12 AUGUST 1943, page 10

The Theatre

MR. JAMES &urges new play is a great deal better than his The Holy Isle, which I reviewed here some months ago. To raise the Devil successfully, then to give him the best of the......

The Cinema

THE quality which the .average film most often lacks is solidity. We cannot expect every week to see a masterpiece but there seems no good reason why the alternative should be......

Some New English Chamber Music

MUSIC IT was good to see a large audience at the Wigmore Hall for Mr. Gerald Cooper's concert of English chamber-music last Saturday. The new works in the programme were a Trio......