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3 THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN, SATURDAY JUNE 30 1956 Independent Television FIRST FLASHES OF A NEW SPIRIT Hints at a School of TV Drama By Bernard Levin UNIVERSITIES CAN HELP TO PULL BRITAIN "OUT OF THE RED" Giving Industry the Know-How From our Special Correspondent Leeds, Friday. I carried away wilh him a set signal The Duke of Edinburgh to-day 1 fla fibre for hls racing vaint. Bluebottle denned the part the universities should play in pulling Britain out of the red Opening a new building. which has cost about 500,000, for the man-made fibres division of the Department of Textile Industries at Leeds University, he said such intitu- lions could only be justified if those working in them realised that their efforts could be of direct use to the country. He smilingly suggested that the new department would only work at full efficiency if industry which had borne a generous share or the cos! made quite impossible demands on it The Duke is of the opinion that professors only become really productive when they are tearing their hair." Urgent Approach Some people would like universities to be quiet pools of leisurely learning, said ihe Duke.

But he believed thai a student in a technological department to-day must approach his work with urgency otherwise he would be too slow for industry, vihuh was changing very rapidly He reminded his audience that Britain was not making ends meet, and said it fell to the universities to give I industry the know-how that would enable it to pull the country out of the red. The Duke, who was introduced by the Princess Royal, Chancellor of the University, won a roar of laughter when, after confessing that he did not know very much about man-made fibres, he stroked his hair and added I am not very good at it myself" The Princess Royal spoke of the new as something new in the field of university technology, and said were taking an important step forward in Ihp rnmnlptinn nf that marnaee of scientific inquiry and manufacturing 1 skills on which thf country's future I depended. I Professor Speakman, head of the Department of Textile Industries, said the expansion was a response to the Duke's call (in his presidential address to me British Association in 1931) for the supply of technologists to be increased "They hooed the new division would not only meet the needs of the new industries with -which it was asso- uated. but that other new industries i might arise from the research it under- took As a memeiito of the day the Duke I with a number of advantages, chief among them being the presence in the cast of so excellent a trio as Mr Edward Chapman, Miss Joan Miller, and Andree Melly. But it was not the acting that made Mr Willis play both interesting and (in what it may portend) exciting.

Indeed, Miss Miller's performance, though basically very fine, was spoilt by over-projection this would have been great acting from the dress circle, but in the fireside circle it jarred badly. Nor is Mr Willis's prose of a quality to send any bonnets over the windmill. She's a rum customer all right." says somebody, to whith thg reply is." Ah well, it takes all sorts to make a No what gave "Woman in a Dressing-gown" its interest Was the fact that somebody (presumably the author) had very clearly been doing some thinking about television in genera and television drama in particular. I have just been looking at a volume of television plays by Mr Paddy Chayefsky, the leading American television dramatist tand it's all independent there, remember''). The plays themselves is one of them) are head, chest, waist, hips, thighs, knees-, calves, ankles, and feet above anything I have seen on our screens; but what is important about this volume is not that there are some fine plays in it but that between the plays there is some penetrating analysis of the scope' and limitations of the television play.

This is one of the things that Mr Chayefsky has to say The word for television drama is depth, the digging under the surface of life for the more profound truths of human relationships This is an area that no other dramatic medium has handle or can adequately handle. It is an area that sooner or will run head-on into the taboos not only of television but of our entire way of life." Here is another I am just now becoming aware of this marvellous world of the ordinary. This is an age of savage introspection, and television is the dramatic medium through which to expose our new insights into ourselves The stage is too weighty, and the movies too intense, to' deal with the mundane and all its obscured ramifications." And it was this spirit that flashed, however fitfully, through the scenes of Mr Ted Willis's play. The story was triviality itself the boss falls in love with his secretary, decides to go away with her, changes his mind and stays with his wife But the idea was exploited for what it could yield of human relationships, not dramatic situation, and it yielded a goodly haul. Can it really be that a school of television drama is growing up before our very eyes' I do not care to ask such questions, and when I hear somebody else ask them I have a tendency to throw salt over my shoulder, cross my fingers, touch wood, spit twice to1 the right 'and once to the left, make the sign against the evil eye and pull the curtains Good things are rare among the muck on ITV, and if we shout to attract their attention we may frighten them away for ever Softly, softly, catchee monkee.

