Saturdoy, October 14, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three SatudayOctoer 1, 192 TH MICIGANDAIL Tm U r (RADIO KING " r Hr 1 ISirv COUtO IRTH 1 217SASH 2PAM-2AM This KOeaKMP $2.00 Evelyne Boors & her family (Eric & Martha Nagler) j fiddle, bluegrass & oldtime banjo, guitar, & psaltery SUNDAY- Stefan Grossman 2.00 (formerly of the EVEN DOZEN JUG BAND) 1421 Hill STitET IUILD SATURDAY An early example of the work of one of the most admired modern directors. With Maria Cosraes who is a fascinatingy actress (unforgettable for any- one who has seen her as the Death of Orpheus in Cocteau's film.) WOMEN IN THE DARK (Les Dames des Bois du Boulogne) Dir. Robert Presson 1944 SUNDAY by the. same director La Femme Douce ARCHITECTURE AUDITORIUM 7 & 9p.m. 75C UAC presents the world's largest Multi-Media Show THE BEATLES, AWAY WITH WORDS T-ymusicr The Stanley Quartet!". By DONALD SOSIN The Stanley Quartet's concert in Rackham Thursday night was notable for a number of reasons. With the switch from string quartet to piano quartet, this marks the first time the Univer- sity has had such an ensemble in residence. The variety of works that can be performed by the group is thus greatly expanded. If Thursday's program is any indication, we may expect per- formances of string trios, piano trios, as well as quartets utiliz- ing all the members of the en- semble. Opening with Beethoven's Trio in C minor, Op. 9, No. 3, string players Edwin Grzesnikowski, Robert Courte, and Jerome Jeli- nek, of the School of Music Fac- ulty, performed with the sensi- tivity to ensemble that one has come to expect from their past performances in the string quar- tet. Unhappily, there was also a good deal of slippery intonation; theatre- --- Lear at Stratford By JIM KENTCH "0 golden tongued romance with serene lute! Fair plumed jsiren! Queen of faraway!" though John Keats as he sat down to read King Lear once again. If Keats had seen the produc- tion of thishShakespearean trag- ' dy as it is currently being pre- gented by the Stratford Festival Players, his praise would have been almost limitless. All ele- ments unite to create an intense self-sustaining production. The cast, with few exceptions, had complete mastery of their roles in last Thursday's produc- tion. William Hutt as Lear was ''every inch a king;" his tirades and gesticulations captured the essence of the mad octogener- ian. When he stumbles up the steps Read and Use Daily Classifieds I DIRECT FROM ITS HIGHLYACCLAIMED SHOWING AT THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL! CITY John Huston's most powerful picture in years! The surprise hit of this year's Cannes Film Festival!" -CHARLES CHAMPLIN. L.A. Times "John Huston has directed it master- fully. A work of solid and effective realism!" -THOMAS QUINN CURTISS, International Herald Tribune "The work of a great film- maker with a great heart!" -ROBERT CHAZAL. France Sae "It is John Huston's best in many a year! The sensation of the Cannes Festival, unanimously ac- claimed. Directed with such beauty, truth and humanity...it is a tran- scendent experience!" -BERNARD DREW. Gnnett News Se'ce "Perhaps the best film -seen at Cannes!" -DEREK PROUSE. Sunday Times (London) I Four (4) Performances WED., OCT. 18 8 P.M. and 10 P.M. THURS., OCT. 19 8P.M. and 10PM POWER AUDITORIUM Advance tickets available at: Centicore Bookstore The Music Mart The Michigan Union CHRRLIE CHRPLIN "The powerful deflating force of Chaplin's comedy at its peak!" -Newsweek "Gloriously Funny! Another work of art from the master." -William Wolf, Cue c1 S #\EAV and refuses help, Lear is pa- thetic. When the Fool hands him his whip, a perverted symbol of his once powerful scepter, he is frustrated and befuddled. And when he overturns the dinner ta- bles, at Goneril's, his wrath knows no temporal bounds. Edward Atienza as The Fool was the perfect foil to Lear. His antics, distorted dances and puns provided a needed comic relief, Edmund, however, played by Barry McGregor, was self-con- scious in his soliliquies. Kenneth Welsh as Edgar overplayed his role, especially as the mad Tom O' Bedlam. And Kent, who is supposedly a character in his late forties, looks about 70 in this production with his white hair and small stature. The lighting and