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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1951)
Behind the Scenes—University Theater ARRANGING HIS WHISKERS for a dress rehearsal of “Anne of the Thousand Days” is (right) Bob Marsh who is cast in the role of Henry VIII. Eric Mathews, Mark Smeaton in the Maxwell Anderson drama, makes some final touches with a comb. by Jim Haycox Six plays are chosen by the Thea ter Executive board each spring for production the following year. It is, by no means, a random selec tion. Every production the theater handles must have proven audience appeal, top drawer drama, and con trast to those before and those to follow it. This year, for example, the board considered some 60 sc ripts and has narrowed that num ber down to 20 so far. Before the final decisions are made, they must be absolutely sure that the six have the proper mixture of fantasy, drama, comedy, and musical. If one show makes use of heavy scenery, the next may be almost open. If one is not particularly con cerned with costume effect, the following one may be built around it. Early this fall, almost before the cobwebs were off the curtains, the business office was at work with the annual season ticket drive. The tails of the summer theater w'ork were tucked in and the front office was ready for the year. Then came the business of getting the plays on their feet, a well beaten procedure. The Mood Is Set Seven or eight weeks before the magic opening night the produc tion meeting holds forth. Here the theater staff approves the stage setting, and the costume‘sketches. A general mood or meme oi me production is decided upon and a play is in the making. Right along in here tryouts are held. It may take more than a week before the principals are de cided upon. The rest of the cast will fall in line after this. Often the would-be leads are willing to take just any role to keep going in stage work. For them there is always next time. Bill Schlosser and his stage crew are working full-time when open ing night approches. In the scene shop behind. the stage the rudi ments of a whole set are devised and constructed. The final touches are added when it stands, on the stage. Lighting a ticklish problem on' the simplest of sets, must be tried j and retried. Perhaps the final de cision to mix the blues with the yellows in the death scene will come only hours before the first curtain. Costuming depends entirely on I the type of play produced. In “Anne of the Thousands Days,” which is playing now, it is all im portant. Behind the original sket ches by Gerry Hettinger went some 50 hours of research. Documentary history of the era, 1526-36, record just how Henry VIII himself set the style. In his position he could and did dictate j the wearing on mftny of the royal, Annual Moot Court Trials Set For Comina Week in Courtroom Five moot court trials will be held by the law school during the coming week, the first scheduled for 7:30 p.m. tonight. Announced by Orlando J. Hollis, dean of the law school, the moot trials are held every year. Law students are the plaintiff, defendant, attorneys, court offi cials, and witnesses for the trials, which are open to all law students and to any other persons who are interested in attending. The moot trials will be held to night, Thursday, Friday, Monday, and next Tuesday. All trials will begin at 7:30 p.m. and will be held in the Circuit Courtroom of the Lane County Courthouse. Tonight’s trial practice, Moot Court Trial No. 1, concerns a hypo thetical seminar at which the plain tiff, Don Sanders, and the defend ant, Jim Hafey, were present. Ac cording to the case, Sanders con sidered purchasing a revolver be longing to Hafey. Hafey brought out the revolver, assuring Sanders that it was not loaded, pulling the trigger to demonstrate the fact. Sanders then took the revolver to examine it, and at the sugges tion of Hafey, to note its trigger action. A bullet was fired into Sanders’ leg, causing a serious wound. His efforts to get Hafey to pay the doctors’ and hospital bill were unsuccessful. Attorneys for the plaintiff, San ders, are David Dardano, Eob Jones, and Jack Lively. Attorneys for the defendant, Hafey, are War ren DeLaVergne and Quintin Es tell. Court officials are Bob Belloni, bailiff-notary; Tex Goodwin, clerk; and Bill Taylor, reporter-sheriff. Witnesses for the plaintiff are Frank Alderson, Bob Hollis, and Sanders. Witnesses for the defend ant are Hafey, John Horn, and Bill Tassock. Thursday night's moot court trial will concern an automobile accident in which a rider is injured, the driver refusing to asume any responsibility for the injuries. WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH OUR PERSONAL POSSESSIONS WHEN SCHOOL IS OUT? Dial 4-0417 for advice and free estimate STORAGE: Reasonable rates. SHIPPING: Anywhere, one piece or a van load. PACKING: Expert packing and crating. EUGENE TRANSFER & STORAGE CO. 260 Ferry St. Dial 4-0417 frills. But this doesn't tell enough by itself. Next step involves going through the two or three books that are devoted to r.n exhaustive study of costumes with theater production in mind. A third avenue of investi gation was through the paintings of Hans Holbein, court painter of that time. The clothing of Henry, Sir Thomas More, and Jane Seymour was copied from the paintings al most stitch for stitch. Of Anne Boleyn, however, there were only rough sketches without color or detail. Always A Deadline The final few days before open ing night are covered at a gallop. The ticket office opens to the pub He just five days ahead ot me opening. Season requests are com ing in and the phone rlnga a hundred times a day. The supply of tickets, a different color for each of the eight nights, begins to dwindle. No matter how much was done in advance, the hardest and long est hours come Just at the last. Rehearsals go far into the night. Everybody is running to beat a deadline. You may never be sure If the guy standing in the center of the stage with a blank look on his face is checking lights or trying to re member a line. In the last few days nobody is really sure of any thing. Perhaps he Just lost his way while going to the art school. . < ** SELLING TICKETS for the latest University Theater production arc (from left) Co-ticket Managers Phyllis Keller and Mary Ellen Htirrell while (right) Virginia Hall, theater business manager talks on the phone. Petitions Due— Oregana . .. Petitions for art editor and ad vertising layout manager of the 1952 Oregana are due by noon Monday. Art editor petitions should be ac companied by examples of car tooning and/or decorative work suitable for a yearbook, Editor Bob Funk stated. These petitions me.y be turned in at the Oregana office, third floor of the Student Union, or to Bonnie Birkemeier at Pi Beta Phi. Petitioners for the advertising layout manager position should have some experience in art work and layout, Funk said. These peti tions may be turned in at the Ore gana office. Picnic . . . Petitions for the Jantzen Beach picnic decorations committee are due at 6 p.m. Thursday and may be turned in to Carol Lee Tate, Carson Hall. There are only five cities in the United States with populations ex ceeding 1 million people. WARM? TRY SOME COOL SUNDAES SODAS SHAKES CONES THE LEMON 0 13th and ALDER Shots Available Anti-tetanus shots and smallpox vaccinations will be given at the Infirmary today and Thursday from 1 to 4:15 p.m. Charge is 25 cents pel student to cover the cost of serum. YW Group Meets Today The annual picnic of the YWCA advisory board and cabinet will la? held this evening at the home of Mrs. Stanley Summers. Cabinet members attending should meet at the Y in Gerllnger at 5:15 p.m. for transportation to the Summers' home. Final plans for the fall will be outlined and committee reports will be given. Mis. K. M. Baldwin and Gretchen Grondahl are in charge of the arrangements. i NIGHT STAFF Editor: Patricia Choat. Stuff: Joan Miller, Joyce Clark. SCI A MOVIE FROM YOUR CAR ‘‘Brute F“orce” with Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn also “Shakedown” with Howard Duff, Brian Donlevy il WE'VE GOT THEM SUNTANAS AND ONLY ? 1 _ 00 U the watf, to GET A TAN IN only Minutei Daily DONE BY REFLECTION COMIC—SKIS AT Gkuffjvool'4, DRUGS 849 E. 13th T