7 JULY 1950, Page 19

SPECTATOR COMPETITION No. 27

Set by Peter King

When Hamlet was performed in its natural setting at Elsinore, an insensitive spectator was annoyed by the noise of swallows and steamships. A prize of £5, which may be divided, is offered for a criticism (in not more than 200 words) of a marred performance of one of the following : Charley's Aunt at Oxford, Macbeth at Glamis Castle, The Lady's Not for Burning at Chipping Campden, or a Ruritanian Musical somewhere in Central Europe.

Entries must be addressed to the Spectator, 99 Gower Street, London, W.C.1, in envelopes marked " Competition," and must be received not later thap July 14th. Results will be published in the Spectator of July 21st.