sound effects added greatly to the dramatic intensity. When Lear, hands up- raised in a supplication to the heavens, first appears on the heath in the storm, he is accom- panied by a strobe-flash light- ning bolt and a huge clap of thunder. The effect is like wit- nessing full - armored Athena springing from the head of Zeus. Stratford's modern, electroni- fied musical accompaniament, was, however, somewhat harm- ful to the play's intensity. The trumpets were anemic, and the drums hardly appropriate to pre- Christian Albion. The play gains its effective- ness from the high priority given to realism. When Gloucester is blinded, his bloodied eyes fall out onto the stage. Lighted torch- es, authentic fights with real me- tal swords), falls, and garbage all appear on the stage. And when Goneril kills one of her servants with an axe, it sticks (a la Hollywood) in his back. The simple, functional Strat- ford stage united the actors and audience. Edmund and Edgar fight in the aisle, and you can see the spittle as Regan spits into Cornwall's face. The setting of the Stratford Theater would certainly please the Bard himself. Surrounded by a large park, it overlooks Lake Victoria and its swans. Lake Victoria, of course, on the Avon River. King Lear will be presented in Stratford until October 21. It's a four hour drive, but it's a dif- ferent country and well worth the trip. DIAL 5-6290 "**** 4 STARS HIGHEST RATING" N.Y. Daly News .v.. BUTTERFIJEE ARE FREE GOLDE MWN ElFJ I(4ECkRRR Shows at 1-3-5-7-9:05 p.m. after three seasons of this, I have become resigned to it, and go to the Stanley's concerts not so much for highly polished play- ing as for the individual works- the quartet has a history of di- verse and interesting programs, and has commissioned numerous works in its 24 year existence. The new member of the group is Benning Dexter, chairman of the School of Music piano depart- ment. He joined Grzesnikowski and Jelinek for the Ann Arbor premiere of Ross Lee Finney's Trio No. 2 (1955). Typical of the composer's prolific output of chamber music, the trio is lyric- al and witty, and contains some beautifully ethereal moments; one hones Ann Arbor won't have to wait another 17 years for a second performance. Faure's Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 15, has been unheard on this campus for about the same amount of time, according to one faculty member. While it is true that the availability of recordings has made the issue of live performance a less pressing one, still there is no substitute for live chamber music. Before the advent of records, it was common for amateur musicians to gather and read through trios or quartets for sheer enjoy- ment. It seems as though this practice h-s almost died out- amateurs have turned to folk and rock, and professionals, in today's highly competitive at- mosphere, spend a large amount of time practicing, leaving little time for recreation. So it was good to hear musi- cians gutting their energies into a work like the Faure, reward- ing in its turn-of-the-century ro- manticism; the joy in making such music is not easily contain- ed, and overflowed the Rackham stage, enveloping the audience, which was curiously almost de- void of music majors. After a long day out at North Campus, the Stanley Quartet is a gentle reminder that music is enter- tainment, not just a gig. By STEVE POTTER Debka Habir, Troika, Pajdu- ska, Gankino, Mayim . . . A heated conversation between an Israeli and a Bulgarian? No, not quite. These strange-sounding words are just the names of just a few of the dances seen every Friday evening in Barbour Gym- nasium. The dancing starts about eight o'clock and continues straight through until eleven. Everyone is welcome. Folk dancing, by its very na- tra. is a pleasant and relaxing social activity. It gives people an onportinity to experience a physical closeness with others (in a commrnnmal sense), which is at times lacking in our society. Perbars thn apoe-l of these Fridav evening folk dances is also heightened by the fact that the onlu cost is a rewnested 25c don'tion. Whatever the appeal mqv be, somethina's working, becavse early fall Fridays have seen n fill gym of enthusiastic dancers. Beginners need not feel at all hesitant to come