look Homeward Angel'
Characters good but play lacking
Ity FKKD (JKAFTM
Kmcrald Entertainment Editor
A rich, beautiful and moving
j>lay has been fashioned from the
pages of Thomas Wolfe’H distin
guished autobiographical novel,
"Look Homeward, Angcd,” and
aomchow> Eugene* Very Little
Theatre has managed not to
breathe any life Into Kotti Krings’
glowing dramatization.
"LOOK HO.MEWAJtD, AN
<»EL” i« drama that ranks with
Arthur Miller's "Death of a Sales
man." Under an almost senti
mental guise of nostalgia, vio
lence, tenderness, hatred, humor,
and love, the play so expertly of
fers conflict and reality that in
stead of simply telling a story
of the hopes and desires of a
group of people, It becomes a gi
gantic emotional adventure.
In spite of several masterful
performances, the VLT has turne<i
what could have been a very re
warding evening for those with
enough courage to face some of
the ugly and wonderful facts of
life into just another play. Miss
Fringe’ splendid artistic creation
was not intended for those desir
ing escapist entertainment. Yet
the tragic beauty that lies in its
many and varied situations,
ranging from scenes of wild hu
mar to emotions of selfless love
and deep grief, some to the audi
ence through an almost melodra
matic interpretation.
William Austin, as Eugene,
etches an unforgettable portrait
of the lamblike yet bitterly coura
geous youngest member of t h e
Gant family. Nina Newman is
magnificent as the selfish, cal
culating mother who uses her
husband and children as stepping
stone for what she considers will
bring her happiness and security.
Bob Stankavleh, who performs
his role with great insight and
technique and who emerges as
the play's most believable char
acter, is splendid as the consump
tive son.
Literary criticism
talk set Tuesday
W. J. Handy, English profes
sor at the University of Texas,
will gave an address on literary
criticism Tuesday at 4 p.m. in
the Student Union. The address,
"Toward a Formalist Criticism of
Fiction,” is open to the public.
Handy is an associate profes
sor of English and director of
the program in criticism at the
University of Texas.
This is the first in a series
of lectures sponsored in connec
tion with the National Defense
Education program in contem
porary literature.
Contemporaries
(Continued fium bane 2)
beginning of the school year was
that no one would be allwoed
in the Commons wearing jeans.
This rule, however, does not
seem to be taking effect. On any
given day, in any given meal,
one can find many of the men
on campus who are wearing
jeans and awentshirts, eating in
the Commons.
If this type of a rule does
not pertain to the men, why
can't the women go to meals
wearing "neat grubbies”? The
makers of the rules should get
together and see that these reg
ulations set forth are either fol
lowed or disbanded.
PATRONIZE YOUR
• ADVERTISERS •
LOOK HOMEWARD ANGEL, a
comedy-drama by Ketti Prings, based on
the novel by Thorn** WoJfe. Directed by
Oftilie Turnbull 8yebolt; scenery by Ey
ler Brown; lighting by Howard Ramey;
costumes by Julia Hebert; sound by Rog
er Houglum; production stage manager,
Berry Thaaton. At the Eugene Very Lit
tle Theatre.
Eugene
Ben
Mr a. Bert
Hugh
Helen
Eliza Gant
Will Pcntland
Jake Clatt
Mn. Clatt
Flotry Mangle
Miw Brown
Mr. Parrel
Laura Jamea _
W. O. Gant
Dr. Maguire
Tarkington
Madame Elizabeth
Luke
William Austin
Bob Stankavich
Dena Salmon
Charles Coleman
Cyra Hinze
Nina Newman
Eugene Salmon
Ivan Smalley
Mabel McLain
Ruth Piacher
Helen Jones
George Northern
Laurie Pischer
Rudy Pfieffer
Dwight Newman
Ethan Newman
Cerda Brown
. Don Nutting
Rudy Pfieffcr who wrenches
much humor from the role of the
gravestone-cutting, shrew-ridden,
hard-drinking father and Cyra
Hinze as the daughter contribute
superior work.
THE PI.AY concerns Eugene
Gant, a young writer growing up
among insensitive townsfolk, in
cluding his mother's family, who
are too busy hoarding, sleeping,
and feeding to recognize or under
stand his genius. Although the
words are spoken and the strug
gles dramatized, the notion of
an emotional awakening was not
l
realized by Wednesday night’s
audience.
In such as the deathbed scene,
when, through pettiness, confu
sion, rancor, fury and horror, the
Oant family draws together "in a
superb communion of love and
valiance,” obvious technical er
rors and unimaginative drama
tic reactions detour the audience’s
attention away from the core of
j the play.
THE DRAMA relies almost en
tirely on emotional effects rather
than a well-developed story line.
Yet, because of the over-modulat
ed background music, the expres
sionless lighting and the handling
of extremely emotional—in plac
i es nostalgic - sentiment, the
i play’s emotional appeal is de
stroyed. What interest in the
Gant family the audience man
ages to salvage through the tech
| nical mistakes wanders further
due to extreme pauses between
, scenes. Perhaps all this will be
corrected during the run of the
show.
While perhaps Wolfe's finest
novel and Miss Frings’ best play,
"Look Homeward, Angel" is, un
fortunately, not the quantity pro
duction of which the Very Little
Theatre is capable.
Summer projects interviewer here
Justier Frost, representing the
American Friends Service Com
mittee, will be in the YWCA
lounge in Gerlinger all day Mon
day to talk with anyone inter
ested in participating in summer
projects sponsored by the AFSC,
the YMCA, the YWCA, or the
Ecumenical Voluntary Movement.
Included in these projects are ;
r
workcampa in the United States,
overseas, and in Mexico; intern
ships in mental hospitals, and
community service agencies, citi
zenship and industrial seminars;
and the USSR student exchange.
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Six months later, Jim turned in his recom
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Next stop: Colorado Springs. Here Jim
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Today, at 24, Jim has an important role in
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Here’s how Jim puts it: “We get tough assign
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