Slimmer the Cotswolds a picture taken in the main street Gloucestershire MISCELLANY May 31, 1859. The pendulum of the clock THE NIGHT SKY IN JULY From an Astronomical Correspondent The sketch map shows the planets and bnanter stars as thev now appear about 11 am. The stars will all be sliehtlV farther to the west after each complete 24 hours, and the mao will accordingly show their positions about four minutes earher each j-uctfesMve pvemng Its centre reoiesents the skv overhead and its ci i cumference is the horizon, should be held vertically, with that point on its circumference undermost which corre-soonds to the directum in which the observer is looking. JuDr.er can still be seen for a short time in the evening near the western horizon, but well before the end of the rrtonth it will be lost in the twilight. Saturn, though losing a little of its brightness, is con-sdicuous low down to the west of south.

Mars is becoming a brilliant object as it ramdlv approaches the earth. It will rise Droeressivelv earlier and bv the end of JuH- it will be visible in the south-east about 11 pm. Venus will appear as a verv brilliant mornine star in the latter oart of the month The stars of the Senrnirm. ho hnshixct 4 'Capella "Nto Cdss'opc a Vr Star Pectus j(jpirER I IP I -0 Spica OphiOchus "''V' SATURN SS. Archer Films in 'London THE TRAPEZE IS THE STAR OF "TRAPEZE" Sir Carol Reed's Circus "Film Comes Alive From our London Film Critic You can say what you like about independent television, but this week I have seen Miss Freda Jackson dancing the Gay Gorddns and an advertisement that was intentionally funny, and neither of those is a sight to be sneered at, believe me.

Credit for the latter goes, as, one might Have expected, to Schweppes for the former to Mr Cyril Butcher, who directed Monday's production of Mr Roger Macddugall's play Macadam and Eve." What -happened to this production forces me to asK once again my perennial uestion What do the members of the Independent Television Authority imagine uiey are oeuig jjiiu iui i There was a mechanical breakdown at eight o'clock, just as the play was due to begin, and as far as the London area was concerned, Associated Rediffusion was off the air for a quarter of an hour, When the trouble was overcome, a bland voice told us that We had to start the play on time," and without a further word of explanation we were launched into the middle of a piece with an extremely intricate plot, and left to sink or swim as best we could. It was fully nine o'clock before I had the least idea what was going on and I never did discover who one of the- characters was, nor why. the young couple didn't want their parents to know they were going to get married. If the ITA was not set up to put a stop to this kind of impudence, what in the name of reason is it supposed to do Imagine a theatre manager coming before the curtams to declare Ladies and gentlemen, I am afraid that the leading' lady has split her tights so we are going to start late. We shall therefore begin with the second act.

and if vou don't like it vou can all go and take a running jump The audience would, verv rightly, ask for its money back, and the manager would be lucky to get away with a whole skin. On 'indenendent television, however, thev can apparently thumb their noses at us with impunity, provided onlv that Snibbo. Glugeo. and Blobbo continue to fork out It was doubly a pitv that Associated-Rediffusion should have chosen this particular production to demonstrate their contempt for their audience, for there were some good things in it. Much of it was clearly done on the cheap (perhaps Snibbo.

Gluggo. and Blobbo aren't forking out after for the lack of rehearsal was even more noticeable than usual, and the attempt to suggest an outdoor scene in the rain was pitiful to behold. But Mr John Laurie, handsome and bewiskered, gave a sly and heart-warming performance, and there were some imaginative strokes in the production (well, there was Miss Freda Jackson dancing the Gay Gordons, and what could be more imaginative than that Mr Macdougall's play, however, was a stage play adapted for the television screen, and however skilfully such operations are conducted, the scars are always visible. On Thursday there was a play written especially for television. It bore the title Woman in a Dressing-gown." and was written by Mr Ted Willis, last heard of turning out bilge for the Big City-" series.

Woman in a Dressing-gown started off A.B.C. OF ADONIS Must Have Good Looks as Well as Muscle By our Radio Correspondent A.B.C. Television, which provides the commercial programmes for the North and Midlands at the week-ends, is starting a series of outside broadcasts which, will come not only from Blackpool, but from Colwyn Bay, Fleetwood, Llandudno, Morecambe, New Brighton, Rhyl, and Southport. The Saturday night programme, Holiday Town," wjll include three contests for a beauty queen," for the Adonis of the North," and for a fashion queen." In each contest there will be preliminary rounds on the Friday, when winners will be selected for a television appearance on the Saturday ultimately the winning queens and the Adonis will be crowned at Blackpool at the end of the season. For the fashion contest scouts will select the best dressed girls at certain points in each resort.

Good-taste rather than high cost is to be the criterion. Candidates for the title of Adonis are warned that mere muscle is not enough they must have good looks as well, fihn screen tests, television camera tests, and the chance of stardom awaits those who emerge at the top. MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL Saturday. 8 a Holy Communion. II a.m.: Macirn 3 30 pm: Evensong; Bairtiow in Anthem.