because at this time in the fall most of the peo- ple are new anyway. To help the beginners, the dances are taught for the first hour and a half- the last hour and a half being re- served for the more advanced dances. Besidesinot being a varsity sport, skill and perfec- tion is not what folk dancing is all about. As instructor Dennis Regan says, "It is not the steps that are so important, but the people with whom you are danc- ing." This general tone of gen- ialty pervades the entire atmos- phere. The folk-dancing group has been active locally for about eight years and is now organiz- ed and instructed by a group of about six enthusiasts who have been working with it for about five years. Although it might seem that an ethnic background in the culture of these dances might be a prerequisite, it is not. For as the group's treasurer Kathy Wilson says, "We're al- most all hodge-podge Ameri- cans." The music, perhaps above all, is what really sets the mood of the dances. Most of the time, records are used, but from time to time, a folk dance band will make a cameo appearance. This band has several of the tradi- tional instruments such as the accordion, tambourine, violin, flute, and drums. Eventually, they would alo like to add on a guida (a bagpipe) and a frula (a flute-like ethnic instrument). .The different dances them- selves have a great effect. on the atmosphere. The Balkan dances are most popular, ac- cording to Wilson, because of their unusual beats and har- monies (often they are one-note harmonies). In contrast to the Balkan dances, however, a polka will immediately change the at- mosphere to one of frivolity. The Israeli, Scandinavian, and Rus- sian dances are also popular The Troika, a Russian dance, is done in sets of three, and means literally "Three Horses." In the past, the group has also sponsored special dance workshops in which they have a professional come in and instruct over a three-day period. They are continuing with them this fall, and their first one - a Ma- cedonian Dance Workshop - is planned for November 10, 11, and 12. There are also Advanc- ed and Intermediate classes which meet every Tuesday eve- ning in the Women's Athletic Building. I CUJLTURE _CA\!ENIDAR; Daily Photo by TOM GOTTLIEB Folk dancers in action INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCING Step to a different drummer CONCERTS - Folksinger Gordon Lightfoot comes to the University of Detroit Memorial Bldg. tonight at 8:30. Tickets available at U of D box office and all J. L. Hudson ticket outlets. ARTS I am trying to bribe you with }uncertainty, with dan.ger, with def eat. 9,$, ..orge luis borges That's mostly what you'll find if you commit your life to the millions in the Third World who cry out in the hunger of their hearts. That...andfulfill- ment too.. .with the 4COLUMBAN FATHERS Over 1,000 Catholic mission- ary priests at work mainly in the developing nations. We've been called by many names -"foreign dogs".. "hope-makers" . .. "ca.pital- ist criminals".. "hard-nosed realists"... Read the whole story in our new FREE 6-PGE BOOKLET Tells it like it is Columban Fathers St. Columbans, Neb. 68056 Please send me a copy of your booklet. No strings. . i rT wi, 10 PAULETTE GODDRRD JACK OAKIE Written,Directed and Produced by Charles Chaplin Released through Columbia Pictures now thru tuesday WEEKDAYS-7:00, 9:10 SAT., SUN.-12:45, 2:45, 4:50, 7:00, 9:10 Wed.-"AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT" SOON-"The Ruling Class" DRAMA-University Players present Farquhar's The Beaux Strategem in Mendelssohn tonight at 8; Wayne State University features Kurt Vonnegut's Happy Birthday, Wanda June tonight at the Bonstelle Theatre at 8:30; Marygrove College presents One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest tonight at 8:30 in the college's theatre; Meadow- brook Theatre presents The Front Page tonight. FILM SPECIAL-In a benefit showing for the Media Access Center, Jean Luc Godard and Jean Pierre Gorin's Tout Va Bien will be shown continuously today in Aud. A, An- gell Hall. The directors will speak tonight in Power Center at 8. Tickets, good for both film and speech, available at Centicore, So. University. FILMS-Cinema Guild presents Bresson's Les Dames Du Bois de Bolonge, Arch