The Michigan Doily-Thursday, June 29,y1978-Page 7 SHAKESPEARE A T S TRA TFOR.D: Byt The Wi comparat works tha supremeF nor the s frolic. As As You ie I' super OWEN GLEIBERMAN impassioned howl of a ravaged in- songs were most effective in this joyful horribly corny. Juxtaposed with Per- special toTheDaily dividual scrambling to avoid the abyss. glorification of love and nature, but the dita's simple and passionate sincerity, nter's Tale is one of those In the wake of Bedford's glowing choreography was dreadfully Florizel seemed a far cry from the man ively offbeat Shakespeare disorientation stood several fine per- unimaginative and the chorus line of who was willing to be disowned by his t concludes with neither the formances: Margot Dionne was nature-loving peasants ambling father rather than lose his love. Men- power of the darkest tragedy righteous and dignified as Hermione, through the cluttered stage was tion should be made, though, of Graeme pirited delight of a lovers' struggling proudly to make her something less than graceful. No doubt Campbell, whose wonderfully comic with Pericles, there are two husband believe in her faithfulness. performance as the sly manipulator William Needles' performance as the Autolycus did much to liven an hour- The Winkter'sTale whimpering, loyal Camillo created a m l c hgan DAILY "gact saturated with otherwise un- fascinating corollary to the main ac- byWilliam Shakespeare ",, ie i, mmnnwr , 33nrtomitigated celebration. Stratford FeuivaTheatre Stratford, Ontario leontes ........... Hermione ........ Mamillius....... Camillo .......... Antigonus ........ Paulina.......... Polixenes .. Florizel. Autolycus ........ Old Shepherd..... Young Shepherd .. Perdita .......... .....Brian Bedford ... Margot Dionne .. Robin McKenzie ... William Needles .......Joel Kenyon .....Martha Henry .....Ted Follows Stewart Arnott Graeme Campbell .Lewis Gordon ....Tom Wood ...Marti Maraden ion, nis aiemma over wnetner to poison Polixenes exploring the reaches of power and the burdensome conflict arising from insane orders handed down from on high. THE FLOW WAS disrupted during the fourth act, in which the play takes an abrupt turn to the pastoral. Florizel (Stewart Arnott), son of King Polixenes, partakes in a flamboyant floral celebration with his love, Perdita (Marti Maraden), unknowingly the abandoned daughter of Leontes. The [tarts,- this section was intended to appear spontaneous and unrestrained, but one can only take so much before it becomes cloying. Matters weren't helped by Stewart Arnott's Florizel, whose whining declarations of love were dispassionate enough to deem the whole business THE DARINGLY-STAGED end was brought off with assurance and profound intensity. The final scene, in which the "statue" of Hermione comes to life after a seemingly fatal collapse, was lit by several rows of lighted can- dles. As the dark line of characters marched "on stage following the restoration of Leontes' family, time seemed suspended, and the play ended on a note of quiet triumph. See AS, Page 10 Robin Phillips and PeterMoss,-directors; Daphne Dare, desiner; Louis Applebaum, music; Gil Wechsler, /ctigmnv. Boz stages a hit parade by Williao Shakespeare Stratford Festivallheare Stratford. Ontario Duke Senior . Frederick... Jacqursn. Orlando ....,. Touchstone . . Corin........ Silvius ... William .. Rosiland..... Celia ........ Phebe....... Audrey.,.... ..... Maurice Good Graeme Campbrll .SBrian Bedford ....Jack Wetherall ..Bernard Hopkins ..... Joel Kenyon ......PetrrHull Ricbard MeMillan .....MaggieSmith ......Domini Blyth .... Patricia Idlette ..... BarbaraBudd RobinPhillips, director;:RobinFraser Paye, designer; Berthold Carriere, music; Gil Wechsler, uighting dissimilar story elements somewhat jammed together, and this production occasionally ran into trouble in main- taining a sweeping continuity. In the first three acts, Leontes (Brian Bedford), King of Sicily, seizes upon a manic notion that his faithful queen, Hermione (Margot Dionne), has taken an intimate liking to Polixenes (Ted Follows), allied King of Bohemia. With Bedford's powerful performance, Leon- tes' turmoil had a white-hot intensity that all but overpowered the other characters. THIS PLAY WAS written well after Othello and attempts no surgical study of jealousy and its devastating effects upon a nobly intentioned individual; Leontes' quagmire arises from his irrationality, thus we witness a vir- tually pathological obsession devoid of right-thinking. When the Delphic Oracle proclaimed Hermione chaste, and Leontes a jealous tyrant, the King's cry that "there is no truth in the Oracle" was the pathetic yet feverishly By ELIZABETH SLOWIK Boz Scaggs gave his Pine Knob audience just what it wan- ted Tuesday night, from a little rock to a little soft jazz to the pop tunes he's most famous for. And under the star-filled sky, the fans ate it up. Starting with the first strains of "Lowdown" and ending with a double encore of songs from Down Two Then Left, Boz and his band played and sang with album-perfect precision, varying only slightly with guitar jams and frugal horn in- terludes. SCAGGS REELED OFF hit after hit, following "Lowdown" with "What Can I Say?" and "Georgia." He seemed relaxed before the sell-out crowd, and bantered bet- ween songs, talking of last year's concert at Pine Knob, get- ting cheers from college students after mentioning concerts in Ann Arbor and East Lansing, and declaring that everyone was going to have "a heck of a good time." He seemed like a friend onstage, perhaps someone's older brother who you had dinner with last night. The songs from Silk Degrees, his sixth album, drew the most audience reaction. The tingling start of "Harbor Lights" tantalized the audience into raptured silence. After "What Are You Gonna Tell Your Man" and "Hollywood," Boz turned back once again to Silk Degrees with "Jump Street," "It's'Over," and "Lido Shuffle." "Jump Street" saw a guitar jam, with Boz and his lead guitarist plucking away ina style that resembled early Chicago tunes. AFTER THE FINALE, "Lido Shuffle," the encore songs seemed a let down, a bit dragged out. The two songs from Down Two Then Left sounded so much alike that I can't even remember which ones they were. The songs were so close to the albums that half the crowd Poz zcaggs could have saved money by staying home and listening to the records. The other half, myself among them, enjoyed the deviation from studio style that crept into three or four songs. Although the concert was by no means a disappointment, I got the feeling that Boz never broke a sweat for his Detroit fans. The show itself would have been good for those sitting in the pavilion. Boz jumped around the stage in a shimmering white outfit while his two female back-up singers danced like the Temptations. But for those of us relegated to the damp lawn, the concert lost some of its effect from sheer distance. See BOZ, Page 10 With the exception of the Himalayas, the highest peaks in the Orient are found in Papua New Guinea, with Mount Wilhem reaching 14,793 feet. 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