"I have surely built ih an house (Bovce). Sunday (Fifth Sunday after Tnnii) 9 a Holy Communion 10 30 a Mucins: Vende 32; Psalms 26t 28. Tc Dcum 'and Benedicius. Stanford in C. hmns 402.

3.14; Preacher, ihe Ret Canon W. Preston. A II 30 Holy Communion Wood in the Phr aian mode. Introit, Thou art Peter (Palestrina), hymns J7I iu- 473). 278 rt 446 EH i 3 30 Evensong.

Psn.ms 27. 29. -Weelive-s Short Servrce Anthem, "Blessed City (Bairsioft): himns 248. 394 (t Preacher the Ven A. Seltvn Bean M.A BD Archdeacon of Manchester 7 Evcnma Service (Voluntary Choir).

Psalm 27; Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis Inmnt 236 A. A Vf.) 6. 263. 306(2. Preacher, the Very RcH.

A Jones. Sc Dean ROYAL MANCHESTER COLLEGE OF MUSIC THREE PERFORMANCES BY THE DRAMA CLASS at jeert oclock tn (he ARTHUR WORTHIVGTON THtATRE ot the UNIVERSITY (hy kind permission) A Phoenix loo frequent" ChnslOipher Fry The Bear Tcbekor SATURDAY. JULY 7 "The Lady's noi for Burnina Cbrtnorier Fry MONDAY arid TUESDAY. JULY 9 and 10 Admission free The public are cordially Invlied ERIC WILSON. Rests I rar ROYAL MANCHESTER COLLEGE OF MUSIC ORCHESTRAL CONCERT in the WHITWORTH HALL or the UNIVERSITY iby kind permission) JULY II.

at eveo o'clock Oienure Tfte Mostcrsmjicrs Waaner Preludes lo Acts I and I1J La Traviaia Verdi Symphony Vo 36 in (Lmz) Moiin Concerto 1 la minor for Piano and Orchestra Brahma Soloist. John Oadon CONDUCTOR SIR JOHN BARBIROLL1 Admission free The public arc cordially invited URIC WILSON. Kesistrar The difference between Sir Caiol Reed's "Trapeze" (at the Odeon, Marble Arch) and the olhcr equally ur even mo: luviih films made about the circus is that Sir Carol's work conies alie No doubt his triangular love story is both too simple silly and too' melodramatic no doubt even such vigorous eccentrics as the people who fill a circus bill could not" live witb quite such tumultuous fury as Sir Carol asks us to belie, But these are afterthoughts what matters is that during the hundred minutes or so during which his film runs ihe director most deftlv makes us suspend our incredulity For the time beine. if not for a moment longer, we believe in the film not just in the magnificent melurps oui in me complete thing including its unlikely stor Hnn Hnps Qir tins I me red Antaresr are in the soutlj He is ceriainlv bleed more lhan mol Lancaster alone can teach to do the directors with a sure, sensitive, and lrlple omei sault give the best perfor-imagmative iolici compared nr.h him I niances of their careers here again pra ise Hitchcock (who likes to ue rouhk ths due t0 director. But it is none Of the The reremonv was held in the refeclorv because of the rain which blanketed Leeds almost continuously from the moment this morning when the Duke arrived at Citv Station until his helicupter took off from Woodhouse Mor mre thdn four hours later.

But after the speeches the official party walked beneath umbrellas to the door of the new building, which the Duke formally unlocked It was a more than usuallv formal opening, since the whole party had made a top-to-bottom tour of the "building onlv half an hour previously But it did give them a chance of seeing Milzi Cunliffes sculpture. "Man-Made Fibres." on the front wall The day was not entirely given over to the scientific side of the university, however. In a brief visit to the Brotherton Library, the Duke saw a First Folio Shakespeare which belonged to William Congreve, who was born at Baidsev Ak'i on riisplav were a 1617 travelling library of the type that used to be taken on the Grand Tour, and a first edition of Newton's Prineipia." An Umbrella Occasion The rain was at its heaviest for what was to have been the outstanding moment of pageantry the inspection in front of the Civic Hall of a guard of honour from the West Yorkshire Regiment Nurses and patients the Leeds Infirmary, which overlooks the square, crowded windows and balconies to watch and to hear the band play two royal salutes But the Duke sensibly refrained from prolonging the ceremonial, and after a few waves to the crowd hurried inside to lunch with the Lord Mayor, Alderman A Jessop. The gloom deepened in the next hour, and when the royal party left at 1 50 pm (twentv minutes early) to drive about a mile to the helicopter. one woluu nave inuugni night was near.

