THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Five }; , THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Five Edward II:" A emotional drama h royalty and Britain. aid Ford's infamous pardon, tense emotion. The part is a Edward II was a good-hu- and one that precipitated a very ' tough challenge for any actor, ored man who was unusually similar political battle. ranging as it does from regal nd - considering the temperx" Early dramatist Christopher I grandeur at the opening to de- the times - to his subjects. Marlowe ventured into these I feated humbleness in the final ifortunately, he had one fail- murky waters some 250 years scenes, but Snow carried it off g unforgiveable in a British later to construct a study not almost perfectly. I only wished Ig: he was a flagrant homo- only of the ill-fated Edward,'that he hadn't rushed some of xual. but of the jealous court around the longer passages of dialogue. His first act upon assuming him that eventually forced his Snow was backed by a fine e throne was to rescind a abdication and ordered him cast of performers from the athbed petition of his father murdered. repertory group. Mary-Joan Ne- hich had ordered Edward's In a sense, then, the City Cen- gro, as the forgotten Queen Is- avorite" (read "lover") ban- ter Acting Company's produc- abella, also managed to bridge led from England. It was a tion of Marlowe's Edward II a wide character gap. Sam >ve about as popular as Ger- now playing at the Mendelssohn Tsoutsouvas portrayed a suit- Theater is a double-edged tale. ably ruthless rebel leader (Mor- . ..:...Not only is it the story of an timer), while Peter Dvorsky intricate maze of sexual mores proved most apt as the king's and relationships, but it is a favorite, Gaveston. hard-nosed examination of an- Interestingly, Rabb saw fit to other (and perhaps more de- amend slightly the scene in structive) kind of lust: man's amend slightly thesedeti { erigfor power. which Edward is murdered-to yearning one, of all things, more his- JaWe never can be completely torically accurate. Marlowe Y sure of the exact reason why calls for the (by that point) ex- the peers of Edward's realm king to be smothered, but Rabb turned against his favorite, evidently ran across the con- Piers Gaveston. Was it really temporary account of Edward's because of the forbidden death which claims "he was ig- r........... courtly love" between Gave- nominiously slain with a red- ston and the king, or rather be-! hot spit thrust into the anus" cause of what Gaveston repre- and decided to follow it. .z sented - a social nothing who, by one means or another, had . Y>climbed over the heads of n in his directorial task by a bril- , established order and nestled liant lighting design executed into a position of major influ- by David Segal. Since the pro- ence? (We hear the peers re- duction used virtually no set peatedly refer to Gaveston and - ideed, only a backdrop of his successor as "upstarts.") rich red velvet - Segal's light- City Center director Ellis ing served as the primary Rabb wisely chose to explore method of focusing audience at-i this latter question of the im- tention. It worked - and pact of power. He paints for us worked beautifully. . a o o Haa court that is first aroused and In fact, beautiful is just about drawn into controversy by scan- the right adjective for the en- dal, but is later sustained by tire production. City Center's the seemingly equally scanda- Edward II had everything a lous notion of placing the 15- playgoer could ask for: sus- "year-old crown prince on the pense, characterization, fine throne as a figurehead and di- acting, and even a contempor- viding up the kitty among them- ary "moral." As one playgoer selves. remarked during the final cur- Norman Snow played the be- tain call: "Compared to this leaguered King Edward with a guy Edward, Nixon got off Graduate Library Collection sense of true nobility but in- pretty good." head d II's "favorite", beneath as seen in a drawing by at weren't that good Plotting the takeover Queen Isabel (played by Mary-Joan Negro) and her secret lover and rebel leader Mortimer (Sam Tsoutsouvas) discuss the best way to f.rce King Edward to abdicate. The City Center Acting Company production of Christopher Marlowe's play continues through Sunday. maul" Michael Wilson and his "Movies on TV" column have moved. They're both now a part of The Daily's new weekly cal- ender feature, "Happenings." See page 8 for the first edi- tion of what's going on in music, theatre, cinema - and tele- vision. SUNDAY at HILLEL 11:00 a.m.