Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, March 30, 1968 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY -,I -f theatre- Glowing 'Dream'Comes to music Town The PuritanDilemma: ~Three-.Ring Circus The Professional Theatre Pro- gram will sponsor a new and different presentation of A Midsummer Night's Dream, at Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre this week. Shakespeare's comedy will be presented by the Stratford Na- tional Theatre of Canada, and will be directed by John Hirsch, artistic co-director of the Strat- ford Festival. The troupe has set A Midsum- mer Night's Dream in a French mid-nineteenth century comic style,, to which it appears to have been very adaptable. Response to this new per- spective has been good - the eight-performance run is al- ready sold out. The play will be presented Monday through Sat- urday at Lydia Mendelssohn. 'Hirsch, the epitome of the theatrical success story, came to Canada, at the age of 17, immediately following World War II with no knowledge of English. Hirsch's directorial f a m e grew and in 1959 he launched the Manitoba Theatre Centre as artistic director. His 1965 Stratford Festival production of Chekhov's "The Cherry Or- chard" continually attracted capacity audiences. The sets and costumes for the performances have been design- ed by Leslie Hurry, recently re- turned from Britain where he is known as one of the most re- knowned artists of his genera- tion. The music to accompany the performance was written byTStanley Silverman. The lead role in A Midsum- mer Night's Dream will be play- ed by Douglas Rain as Bottom, and Martha Henry at Titania. Rain has played with the Stratford Festival during each of its 15 seasons, and has been signed to several major roles for this summer's session. Rain has been hailed over thle year's for his performances as Iago in "Othello," Sir Toby Belch in "Twelth Night," and the title roles in "King John". and "Henry V." Miss Henry made her Strat- ford debut in 1962 and is re- turning this year for her sev- enth consecutive season to play still another leading role. JERRY WILLARD CLASSICAL GUITARIST Saturday, March 30 BALAIKA GROUP Sunday, March 31 PERFORMANCES at 8:30-9:45-11:00 P.M. MARK'S Coffee House 605 E. William OPEN DAILY 9 A.M. to Midnight By ROBERT FRANKE The Puritan Dilemma. Wow. Wow because the Puritan Dilemma is a highly talented, ver- satile, serious, yet warm and happy pair of musician-entertainers. A soft, puzzled wow because their musical .sources are so eclectic that, as though watching a three-ring circus, you don't exactly know what to concentrate on. To quote from the historical study for which they are named, they are working out their visions in a new land. They are experimenters; but their successes are bril- liant and outnumber their failures, and a kind of shy, self-con- scious love for popular music shines through whatever they are playing.r Their own designation for their music is Acid Folk; mine would be Country and Eastern. Each description leaves out a lot. Friday night at Canterbury House they started out with a new Byrds tune, "I Wasn't Born to Follow," with Gene Barkin Nashville plays riffs on his big, ugly looking but beautiful sounding electric guitar, Ed Reynolds strumming along with his 12-string, and both of them singing straightforward Byrd harmonies. Then Ed picks up his old Martin 6-string and runs through some of the loveliest fingerpicking I've ever heard on "Born in the Country," an old blues tune with such beautifully wry lyrics, it's a pity that Ed doesn't sing them straight. They stop to retune, but the show doesn't. One of them calls out for "the Book," and this weird cat in a black, hooded robe brings out a children's (or is it?) book by Maurice Sendak called "Higglety Pigglety Pop! or, There Must Be More To Life." Gene reads while Ed tunes.(later, Ed reads while Gene tunes; Ed does it better.) Then "Grand Hotel' with Gene's quiet, sensitive lead electric almost invisibly supporting Ed's singing. Ed Reynolds has the quivering voice of an ancient prophet; it's a very effective contrast to the flowing instrumentation. "Widow with Shawl," a Donovan song, follows, this time with Gene's smooth but sometimes weak voice against Ed's acoustical guitar lacework. Then the Puritan Dilemma do Tim Hardin's "If I Were A Carpenter," turning it into an out-of-sight psychological portrait with a brilliant arrangement. It starts quietly, with Ed's smooth- rough voice resting on an even twelve-string rhythm. But all is not as it seems; Gene's guitar seems to be brooding on the bass strings. remains. They finish the set with the Everly brothers' "Bye Bye Love," Ed ensconced in an old felt hat and Gene with a Presleyan pompadour, never even attempting to resist the temptation to ham. I'm sorry I had to miss the black light and body-painting. The Puritan Dilemma is a kaleidoscopic circus; the best thing to do, I guess, is to latch onto the ring that you like best. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PROFESSIONAL THEATRE PROGRAM presents ti ,'. ix : , :. 5 k HIGH CAMP!! 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