In spite of mat several thousand people had assembled 1o see the take-olf Thev enjoieri both the sight of the Duke climbing into the co-pilot's seat and putting on his earphones and that of a senior police officer chasing his cap as the wind from the helicopter rotors whipped it across the park Ten minutes later the rain began to clear and the skv held up long enough to allow the representative detach- ments of the West Yorkshire Regiment to march past the Lord Ma or at the Town Hall in comparative comfort fuKy planned Add to that Sir Carol's jouindli-tic -kill in finding "gimmicks" of sensationalism to astonish hi audiences And ou have perhaps some explanauon of the spellbinding qualities of Trapeze." however oon that spell raav dissolve when calmer reflection lakes over after the film Gina Lollobrigida could scarcely be described as a gimmick her attractions are much too durable for that. Yet. undoubtedly. Sir Carol's exploitation of the cnarms of this gorgeous Italian, in spangled tights (on a trapeze or off it), helps not a little to stun the audience into acceptance of his film Perhaps La Lollo would herself have been happier had she been playing in Italian, not in English but her essential gifts are international What is most noticeable is that the film's two other stars Burt Lancaster (as the lame Hier turned "catcher and Curtis fas the brilliant voune flier whoi tais (not even Lollobngida who dominates the film it is the trapeze itself which mi to speak presides over all the bar gently and ominously swinging high above the earth-bound folk of the circus who aie practising and squabbling on the sand below The film is made in colour an.d ln CinemaScope The screen is not a bit too wide, nor is the colour at all too vivid Smiley (at the Carlton is a Small and lovable film about a small pertinacious Australian boy who wanted to buv' a bicvele and went throueh ereat trial in order to save the requisite monev Chips Raffertv is in it las in almost "all films about Australia1 more surprising is the appearance of Si" Ralph RiehardSon as a buST ClprPvmur inn fin utterance fui his simple flock More 1 iirnrfiniif clill njuL LlljUVJUIt; nf the manv eniovable youngsters of the scveen- MANCHESTER vjri-K HULi'SE Fsi at Kt I VI A MOIR A VHRTORIE HLLD1 I ONt; FCHO VRl. ROSA flPFR Kuitlcina ana I Pi.ll.ccl Tura The Barh.r 1 Seville i l-caul Ihur Rlintutn.

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i Th -J Lc iftr Ff-anajioi llu TH MIL REUNION, 11U TOWN 7 Ma-s San 2 io JOVCE US-ICR DLNHOLM ELLIOTT I ..1 "'V "THE TonySbeme I At' r. is 13ft. long, weighs 6cwt. and beats every two seconds; When the clock occasionally gains a second the pendulum is adjusted by means of worth. of coppers which' repose in the.

tray. Addition or removal of a penny alters the clock by about half a second every 24 hours. Some coins in use were minted when Queen Victoria was a girl and have beer? in clock tower ever since itjwas first built. Lewis's Coach The article on the of Lewis's prompted a reader to wonder if ar.v other readers recollect the stsge-coach with around 1890, this firm ran a passenger service-between their Liverpool and Manchester 'Shops. This capitally equipped ve'hicle." carrying four passengers inside and eleven, including driver, outside, drawn by four thoroughbreds and driven by an experienced whip," used to leave every morning at nine o'clock.

The journey as described in a booklet was via Altrincham (referred to as a quaint old Lancashire town), Lymm, Warrington, St, Helens, Widnes, and Prescot, and there was evidently a great demand for places in the The booklet also explained the reason for the coach's daily trip. Lewis's, with" that wonderful instinct which has, enabled them so correctly to understand the public taste, were one of the first here to perceive" this (the desire tp revive the incidents and pleasures of the coaching days of old)." APARTHEID A false picture of South African racial policy has been giuen abroad. In this Afrikaans-speaking' and English-speaking South Africans stand'shoulder to shoulder." j-Mr Strydom. June 25. Policies of segregation in historyf-nothing new.

So apartheid's a survival. Not a hopeful, new arrival. But the recapitulation Of a backward point of view. Negroes as a race retarded. Segregation justified.

But Americans have stopped it, Britain inher Empire dropped it A conception no" discarded. Out of date and set aside. Keep the' native in subjection, Stil he' slowly, surely climbs. Apartheid's unrealistic, Paloablv, anachronistic. And South Africa's direction's Out of step with modern times.

