type tie atten- . otic leading is very good. .rages
of gin-sodden arida Godscll as his anxious a convincing picture of a woman g first love for the tenth time. They .t supported and one always feels that play is about real people. I wish, though, that writers wouldn't try to convince me that I am looking at the contemporary scene by pep- pering their plays with superfluous swear-words or, if they must, that actors would not mouth them so defiantly—the Lord Chamberlain can- not always be in the. audience.
Plaintiff in a Pretty Hat at the Duchess Theatre offends in much the same way, but after all the aristocracy has never had many inhibitions about its language, and as for the contemporary scene it is sketched in with a few easy strokes by reference to taxation and the fact that the castle has to be let for six months of the year in exchange for a twenty- five-guinea flat in Knightsbridge. The cast, true to type, 'do nothing in particular and do it very well.' Hugh Williams, set to rescuing 'the boy' from a breach of promise case, achieves miracles of hair-breadth timing and the others circle around him with suavity and decorative- ness. Hugh and Margaret Williams have com- pounded the plot of all the right ingredients— aristocracy, sex, mystery and an occasional touch of seriousness. Ideal for the WI Christ- mas outing.
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