THE MICHIGAN DAILY I Artists 444 Atusic and Drama 4 4 to Play Pro Will Sing Here The Campus And The Theatre ' ry V I .The Play Production Tlays art of "acting," of bombastic melo- stantly encouraged to exploit his in- Behind an old patch-work curtain, dramatics, but the infinitely more dif- dividual eccentricities. in an older, even more antiquated, ficult art of simple repression, of get- Obviously, however, if the student auditorium, filled with close uncomi- is, to become versatile quite the op- fortable seats, with little ventilation ting beneath the surface situations of be pue the and inadequate equipment, Professor a part and living it. sal buse must play Hollister' is quietly and consistently One of the most trying difficulties the lover and the lanky, artistic soul carrying forward an unostentatious of this work is the utter absence of the villain-the result may be a trifle I roject towards the highest dramatic anything more than a mere indication hard on the audience, but it is ad- ideals. I of the setting through their famous mirable for the actor. There is no fanfare of trumpets, no and eternal green curtains. The main 'ezied publicity and journalisic ex- reason for this constant use of cur- point should be placed last because it ploitation, but there are large audi- tains rather than the conventional becomes the more deserving-there is encea-audiences that with every new "flat" or solid sets i5 that the stage the verymow price of therseason production tax the capacity of the slopes In all directions from an apex the e llarc fo the feanu roomy hall more and more-and that at the center. The explanation, once iis allvr wel thare two is what always counts in the last given, may seem trivial and ridiculous dollars and a half per performancetfor analysis, to anyone but the stage-hand who goesI a production and there are those that Every campus contains the usual mad trying to make his angles true on think a cheaper price cheapens the l number of annual dramatic splurges, such a rolling platform. play; but there is also the audience risky financial ventures and primary It is logical, however, that an audi- to consider, the student audience that social events all in one, and while no ence schooled in the expensive set- all the dramatic clubs are clamoring one would deny their value, it is often tings of the professional stage should for, and there is also the fact that the through such a modest project as is decry this simplicity. To many, it student body as a whole absolutely being launched here by the play pro- always indicates that the production will not pay professional prices for duction classes that the more perman- must be crude even though the acting an amateur production. ent effects of the theater are felt. be commendable. In reply, there is To begin with, the ten programs only one rebuttal: how much more fin-i presented every year not only indi- ished would the numerous extravag- - vidually contain numbers of the most ant productions be, equally stripped , I A D ambitious - and worth-while caliber, of their fine trappings-and tortunate but the courses as a whole are care- ly there is no answer. MM USICIANS !ully balanced to. neutralize each Of course, another impo'rtant feat-IS i other into a blend of the best the ure to be taken into consideration 37, tmann interpreter, and hris perform- anlce of this concerto is wNorld famous. The principal orchestral number will be Glazounoff's charming fourth svyi- phony which was given earlier in the season with great success. 3letropolihin Opera Cotilpany Opera lovers who find it imposible to journey to New York to see and .hear the Mdtropolitan w11 be in- terested in the announcenient tiat. tis celebrated organization will give a week of opera in Cleveland begin- ning April 28. Following an engage- ment in Atlanta, Ga., the company will proceed to Cleveland where the following repertoire is scheduled: Monday, April 28, "Aida"; Tuesday, Apri 2~ Caren~ Wet Aplril ;.o"Riolettu"; ThIdr 1, "Faust"; Friday, May 2 Godnoff Saturday matinee "Romeoft Juiete" ofthrd May a, ";_1 Trovatore." Manl foremoswt. ineltlwers