wueen, as sovereign or these realms an oath which would not prevent and which.

he never intends should prevent him, from voting for' her deposition: if unforeseen events should, by any strange possibility, -render tnat step a national necessity QUEEN REVIEWS YEOMEN OF THE GUARD The Queen inspected her bodveuard of the Yeomen of the Guard in thi garden of Buckingham Palace yester day. The bodyguard, more than sixty wore Tudor uniforms of gold and scarlet with dark blue velvet headdress, ruffles at neck, and red. white; and blue rosettes at" the nat. Knees, and on toe shoes. MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL Stur dir.

n.m.z Holy Communion ij a.m: Nltftioi. 3 30 p.m.; EvetiMTUt WceHca. Ninth Servic: A others. "I wrestle axifS pnr U. Bach) Sunday CFttth Sunday ia 9 a Holy Com-mtmroti.

10 30 a.m.: Matins; Ventie 21. Pwlm 22: Lament rioa. BataROw; Beaethcnu. TalUs. Faux Bourdon: hymns 96; 95 (1.

369J. preacher, roe Rev. Canon Ronald Prttrton. M.A.. 8 Sc.

11 40 ajti, Hair Comraarrion; Mmu tic antcHc; Inirok, aacred head ore woended CBadi): ftvmw 90(11 irr. 5). St' 3 JO Cvcnaans: Pulm 51; Stnrt Scrriec: Anthem. "Mr God, my God. look upon me" BIowl: hrmaa 97.

Sat: Preacher, the Rer. Canon Ronald woo, M.A.. HSc. 7 Eienlns Service (Voluntary Cftolrt: psalm 5i: lirmna SI. 361 tt.

34). X2; Vmcfcer, Very Re H. A. Dean. QOD SAVE QHANA Cinemas in Ghana toill show a film strip ashing audiences to stand to attention while the National Anthem is played.

News item." March 15.1 An anthem for the State, A hymn appropriate. The citizens await in Ghana The verses and tihe tune Will both be published soon. For all to learn to croon in Ghana. To each Ghanaian ear The meaning will be clear. And greeted with cheer in Ghana The State it will commend To Heaven to defend.

And doubtless it will end God save Although God Save the Queent" With pictures' on the screen. Will not henceforth be seen in Ghana, The nation's anthem new They still will play right through. As they always used to do in Ghana Though everybody knows The anthem ends the shows. They will all stand in rows in Ghana And patrons will no more Make for the nearest door. As they always did before in Ghana.

The audience will stay. And due respect will pay While flhey the anthem play in Ghana. To leave the cinema In Odeons of Accra. Will be a grave faux pas ia Ghana Mercutio. FREE TRADE HALL.

MANCHESTER TUESDAY, MARCH 25. SI 7J0 p.m JOAN HAMMOND JOAN HAMMOND Soprano. At the Piano. IVOR NEWTON. j' Arlaa from Dcr Frelsdititz.

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Forma. Brothers. lie Central Bolton WEDNESDAY. MARCH at 730 p.m. THE HIRSCH STRING QUARTET' Prosratnose? Quartet to flat.

Opus No. 1 Quartet In C. K465 Mozart Quartet In minor. Ope Tickets: 40 (Student! nnder.18. 20.

On Sale CpDpea. Knowater Street. Bolton (Telephone Bolton 2622.) MOSS SIDE BAPTIST CHURCH. Moss Lane East. Manchceter SONG RECITAL by ISOBEL BAILLIE TUESDAY, MARCH 2S.

al 7 30 p.m. BEETHOVEN, CONCERT HOULDSWORTH HALlJ APRIL If. MANCHESTER WEND ENSEMBLE LANCASHIRE STRING QUARTET QuOp, No. J. Gohttet la Eo for Wind intJ PUno, Septet ia Eto.

