Hayes, Evans
Two Stars Thrill
Huge Audience
Helen Hayes and Maurice Evans
demonstrated the “eternal vitali
ty of Shakespeare” to an E-UCMA
audience of better than 6,000 per
sons in McArthur Court Saturday
night—and the aatisfaction was
mutual and unanimous.
Arthur Hailey, CMA president,
told the Emerald Sunday that
both Mis* Hayes and Evans said
they were “extremely pleased"
with their audience.
COMMENTING on the work of
the two stars, Professor Frank S
Hlack of the English department
said ' it was beautifully done,"
"Miss Hayes said it was a love
ly audience” Hailey said He said
both actors commented that the
audience responded to humorous
parts in the selections which oth
er audiences missed.
Hailey estimated that at least
2500 members of the audience
were University students, who are
admitted on their student body
cards.
Helen Hayes made her Broad
wa> sta;to debut in !‘J0ff in a musi
cal She won the Academy Award
in 1921, was one of the fust stars
to work in radio and television
MAURICE EVANS has both
produced and acted in Broadway
productions since 1937, when he
successfully did both in "Richard
II ‘ He has since produced and
acted in many Shakespearean
plavs, and is credited with reviv
ing theatrical ro.d tours with his
production of “No Time for Ser
geants."
CMA president Bailey said nei
ther Miss Hayes nor Evans eriti
cr/ed the acoustics of Mac Court
Other CMA performers have been
critical of the building in the
past
Working from a > pi it stage
with the usual curtained back
drop, the two performers brought
alive such diverse selections as
the seduction scene from Itichard
III and the obedience lecture in
the Taming of the Shrew."
A Program for Two Players",
24 selections from Shakespeare,
with Miss Hayes and Evans the
only performers, drew unanimous
praise from several members of
the University's English faculty.
Professor Black commented
that Miss Hayes, as Rosalind in
the selection from “As You Like
It” "gave life to many passages
which I've never seen presented
so convincingly.”
Professor Robert D. Horn said
he was "delighted" with the per
formance, which he said present
ed a very nice variety in “a su
perbly organized production "
PROFESSOR John C. McClos
key found the program a very
instructive and interesting per
formance."
r.ngusn instructor noovri noos
es thought the work of Evans
“uniformly good’’ and stated that
while Miss Hayes tended to he
“melodramatic" she was good in
the comedy selections
Hodges commented that the
four lovemaking scenes presented,
from “Henry V,” "Richard III,”
“Taming of the Shrew,” and "As
You Like It,” gave the audience a
chance to compare the variety of
Shakespeare’s approach to the
topic.
Eugene Register-Guard review
er Kenneth Payne stated "Miss
Hayes and Evans were magnifi
cent.”
Horace W Robinson, acting
head of the Speech department,
told the Emerald that Miss Hayes
gave her performance despite a
bad cold which had reduced her
voice to a whisper in the after
noon proceeding the performance.
Robinson, a friend of both Miss
Hayes and Evans, said both were
conscious of the size of the audi
torium. He said that for a per
former, it is "not a happy circum
stance to be faced with Mac
Court."
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Jerome Alden, Don Shirley and
Alan Foster are part of the “Per
formance for Two Players” pro
duction
Alden did the adaptation of
Shakespeare for the "Perform
ance” format, which required sel
ection of passages and the writing
of the transition speeches be
tween the scenes.
SHIKLKY designed the sets
and costumes, and Foster was the
stage manager.
One member of the booking
agency stafT described a produc
tion meeting which the three at
tended as a “college reunion.”
Robinson described Alden's ad
aptation as a "good cross-section
of Shakespeare material.”
Hiroshima Exhibit
Display in Library
Seattle’s Peace Information
Center is presenting the ‘‘The
Hiroshima Exhibit" in the news
paper room of the University li
brary through January 12.
The exhibit consists of pictures
taken of Hiroshima after the
atomic bomb was dropped and
miscellaneous articles showing
the effect of the explosion Only
about two-thirds of the exhibit
was set up because of the lack of
space.
THE EXHIBIT originally came
from the Hiroshima Peace Muse
um in Peace Park, Hiroshima,
which was opened August 24,
1955 It was built by the City of
Hiroshima with a subsidy from
the Japanese government Last
year the exhibit was sent to Seat
tle and made a permanent gift to
the Seattle Peace Center.
After a tour of the United
States, the collection will be
placed on permanent display in
Seattle.
Classical, Folk Concert Tonight
a special concert of classical
and ethnic folk music will he pre
sented at 8 pm today in Gerling
er Hall
The concert, organized and
sponsored by the Recorded Class
ics Committee, will have a pro
gram centered around three main
performers Jan Wai Lee, a Uni
versity student from Hawaii, will
he interpretin',' «on"s uncommer
cialized and authentic. Miss Lee,
who is a self-taught guitarist, has
been playing for two years
ALSO ON the program is Frank
Bird, a former Oregon student
now living in Portland Bird spe
cializes in authentic American
folk music, "Leadbelly style”. He
will be playing folk and blues
music on an unusual 12-string
guitar.
South American folk music will
be interpreted by Janet Cauhoun,
? freshman from Eug'rne, when
she plays "Danza Negra” and "La
Comparsa”, two movements from
Lecuona’s ' Afro-Cuban Dances”.
The Dances, both based on Latin
American folk music, will be the
final presentation of the concert.
There will be no admission
charge to the concert
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Skinners Butte "O" Gone
A well executed prank during
the Christmas holidays caused the
University to lose its “O” from
Skinners Butte. The four 650
pound sections of the 20 by 30
i foot steel letter were burned off
supporting posts with an acetyl
I ene torch by unidentified persons.
The “O” was taken sometime dur
ing Friday night, December 21, or
I early Saturday morning.
The only thing remaining at the
scene of the disappearance was
an orange and black sign on
which was printed ‘‘Terry Baker
1 Was Here.” However, Baker’s
chances of being there were very
slim since he played with the
I OSU basketball team Friday night
in Lexington, Ky.
RAY HAWK, Dean of Men, said
Sunday night that no information
has been received as to the where
abouts of the “O”. He added that
he has had no reports from Ore
Children Feted
At Greek Party
Chi Psi fraternity and Alpha
Phi sorority played Santa for 22
underpriviledged children from
the Eugene-Springfield area at an
annual party Sunday at the Chi
Psi Lodge.
Presents were given to the chil
dren, who were also treated to
games and singing. The children
received favors and refreshments.
Larry Wymetalek and Sally
Taylor, chairmen for the event,
termed the party gratifying for
all those who attended.
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gon State officials. Hawk felt that
something will show up eventual
ly since it would be difficult to
keep the sections of the letter hid
den indefinitely.
The “O” was placed on iron
posts which were imbedded in
concrete in May, 1958 at a cost of
$500. Its disappearance was made
known about 8 a m. Saturday, De
cember 22, by an unidentified per
son.
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