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But Coward is not alone. Young Terence Rattigan is following in his foot-steps. in fact lie special record: for many months two of his plays were running in London In adjoining theatres while a third was being performed at the name time on New York's Broadway,
is still a front-ranker in this sphere to-day. Besides this, and not least of all, Priestley is a very active Bghter in the political discussions of the day. It is not surprising, there- fore, that during the Battle of Bri- toin in the summer and autumn of 1940 he greatly contributed towards ring the wonderful spirit which broadcasts.
Britain at that thine by his
All his plays are successes, which in all the more surprising secuse in the main they deal with serious One of these plays was "While the philosophical problems. Apart from Sun Shines"
Priestley which the
"Descri
S ONE PASSES through Lon- straight plays the following are the
Theatreland, posters most outstanding "Private Lives" attract the cyc with the words, "Design
Living",
"Fallen "Third Year" written across them. Angels" "This Happy Breed" and This means that the play has been "Cavalcade". Most of these playa running continuously for more than were just as successful as Blinn. two years, night after night and twice weekly In the afternoon. Fantastic figures are often reached in the West End of London for per- formances, with which the theatres and plays of the Continent cannot compete. This does not only apply in revues and operettas, but often to plays of high literary value which are also comprehensible and enter Inining to the public at large. Slobe Theatre, London, from 1943 to productive. From 1942 surprisingly Now who are the authors of such 1940. The other 1 "The Winslow present day he has written no less "box office attractions First and Bay" which has been played to than eight plays, of which "They
To
and City" foremost comes to mind the mume packed houses for many months at Come were outstanding SIC- of Noel Coward, who is known fur the Lyrie Theatre. The play being Highway"
in cesses. The present stuson, which and wide throughout Britain. With shown in Amerien "Love
in is just beginning. Includes two of out doubt this 45-year-old is one of idleness" or na it is known
This latest works, "The Inspector the most Ruccessful piny
and America, "Oli Mistress Mine".
in Calls
and "Jenny Villiers." Of his Blowrights of all time. Apart from was brought to prominence
earlier successes, mention should be American and London by the Imnous this he is a composer, stage-manager and is equally suc-actor, Alfred Lunt, and his wife,made first and foremost of "Dan- cessful in all these spheres. Ilis Lynn Fontaine, and was taken by gerous Corner" and "When We Are comedy Blithe Spirit" ran for over them to New York after they let Married", a comedy, which are re Iour years in the West End of England. Prior to this, Rattigan's peatedly being put on again. London, first at the
achieved Piccadilly play Flare Path" hud Theatre and then at the Duchess extraordinary success. Theatre. It broke all records for
Rattigan
the depictor of modern
is Internationally PRIESTLEY British plays.
rociety which he knows
acknowledged and tamed. Not This
well-balanced better than anyone for he belongs only in Britain are his plays pro- charming, comedy in the best traditions of to it himself and in a charming way duced, but in Amerien, Switzerland. British social plays, brought enter he ridicules 1ts weaknesses Austria and Germany. He is one of tainment and pleasure to hundreds peculiarities, "Flare Path" resulted the few foreign authors to have of thousands. It has, of
also from his experiences as an officer in Vained respect and acknowledgment been filmed. But "Blithe Spirit" is the Royal Air Force. In this plugin the Soviet Union. only one of a long chain of successes which describes the life of R.A.F These three Numes-Coward, to which Coward has for some time pilots at a camp in Britain during Priestley and Rattigan-are worthy past become accustomed and which the war, Rattigan strikes his first followers of a generation of British range from
operettas to straight serious note, which is particularly playwrights to which such names us plays and more serious war pictures. evident in his fatest play, "The Oscar Wilde, Pinero and Galsworthy Winslow Boy", and which piouices | belonged; and of which Somerset a great future for this 34-year-old | Maugham tid the 00-year-old
Bernard Shaw are still alive.
actor
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THIS SERIOUS SOCIAL NOTE is
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author plays of Britain's successful play. Photographing The
Earth From Rockets
most moving film depictions of war experiences, moving because of the simplicity of a theme and pathetic rendering. The ilmself plays the leading role. weight, J.B. Priestley. Actually he Among the great successes of his began his career as a novelist and
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(Copyright, 1946, by Ely Culbertson)
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U.S. Navy scientists hope la obtain photographs of the earth's surface from a height of 528,000 feet-100 miles-in future V-2 Rocket tests at White Sands, New Mexico.