Adsnfsaion There was much enthusiasm last night at Covent Garden when Robert Heup-mann's Miracle in the Gorbals returned to the Royal Ballet's repertory after an absence of a decade, or so. It is a work which contains almost no dance, but much mime and more drama. It tells a heavily symbolic story, supposedly about the sudden appearance of Christ or at the very least a saint in the less effluent area of Glasgow, where, having worked a miracle and won the momentary worship- of the populace, he is then, murdered by a gang operating under the orders of a very clerical-seeming official. That is the story, and the manner of its "telling is realisbe--most realistic of all being murder itself, which is undertaken in the approved manner of minor gang warfare as seen in many up-to-date films. Here, in short, is the kind, of ballet which trespasses flagrantly on alien territory.

It is a kind for which. -to avoid monotony, there must be a place in the repertory, a which at least makes a sensational impact and -last night the" renewed impact-was certainly It is also the kind of ballet which Is least enduring. Admitting, however, that there is a place for 'such dramatic ephemera in the repertory, admitting, that the' cast last night (Julia Farron, Annette. John Hart, and Robert Helpmann himself being the principals) interpreted it TUESDAY MID-DAY CONCERTS HOULDSWOBTH HALL, TUESDAY 29TH MARCH 1 10 to 2 P-CO. MARJORIE THOMAS Contralto Sons by Handel, Strauss.

'WoH. Latzrand Brahma Accompanist BERYL DALLEN Admktkm 21- CMMren 1- 'Manchester Cathedral WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26 at 7C p.m. ORGAN RECITAL ARNOLD RICHARDSON. Bach. Renbfce, Dnpre.

ProtTtronrtt 26 the Othednl NORTHERN SCHOOL OF MUSIC 91 OXFORD ROAD. I Founder: Mis BBLDA COLLENS -President: Dame MYR A HESS AcHna Principal- Maaj IDA CARROLL Potrnded 1920 tocorporaicd l43 EASTER CONCERT HCKJLDSWORTH HALL. FRIDAY. MARCH 21, 7' ADMISSION FRCE. SUrer Colccilott in aid at Km RKOt Colcu Memories Fund.

SOUND RECORDING StudioMotrile Tap Recorders, Mierotfconcl, Taj, Disci from tips. "Endta" KecordSiai Studio (1949V Peel Eecte. ECC 1624. Director: Wpt. Ttrortow Smltn.

A.R.M.C.M Background music for a royal visit Mersey Mission for "THE ILLUSION OF ILLUSION" Tyrone Guthrie lecture-By our London Staff Tyrone Guthrie's visits are nowadays infrequent. The British Drama League is probably right in thinking that his next one will cause a stir among serious students of the theatre. During it he will give a lecture on "The Illusion of Illusion" on April 21 at the Institute of Education theatre' in London University's Senate House, with Ivor Brown as chairman. The theatre is a small one. but early applicants to the B.D.L.

for the admission tickets (3s 6d. or 2s 6d for students and members) will no doubt be lucky. The first day of spring is an appropriate one for mentioning one of the well-known summer festivals. Shrewsbury has now sufflcientlv oreanisnri. Its affairs to announce the outlines of the anrewsDury summer Festival.

Century Theatre, which is self-nra-itairierl hut. mobile, is to be set up in the centre of me town ana me testiyai autnoriaes will use its pleasant little auditorium to present Othello." The Bells," and (if one is forthcomine auicklv enauirM new modern play. There will also be concerts Dy tne Dolmetsch and Hirsch Quartets, the Jaeaups flrphootra i Oxford Bach Choir. There' will also be two Acts Council exhibitions, one of iviaimew victor Pasmore, ana Francis Bacon, the other of outdoor sculpture including work by Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth. Margot Fontevn will not he danclne.

as announced, in Giselle on April 16. The programme will he "The Shadow" with Boulton. Doyle Lane, and Clegg. and "Giselle" with Nerina. Blair, Lane.

Shaw, Edwards, and Lindsay. Dame margui is not avauame ior ims aaie ana her name was billed in error. The first nights in London next week are Monday, Players' Theatre, Gentle men's Pastime." Tuesday. Arts. "The Catalvst." Wednesday, Cambridge, "Breath of spring.

