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‘The Curious Savage:’
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Eor The Post
A play set in a mental institution invites bail puns
Such as, “ It's not all it ’s cracked up to tie
But when such wisecracks were heard during intermission
at Saturday's performance of the Sandy Community Players
“ The Curious Savage," they were offered b\ punsters and
no, armchair drama critics
and they were me, with the
groans reserved for had jokes
Under Jim Wilhite's direction, the three year old theater
group achieved the lighthanded, compassionate interpreta
tion playwright John Patrick intended for his comedy se, in
an East Coast mental institution called “ The Cloisters
The cast’s treatment of the topic was reassuring to those
who approached the play warily, thinking that a humorous
theatrical treatment of mental illness has the potential lor
disaster
Bu, good taste prevailed throughout the production There
was laughter aplenty, hut it was seldom demeaning to the in
mates, or “ guests" as they were called Only one of the six
guests
the hostile Mrs Paddy
appeared demented, and
Jan Bollerman played the role sympathetically, displaying
and unyielding bad temper, and netting some of the heartiest
laughter throughout the evening
The plot revolves around a fortune, inherited by the
almost elderly Ethel Savage, played by Hannah Dalziel
Savage's whimsical plans for her millions .ire considered
less than orthodox by her adult stepchildren < Mike Bailor,
Bill Lawson and Marlene Tebo), who had her committed to
The Cloisters while they try to gam control of the wealth
renew
The lengths to which the three stepchildren go to recover
the money delight Mrs Savage, her fellow guests and the au
dience Tebo is particularly effective as the worldly and self
center stepdaughter
Playwright Patrick gave each of his characters a share of
witty lines, bu, most of the play s charm flows from gentle
humor rooted philosophy rattier than wit, rooted in malice
One criterion for a well played role is how seldom the au
dience is reminded it is only a role’’ On that basis, some of
The Cloisters' guests fell short of complete success
Ixirry Deaton, Martha Wardy and Shaunacy Teague me,
the challenge of investing their roles with a dignity the so
called normal characters lacked; they largely avoided con
descension in their portrayal of the mentally ill
But, occasionally in artificial tone of voice or mannerism,
there were suggestions that they didn’t quite believe the
characters they were playing The lew reminders that these
were actors in a sophisticated game of pretense broke the
concentration of the audience of the audience and slightly
flawed the play
Martha Logan, the final guest. seemed most comfortable in
her role Another unqualified success was Judy Sheppard as
psychiatrist Dr Emmet, Sheppard s character consistently
blended loyalty to her patients with cool professionalism
Although Dalziel as Mrs Savage muffed a few lines, she
brought a gracious eccentricity and uninhibited charm to her
role Tebo. as the stepdaughter Lily Belle, had the powerful
presence to bring her sophisticated lemine fatale character
to life
Psychiatric nurse Miss Willie, played by Connie Whitlock,
is the stereotypical nurse with a bright patronizing manner
In the final scene she delivers a minor () Henry style sur
prise to Mrs Savage and the audience
The plawrigh, and the cast managed to carry off a light
comedy while they injected a few less than lethal doses of
thought and substance Patrick places himself in the tradi
tion of Oscar Wilde, who entertains by showing us what
foolish creatures we can lx*
The production was enhanced throughout by the judicious
use of music, and the final scene made particularly effective
use of a Pavane by Eaure to se, a sentimental closing mixxt
The play will be presented Eridays and Saturdays at B to
p m through March 28 a, the Community Theater on Proctor
Boulevard
Two van loads of senior
citizens let, tor a trip to the
Oregon Legislature today at
8 30 a m from the Sandy
Senior Center They were to
sit in on a hearing of the
House Committee on Aging
and Minority At,airs
These meetings are open
to the public and individuals
are invited to testify on any
issue being discuss«! The
group was to lunch in Salem
and return early this even
mg
'The Humanities Class for
Thursday was cancelled
Another special outing w ill
take place tomorrow , March
20 E n th u sia sts of the
center's ceramics class will
attend the Ceramics Show a,
the Portland Memorial Col
iseum The group will leave
the center a, 12 to p m and
return a, 4 30 p m
The annual K.S.V I’ < »pen
House is slated tor this Mon
day . March 23, from 12 30 to
4 30 p m Seniors coun
tywide will lx* given the
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at
Clackamas Community Col
lege \n opportunity to meet
with other volunteers and
view the central office se, up
are among (lie benefits of
this annual event, according
to Sandy’s volunteers
The Sandy Senior Center
will bos, the business com
munity of the city next Tues
day, March 24. a, noon as a
tribute to th eir support
throughout the year This
year, crab and chicken will
be served
A loyal group of Winter
Hawks fans w ill take advan
tage of a free spaghetti dm
ner ottered at the Spaghetti
Factory in Portland next
Wednesday. March 25 Three
extra tickets will be raffled
oil with the money going to
the center's tlower fund
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