A weekly survey of the arts
Introduced by Alexander Walker
Shadow of a Gunman, Sean O'Casey's play set in the crossfire of guerrilla warfare in Ireland during the early 1920s: a new production by Peter James at the Young Vic.
Lloyd George Knew my Father: William Douglas Home talks about his play opening this week at the Savoy Theatre, London, starring Peggy Ashcroft and Ralph Richardson.
King Lear: a Russian production, the first in a ten-week Festival of Shakespeare Films at the Globe Playhouse Classic.
Producers ALAN HAYDOCK and MICHAEL HEFFERNAN