THE MICHIGAN DAILY ftwTvfavAvr ~1M.0%vv4 waL .--. aTV aw M V L~gA1 .r UL11AL 1 TUESD~AY, uOCTOBER 01, 1954 I "!' T' 'AUL GREGORY SAYS: Good Productions Find Lost Audience Playwright Rice To Lecture on Censureship Wnfnlr fn Ppa1 A. (Ed. Note: This article was written for The Daily by Paul Gregory, pro- lucor of "The Caine Mutiny Court- Martial" which will be presented at :30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at ill Auditorium. The local presen- ation will star Paul Douglas, Wen- dell Corey, and Steve Brody.) By PAUL GREGORY It seems I had always heard bout the so-called lost audience >r the legitimate theater. Yet, after being associated with age presentations for a brief per- d, I discovered-and hardly to ly amazement-that the audience ad actually been there from the eginning. Good productions, it ems, were what had been miss- - i I have a very strong conviction at Americans will gladly pay for e best things in the theater if ly the purveyors of entertain- ent will given them the chance. It was under the motivation of at conviction that I went out on e enp of a slender limb, as many lieved, by sending the First Dra-, a Quartette out on the road in on Juan In Hell" in Feb. 1951. A Long Chance Most persons who are supposed know about these things were re I was taking a very long ance. There was, they reminded e, no real audience for such arty aff. I never agreed with them for ninute. The formula was, and is, simple. classic of literature, "Don Juan Hell" by George Bernard Shaw, esented with consumate skill by ir great personalities-Charles yer, Charles Laughton, Sir Ced- Hardwicke, and Agnes Moore- ad. Audiences did the rest - they rifounded the "experts" by pour- i more than a million dollars rough box office windows around e country. 'Overwhelming Appreciation' I think sometimes that they re more than happy to pay that ed classics, I considered this huge- ly successful novel a great work of literature - its conversion into stage form would have to be treat- ed with respect. And similar to works of art, our policy would be not to interfere with its drama- tization. The public, already so familiar with the book, would have been resentfully critical of any other method. I don't.believe in trying to im- prove on the language of the au- thor-there should be no tamper- ing in the matter of characteriza- tion or expression. This is even true when it becomes necessary to edit and condense in order to bring a performance within the time scope of an evening at, the theatre. Hundreds of Letters Since I started producing plays a few short years ago, I have en- joyed reading hundreds upon hundreds of unsolicited letters from most sincere appreciation for some of the shows we have sent their way. These communications, coming from persons in so many divergent walks of life, seemed ample evi- dence to me-if evidence was ever needed-that the audience for good stage offerings has never left us for a moment. Actually, I think it's something in the reverse. Any producer with a first-rate attrac- tion doesn't have to look for his audience, they'll come to him. (uonJJttLuea t rUL11rage .1) their neighborhood theater. When your play is under the control of an advertising agency, the policy is set by people who usually know nothing about theater. They're only interested in making people watch commercials," Rice said. Rice plans to spend the next eight weeks on campus. He will be talking to small groups of stu- dents interested in theater. "I may also do seminars with some of the students," he said. While on campus, Rice will cast and 'direct the speech department's production of his play, "Dream Girl..' He said the Lydia Mendel- ssohn theater was "awfully good., The staff seems very well quali- fied," he added. r Rice said he felt would-be actors should begin their training early. "I don't mean as children neces- sarily. But at least during their teens. The best place to get train- ing is in'the theater itself." Rice will hold a reception for those who wish to speak with him in the Rackham. Assembly room immediately after the lecture. TI .3~ao~c~J U'L~ PAUL GREGORY ... Play producer kind of money if only in appre- ciation to those of us who were considerate enough to pay tribute to their intelligence. Because I feel very strongly that there is a ;reat misconception as to what constitutes the mentality of the average American audience. They really have an overwhelming ap- preciation for the intelligent pro- duction of thoughtful entertain- ment. The same reaction greeted "John Brown's Body," the Stephen Vin- cent Benet classic, which capti- vated ticket-buyers both in small towns and big cities, and again proved that audiences are pretty much alike everywhere in their thirst for worthwhile stage fare. When I read "The Caine Mu- tiny," I had an irresistable im- pulse to talk with its author, Her- man Wouk. A stage dramatization seemed so logical, so perfect, so exciting, that I could almost see the performers in their roles. Like some of the most respect- I f Perfect for thrifty COEDS or CAREERIST'S --Daily-Dean Morton NANCY ALLEN, '56ED., AND CHARLES STICKLES, '56E, PREPARE FOR TECHNIC SALES. Technic To Go on Sale Today; Will Feature Several Changes On sale today in the Engineer- ing Arch is the "Michigan Tech- nic," magazine by and for engi- neering students. As the only student publication not housed in the Student Publi- TODAY'S BRIDGE HAND: Gamble for Extra Trick May Jeopardize Contract y 4 4 AQxx J8xx Jx Jxx Charles Munch Personification )f Alsatian Province Culture By DAVID KAPLAN Charles Munch, conducting the oston Symphony here tomorrow, the