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Theater Betrayal Arena Theater April 15-18 Harold Pinter's Betrayal, pre sented by the university theater can easily come under the heading “short and sweet.” The play is a well-acted drama which takes place for the most part in England. There are three primary characters and one secondary. The plot is simple: a love triangle involving a woman, her husband, and the hus band’s best friend; but it is treated in an interesting manner by starting in the present and ending in the past. Emma (played by Bonne Har ris) had an affair with Jerry (played by Andrew Roy Ivy) for seven years, though, in the first scene it’s been years since they’ve seen each other. Em ma’s husband Robert (played by James Lundstrom) knew about it in its fifth year but Jerry never knew that Robert knew. Emma falsley confesses to Jerry in scene one, that she has told Robert the night before about their past alliance. Jerry is quite upset, not wanting this to come between he and Robert. In the next scene he finds out that Robert has known for four years. The rest of the play recedes into the years before with the final scene revealing how Jerry and Emma first became lovers. Lundstrom stands out as the finest of the three, his being the most interesting character. Ivy and Harris act their parts to perfection, but their roles are not the focal points of the play. Robert’s reaction when he finds out about the affair and later when he sees Jerry again, replete with the knowledge of the betrayal, mark the high points in the drama s progres sion. His handling of each si tuation is done in an almost humorous way complete with a few pointed innuendoes which bring laughter from the audience. Yet the viewer can also sense the underlying tur moil in Robert as he adjusts his values to this rather unsettling event. Robert’s theme of accep tance shines out in the last scene (the start of the affair) when he lays a hand trustingly and lovingly on Jerry’s knee before leaving him and Emma alone together in her bedroom. Tip of the Tongue Godtz Garden Restaurant What a pleasure it is to go out to dinner at Godtz Gar den Restaurant! ... Ah yes, but what kind of pleasure is it? I suppose the pleasure is really of two kinds — one related to the Swedish ivy, and the other to the Safeway parking lot. Godtz Garden is a plea sure partly because it’s so — easy. Inviting, comfortable. Even before the food arrives, there’s a sense that things are well-considered. Just to single out two elements: The lighting allows you to feel intimate with your companion(s) and also helps you read the menu. And the plants: such a greenhouse of hanging ferns and standing small bushes! In other res taurants the plants can seem token, an attempt to be chic; here the abundant philoden dron, the spider plants and the bushy Swedish ivy are of the essence of the place. And as for the other com ponent of pleasure — the Safeway parking lot — the fine thing about that is that you forget about it instantly once you enter Godtz Gar den — in the Edgewood Shopping Center at 40th Avenue and Willamette Street. Yech. You’re joking, a quality restaurant at the edge of a shopping center, in an old hamburger shack to boot? Yep. Surprise It's the other component of Godtz’ pleasure. This pleasing combination of the inviting and the sur prising is, happily, best ex pressed by the food at Godtz. The range of food prepared, first of all, is generous. Din ner does include some meat dishes, and the lunch menu, it ought to be mentioned, has several popular beef sand wiches, but the emphasis in the dinner menu is on the lighter, more subtle fish and vegetable dishes. On two recent visits, my wife and I enjoyed dinners featuring chicken teriyaki, chicken parmagiana, egg plant parmagiana, and fillet of perch in an herb sauce. All were in the $6-7 range, com plete with the elaborate salad bar (or choice of soup), homemade bread, and choice of fettucine, rice pilaf or potato. Truth to be told, the chick en preparations were a bit less successful than the overall standard, not quite so flavorful. The eggplant par magiana, however, while not exactly "traditional” as the menu bills it, is still a gener ous serving of two thick fresh eggplant steaks bedecked in mozzarella and slavered in a sweet tomato sauce. The wine list is varied and moderately priced, and in cludes splits as well as full bottles. Apple Kate’s juice is also available, even warmed at your request by the always affable Shabbir Panni, who is Godtz’ proprietor It only remains to be said that dessert — especially after the preceding generous portions — is a matter of in dulgence dependent on your attachment to sweet-and velvet chocolate chee secake. Godtz Garden serves lunch and dinner and Sun day brunch. A "Garden ban quet" of salad bar, soup and basket of bread is a regular feature at $5. Reservations are not a bad idea, especially on weekends (343-0011). 