DIPLOMA FOR THE QUEEN'S RED POLLS The Red Poll Cattle Society's diploma ior tne highest herd average in Norfolk has been won by the Queen's herd at Sandringham. Cows in the herd averaged 10,981 pounds of miiK d.z per cent Duttenat. This is an average of almost 1,100 gallons oi mint a cow, lar aoove the national average tor the breed. HALLE CENTENARY FESTIVAL SUNDAY. MARCH 3d FREE TRADE iAU.

HALLE ORCHESTRA SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI ANDRE GERTLER (Violin) WEBER OVERTURE Ea-jranllie VIVALDI VIOtTO CONCERTO No 2 In Minor 1 (Hfst performance al these concern) RAX VIOLIN CONCERTO DUKAS THIE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE TCHAIKOVSKY SYMPHONY No 5 In Minor TWcms: 2fi. 3J6 SI-. 116. 1216 from tbe Halle Booklne Omcc. Futtm'i, Learfa'a.

and naosl agents. HALLE CENTENARY FESTIVAL BOOKING OPFICF NOW OPEN FOB ADDITIONAL CONCERTS DURINR IPKII FREE TRADE HALL SUNDAY. APRIL 6 SI 1 D.tn MESSIAH (Handel) MONDAY APRIL at 1 p.m vtMi al tar Wofld.Tamna LEIPZIG GEWANDHAUS ORCHESTRA OPERATIC CONCERT Tlcketi 26 to 15K From tbe Hi lit Booking OflSct Belle Vac. Fonnth'a. Lwj.

and usual asenu MANCHESTER CINEMAS CWEFHONE. Mutt Sc. Coram. Sunday Tka Lost Contlswnt Ferfumdel TtM Sbacii Haa A1. CONTINENTAL.

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Sat 5 0 and 8J0. THE KIDDERS, by Donatd Oadea Stewart. Triumph." Dally Expreaa. SAVILLE. (Tern.

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Hoater 1121 World chess Most non-chess players still believe that the typical chess master is a venerable, sage with a long white beard. Enthusiasts for chess have gone to the other extreme. There is a tendency to discount anyone's chances of reaching world class unless he has had outstanding successes in his early twenties, or of staying in it once he has, like Botvinnik, passed 45. Most recent tournament results support this theory. The champion of Russia, Tal, is only 21.

He has already a power of projecting his personality across tne chessboard which often unnerves, his opponents. Tal calculates faster than any player In the world, and therefore moves exceedingly quickly he also has a habit of glaring at his opponents while waiting for to move. Small wonder that toe has been nicknamed "The Demon." Many other masters to-day a re in their early twenties. The United States championBobby Fischer, is a mere 14. Prodigies are not unknown in -chess, but Fischer may well turn out to be.

the best of them all, since he is already ahead of Capablanca and Morphy (-who both became the best players of their time) at the same age. Why is then, that the two men (Botvinnik and Smyslov) at present fighting for the world title are 46 and 37 respectively? Why is it recognised that the peak period for a chess master is between about 35 and 45? Long tournaments, and particularly long matches, demand not only great ability and stamina (which the young players already have) but experience, self-confidence in dealing with unexpected setbacks, and an appreciation of now to exploit the psychological weaknesses of the opponent The rivals It Is curious what a contrast these two men present in personality and style. Botvinnik, an electrical engineer as well as a chess player, has a typical scientist's approach to the game he prepares special variations for each opponent and pays meticulous attention to details. when he had to play in a tournament in which several of the competitors were heavy smokers, he arranged a training match in which his opponent was asked accidentally to blew smoke at Botvinnik during the games. He is one of the few 'masters who stay sitting at the board when their opponents are thinking quite a tiring business when you have to do it for five hours at a stretch.

There is one certain way of telllne when Botvinnik thinks he has a good MANCHESTER CHAMBER CONCERT SOCIETY On MONDAY. MARCH 24. I95S. the NETHERLANDS QUARTET Nap de Klljn (tIoIIcl). Paul Good in (viol.

