Thursday, October 5, 1972
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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Thursday, October 5, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three
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Student Laboratory Theatre
LAST PERFORMANCE TODAY, Oct. 5
Harold Pinter's
LANDSCAPE
dir. by NATHAN GARNER
AND
THE ONLY GOOD INJUN
NEW PLAY by MICHAEL REHAK
dir, by JAMES HAWTHORNE
ADMISSION FREE
4:10 p.m.-ARENA THEATRE
(FRIEZE BUILDING)
Lighter
By TANIA EVANS
While Shaw called his third
act of Man and Superman a "to-
tally extraneous" one, he did not
mean for anyone to believe him.
However, in Tuesday night's
production opening Eastern Mich-
igan University's October series,
"A Celebration of Shaw," direc-
tor James Gouseff has taken the
playwright at his word and re-
duced the play from fourto three
acts.
There are identifiable reasons
for doing so, one of these being
simply time, for the play, as cut,
runs a full two and a half hours.
The fact that this series is es-
sentially a student production is
an additional motive, for the de-
mands of the third act can be
met only by a very experienced
cast.
The deleted act is, however,
shade of Shaw
essential to the play's intellectual
force and its omission makes of
Shaw's Superman no more than
the knowing prey of a woman
genius, and transforms the play
from the in-depth look at human
society Shaw intended to an en-
tertaining drawing room tickler.
While Eastern's production of
Man and Superman is not Shaw
the artist - philosopher, it is defi-
nitely the playwright as an artist
of comedy - jibing at every
member of society, including
himself as the reformer. Much of
his success can be credited to
his amazing grasp of the En-
glish language, including tonal
ranges from the very dry to the
almost slapstick and an intensity
that varies from sidelong glances
and light blows to deadly
thrusts.
Two players were particularly
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CUL'WRF CAL.EI'WEAR
FILMS-Cinema Guild features tonight American Under-
ground Retrospective-Program 4 in Arch. Aud. at 7, 9:05.
Also, Ann Arbor Film'Coop shows tonight The Soft Skin.
About this film Daily Reviewer Richard Glatzer notes:
The Soft Skin is one of Truffaut's most overlooked films.
And no wonder. Following The 400 Blows, Shoot the
Piano Player, and Jules and Jim, this simple, ordinary
love triangle, an interesting but flawed film, disappointed
most critics. Pretty stewardess Francoise Dorleac has an
affair with Jean Desailly and disrupts the man's mar-
riage, leading to predictably tragic results. An opportun-
ity to see a film rarely shown here.
DRAMA-Rehak's The Only Good Injun and Pinter's Land-
scape produced by the Student Lab Theatre this after-
noon at 4:10 in the Arena, Frieze Bldg.; Tonight at 8 in
Quirk Aud., EMU Players continue the production of
George Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman; the Ann
Arbor Civic Theatre production Forty-Carats tonight at
8 in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre.
MUSIC-University Musical Society presents the Israel Phil-
harmonic Orchestra in concert tonight at 8:30. 200 rush
tickets at one dollar apiece go on sale this afternoon at
4 until 4:30 at the Hill Aud. box office.
successful in projecting the full
force of his humor, Monica
Merryman as Ann Whitefield and
J. Douglas James as Octavius
Robinson, both of whom were
able to follow the difficult rhy-
thms of Shaw's long and intri-
cate phrases, so essential to his
comic effect.
Another similarly successful
player is Tom Koch, in the role
of Henry Straker, Shaw's "New
Man," the chauffeur with a gen-
tleman's sense of class snob-
bery.
Opening night jitters seemed
to have struck only one player,
Chris Clason, in the leading role
of Jack Hanner. He had a dis-
arming tendency to reverse
words at the height of his other-
wise well-articulated speeches.
