An inter-city knock-out bidding competition : round 1
I-Birmingham v. Brighton
L. N. Fayer J. Pearlstone G. B. Hill L. Phillips
Introduced by Terence Reese and Harold Franklin
This is one of the hands to be bid. The programme is recorded, and the players had no advance knowledge of the cards at the time of bidding
West is the dealer at love-all

Stage Architecture by Tyrone Guthrie
For nearly three hundred years theatres have been built on the same plan. Is it the right plan? Tyrone Guthrie , who has conducted a series of experiments in Canada, weighs the merits of the open stage as compared with those of the stage framed by a prosceniurr h.
A New Theatre is Built
Val Gielgud interviews
Bryan Bailey
Director, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
The Romantic Ballet by Tamara Karsavina
Mme. Karsavina recalls Jules Perrot 's ballet of the water-sprite, Ondine, which she danced in St. Petersburg. Later this year Dame Margot Fonteyn will take the name part in a new version.
In Search of New Dramatists by George Devine
Tomorrow the English Stage Company celebrates its second anniversary under the artistic direction of George Devine at the Royal Court Theatre, London. He considers his first plans and future policy in the light of experience.
Produced by Carl Wildman
First of four monthly programmes