Jtpp Schroder. (tIoUo). Card Boomkamp (cello). PlayLnj Qwrtet In major KJilS Moart Outrtet Op 44 MaUfirt Flothuf Quartet fa miner Op. 59 No 2 Beethoven i at 7 p.m.

In tbe CENTRAL HALL, OLDHAM STREET. Tickett 76 from door on Bis tit of concert. Student tickets 3J from Muic Deoi Menchestcr University. 1 Manchester Cathedral PALM SUNDAY. MARCH 30.

1938. 'SAINT MATTHEW PASSION (Bach) ILSE WOLF (Soprano) -JANET BAKER (Contralto) CYRJL HORNBY (Tenor) LESLIE AUGER (Bus) -CANTATA CHOIR and ORCHESTRA (Leader Mart.n Milneri Conductor: ALLAN WICKS AdmiMtori by programme. Price 3b from Menn Writ (it-Greaves, Royal Exclumt Arcade. chct 2. and from the Cathedral.

BEETHOVEN CONCERT HOULDSWOKTK HALL. iTUD AY. APRIL 11- tt 7 13. MANCHESTER WEVD ENBTCMBLK. LANCASHIRE STRING QUABTET.

Quartet Op. S9 No. 3. Quintet fo for Wind and'. Piano, septet to ED.

Admission SI: Hear Sir Malcolm Sargent" conduct the Czech Philharmonic THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL, Prague, May -II to-June 2 ComMne a'tisit to this historic city sritti tlw enjorxnent.of the world's great music performed by renowned, artist. from your Travel Aient or Czechoslovak Trarel Bureau Cedolt (London). 43 Oxford Street London I OPERA AND AXLET COVENT GARDEN. THE ROYAL BALLET (feenserty SacBer'a Weill" BaBeU. Era.

7 JO. Mat. Sats. 2JO. To-tfay, (matineej Lae dsa Cyans with FonTcvo.

Somes. Tee)lgbl La Pxtbsrora. Mlnscht bs Us Gorbaak Cawpalla (Act J). Laa SMakMaa, Mttacta la the Dapbnks sua ChWs. Teat, La Lae ea Ctaawa.

Wed. Bodtab. CopstlTa. (Tbnr. at 8.0 GALA aeau 3ns Sattta.) COVENT GARDEN OPERA.

Season corns April 1 srlth Alas tin IteUenx Kcoertory incSudcs III Puhtaan. Rlcnssno. Jtnala, pttar Grtmsa. Procramme asaaV able Boa Omcc flow open. Oo DRURY LANE.

8108. ITALIAN OPERA SEASON. Tc-rdfht 7 JO WILLIAM TELL. SADLER'S WELLS. (Tcr 1672 (Urn -t To-nllht Mon A Toe.

Th Merry ss0w. Wed. Lat Bohenre. Thur Tear. Fri.

Samson and Dslilah. LONDON CINEMAS ACADEMY. (Ger 29SI Inarosr Beraman't rHt SEVENTH SEAL (X) Prose' 1 IS. JO. 60 JO ASTORIA TH cuarbif Sd (Gcr 53U I Mfc.mcl' Todd' AROUND THE WORLD 10 DAYS (fj) Dalrr 2.JO Dd 8 Orchestra 1.41 nd 7.15 Sua.

81 4.30 and 7 40. All aeits bookable in idmice CARLTON. Wbl. 3711.) 'Lauren Baeall. Robert Stack TH GIF OF LOVE (til cinemascope CJolow Prota 81 12 30.

3 0. JJ0. t.i Lut acreenlm 8 50 CASINO. (Ger 6S77. SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD on Dry.

2.30. 3 and' 7 30 Orcbeacra dlr ii; Sal 4J0, 7J. CimzON. toro- J7J7J Laat 6 draPleaaso Masters (UX. of aaaltla tin LO.

2.10. 5.3. 8.0. EMPIRE (Gar. 12J4J DIJNRISJC (P) Showtes at 1.43.

