The Spectator's Arts Round-up
Theatre
Opening in London: Cato Street, Robert Shaw's play (which was once intended for the National Theatre repertory), with Vanessa Redgrave, progresses from previews to 'first night' at the Young Vic, November 15; B/uebeard by Charles Ludlam, presented by the 'Ridiculous Theatrical Company of New York' at the Open Space, November 16; Godspell, the American rock musical based loosely on St Matthew's Gospel, at the Round House, November 17.
Out of Town: Peer Gynt, the first play to take the stage at Sheffield's new, million-pound Crucible Theatre, November 17.
Cinema
London Premiere: The Shooting, starring Jack Nicolson and directed by Monte Hellman, previously shown at the Edinburgh Festival and said to be a representative roller of America's 'new wave,' at the Screen on Islington Green, November 14. London Film Festival: About forty feature films will be shown, those at the National Film Theatre No 1 including the pick of the year's foreign festivals, those at the new National Film Theatre No 2 devoted particularly to the work of new directors; November 15-December 1. Royal Charity Premiere: The Shoes of the Fisherman, which stars Anthony Quinn, at the Empire, November 18.
Television
Omnibus is devoted to Duke Ellington, who talks to his biographer Stanley Dance, between excerpts from his London concerts; BBC1, November 13. In Search of the real Che Guevara, produced by Paul Bonner, is a co-production of the BBC, Bolivian TV and CTC of Canada, and attempts to sort out fact from fiction in the life of the revolutionary; includes film from the Congo and from La Higuera, the village where Che was shot dead four years ago; BBC1, November 16.
Music
Concert in Sympathy: a sequence of contemporary and folk music of Bengal, performed by instrumentalists and singers from India, in aid of Mrs Gandhi's relief fund for the refugees of East Bengal, at Sadler's Wells Theatre; 3.30 and 7.30; November 14.
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