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Reviews two events connected to British theater. `British Theatre in the 1890s: Essays on drama and the stage,' edited by Richard Foulkes (originally papers at a Leicester University symposium); The ingenious guises used to slip sex into the theater; Sensationalism; Closeness of drama and visual art; Vivid glimpses into the stage life of the 1890s; Review of `Trelawny of the `Wells',' a play by Arthur Wing Pinero at the Olivier Theatre; Plot; Actors; More.

Presents information on publishing and authorship in Great Britain for December 25, 1998. `Daily Telegraph' publishing a list of `What the Papers Said,' about its choices for books of the year; Discussion of the Oxford University Press (OUP) poetry list; Plans for the poetry wing of 1999's Salisbury Festival; Other information.