Two Thousand View Marco Millions
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By Barbara Hollands
An audience of nearly two thous
and thronged into McArthur court
Saturday night to view “Marco
Millions,’’ the University Theater
1948-49 spectacle production.
The world-renowned Marco Polo
— confident, greedy, shallow — is
the central figure in the drama by
America’s foremost playwright,
Eugene O’Neill. Aptly portrayed by
Norm Weekly, Polo was shown to
be not the glorious adventurer of
tradition, but an excellent example
of Occidental extraversion and gen
eral unpleasantness.
Describing the journey of the
three Polo brothers to the court of
Kublai Kaan, “Marco Millions” tells
of the new philosophy which Polo
brings to the quiet, wise, somewhat
idealized Chinese.
Polo introduces paper money,
which he describes as being “much
cheaper than gold.” He also teaches
the Kaan’s subjects the proper use
of gunpowder, which they had been
wasting on children’s fireworks, to
blow up their fellow men in the in
terests of lasting peace.
As the play ends, Polo returns
triumphantly to Venice, the great
Kublai Kaan, (Cliff James), strug
gles to accept the new wisdom, and
his granddaughter, Princess Kuka
chin, (Doree Brownlee), dies of love
for Marco Polo.
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production, and striking scenery
added greatly to the general effec
tiveness of the drama. The audience
viewed scenes in Italy, India, Mo
rocco, Persia, and China and saw
the cast of nearly one hundred
clothed in elaborate, authentic cos
tumes.
The University Symphony Orch
estra, under the direction of E. A.
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paniment to many of the scenes,
and also played between acts and
during the intermission.
Among the members of the cast
were Earl Taylor, Gordon Erick
sen, Ken Neal, Ken Hodge, Bob Mil
ler, Jack Evans, Ken Olson, Paul
Wexler, Dick Rayburn, Bob Nelson,
Hal Larson, Bob Chambers, Enelie
Jackull, Chuck Boice, Alan Button,
and Rod Bealey.
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