THE YORK Mystery Plays will be the central attraction at this year's York Festival, to be held from June 20 to July 13, and will include a medieval-style wagon Droduction of "The Exodus". In announcing the plans, the new Festival Manager, Graham Beynon, said, "The 1969 Festival

PATRICK CARGILL is to direct "Anything for Baby", a new comedy by Talbot Roth- well and William Meyer, which opens at Wimbledon on February 17 before going to Brighton Royal. Leeds Grand and Cam bridge Arts. It is presented by James Verner Ltd., in association with Philip Rogers

THE visit of Florence Opera to t h e Edinburgh International Festival is being heavily sub sidised by the Italian Govern ment and the City of Florence, Edinburgh's twin city. The com pany will make their first appear ance in Edinburgh in August, at the King's Theatre, where they

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Edited by SIDNEY VAUBNCEZ The Ozzle Owl Club stages a grand testimonial concert for Don Megson, Captain of Sheffield Wednesday, on Monday, February 17. The Farrell Variety Agency has I arranged the strong bill which lea- I tures the Stereos, Eve Britton, Don Colin. Alex Sisters,

Lovely LEONI PAGE i> find ing time between cabaret data* to fit In an increasing schedule ol radio (hows. You can hear her glorious soprano on the Sam Costa Show tomorrow and "Roundabout" on Monday next. She has also fust sioned a con tract to appear in "Friday Night Is Music Ni

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-says Hughie i HUGHIE GREEN'S campaign to make local radio commercial and transfer it to the medium wave gathered momentum last week. Speaking from the heart of York shire's Clubland in Barnsley Mr. Green told the stage that the type of stations he envisaged would provide work f