BBC
Blendo 18-year old Carolo Carr, singing to the British Broad- of Dorothy Carles. casting Corporation microphone. A star Chrola's first engagement was at 14 with Jack Payne. Her rise to the top has been rapid. She te already ap established auODORS DE
and bas his Orchestra, with Geraldo and
a large fan a singer mail expecially from British Servicemen overseas.
GRIM COMEDY IN PENANG
By F. G. A.
LL the elements of old-fashioned So he bluffed them. ile went to the comic pera are contained in ringleaders and in his best Scotland on amazing tale of bluff and courage Yard manner he made it plain that. which is coming out of Malaya. It is he meant business. They would put a tale of gangsterdom and murder notices in all Malayan newspapers and extortion, rivalling anything in every language thint the Red Fare Chicago produced in the days nf Club was definitely and finally dis-
solved. "Emperor Capone,"
Or else. The alternative was that It seems that on the Island of parker, backed by fou reputable Penang in the Malayan group, war's
eltizens, would
whole expose the end was the signal for the commumbo-jumbo, indicate the exact mencement of n gigantic racket. )
per- spot where ceremonies were Here in Uris pleasant ittle land. formed and lead "tourist" parties to released from the shadow of the
"Riviera of Die Straits the mountain top, well guarded by Jap, the swiftly came back to gay repose,
military police, to watch the whole silly business.
PUROPEANS who prospered in
Chinese who had made their established themselves
j
The notices appeared in the news- popers and then, because face-saving that country JUE well-off is so important to the Oriental, the pile Hted Face Club's ringlenders foldet. Encouraged by blurred pletures of
smart their tents and stole away from PC- the earth sulten at a height or some eli
villas and lived lite leisured gentle-nang-all within 48 hours. 40 miles from a rocket fired into folk. Their wants were fed by a the stratosphere
on October 10, large population of Chinese mer- aelenlists are working out a way to chants, which quickly was marked perfect movle cuinera Installation by the gangsters for a "shake-
for higher and clearer photos, says down." United Press.
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It is, of course, easy to blame East for this catastrophe, inosmuch is he didn't have to bid four clubs when the opponents quit chart of game, Ary such Judgment, however, would be overlooking the true culprit and the real crime, 1.do not refer by
The Ang Bin this to West's two-heart overcall---| Although the last rocket fired Face Club-invaded Penang and outrageous as that action was reached a height of 102 miles, only became its red terror. The but to West's subsequent ostrichlike the film recorded at 40 miles could chants were forced to join li to save thetic in staying quiet when he must be reproduced.
their lives. On 1 meuntain top at have realised that his partner might The Navy said the higher altitude dead of night they were led through plunge to his doom,
photographs were blurred by vibra-riticulous initiation cere
ceremonies. Horrific onths of tions from the rocket's roaring ex-
allegiance haust and by shock waves formed secrecy were exacted, and thereafter by the 3.000 miles per hour speed the "members" went in fear of their
Music is money-spinner lives. These respectable merchant "Encouraged by their initial remembers of the Red Face Club were these days. More than a million
obluin sults, the scientists hope to
"front" for the nefarious activities people have paid something like
waylald, protograplis. from 100 miles above of the real gang, which the earth by using extremely high robbed, murdered speed camera shutters future The government
In
The only loge in the two-beart call-induitesimal as it was lay in the slim hope that East would be nule to support leaves very strongly. it attained. When that support failed to mater-i lalise when Indeed, East made the to-be-expected club call that was so dangerous from Weary point of view --West should have said to himself: "I gambled in hearts, and failed V-2 rocket tests, the Navy said. either helpless or complacent. that is, I didn't hit my partner, NOW
the Despite
rocket's 102-mife I've got to make sure that we don't climb and fall, five of the eight THEN ย go off, the deep end in another direc- cameras mounted in it were reco tion-clubs. True, I had nothing vered. This was largely due to the resembling a sound overcali, but on fact that an explosive charge blew East's club bld and my own holding, the war head from the rocket atter -~-~~-East... didn't do well at his four-we should. certainly be able to beat it reached its peak altitude, allow
club contract! In fact, on South's three spades." And on that simple in the parts to tumble down at re- inspired lead of the diamond four, and direct, note, West should have tatively slow speeds. to which dummy (West) played low doubled!
