Theater
Misalliance
By George Bernard Shaw
The Oregon Repertory Theatre
The Oregon Repertory Theater tries
to overcome George Bernard Shaw's
weak and wandering dialogue in its
peformance of his 1910 comedy
Misalliance, but the few entertaining
moments aren't enough to make the
production a success.
It would have taken outstanding per
formances by more than just Brian
Swingle to rescue the performance
from the clutches of Shaw's bland
script.
Misalliance is a love and sex farce
played on the unlikely mishaps
between the members of a bourgeois
and aristocratic family.
The action begins as Johnny Tarle
ton, son of a millionaire underwear
tycoon, attempts to thrash the living
daylights out of his sister Hypatia’s
fiance, Bentley Summerhays, who has
driven him into rage.
Mrs. Tarleton arrives with her
daughter Hypatia in time to rescue
Bentley, smother him with attention,
and further enrage Johnny.
The first bright moment is short-lived,
when Bentley’s father, Lord Summer
hays (Kenneth Payne), suprises Johnny
as he is about to smash a plate in
frustration. He condones this, and then
reveals the frustration he feels con
cerning his son’s behavior.
Lord Summerhays, who proposed to
Hypatia himself, sympathizes with
Johnny’s interests.
And then the energetic Brian Swingle
as John Tarleton picks up the frag
ments and grabs the audience’s atten
tion for good. Tarleton, who is frustrat
ed with his own son’s lack of business
sense, doesn’t find much of a choice
left for his daughter in Bentley.
The action takes an unpredicted but
appreciated turn to a plane crash in the
Tarleton vineyard. The play’s female
savior is Lina Szczdpanowska (Priscilla
Lauris), a Polish daredevil who
becomes the target of every man's
affections on the stage.
The plane’s pilot, Joseph Perceval
(Barry Pitzer) is the handsome and
arrogant aviator who becomes the next
catch for the daring Hypatia.
And yet another bright moment sur
faces as the would-be avenger Julius
Baker (William Reid) emerges to make
John Tarleton make amends for his
mother's misfortune. Baker hides in
Tarleton’s latest prize, a turkish bath,
and listens to Hypatia lure the pilot into
the meadow for a game of catch-me-if
you-can
In the mean time, John Tarleton re
turns from meditating on his destiny in
the garden to be confronted by the
hapless Gunner. The Polish beauty
arrives just in time to foil his attempt,
and the accountant’s clerk becomes
desperate because he has not only
been defeated again, but beaten by a
woman.
Hypatia and Perceval must answer
for their behavior because the frustrat
ed Gunner has revealed their secret.
After Perceval makes a macho attempt
to coerce Baker into signing a state
ment denying his accusations,
Mother Tarleton discovers the pictures
of Baker’s mother, whom she was very
fond of
To top off the farce, Szczepanowska
reveals that all the men — except the
pilot had by Hypatia — have proposi
tioned her.
Misalliance will be performed at 8
p.m., this Wednesday through Sunday,
and Jan. 28- Feb. 1, and 2 p.m. Sunday
and Feb. 1. Tickets are $4,$5 and $6 at
the ORT box office. Call for reserva
tions at 485-1946.
By Gabriel Boehmer
Staying home, going North — Music, theater, dance
Things to do in the coming
weeks — both locally and one
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up 1-5. If you’re staying in the
Eugene area, there are a variety
of events you might find intrigu
ing.
• The Very Little Theatre
opens its third production of the
1980-81 season tonight with
The Drunkard, an old-fashioned
temperance melodrama by Wil
liam Smith. The play goes on
stage Thursday through Satur
day, and Jan. 29 through 31,
Feb. 5 through 7. Tickets are $4
each, all reserved. Call
344-7751 for more information.
• Dance '81 comes to the
Robinson Theatre on campus
Friday. The concert is co
produced by the Department of
Dance and the University
Theatre. Tickets are $4.50 for
the general public, $2.75 for
university students and senior
citizens and $3.50 for other
students Tickets may be re
served by calling the box office
at 686-4191 from noon to 4 p.m.
Monday though Saturday.
Dance '81 continues Saturday
and Jan. 28 through 31.
• At the Community Center for
the Performing Arts Claudia
Schmidt performs with Just
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Friends at 8 p.m., Friday. Tickets
are $4 in advance and $5 the
day of the show, and may be
purchased at the House of
Records, EMU Main Desk and
the Center. For further informa
tion call 687-2746
• Friday at midnight the
Oregon Repertory Theatre pre
sents Woody Allen's play God.
Performances run Friday and
Saturday and Jan. 30 through
31, and Feb. 6 and 7, with
special 9 p.m shows on Feb 4
through 7. Tickets for all shows
are $2.50. Call the ORT box of
fice at 485-1946 for reserva
tions.
• Utah Phillips comes to the
Gerlinger Alumni Lounge on
campus Saturday night with
Priscilla Herdman. Showtime is
8:30 p.m. Tickets are $3.75 for
the general public, $3.50 for
university students and will be
sold at the door only. Spon
sored by the EMU Cultural Fo
rum, call 686-4373 for further
information.
• The Northwest Woman, a
Eugene-based touring produc
tion that dramatizes the history
of early Oregon, will be pre
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sented Sunday at 8 p.m. at the
Central Presbyterian Church
(1475 Ferry Street). Com
plimentary tickets are available
from the campus housing
department in the Walton Com
plex. Jane Van Boskirk and Ed
win Bingham make up the cast.
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