Bantu are a backward nation Must "the be backward too Caii a pepple -be progressive While their race laws are oppressive Strydom's racial legislation Shows a' Backward point of view. ROYAL MANCHESTER COLLEGE OF MUSIC EXAMINATION CONCERTS MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY, snd FRIDAY. 1 JULY' '2 4.

5. -and 6 si sti.cn o'clock. In" ihe College Hall 'I'rosrsinmes mill include: Mondayt Chopin's Introduction and Rondo in Hat; Dvorak, qipiyt Sones and CordOD Jacob's Oboe Quartet Wednesday: Schuman'i Cirnaval and Mozart's Trio In Hat for Clarinet, 'Viola and Piano Thursday: Schubert's Sonata in A minor Op 42 Beethoven's: 32 Variations In minor Malcolm Arnold's natina for Clarinet. and Piano and Dellus's Sonata for Violin sad Piano Friday. Cesar Franck's Prelude Chorale and Fustic: Busojii's Sonatina Seconds: Hindcmiih's Trumpet Sonata.

Verd 'Ernanl. involaral snd Mozart's Clarinet (jutnlet CHAMBER CONCERT Conducted by ctudcnls TUESDAY. JULY 3, ac seven o'clock. in ihe Hall of the Collese. -Sintorua in flat Op 9 S'o.

2 Ba Violm Conceriotn iyivcrions on 3 uicmc oi I'urcell for itrtnas Davtd nil 1 Exauliate Jubilmc Concerlmo Pastorale minor Bach Moct 165 Mnzan John Ireland AdfrHUinn The public art IrlMtcd inn iiAior are tci LRIC VLSOS jjf' COATS OF MANY COLOURS Art on Book -Jackets Pictorial art is something we get whether ve ask for it or not. Attention tp the book-jacket has lately been stiffened by the fact that many nublic -libraries now issue books in their jackets protected by plastic overcoats And i the jacket occasionally lets the book down the reverse, let us confess it, happens at least as often. This fairly recent craft is now thoroughly established, and the exhibition organised bv the Victoria and Albert Museum, on view at the Fletcher Moss Museum, Man-( Chester, until August 22. provides scope for some international comparisons. Onlv the British, it seems, regularly emoloy prominent painters to do book-jackets the balance is probably favourable, for although a design by Edward Bawden or John Minton may lack advertising Dunch it also avoids the wearying smartness that mars.

sav. some of the Italian exhibits The Germans who are reading "Old Mortality" and "Roderick Random varv from the jaunty to the nervv the Danes, who are reading Rain and Goodbve. Mr Chips achieve much versatility of style the Spanish have a lurid clarity, the Americans an unfailing technical bnUfance. The Dutch jackets on this showing, are the most attractive of all The exhibition is admirably disDlaved an three small upstairs rooms. S.

POLICE ESSAYISTS The Queen's gold medal and first prize Qf twenty guineas Jn the police essay competition for 1955 has been won by Inspector J. t. Adams, of the West Riding Constabulary, the Police Chronicle announces. The second prize of fifteen guineas was won bv Superintendent F. Elmes (Dorset) and the i third, prize of ten guineas by Superintendent H.

Ribton-Turner (Metropolitan Police). n6rthern SCHOOL OF MUSIC or OXFORD ROAD MANCHEiTFK I Founded 1 9M Inuornoraicd l43 President- DAME MYRA HFSS Founder MISS HILDA COLLENS LESSER FREE TRADE HALL, WEDNESDAY TO SATURDAY. JULY 4 to 7, at 7. Four Performances of the Opera "THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR" Nicola. Producer: SUMNER AUSTIN Conductor' AYLMER BUESST Reserved teats only for opera performancei Balcony lib.

Stalls and tt6 applicailon to the Sccretsrv. NORTHERN SCHOOL OF MUSIC ounded 1920 Incorporated 194! SUMMER COURSE ON MUSIC MONDAY. JULY 30 16 THURSDAY. AUGUST 2 Lecturers include. Mr GORDON CLINTON Mm KATHLEEN FORSTER Mr JOHN HUNT Miss MARJORIE PROUDLOVB Dr A Wit WARBURTON Mr RAYSON WHALLEY Further narilcular on annhcarion tn iric Scirciat.

91 Oxlord Road. Msncbe5ter 1 Lincoln Link Samuel James Seymour, believed to be the last living witness of President Lincoln's assassination, died recently. Naturally he used to talk of that day. As a boy of five, he had arrived in Washing-Ion on Good Friday, April 14, 18H5. after a 150-mile journey by coach.