personification of the double ilture of the province of Alsace. His father was a staunch Alsa- an with a name derived from he German, meaning "monk." His zother was of pure French blood, he daughter of a Protestant min- ter in Paris. Munch's early musical training ame from his father who was an ganist, string player and leader ' the St. Guillume choir in the trasbourg Cathedral as well as eing Munch's first violin teacher. At the age of 21, Munch con- nplated a medical career and ent to Paris to study. But soon he as devoting all his time to his olin, studying under Lucien Ca- et. Concertmaster in Strasbourg After serving in the first World Jar, he became the concertmaster the Strasbourg Orchestra. He ter joined the Gewandhausr Or- aestra of Leipzig and in 1937 be- During his stay in Paris, Munch also was on the podium of the Lamoureux and the French Na- tional Orchestras and founded the Paris Philharmonic. When the second World War broke out, Munch held his post as conductor in the Conservatory, while secretly contributing to the underground resistance. He holds the Legion of Honor badge. Guest Conductor His first appearance in this country was as .guest conductor of the Boston Symphony on Dec. 27, 1946. Three years later, he succeed- came conductor of the Paris Con- servatory Orchestra. ed Serge Koussevitzky as regular conductor of the Boston Orchestra. Wednesday's program here will consist of Bach's "Suite for Or- chestra, No. 4," Dvorak's "Sym- phony No. 5" and excerpts from Berlioz's "Romeo and Juliet." Tickets prized at $3.50, $3, $2.50, $2 and $1.50 are still available at the office of the University Musi- cal Society in Burton Tower. Kxxxxx Ax S 14, 4V IW I LS y 4 ' AJ M AKQxxx ! AKx 4 Kxx Bidding: W N 14 2M P P none xx xxxxxx Ql0xxx E P P is dan- o strive e striv- By BOBB HARDIES With some partners it gerous as well as wrong t for an extra trick when th ing jeopardizes the contract. Our declarer, south, recently out of the hospital for taking an un- necessary finesse lost no time in capturing the first trick with dummy's ace-but this seemingly correct play met with a cruel fate for east casually trumped the ace with the air of a man who knew what was going to happen all the time. East gave our declarer another problem by returning a diamond at trick two. Wrong Guess Partially flustered by the turn of events South decided that since he would probably lose three club tricks if he played the suit him- self played low feeling that the only plausible hope was that East had led away from the Q of dia- monds. He subsequently woke up in the 3 hospital again having lost two clubs in addition to the spade and diamond he had already lost. To make matters worse his nurse, a confirmed Canasta player, had no difficulty in finding what the trouble was even after the un- fortunate decision to play the Ace of spades at trick one-unless East has the King of spades doubleton we can find very little reason for the play except the fact that South had just recovered from a similar situation in which his fail- ure to play the Ace cost him a contract. Hobson's Choice Said the nurse, "Unless the dia- monds are divided eight and zero, ten tricks are made simply by tak- ing the Ace of diamonds at trick two, extracting trump in two rounds, playing the King and trumping a small diamond, and graciously leading a small spade from the dummy." Despite his illness the crest- fallen victim could see that West was faced with Hobson's choice. If he returned a spade the Queen of spades would make, un- less the King were led in which case the Queen would be available for a discard, a diamond return would provide declarer with a sluff and a ruff and his contract, and a club return by West would produce a club trick for South. Before dozing off to sleep one could berely hear South mumbling a defense of his play of the Ace of spades. "If I had taken the spade finesse no doubt East would have taken the King and returned his doubleton club and got the fourth trick via a ruff and I'd be here just the same!" cations Building, it has the dis- tinction, Editor-in-chief Charles Stickles, '56E, said, of being re- garded by the Office of Student Affairs as a part of the engi- neering college. "Theoretically,, we're supposed to provide articles of interest to en- gineers, not necessarily of actual use," Stickles remarked. This issue of the Technic will show several changes over previous years. The revisions will include alumni' news, features on promi- nent faculty members, extracurri- cular activities in the engineering college and jokes. Among the difficulties of the organization, Stickles listed their lack of space and location in a narrow room in the West Engi- neering Annex, the lack of inter- est among engineers in writing and the attractions of "more glamor- ous publications." With 73 years of history, the Technic is the oldest engineering college magazine in the country, It began as a yearbook of a Uni- versity engineering society. While not subject to the Board of Student Publications, the Tech- nic has a board of faculty ad- visors. Editors this year Include Stick- les, .Jim Snediker, '55E, business manager, Hank Mosteller, '55E, managing editor and Carley Mei- kle, '55E, associate editor, The Technic will be sold today and to- morrow in the Engineering Arch at 25c a copy. A gathering of the Cl and our authentic Scot suits and coats put youi for Fall whether you're job or on campus-impor cause of the bright and ing colors. Have yours Watch, Royal Stewart, King George, etc.-tar banded together in ou Shop. plus .. 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