The turn-of-the century setting
follows closely the elaborate
stage directions included by
Shaw, with only slight modifica-
tions in the English and Sierra
scenery to accommodate the inti-
mate Quirk Theatre. The cos-
tuming also follows Shaw and is
excellently suited to the play
and the characters. Lighting,
scenery and costume work cre-
ate an airy, summer atmosphere
that balance with the sharp, in-
tellectual quality of the language.
The play as a whole is, in fact,
a study in balance, with a cast
of characters provided by Shaw
sufficiently diversified in intellect
and interest to set against
the focal figure of Jack
Tanner. G o u s e f f, in con-
junction with his talented and en-
ergetic players, creates a fine
tension and a quick pace after
the first act, building to an up-
roarious conclusion with Jack
the parrot prey and Ann the gen-
teel amazon queen of the Life
Force. While the deleted act
would set this conclusion to
rights, the play is nevertheless a
definite comic success.
Persuasions
spread wvord
By HERB BOWIE
The Persuasions are an a ca-
pella group. This means they per-
form without the aid of any in-
struments other than the human
voice. Theyare also religiously
oriented. They also possess a
conspicuous lack of talent.
Considering all these limita-
tions Spread The Word is not a
bad album. The members of the
group hardly ever sing off-key
and the album's production is
immaculate. What's more, no one
on the album ever coughs, stut-
ters, or burps - not even once!
Those of you planning to see
Cheech and Chong on this Sat-
urday at Hill can justifiably look
forward to hearing a perform-
ance as flawlessly mediocre as
the one recorded for posterity
and unsuspecting frequenters -of
bargin bins on Spread The Word.
The MOJO
BOOGIE BAND
217S ASH 2PM.-2AM
By TONY CECERE
University Philharmonia Orchestra,
Josef Blatt, Conductor. Program:
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
of Johannes Brahms, Ricard Wagner
Prelude to Lohengrin, Serenade No. 9
in D, KV 320 ("The Posthorn"). Octo-
ber 4, 1972, 8 PM Hill Auditorium
The University Philharmonia
presented a somewhat puzzling
concert last evening, in that the
playing was in a checkerboard
pattern. Portions of the concert
were simply excellent; still,
there were times when it was
hard to believethatan orches-
tra as capable as the Philhar-
monia could have produced some
of the out and out bad sounds
that arose from the Hill stage.
The program got off to a good
start with the Wagner. The play-
ing was very sensitive, a quality
admirable in an orchestra of any
caliber, but especially so in a
university group. Maestro Blatt
had a firm grasp on the orches-
tra, leading them through the
continual tensions and releases
that are so charact-ristic of
Wagner's music. I was excep-
tionally pleased with the inter-
pretation. The brasses were the
ultimate glory of the piece -
they played solidly and regally,
without any displeasing edge to
the sound.
The Mozart piece did not fare
quite as well. The Serenade lost
most of its intimacy due to the
excessive size of the orchestra
and the lack of definition of in-
dividual parts. In general, the
Mozart was overplayed, especial-
ly in regard to the dynamics.
There was, however, some very
refined woodwind playing.
The Brahms was very surpris-
ing: the opening was very dra-
matic and expressive, but the
rest of the movement suffered
from insecurity on the part of
some players. Yet, the work
seemed to take a strong uphill
swing, starting with the excel-
lent Violin and Oboe solos in the
second and third movements.
The Finale was solidly played,
with the brasses in the limelight.
As a veteran of many past
Philharmonia concerts, I must
comment that the orchestra has
made a giant step forward in
Daily Photo by ROLFE TESSEM
Forty-Carats
Laughter grows in a scene from the Ann Arbor Civic Theatre production of Forty-Carats which opened
here last night. (review tomorrow)
music-
In checkerboard patterns
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terms of sheer playing ability
and musicality. The strings were
exceptionally good, displaying a
high degree of polish for the op-
ening concert of the fall Term.
Maestro Blatt, as usual, did a
superb job of interpreting the
music, which compensated for
some of the bad playing. All
things being equal, it was an en-
joyable concert.
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