He was scared by the, soldiers in the streets and complained that he could not get out of the coach because his shirt was torn. His nurse found a safety pin, but the boy was shakitis- so much with fright that she stuck it into him and he cried. I've been snot-' Aftep being diesscd in fresh he was told by his father Sammy, you and I and Sarah are going to a play a real play. And President Lincoln will be there Inside the theatre the child was shown the President's flag-draped box. His father lifted him in his arms and he thought Lincoln "looked stern because of his whiskers." He had just about overcome his fright when a real shot rang out.

He heard a scream and saw the President slumped over. Then a man seemed to tumble over the rail and land on the stage." Hurry, hurry, let's go help the poor man who fell down," begged the child. But in a moment Booth, the assassin, had picked himself up and had escaped. Seymour died at the age of 96, just before he was due to appear on a television programme in honour of Lincoln's birthday. Big Ben Big Ben's clock makes one of its rare stoppages this Monday for overhaul.

The great clock has stopped fewer than a dozen times during its 97 years, mostly through the effects of snow or frost A mechanical defect has stopped it only once broken pendulum spring in 1944. On its 'debut the clock refused 'to function. Cast-iron hands, weighing. 2 tons, were too heavy for the mechanism Lighter hands, weighing less than 2cwt righted matters, and the clock began working on ON HOLIDAY Headers on holiday may sometimes have difficulty rn the Manchester Guardian," especiaUj in the more remote places. The Publisher will be pleased to send the paper on post tf instructions are sent, together with 5d a copy (the cost the paver and postage), to the Subscription Department, Manchester Guardian," 3 Cross Street, Manchester 2.

HALLE 1956 SUMMER PROMS FRET. TRADE HALL TO-MOHT AT 7 pra GEORGE WELDON Gilbert and Sullivan Programme Excexpls from THE MIKADO HMS PINAFORE PATIENCE THE GONDOLIERS IOLAVTHE RUDDIOORE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE rjKvv! 2,6 1(6) ON SALE from the H.1I4 Olfjce or the Free Trade Hall Lo-ninhl. "BOOK AT LEWIS'S for LOCAL THEATRES and ATTRACTIONS BLACKPOOL THEATRES Ateo London Theatre Lnroush Keiih Pron-se Tratel Bureau, First Floor LE1MSS MARKET VTRFFT MANCHESTER, CENlral J2I10 Joui McCaUum China RaatTerty, SMILEY Ul Techm- COIOr riwrlfnfiv II 11 sl i- sr CAMNO. iGer 6S7T Nersj CINERAMA HOL1DAV IU) Perls dally 2 31) 6 0 8 40 Sundays 4 45 and 7 30 C1NEPHONE. (Opp Scllrldae's 1 MAY 4721 H'L 1X1 Colour Also Viady -Poih Adults only Com 12 20 tOer 1234 I Leslie Caron Jobn Kerr in GABV 'A! CinemsScope Colour Pcrspecta sound Showlna daily at 10 3U I HI 3 45 6 30 and 9 10 JLOMd ARM (Ul 13(1 4 0 6 30 9 5 Drs.

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t.ood. TEFNAGF GHTER vnna N4sl Svia Stmt MY v- i If id Whi, Pron Wooland: and J5 5 zn S3 ART EXHIBITIONS COLNS.GH! GALLERIES Seieni ti Bi-tmI SL LfniioB RLMBRAVDl vteekda. I a rn Hi v.t, i ''WW Charm, Cress, Road London WC 2 BELC1AN CD AFTSMA NSHir diirt (Inc Sats until Ausust I Admiatlon free FRANK MRUIDCE 144-146 Ne Bono Slreei SUM VEH EXHIBITION ol En.list, French FuTm-ttie and Chinese Porcelain Dlv 10-5 Ssta 10-12 JO ROYAL ALBERT HALL HENRY WOOD PROMENADE CONCERTS EirK LONDON CINEMAS REM.R Vl.r 7nn a dailv III am DANCING NIGHTLY. WRESTLING To-mjlu 7 SPt EDWA To-mhl7 pm. oeiow ne pianet saturn.

Arclurus and Soica are prominent in the south-west the Lion is settins the west, and C.iorlla is due norln below the Pole Star In the east the Sauare of Pegasu has lately risen above the horizon, while on its rteht will be seen the diamond of stars markinc ihe Dolphin and the much Attair in the Kasle. Higher up are the Cross of the Swan and Vega, bnehtcst $t3r in the lorthern hemisphere. OPEN GARDENS The following gardens in Cheshire are to be opened to the public next month July I Ccucbrook House Tarporley. Rahy House Benty Hcaih Lnc Willision-ln-Wirral "ousc July Rab Vile. Thormon Houcrh.