390 East 40th Avenue, Eugene. — Joe Cone Robert accepts it in the begin ning without knowing, and ac cepts again later after finding out, his love for Jerry never les sening Whether Jerry deserves this love is. the viewer's own deci sion. We know from scene two that he does not want the affair to come between them. Robert seems to subtly dominate the triangle. Gregory Hansen’s set design, which is sparse and a little tacky, combined with lighting, did transform a small space into various different locations. But, with the mood of each scene, for the most part, relying the pictures on the walls, they should have been chosen with more taste. Scene transitions are not very smooth. The viewer does not have enough time to imprint each scene upon his or her J mind before being distracted by people and objects moving and changing into the next scene. A frozen moment of meaning and action is lacking. Betrayal is presently showing at the Arena Theater in Villard Hall on campus at 8 p.m. April 15-18 Tickets are $2.75 for un iversity students and senior ci tizens, $3.50 for other students and $4.50 for the general public. — C. Hanson El Salvador APRIL 18 March March starts at 12 noon at 13th and Kincaid Ralls starts at I PM at Eugene Mall (I Ith & Willamette Hatty ** Parking Lot) Fvpflino Prnoram ** starts at 6:30 PM Emerald Baptist Churc) L^VUUIlgl lUgl am* I9lh & Patterson Rally Speakers: Richardo Melara - Official spokesperson for the Democratic Revolutionary Front, El Salvador Congressman Jim Weaver Gene Bailey - Secretary treasurer for the ILWU Local 12, representing the International Longshoreman Workers’ Union Marion Malcolm - Clergy and ' Laity Concerned Susan Morales - American Indian Movement, Seattle Sue Gordon - President, Oregon Church Women United Entertainment, featuring: Grupo Raiz - Internationally acclaimed Chilean folk ensemble CO-SPONSORS AND FINANCIAL SUPPORTERS African People’s Solidarity Committee Birkenstock Citizens Party Clergy and I^aity Concerned Coalition Opposing Registration and the Draft Shelia Cordray Cougar Mountain Forestry Workers Country Volkswagon Cooperative Cull Crew Forestry Workers Democratic Party (Lane County) Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee Eugene Club, Communist Party U.S.A. Eugene Council for Human Rights in Latin America Excelsior Cafe General Union of Palestinian Students Genesis Juice Co-op Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation (Executive Board) Industrial Workers of the World Iranian-American Friendship Committee Iranian Students Association latino Club, Lane Community College Leonard Peltier Defense Committee Mandala Family Health Center Mayday Cultural Committee MECHA National Lawyers Guild New American Movement New Frontier Market Northwest W'orking Press Oregon Federation of Teachers (AFL-CIO) People for South African Freedom People’s Anti-war Mobilization May 3rd Proutist Universal Red Star Forestry Workers Search Starflower Sundance Support Committee for Human Rights in l^itin America, Ashland, Ore. Wallflower Dance Collective Wildwood School Willamette People’s Food Co-op (staff) Women Against War Women’s International League tor Peace and Freedom (Cottage Grove) Women’s Moneyshare Young Women’s Christian Association Zoo Zoo’s ENDORSERS Ananda Marga Arab Student Organization Asian American Center Associated Students, University of Oregon Better Days Black liberation Support Committee Black Student Union Clients Council Citizens Action for Peace Citizens for Safe Energy Crescent Construction frying pan Publications Gay People’s Alliance Goldstein and Drescher Law Office Gwen Hamilton, Vice-president Oregon Nurses Association District 5 Rep. Margie Hendriksen E.W.E.B. 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