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Sir Peter Hall was directing a play, and rehearsals were going very, very badly. In an attempt to energise the cast, he told them that he was going to sit in the auditorium and they were to come on stage one by one and terrify him.

They did so, in turn, bellowing, screaming and shouting in the most menacing manner. Finally, Sir John Gielgud, the play’s star, quietly strolled to the centre of the stage, nonchalantly took a draw from his cigarette, looked at Sir Peter, said “We open in two weeks” and walked off.

Here are ideas for party games. The first is called “Twenty Questions”. Its rules are simple – you take an attractive girl into a dark and secluded place and ask her 20 questions. Of course, if the answer to the first one is “Yes”, you don’t have to bother with the other 19.

The second game is “Surprises” in which everybody drinks at least a bottle of gin and the host goes out of the room. After a minute he comes back in and you try to guess who it is.

A radio announcer was heard to say “We apologise for the 20 minutes break in transmission during the last programme, but hope this did not spoil your enjoyment of Thirty Minute Theatre.”