Wlrrji. Prtest-una Bunbur). Tarporlcy. Foreign Hey. Bulky Lane Aatiniton Vu Thormon Minor.

Thornlon Houh. VViml i 'ntiMlri H.1I. Tatienh.ll. near Cneticr July 29 Foreign Hn Builcy Lane. Adlimton price of admission to any garden will be a shilling and thp it, 111 a UVk.tUO SO to trie Queen Institute of District Nursing National Gardens' Scheme.

THEATRES ETC 72nd AGECROFT REGATTA SATURDAY JUVE 30 ID56. 2 pm ih- BmihouM LmEeloa Road Keal Br Rclresbmcms Admission 21- MANCHESTER CINEMAS DEAI.s&Ari 3rd wk. The Romantic Story ot Glrness in" THE SWAN. Cinemascope stld Col. I 25 3 45, 5 5 8 25 GAUMONT.

O.lord Sc. ICEN 1323 1 Open 12 JO pm Pier Anael, Phil Crey PORT AFRIQUE" (AI Gene Barv THE HOUSTON STORY rAl Com 12 UarHara St.nwick QUEEN HI Cornm to-morro. Slnrm Cenlrs tAi, len Tail Men" fUl UVFOKD memaScone Leslie Carort John Kerr unx 4i 1 2 2 2 S5 it fi 30 Jt Vm ner ect "HILDA CRANE" (AI FORSYTH LTD. OI JIE IS ITF.D TO find oui Record DerviT.mc Television and arearlv enlaraert mxriH 1Tmed and enmpeteni staff DtVSStjME MANCHESTER THEATRES PICtADll.1V Coooer and i-m i1em 6,96 7 Mats 'ed snd Sat in i 11 KLArsD "Ii's our most melodious show Cecil Wilson Dsiti Mail ROYAL COURT 1M0 I7S5 Eas 1 3U Sal Ssndl Wed 3 30 Th and July 5-7 Card! ol IctenUv July 2-4 and 9-11 Look Back In Amer "nuij-ST JAMES'S (Will 39tll 1 To-da at ill 7 3a tnt Pontnan M.risret Lcuhlon in SEPARATE TABtES Terence Ran nan Lan 2 ocrls nnor Nev oTk' ST JAMES'S tWh, Jt. Com Jull 2 E.M 7 30 10 Rl'TH DRAPER Till Jul '8 1.

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nTP 22L l1' Prosramme Season FESTIVAL SlUtHlS MFni (Tei i Cltl ROSIOPFRI I I i ttoheiur 1., alu (-u, nc EXHIBITIONS mi limit miss (HiRinov I hi. Wed a-ri 111,,, s.jn i and orfarviseel vvsa nib Jury. 7 Jo mam ULCTin, in, llUmDCr aitr A'-nii bss in wi a "15 80 pfr? RV Folic! Bcrsere Re.ne PARIS, BY NIGHT. Tommy Coooer and n.a r- j'wc mjii ji lor nis nims-1 is a blunderbuss or, at least a rough and readv caricaturist when it comes to the use ihe nghu surprising lutle shot to establish a point of character or to heighten a moment 01 tension Sir Carol can hp mnt i.k, i Rubens-hke, he can also Daint a bie r'anuas wun a nne. sivitt sweep of the brush Yet trwiaps nis greatest distinction lies not in his imaginative dexterity but in his seemingly infinite capacity for takine pains 6 "Trapeze" is or seems io be made with tie mon scrupulous care never a shot loo much never a pause too long or Iod 'ho-t.

every diversion fi om ihe main most smoolhly moduldied and and work as a who'e most oare- HELEN HAYE AGAIN ON LONDON STAGE "Cranks" Keeps Moving By Gerard Fay Helen Have is returning to London on July 18 and opening cold (that is witn-out a tour) in "Someone to Talk To" the! first play by George Bemberg, a young: American writer. The piece is being pre-J sented bv Anna Deere Wiman, who was I also responsible for "Tc Mv Love." nnm running at the Fortune, and Sight 1 Unseen, tvich vi tour on t'ie wav to Central I.nnrirn Sol Hurok has tnken a i np'ion on Cranks" and is looking fu a tu.itrp New for it lrl up meantime it is clausing hnmc- et agjin It besan at Ihe VVaterg.i'p mnved to the Si M.iitins then to the Duc'iess and vvil1 fin uo on July 9 at the Lvne Mjn Named Judas." which Henrv hnerck presented em her in the ve.ir in Scotland is to irovirie Ihe d.amasir of tits mr Devon Festival I 11 he pe-formed at ip Queens Hal' B.nnsi.ipe Theatre Rnv.i' F.seiei 1 dn Mrh toe sooiiri Tic fiis' lici''. Lonri.n ncv 'veclc air Mondiv s- Jjmc-s. Rulii n.npei Tuesdav Old V'c Ric lard II Wednesday. Arts "To" Tun Toursdav Rnval Ojicra HouJp "Rigoletto" On Tue.sdav Labour's Lost' "pens at ie Memorial Tneatre Stratford upon Avon 100 YEARS AGO From the Guardian ol June 28, 1856 TO HULL ROTTFR.