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ind Ecriminately. £200,000-at a very conservative be estimate to attend about 4,000 appeared to
concerts in the past 12 months. This phenomenon has startled new Egure enters the
is Flight-Lacut the musicians as much as it has stage. He Charles Parker, RAF. Single astonished the people whose arrest musical knowledge is limited to handed, without making an (it was hard to prove any charge) one-fingered tapping on the piano he routed the gang und kicked out of Penang. He had no omelai au in the parlour.
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thority because the law concerning I have been trying to find out why secret societies was still moribund the concert has supped up the scale, since the war.
Why there arc at least But Parker, before he did his bit orencs.ras paying their way; ne in the war, had had 20 years' excrowas queued 24 hours for a place perlence in Scotland Yard and the at the froms. whole thing seemed to him a lot of There are, it would appear, unnecessary and literally bloody nan answer: a lot of subsidiary
He ingratiated himself ones. First there is the war. into the confidence of several of the black-out kept people home. Britons are going back to Eire members of the Red Fore gang (it is turned to the BBC. for entertain-
found the and loyal republicans don't know of most were our unwilling ment, soon tired of comics, "skippy"
almost all of them dance music and soon quite what to make of IL.
members) and finally got a clue, They
by the Corporation. welcome the hard cash the exact location of the gang's hide selves listening to the better
put out and employment accompanying the
They found they liked it and asked steady stream of well-to-do Britons
Parker had flown over it
Men and women in the fecing the austerity of life in post-tines and observed no trace of it services, too, look at lives in good war England for homes there, but go well was It camouflaged. He had music societies fostered throughout they can't altogether forget the days 50
The Music For All even interrupted a highway "stick the Commands. of the "trouble" in Efre which saw up, and killed two of the Chinese Cub in Cairo is a good example of an even more dramatic exodus thugs on a previous occasion. will what I mean. Back in civvio-sircel which left in its wake burned and
for good music stayed central core of the liking ruined houses.
out getting to the
with them. The influx of those seeking homes This time he knew just when an
Money to Spend omid Eire's more bountiful
illegal food initiation (which was s
Secondly there supply and lower income and estate under the pre-war law) was to take Peoptu nave money to spend and not taxes is still moderate but appears place and where. With two stout much to spend it on except cater- to be increasing steudily.
hand, Parker on either partners
hed and the cinemas, the concert halls Some prominent Brilons who have limbed the mountain and watched tainment. So along with the theaires purchased homes in Eire recently the shivering novilates
crawl on
Oddest include the Duite of
thing about it that I see is the "war" who has acquired
replace their knees through the "five gates are pulling in the public. Blarge in
with a headless chicken dangling in which famed conductor Sir Thom Brurce,
Thomas waging with County Limerick Sir John ont of them, taste the blood and Beecham is Austin, who i settling at Clonmee,
wine which nade them "blood Russe
London Russell chairman of the Pnunarmonte Orchestra. Reviving Orchestra, bought Castle Barnard, banana and stammer the oaths of his Royal Philharmonic
has begun a series of allegiance and secrecy, and learn the Sir Thomas
grips Sunday' concerts at Croydon, draw- reverse complicated pass words and
ung something like 4,000 people
the gang.
Copineath, andard and Lady brothers" in the Tong, gnaw on
who
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end completely which followed selling up of the Irish Free State. Most residents of and arrangements of matches on a British descent then left the country
try table which were part of the recogweek. with British administrative officials, nition rites.
The outlook of many of the new
Britishers
the peace.
Rus-
Sir
Sir Thomas promises to take his orchestra around the Provinces und
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got their' to KAYU Dɩseries in London. was summed up by
self objects particularly S English purchaser of an estate who, evillence and the identity of the thomas's claim that bo has no, com-
Parker could not sald he feared the Labour Govern-ringlolem.
This
regards ment in Britain would increasingly prosceule them on any
sumclently on the London Philharmonic. "soak the rich."
serious
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When Sir Thomas and Mr. Russell, poiltaly if acidly bandy words to the delight of wiso-cracking columnists, the other, smaller orchesirns are do [ing very nicely on the publicity that Plays Popular
The theatre is stili in the money and I was told this week that no London production was taking -less - than £3,000 a week, A month or two back It was feared that the boom was over. The Jeremialu have been confounded. It in miill impossible to get a 'seat for anything' from musical comedy 1- Shakegustare (Continued on Page 2)