London Theatres Still Flourish.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 70, 23 March 1940, Page 2 (Supplement)

London Theatres Still Flourish.

'; W HKX ll "! «ar entered on its fourth ,'f month there Were eleven revues and 0 musical comedies running in the West End, six farces or very lielit. coincdiel, ' two pantomimes, two thrillers, olio Sliaw revival—•■Major ISarbara'' (whose e discussion on armaments makes if topid eal); one. classical revival. "The Import- * mice of Being Karncsf'j one Chincso g fantasy, "Lady Precious Stream": one .. childCTii's play. '•Where the Rainbow i- Knds"; one new Irish piece. "Tl> e . u Golden Cuckoo"; one excellent Dickens 1 adaptation, "Great [expectations"; and d Elmer Rico's "Judgnicnt Day." ■j In addition opera and ballet are flour--1 felling at Sadler's Wells, and there are a ballet companies at the Vaudeville, tlio fc Arts and the Cambridge. c Tl i mere was an enormous crop ol revue ' during the last war. but the period 10HIS also produced Barric's "A Kiss lor Cinderella" and •■Dear Brutus," Somer--1 -et .Maugham's ■•Caroline,'' and "Th o 1 Man Who Stayed at Home." It is too ' early yet for plays about the present ;: war, but no doubt these will conic in due - course. During the last war, the Old \ ie. gave, a succession of Shakospearo and classical revivals. At present it is : shut, but will probably reopen during I the next month or so.