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BEAN The LIGHT; PROGRAMME MUSIC FESTIVAL of 1956 SATURDAY POPULAR CONCERTS Vfiih the BBC. CONCERT ORCHESTRA ii-roiuni 7.3U p.m. SO JUNE Conductor HAE JE.NKINS Corn poscr-Comduc tor ERNEST TOML1NSON RICHARD BLAREAU DENtSE DUVAL JACQUES JANSEN JACK DIEVAL PHILIP CATELINET ROBERT IRWIN LONDON WELSH ASSOCIATION YOUTH, CHOIR JEAN POUGNET and ihe PALM COURT ORCHESTRA David dunhill lii-krls lor full p-oitrammci aec Rstdio Time or leaHci from Hall ana Ajcnu Summer oE LONDON'S FESTIVAL BALLET II JULY co SATLRD.Y I SEPTEMBER South Bank of the Thames SATURDAY 7.30 PJD. 7 jLJiv Conductor VILEJVI TAUSKY Guest Canduclor: SIR ARTHUR BLISS Composer-Conductor ERIC COATES BAND AND TRUMPETERS OF THE ROYAL MILITARY SCHOOL OF MUSIC (Knellcr Hal); Conducted by DAVID McRAIN DANISH RADIO ENTERTAINMENT CHOIR Conductor StEND SAABY Iniroduced bv ROY WILLIAMS Sat A Au Bank Holida JULY lo A ALGLsr 30 I July 30 Alii Grand Dtrertiatcnent 1 La Earner tidal Lea Deux Errant -London Premiere) dr La Rdm Prince Jjor M.n Li-ke i ci Ih Le Deux Errant Le pet i re de La Rosa Prince Ibot Auguat Sf (Manneeu OW OPEN Ub SI- 3 6 1 JULY 6 JLLV Pcrformsncrcs REQUIEM EBE STIGNAM GIUSEPPE MODtjSTI Crodon Philharmonic Choit TUESDAY 8 0 pm BEETHOVEN BRAILMS CXJNCEHT MOISEIWITSCH PHILHAHMON1A ORCHJFSTRA Conductor REGINALD STEWART Academic Fcilnal Overture Brah rasino Concerto Lmpcror Rhni LS, mption in CI manor IBHS A TILLt ri LlVl 1. OfDMSDsl EXT 0 m.

4 JL'L In the pirseme fir His rxcellirncy The Ambsssodor nl ihe lejfra! Kcnublic of Ocrman LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA tL' re rcnercrroiH Rnw Ji inrji.jni S.i in I lie I.i.k H-dn CARMfN burna CARL ORFIf 'fur Ss.miuvi'i Churua and Orchcs i APRIL CAMELLO LFRED OE1.LU JOH HAUWFLI. LONDON PHILHARMONIC CHOIR MASSIMO FRECCIA I'J (b 36 SLDAY 7 30 m. The London Svmonnny Orchrilra. Ltd. pretemt LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Overture Trie Wen Puno Concerto No Romance for Smrrjri Lniama Vartattont of Windsor Nicotal RachmanlnolT Gerald Finni Elcar PETER KATTN JOHN RUSSELL rickets I2)b 10- 76 5-, 36 LONDON CONCERTS GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND DRAMA, lfTnitl FIHSNKMIST OSIKis FC b.j..UM Miunw twedi PROGRAMMES II Homist to a (London Premiere) s-iir Lake Act EE) be Vurtyacker Hull Terajon) Skheheraiuide Hotnaae Pr incest Napob Homaae ip a Prince Etude Jui Jui 26 '2B (E.eninoal 15- I2'b Mlf- BOX OFFIC SUNDAY FRIDAY A GORUNSKY annoutices SJ) pjai GUIDO CANTELLI rw 1 S-FPT N.1BTR Cnnduciini 7 ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF FERRUCCIO TAGLI AVINI Philharmonia Orchestra Il.Vrts All; Vl).

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