3.13, 8.43. kffilACIISUNO ORCHESTRA, ttar. by Lanrie. Pra at 12.35. 4J GAUMONT, Haakx.

lack Hawkins, Dlamka Foster, Gidsm1! S7 (A) Tit. At 2J0. -6J. 9.10. LET.C SO.

Til. (Whl. 3 232J INNOCENT SINNERS (U) Sienrie at 4.10. tL40, 9 13. LONDON PAVILION.

Bob Hope. Fe-iandel. Anita Ekberg. Martha Hyer In PARIS HOLIDAY (U). Pratvamrne dally at.

10.30. 12 55. 3 20 5 30. 8 20 ODEON. Lelc Scjuar.

(Whl 6111 I THE SILENT ENEMY IU1- 12 35 3J0 6.3. 8 35 Dooee 12 10 ODEON MlAreh. (Pad 8011 VIOLENT PLAYGROUND fA) Sbowin 1 0 3 40. 6-20. 9 0 PLAZA.

Book now Cecil DeM file's production at Tbt Ten Commandments (Ul Daily 2.15 and 7.30 Orch 1 0 at 6.15 Suna 6 Oreo -4 45 Children half-price all maUtieea etc. Sat. 4 Son. AH aeats bookable 1n acHance at theatre hox office mad RtTZ. (Ger 1234 1 WIP am Holden.

Jack Hawkins. Alec Ocdnnest. 1h BrMs oo the Riser Kwa! (TJI Cscop. Proaramtres 10.3O. 1.23 AJO.

lUS. STUDIO ONE. WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (Ul. See from. 1.15." 3JO.

6J6. 90. End Mar. 27. WARNER (Ger 342J.

Jerry Wald'a prodocllon of PEYTON PLACZ (Al Eastman colour. Soowuk at II JO. 220. 3. 23.

JO. laat em. 8.10. very the question remains whether, even of its ephemeral sort, it is a -worthy, Frankly, it 4s not Trespass by, ballet into, drama' is'permlssibleiahd even1 necessary, but let it at least 1e with some stylisation. Miracle" in.

the is sensational all right but in no laudatory sense of that 'not-very-laudaiory adjective. SALE OF ESTATE TO -MEET DEATH DUTIES; The trustees the.tiworth Settlement are. to sell Sheldonrestete Aihford-lnthe-Water, "Derby- shire, to, pay "arising from death of -the-tenth: Duke of Devonshire Sheldon'-estate and comprises, eight farmsra and cottages. It Magpie lead mine, but- the mineral, rights, will be excluded from the sale." A further 18,500 acres, including, a large, tract of- moorlands near the' Snake Pass is in course of transfer, to the throughfLandFund procedure and will1 be owned aad: administered 'bylhe National Trust. This' transfer; together Jhe estate will bring the total area' disposed cof in Derbyshire by tbe trustees to 'about 38,000 vo: EXEOBmONS'U-; DAILY.

MAO," BRIGHTER HOMES EXHIBITION cm HALL, DEANSGATE. Oneo Dally 11 am- to 9. JO p.m. to Saturday. Marcb 25 V.a,Vi? ooerfallj.

declined FAMILY. HOUSE ai BUNGALOW (by OUSONS OP VVlXMSLOWn eacn fully ee-ajppedand (la-Mi srJtS i00 EjS'Stors tM WHrrVVOaTH ART GALLERY. OBord Road y. -exHturrioN oy nxustAiticti, at Stained ska tc from Ok, 1Mb. to; 20tb CeBtttrTT- us.ea MarciTV WSW-I0.

to DDL -Wedneaday nool 1 rtas-oncc tttsdena and panics.) COUNTY BOROUGH Of STOCKPORT. WAR MEMORIAL BUILDINGS COMMITTED. DRAWINGS AND, PAINTINGS BY, STOCKPORT- AND 1 DISTRICT i' wftti a Kdion' devottd to School Children KH be an Htm 3y ADMISSION CTitJlTT. open: i subdif, 1 1 Monday to Friday ioetasrr. s.ta 7 eea Satorday.

