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Genet Play: Series of Illusions
Crystallizes Awesome Reality
Teacher Walkouts Close Down
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By ANN L. MARCHI0
"The Blacks" by Jean Genet is
a bitter play, crystalizing the
black-white conflict to an awe-
some reality.
But just which elements of the
play focus on that reality and
which reflect dry humor are not
that easy to determine. The entire
plot moves in a series of illusions.
The cast is entirely Negro, but
the stage-audience adorns white
masks and portrays a self-assert-
ing white court.
The rest of the cast dresses in
a shabby imitation of the courtly
apparel and is an obvious stereo-
type 'of their race This group has
the task of presenting a reinact-
ment of a white woman's murder.
They do so in order that the court
can condemn them legally, having
already condemned them infor-
mally.
As both sets move in their ob-
vious roles, the plot slowly re-
verses itself until the Negroes be-
come the vanquishers.
The imagery, swirling in com-
plicated paradoxes, justifies the
simplicity of the plot. For exam-
ple, one woman is named Virtue,
but she is a prostitute. And yet
she proves to be the one gesture
of love.
The language of the play is
poetically crude. At least twice
in the play the intensity of eno-
tion precipitates an isolated and
breathtaking incantation.
"Tar and feathers, died like a
rot, died like a dog, dyed in the
wool, died in the battle, hit. the
bottle, died in bed, cock-o'the-
walk. Hemlock!"
"The Blacks" is a popular off
Broadway production, performed
for the first time on Oct. 28,
1959 at the Theatre de Lutece in
Paris. Its first continental pro-
duction occurred May 4, 1961 at
the St. Mark's Playhouse in New
York.
Don Harms, candidate for a
Ph.D. in Comparative Lit, has
done an excellent job in directing
the production. His enthusiasm
for the play itself has been a
tremendous incentive for the rest
of the crew. The movement of the
players is so accurately timed that
it actually enhances the rhythm
of their speeches.
The casting of the play's 13
parts took five weeks. And al-
though many had little or no ex-
perience, the production does not
suffer. Charles Thomas, the lead,
vibrates in empathy with his part
and a surprising quality emerged
in the character of Diouf, played
by Byron Hendricks.
Also to be commended is Mark
Sedgeman, A & D, who designed
the cubistic set.
Ironically, the most apparent
message of the entire production
was adequately summed up in
Genet's dedication. He wrote, "One
evening an actor asked me to write
a play for an all-black cast. But
what exactly is a black? First of
all, what's his color?"
By Thle Associated Press
State officials yesterday inten-
sified efforts to end teacher work
stoppages which are disrupting
classes for nearly 21,000 Michigan
students.
Officials of Henry Ford Com-
munity College in Dearborn, a De-
troit suburb, called off registration
which had been scheduled for to-
day for an expected 12,500 stu-
dents.
Local 1650 of the American
Federation of Teachers AFL-CIO
has picketed the school for two
days in what it describes as "the
first college teachers' strike under
collective bargaining in the United
States."
Judge Victor L. Baum of Wayne
County Circuit Court scheduled a
hearing for today on a suit to
force the Henry Ford Community
College faculty back to work. The
school has about 150 instructors.
The suit for an injunction was
filed by the Dearborn School
Board which operates the two-
year college.
One college administrator, who
declined to be identified, said "If
you were to conclude from this
that classes scheduled to open
next Wednesday will also be de-
layed, I could hardly quarrel with
your hypothesis."
Labor Mediation Board rules on
unfair labor practice charges.
In Grand Rapids, Leo Walsh, a
hearing officer for the mediation
board, promised members of the
c i t y 's education association
Wednesday night that the board
will act as quickly as possible to
pave the way for contract talks.
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FRIDAY AT 7:15 P.M. Sharp
Address by
NIKKI 'KLAYMA
former Hillel Vice President,
on her experience during her junior year abroad.
Oneg Shabbat will follow.
JOHN PLANER, Cantor
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JOAN TEMKIN, Organist
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Rapids, working without a master has petitioned the mediation
contract. Negotiations for a con- board for a new election to deter-
tract were stalled in the West mine who will represent Detroit's
Michigan city until the Michigan 10,000 teachers,
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