Surface and Symbol
The Emeralds weekly arts and entertainment supplement Thursday, May 13,1976
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She Stoops to Conquer
A modern performance
of an old English comedy
Soulstice
University theater-goers will be
treated to a blend of drama and .
dance when they see “Souls
tice” at the University Theater.
Bob Webb previews on page
2B.
Flicks
Brad Lemley begins a weekly
column on the cinema today
with a review of “The Man Who
Skied Down Everest.” For a re
port of “bravery or lunacy” see
page 3B.
She Stoops to Conquer, an En
glish Restoration comedy, is
now playing in the Pocket
Playhouse in Villard Hall.
Written by Oliver Goldsmith,
the play tells the story of Kate
Hardcastle (Kitty Swink) who
“stoops to conquer” her in
tended, young Charles Marlow
(Rick Harris).
The play was first produced in
London in 1773 and has enjoyed
numerous revivals since that
time. Although generally pro
duced as a period piece, the Uni
versity Theatre production of
She Stoops to Conquer will be
modern, suggesting the staging
conventions of the 18th Century
Photo by Perry GasMI
English stage, rather than at
tempting to duplicate them.
The play opened last night and
will play through Saturday.
Tickets, priced at $2 for the
general public and $1 for U of 0
students with current term fee
receipts, are still available. The
box office is open noon to 5 p.m.
daily except Sunday and is open
from noon to 8 p.m. on perfor
mance dates.
The box office is open noon to
5 p.m. daily except Sunday and is
open from noon to 8 p.m. on per
formance dates.
Curtain time is 8 p.m. A
matinee will also be performed at
2:30 p.m. on May 15.
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Reaching
That’s what Ruth Gorton tries
to do with her music—people's
music as she calls it. She’s
coming to the University Fri
day. A look at her is on page 3B.
In print
We take a look at three recent
publications in the book world
— “Eaters of the Dead,” “Shar
dik," and “Curtain.” For all the
comments — good and bad —
see page 4B.
Flapjacks
Steve Henegar relates the con
fessions of a pancake junkie in
his review of the Original Pan
cake House. For what will be a
weekly feature, see page 5B.
Happenings
The Surface and Symbol
weekly schedule has all the
events that are fit to go to —
including events in Portland
and Seattle. See page 6B.