-Undergrad Brunch 75c 5:30-7:00 p.m.-DELI ALL YOU CAN EAT FOR $2.04 HI LLEL-1429 Hill Street bown Dragon Aire Ltd..i ...Presents L A D I [S& G hI IAN A Film Concert. Special sound equipment installed for this engagement! 44 SPEAKERS 3300 WATTS RMS TRUE QUAD SOUND WEST 45 V QJ 10 4 Q SQ 2 NORTH 4 K 8 6 4 3 1 K 3 t 543 *A KS EAST 4 7 2 9876 54 V - * K J 10 8 7 2 4 J10 98 3 SOUTH AAQJ109 M A 2 f*796 4 764 The bidding: East South West North Pass 1.4 4V 44 Pass Pass Pass Opening lead: queen of hearts. When the queen of hearts hit the table South thought the hand would be a pianola. He counted' ten tricks in the form of five spades, two hearts, one dia- mond, and two clubs. Thinking to get the hand over with, he; played the king of hearts froml the dummy, but he received a rude shock instead. East ruffed. Stunned, declarer called for a time out. His 10 tricks h a d suddenly disappeared, and it seemed as if he must inevitably lose one club and two diamonds in addition to the heart ruff. Clearly his tenth trick could not be developed in either diamonds or clubs, so he turned his mind to West's hand. After lengthy consideration, declarer devised a plan that offered a slender chance of suc- cess. Acting on this plan he proceeded to play his ace of ventured, LOS ANGELES (U) - Former; Beatle George Harrison, launch- nothing gained. ing his first Canadian and American concert tour in eight! FRANK BELL - years, said recently: "Having played with other musicians, I hearts to the first trick, creating : don't even think the Beatles his fith potential loser. were that good." South realized that West could: His comment drew gasps at have only four cards outside his a news conference, known nine card heart suit, and Harrison also said he didn't that if these remaining cards in- think the British - born mu- cluded no more more than two sicians, who revolutionized pop- clubs and one diamond, he ular music in the 1960's, would would still be able to make his ever get back together. contract; if he did not squander "It's all a fantasy," he said, his chance on the first trick. "this idea of putting the Beat-. Winning East's club return, les back together again, The declarer pulled the outstanding only was it will happen is if trump and cashed his two re- we're all broke." maining side suit, winners, the Harrison said he wouldn't re- ace of clubs and the ace of dia- lish playing with Paul McCart- monds, completely stripping ney, who sued Harrison andG West's hands of all but hearts. the other two group members, Now South exited with h i s John Lennon and Ringo Starr, remaining heart. West, who when they split in 1970. But realized what was happening but Harrison insisted he has no could duck neither 'declarer's personal grudge against him. nor dummy's hearts, perforcel "Paul's a fine bass player, won the trick and continued with but he's sometimes overpower- a third round of hearts. ing," he said. "Ringo's got the South sluffed a diamond from best backbeat in the business his hand and a club from the - . . I'd join a band any day board leaving West on 1 e a d. with John Lennon. But I On the fourth round of hearts wouldn't join a band with Paul declarer sluffed the last diamond McCartney. That's not person- from his hand as he ruffed on the board. He was now able to ruff a diamond back to his hand and ruff his last club upon the board, making four spades. By forcing the lead on West at the right moment, South was able to pick up two additional' tricks for the price of one. True, South was fortunate that West had the favorable distribution he Since '72, $50,000 for Bike Paths ACTIONS SPEAK FOJTIK% NOV. 5-Democrat-DIST. 14 f ART 1 CINEMA { ~"DEE1P .TANG""" plus "Sex Clinic Girls" ART 2 CINEMA-Now from the makers of "DEEP THROAT" and "DEVIL IN MISS JONES" plus-"The Birds and the Bees' PERSONS UNDER 18 CANNOT BE ADMITTED 31 N. Washington, Ypsilanti-Phone 482-3300 -MEDIATRICS PRESENTS A DOUBLE FEATURE Start the Revolution Without Me Starring DONALD SUTHERLAND GENE WILDER -AND- al; it's from a musician's point of view." 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