IO to 2 ta oav'. Tb Oauerlea wUi ba closed oo Atxfl .5. ud 7. Oty oe Edopstion Rejlonal Colleaa -of Art, J4anchelet -U. An 'aDsnleeavef.

tbe.tiwfia' Leasue. wiu be opened on Monday. March 24. at 3 by Hei Eaeeaeocy.v Mrs Vt PmtSI' SS CoS miarioner lor laX. Toe 'Tunloiaoa wfll bad ta cSyfMl7oh0k- -Clk-- Horn oC ooenlnt 10 ajtt.

to 1 ftmv, AcsnasrieVlVa coorai iuiaian' aV ream, ciii'. 1 1 i---. --t- i-ORPemiS. V' xvcico good ratrjAV a ST MATTHEW PASSION fBicE ra lu -efsrlrerr C2simlw "Jslsalsj quaair caars oars ptTtotminetl WSLFRJ3D BROWN JENrOFER VYVYAN DAVID PRICE- i HERVxTY PAMBLA BOWDENufi, JOSM, CAROL.CAStVi'",. LONDON-; LONDON rHTf JlaTartTSIC, QltCHLSIRA oascoaatj TaBBeajf-t3 '42S, HARCMJj' 'HOLjr LTD.S".

ji Brahms 2 tsrl2hi.CT'yltj-.-i No" 8 (Unflnialied) C. LONDON SYMPHONY-' ORCHESTRA v-JSi(i a Cefcbatel" HnresTis a'jCcadaicnf 1 tr" SCHOLARSHIPS IN AGRICULTURE Present scheme to end Mr J. Hare, Minister of Agriculture, asked by Colonel Glyn- (C. Dorset about the Ministry's scheme for scholarships for children of agricultural workers, says in a written reply that, in view of the much-increased scale on which authorities were now providing scholarships, for agricultural courses and the steady decline over the past few years in the number of applications for his departments awards, he had come to the conclusion that there was no longer need for a special scheme of this kind, which caters for only some 56 students annually. After this year, therefore, no new awards would be made.

Current awards would continue to be paid until they finished. MANCHESTER THEATRES, ETC OPERA HOUSE. Deity at 2 and 6.30. MARGARET iAA.Kwuuu in M. uame a unmorrai mifiK FAN, Next week at 7.

Sat 5 and 8. Mat (reduced Iricct) Wed. at 2.30. VIVIAN LEIGH. CLAIRE BLOOM.

FREDA JACKSON In DUEL OF ANGELS. March 31 week at 7. Sal. 5 and S. Mat (reduced prfcea Wed.

at 2.30. Work! Premiere of MARGARET LEiGHTON in Terence Rattfian'a new play VARIATION ON A THEME. Prlcei 1018. 9-. 5(6.

5-. 26 PALACE THEATRE, CO VENT GARDEN OPERA. To-day 2.0 and 7 0. Mat. La Bobeoaa.

Eft. Alda. Monday The CarmaHtea. March 31 Al Hlbbrar. LIBRARY THEATRE.

CEN 7401 Man to FrE. at 7 pja Sats. at 5 and Mutncea Wedneaday at 2.30 Lorca'a BLOOD WEDDING. Anrll THE BIG KNIFE. HIPPODROME.

ARDWTCK i 25 A 40 JIMMY CLITHEROE'S New Roid Show JACK WATSON Vn Week: ftlLLY COTTON HtS BAND. BELLE VUE GARDENS: -ZOO. AQUARIUM, dally from '10 a.m WRESTLING TcMfitsht 7 pm. Book now Bur Retaiarnu. Carea Partlea any number (apply Catering Manager).

BIRMINGHAM THEATRE BIRMINGHAM REPERTORY THEATRE. Maren IS. April l. "THE TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON." by John Patrick Eveninsa 7 0. Matinees Wednesdays and Saturdays 2 3U Box Office MlDlapd 24711 open 10 a p.m LIVERPOOL.