Aud. tonight at 7, 9:05; Cinema II fea- tures Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder at 7, 9 tonight. Aud. A, Angell Hall; If at 9 tonight in Bursley Hall's West Cafeteria. MUSIC-The Beers Family tonight at the Ark; University Bands present Maynard Ferguson with his All English Jazz Band tonight in Hill Auditorium; Detroit and Flack perform tonight at 8 in the People's ballroom; Live en- tertainment at the Rive Gauche. WEEKEND BARS AND MUSIC-Bimbo's, Gaslighters (Fri., Sat., Sun.) cover; Bimbo's on the Hill, Long John Silver (Fri., Sat.) cover; Blind Pig. Boopie Brothers (Fri., Sat.) cover, classical music (Sun.) no cover; Del Rio, Armando's Jazz Group (Sun.) no cover; Golden Falcon, Stanley Mitchell and the People's Choice (Fri., Sat.) cover; Lum's, RFD Boys, cover; Mackinac Jack's Radio King and his Court of Rhythm (Fri., Sat.) cover; Mr. Fleod's Party, Terry Tate (Fri., Sat.) cover; Odyssey, The Rockets (Fri., Sat.) cover, jam night (Sun.) no cover; Rubaiyat, Iris Bell Adventure (Fri., Sat., Sun.) no cover. ART-The Union Gallery, first floor Union, opens its doors this afternoon between 12 and 5. UPCOMING CONCERT TIP-Grand Funk Railroad perform at Cobo Hall tomorrow night. * * * Information concerning happenings to be included in Culture Calendar should be sent to the Arts Editor, c/o The Daily. On the front page By JONATHAN MILLER Feature Editor With an audience of over 140 media people - and 300 of De- troit's best dressed people, The Front Page, Meadowbrook's first offering of the season, got off to a resounding start Thursday night. A jazzy accountofthe tumul- tuous newspaper wars in 1920's Chicago, Ben Heck's play was immediately appealing to the predominately media - oriented audience. The film version entitled His Girl Friday, more familiar to most people, has become a classic of newspaper films, part- ly because of the skillful adap- tation of thestage play to a screen play and mostly because of superb acting by Rosiland Russel and Cary Grant. The Front Page at Meadow- brook lacks much of the polish of the film: the dialog is not as quick and some of the acting is spotty. Buteven if the stage version at Meadowbrook is not up to tevo tonight 6:00 2, 4, 7 News, Weather, Sports 9 This is Your Life 50 Star Trek 56 Thirty Minutes With 6:30 2 CBS News 4 NBC News 7 Safari to Adventure 9 Beachcombers 56 Just Generation 7:00 Truth or Consequences 4 Explorers 7 Michigan Outdoors 9 Movie-"Georgy Girl" (1966) film standards it remains, none- theless, a tremendously enter- taining comedy. Unfortunately, Jim Oyster's portrayal of Hildy Johnson is one of the weakest parts in the dra- ma. Oyster seems almost effem- inate in his role, not at all the swashbuckling newspaperman of yesteryear that one would have expected in the role. But almost everyone else in the play is suberb. Special laur- els must go to LeRoy Kalbas, who played the part of Cook County's inept and corrupt sher- iff, and William LeMassena who acts the part of the Examiner's city editor. The acting of the secondary players and the construction of the set are also praiseworthy. The stage management is slick and well executed. If you've got a car and don't mind the one-hour trek to Ro- chester, The Front Page may well be the highlight of your weekend.- You don't even have to be a journalist to appreciate it. 7 Streets of San Francisco 9 Document 56 On Location 9:30 2 Bob Newhart 10:00 2 Mission: Impossible* 7 Sixth Sense 9 CBC News 56 VD Blues 50 Lou Gordon 10:15 9 News 10:30 9 East Side/West Side 11:00 2, 7 News, Weather, Sports 56 Operation Venus 11:30 2 Movie-"My Six Loves." (1963) A Broadway star adopts six or- phans. Debbie Reynolds. 4 News, Weather, Sports 7 Movie-"Sylvia" (1965) Story about a beautiful poetess with a dark past. 9 Movie-"Elephant walk" (1954) Young English bride cannot adjust to life on her husband's tea plantation in Ceylon. Eliza- beth Taylor, Dana Andrews, 0 0 0 Recom- mended for Adults! I -Benefit for the Media Access Center- sponsored by Friends of Newsreel prior to its U.S. premiere at the SAN FRANCISCO FILM FESTIVAL STACY KEACH JEFF BRIDGES SUSAN TYRREL in "FAT CITY" NOW SHOWING NIGHTLY AT 7&9P.M. Jane Fonda Yves Montand IN TOUT VA BEEN (EVERYTH I NG'S O.K.) continuous showings 2-4-6-8-10 p.m.