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(ZmUhq The. t3 KtWWWtK!<WWH»«fWWWmKWWHWWt Oregon daily emerald The Oregon Daily Emerald i* published Monday through Friday except during exam week and vacations, by the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Co . at the University ot Oregon Eugene OR 97403 The Emerald operates independently ot the University with offices on the third floor of the Erb Memorial Union and is a member of the Associated Press News and Editorial S64 5M 1 Display Advertising and Buisnee* 1113712 Classified Advertising •••-4343 Production M* 4341 Circulation •••»! l Editor Harry ( Steve Managing Editor News Editor Assistant News Editor Editorial Page Editor Photo Editor Sports Editor Associate Sports Editor Entertainment Editor Night Editor Associate Editors Higher Education Departments and Schools Student Government Features Polities Community General Stall Advertising Manager Classified Advertising Production Manager Controller John Mealy Marian Green Cort Eernald Joan Nytand Boh Bakei Mike Riplinger Paul Danrar Jonathan Single John Mealy Dehbte Hewlett Sandy Johnstone Richard Burt Sean Meyers Michete Matessa David Brown Darlene (tore Sally oiiai Victoria Koch lean Ownbey I theater review fireworks fizzle in Wilson’s ‘Fifth of July’ By Jonathan Siegle OtttM Em«raM Lantord Wilson's "Fifth of Ju ly” is a tough play to stage It requires disciplined directing and tight ensemble acting University Theater s produc tion lacks both The blame belongs to the director Quite simply. Prof Faber DeChaine’s directing is dreadful The young cast is unable to puli oft being over-30 members of the revolutionary ’60s generation There is no unity The cast is unable to work together as a group Further, it seems DeChaine does not know how to discipline actors For example, Dana Black, who gave a careful, journeyman performance in "Look Homeward Angel," is here a frantic dervish He gestures unnaturally and amateurishly, shifts his feet nervously, and is often somewhat disoriented This is not bad acting Black has proved he can act This is bad directing It may be true, perhaps, that DeChaine is being faithful to the spirit of a university theater in using shows to develop young actors. In so doing the show might suffer But it is such actors who need the most careful direction, and that careful direction simply wasn't evident It was sloppy "Fifth of July ” brings together members and friends of the Talley family to a small Missouri town to finally dispose of the ashes of dead Uncle Walt, which Aunt Sally has been carrying around for a year in a candy box They're an odd mixture Ken Talley, the more or less central figure, is a homosexual teacher, a former Berkeley radical who went to Vietnam and lost his legs Jed, a gentle botanist who works as a gardener, is Ken's lover There's sister June, a bitter woman, and her wild, spoiled, self-centered daughter Shirley And Aunt Sally, of course, a slightly dotty old woman Old friends John and Gwen are there too He's a hometown boy who traveled to Berkeley with Ken in the '60s Gwen's a superneurotic rich-bitch who also joined in the radical fun And there's Wes, a goofball hippie friend of Gwen's with no other connection to the group As actors, the cast must work in harmony to pull it off They don't They talk at each other They recite their lines without conviction or understanding And the flat blocking takes away fi stage depth and any other pos sibility of their relating to one another Yet among this disharmony are some striking performances Karen Saddington as Aunt Sally is delightful She plays the elderly widow with subtlety and restraint Her posture and gestures are correct and proper She’s the only one of the cast with an accent, but she can't hang on to it Dropping it altogether wouldn't hurt a bit Chris Bollweg is quite sensi tive as the gentle botanist gardener Jed He too knows how to use a stage, and like Saddington, knows what to do when he's not talking John Leistner has some fine moments as oh-wow Wes, as does Mary Phifer in the role of rich-bitch Gwen But Wes really has no part to play, and Phifer, after delivering a nice line, returns to posturing As a whole, however, the cast seem unfamiliar with their sur roundings, uncomfortable and out of place They don't know who they are, what they're doing there, and why they must say what they say And they either scream their lines to the rafters, or mumble them into their chins. This lack of understanding is bad directing It’s too bad really. There was some obvious talent on stage, talent that was misused, discarded, or wasted "Fifth of July” continues its run today through Saturday Over in the Arena Theater is the revue "Oh What a Lovely War." See it instead; it's quite good “Fifth of July," however, is just plain awful. —... .. .ll Trade Center 1430 Willamette Eugene, Oregon 97401 687-0770 KZEL and Duffy’s Tavern Present A United Way Benefit, Tonight. Dec. 1 9 p.m.-l u.m. $1.96 cover All door receipts will be donated to United Way. This ad donated by the Emerald.