THEATRES LIVERPOOL PL A HOUSE. (Royal 8363 Eva. Man. to Fn mi 7 JO SSmi Thvxm. 2.

JO Sat. A aS nd 8 pm. Sanuntr of tlx Svmnewttta Don." starch is "Tut FBUnamr." NEW SHAKESPEARE THEATRE. Box OOlce 10 a.m. to p.m.

North 0096. Evw. 7 30. Sat. 5 30 aod 8 30.

Vtat. Wed. 2.30. B1IMANUN STATE DANCE COMPANY. CRttJoowJ prices for FuU Member and Group Member' Partie.) Marcb ZA tor two weeks.

ELIZABETH SELUSS in th brilliant USTINOV comedy." PARIS NOT SO GAY. "One of the taott emfnemly cMUicd eotenatmnemi we hiTe seen Lit tbe Enilisb Theatre In -ecent year "Tne State. April 7 for one wcelc oniy. CYRIL CUSACK with an an-Iristi company direct from Dublin In the British remit re of "ROGER CASEMENT." by Renter McHuahaud Alfred Vovec Member only. Associate Mcrabcn 5 And' 14 for three weeks MAR IK LOHR and BRIAN REECE In HALF IN EARNEST.

A mustesl version of OSCAR WILDE'S The Importance of betn Earnect." Music written by VIVIAN ELLIS tOpen to the public) Priority boolcina for Full Members now open for both production Box Office open to tbe public March Z4. LONDON ALDYCH. (Tern 8404 -P. I. Sat.

3 JO. I.JO Thnrs 2.45. Dayld Tomllaton. Atma Massey. DEAR DELINQUENT.

AMBASSADORS. (Tern. 1171J 7 JO. Tu. 1J0, Sat.

S.13. THE MOUSETHAF. by Ass ha CarttfJc. THE SIXTH DAZZLING YEAR. ArOLLO.

(Gcr. 26S3. 7 JO. Sat. S.JO and 8.30.

Wed. 2.30. Robert Flemylna. Irene Broame. Ann Beach.

In Smlyn WUIIamra play BETH. CASINO. (Ger. 6S77.) SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD an. Dir.

2. JO. 60. I.40. Sun.

4.4S and 7 JO Oroheacta.cuy. 2.3. 3J5. 1,15. stsn.

4.20. 7 5. COLISEUM. (Tern 3161) 7J0. Wed.

2.30 S. 545. S.4S. Janet Blair In BELLS ARE RINGING. COMEDY1 (WW.

257S Evenings and Sundays at S.JO Wcdt and Sats 5 30 and 1.30 No perls on Mon CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, by Tennessee WilUenw. Directed by Peter Hall Members SI- CRITERION. (Whl. 3216.) Etft. 8 30 TU 2 30.

Sal S.JO and 30. Paddta Yew Own Canoe. 1 lauaned all ihrouch tL men win loe 3 Barber. Ex DCj'CHKS. (Tern I24JJ Etn 730.

Tk. US, Sil tS- X-'-'O t2nd year 'Ocely Courtnddse Reewnaon Hare. Nsonton Vayne- THE BRIDE AND THE BACHELOR. "Lwihi. latutn.

Iitutu al the nr." DUKE OP YORK'S. (Tern. 5122J 1 0. Sat: 5 JO 8 2.30 Joan Greenwood io LYSsSTRATA FORTUNt. (Tern 2231J I.

S4L 3.30. 8.30. Michael FUndera. Donald Ssrann. AT THE DROP OF-A HAT.

An after-dinner CARKICK. Ten. HWl.) SlL 6. 1.30. Had the nests abaedmahr rne3nnc-Jasre GLOBE.

(Oer. 159i I.O. Sat. 5.JO et JO. W.

2. JO. Gfelcnd. Worth. FTraruiconDalei (a THE POTTING SHKTJ.

by Graham Green. TOJ May 3. HAYMARKET. (Whl. 9832.1 En Wed.

and Sals 2.30. Ralnb Rfchardaoo. Cella Jocuzton to "FLOWERING by Robert Bolt. HER MAJESTY'S. (Whl.

1S606.) 7 30. Sat. 3 JO. 8.30. Wed.

2 30 Ian Carmlchae) In To TmnHI of Los It kept the wbote house hownna." People LYRIC (Ger. J8i Mon IFrL at 7 43. Sat. 3.30 and 8.30 Mais Weds 2 30. GRAB ME A GONDOLA Most exhilarating musical hi town.

Star NEW. fTem 3i.l Esrt. 8 0. Tuet. at 2 JO.

Sals at 3.30 8J0. John Bennett In AnocrTlh's DINNER WITH THE FAMILY. Unmistakably It Is the comedy In London" News OLD VIC. (Wat 7616) Dm 7.15. Mat Thur 2 JO To-day and Thur.

next. Mot Tuet Fet and Sst. neat Kins Lear. AnrU I Twelfrh Nlcfit- PALACE. (Gcr.

Mon-Thim. 8. -SaL 5 30. -'8 JO Nnrraan Wisdom In WHERE'S CHARLEY PALLADIUM (Ger 7373 Esas 7J0. Mats 2.30.

ercert Tuea -and Fri ROBINSON CRUSOE, with Arlhor Askey. David Whlthcld. Tommy Cooper, etc. PHOENIX. (Tern.

SSI1). 7 JO. W. 2 JO. S.

3. 8. Lesley Storm's new comedy "ROAR LIKE A DOVE." A rsaoondlst aalfvldeat bji." Tynan Otaei w. FREE' TRADE HALL. MANCHESTER SATURDAY APRIL t9.

at 7 JO pat. Tbe Antlo-Auatnan Music Sodery. presents THE GAY TYROLESE ''TO'ni PR A XM AIR'S World-famous Kittbuhel and Dancers in colourful national costume SchuhplattUr Dances Yodelling Sotigj Zither Music EVbllarattaa Romantic Saetatanrf 'Romantic Speotacmar rorrta 120 Deanafate Maacbeater 3. ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL Sonth Bank oi the Thames. niliiMi Trrmii i lasii aicsm eiaepia.

FESTIVAL HALL RECITAL KOOU. SUNDAY NEXT. MARCH 23 AT 7 43 P.M. 'Only Recital, Rmetao Pianist L.AZAR BERM'AN BEETHOVEN PROKOVIEV LISZT TlekeuK 9a. 4.

THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY WEDNESDAY 0 pjn. l' APRIL "Cooeerjo reneiirrl Kodih- SynapbOD. No. Vataahao VUUm -Haold la Itaar" BcrDos FREDERICK RIDDLE ROVAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA SIR MALCOLM SARGENT At Hal WAT Jl91). Cbappetrs (MAY 78001.

rsckeu: 316 46 .56 6(6 716. Itrat fTnnafrfnrrt ftrlilaa ff fiiiss WEDNESDAY 741m. MARCH BBC -SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Serenade for Strings Symphorry No 7 SvtapfaoQf N'o t. In TcJiarfkowlt Brabim RUDOLF SCHWARZ Tfcketii t2(6. 10-, lit.

3 HAROLD HOLT, LTD. EufisSto ARRAU amig CHERKASSKY THOMAS SCH1PPERS PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA TUESDAY 0 tun. I- APRIL Italian Symphony Mendchaobn Piano Concerto No. 2 Rachmanlnos i CHERKASSKY Symphony Not 2 Brahms 3 APRIL Grica stbellua THURSDAY 8 0 p.m. Symphony la A major.

JC20! Piano Concrvso ARRAU i ii. wid. rrom ROYAL ALBERT HALL TO-MORROW 7 30 .13 MARCH Harold Holt. Ltd. anaemic i TCHAIKOVSKY FANTASY ROMEO and JUL! PIANO CONCERTO NO.

1 SUITE SWA LAhET ANDANTE CANTABILe' FOR STRINGS OVERTURE A oraaa ARNOLD GREIR CHERKASSKY LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA GEORGE WELDON OOR NOW. 101..