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EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD, Sunday, Jan. 13. 1963 Page 5C Drama kV.,:i....Jjt:taJiMCi. II" III iMVUtelhSL, ( One of the things that makes "Carnival", somewhat different in the JTl field of musicals is the fact that puppets carry part of the dramatic , load. Here are two of them (the walrus bears the unlikely name of SfacfP Horrible Henry) with stars Elaine Malbin and David Daniels. The kj lagc meek-looking soul at left is Don Potter, who plays Daniels' assistant. VT Production Play Portrays Irish The time is 1828. A former Irish major in the British army, disgraced and exiled to America, is now the keeper of a run down tavern near Boston. The ex-major, Cornelius Melody, refuses to accept his fall from glory. He keeps up the pretenses of an aristocrat and 'opposes his daughter's romance with the son of a rich Yankee merchant family because the family is not aristocratic, c The conflicts and problems of an Irish immigrant family trying to adjust to a new life in a new country form the plot of Eugene O'Neil's "A Touch of the Poet." The play opens Friday at University Theatre for a six-performance run this Friday and Saturday and Jan. 23-26. " The UT box office in the theater off E. 11th Avenue will be open from 1-5 p.m. daily except Sunday to take ticket orders. The box office telephone number is DI 2-1411, Ext 1781. Ticket price is $1.25. ; Flaying the part of Melody' is William A. Austin, a senior in speech at the University of Oregon. Austin played Buck master in UT's "Climate of Eden" last season. 4 Kim Frankel, a sophomore in journalism from West New York, N.J., plays the daughter, Sara. She played roles in last season's Showboat and several Carnival Theatre productions. 'r Nora Melody, wife and mother, is played by Jacquie Mc Clure, a Eugene housewife. Mrs. McClure played Lola in UT's I NEHS Play Re-Creates Salem Witch-Hunt Days ; "Some of these kids will be playing the most demanding roles they'll play in their Jives." ! That's the wal Director Wil liam Quesinbcrry describes "The Crucible," which opens Tuesday on the North Eugene High School stage. The show .will run Tuesday through Fri day, with an 8 p.m. curtain. ' Tickets, priced at $1.25, . jnay be ordered by calling the North High box office, DI 3-0842, between 9 and 5 p.m. fiaily except Sunday. The Arthur Miller drama is -set in the witch-hunting at mosphere of early Salem, Mass. A group of children and teenagers suddenly become "possessed" and accuse inno cent townspeople of being witches. " ' ' Through the play Miller Jn the words of one critic ''makes by implication an elo quent case on the universal subject of intolerance using trumped-up hysteria for its evil purposes." f Heavy drama such as "The UT Wants Student Art For Posters ' Students with an artistic flair are needed to submit designs for posters advertis ing University of Oregon University Theatre produc tions, Winona Cheatham, UT business manager, has an nounced. ; Any student wishing to sub mit entries, must do so about six weeks prior to the open ing of a play, said Mrs. Chea tham. Entries may be sketch es with colors indicated. Silk screening supplies and other materials will be pro vided the winning entrant who also will be paid for his work. The UT production of "The Bacchae" is scheduled In late February. Crucible" is a large dramatic undertaking for high school actors and actresses to at tempt. Quesinbcrry hopes to prove they are equal to it. In the lead role of John Proctor the man whose per sonal tragedy is the center of the play's plot is Dan Neu baum. Marjorie Brooks plays his wife Elizabeth. Abigail Williams, the teenager who sets off the accusations, is played by Peggy Kepner. Gordon Scott takes the role of Deputy Governor Danforth. Ron Fee plays The Rev. Par ris, the priggish minister of Salem, Bill Luvaas is the Rev. John Hale, a witchcraft "specialist" called into the Sa lem "case." Evan Neuschwander plays Giles Coray, Mike Brooks plays Ezekiel Cheever, Loren Peiterson plays Judge Haw thorne, Bill Stauffer plays Thomas Putnam, and Gail Quimby takes the part of his wife Ann. Others in the cast include Linda Prim, Saundy Bostrup, Linda Reynolds, Diane Briggs, Merry Brenneman, Larry Rcece, Jerry Kofflcr, John Lyman, Sherron Murchy and Gale Thompson, Imprinted Napkins Brides Books Bibles 865 Willamette SI mm Immigrant "Come Back Little Sheba" last season and has appeared In Very Little Theatre and summer stock productions. Deborah Harford, mother of the man with whom Sara is in love, is played by Sandra Wiley, a freshman in history from North Eugene High School, who played Ismene in "Antigone" for UT last year. William Hall, a former U of O student who has appeared in several UT and Carnival productions, plays Cregan, an old crony of Melody's. Others in the cast include Steve Cannell, Pasadena, Calif., junior, as Maloy; Domenic Polifrone, language arts freshman from New Jersey, as Gadsby; Richard Guske, freshman from South Eugene High School; Terry Jones, graduate student in theater from Dublin, Ireland, and Boyd Brougher, Goshen junior. - , .. David Scanlan, Instructor in speech, is directing his first UT production with "A Touch of the Poet." Jones is doubling as assistant director. Clemen Peck is doing sets and lights. "A Touch of the Poet" is the fifth in a projected series of nine plays O'Neil planned to write portraying segments of American history. But his death in 1953 cut short the plans. The play, written in 1940, was first produced in Stockholm, Sweden in 1957. Later that year it was presented on Broadway with Helen Hayes, Eric Portman and Kim Stanley in the lead roles. UT to Preview O'Neil Play Free entertainment in the Avenue. Admission is free to form of a scene from a play anyone interested in attend- and variety acts is the bill jn of fare being-offered by the University Theatre for its "he play scene will be from open house tonight. the next UT production, Eu- Time is 7:30 p.m. at the gene O'Neil's "A Touch of theater on the University of the Poet," which opens Fri- Oregon campus, off E. 11th day. Eugene's fashionable beauty address, DI 5-01 1 1 bon marche rwssolls 'Carnival' Comes . The bawdy, brassy atmos phere of a carnival is the set ting for the love story plot of the musical "Carnival," up next Sunday on the Broadway Theatre League's schedule of Eugene performances. "Carnival," with Elaine Malbin, David Daniels, and a group of puppets in the lead roles, will have only one Eu gene performance. Time will be 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20; place. South Eugene High School auditorium. For this and the following BTL show, the league has al tered its admission-by-season-ticket-membership-only policy. You can buy a ticket for Car nival if you have $5, and if you have a friend who holds a BTL season membership. The league said orders for tickets to individual shows will be accepted only from present members. There is no limit to the number of addi tional tickets a member may order, however. Orders may be sent to the league at P. 0. Box 5164, Eu gene, with Tuesday the dead line for mail orders. Tickets will be on sale at the boxof fice Sunday night but still to members only, a spokes man said. "Carnival" Is a musical but not of the "Oklahoma" or "My Fair Lady" variety based or. the 1953 movie "Lili." It won the New York Family closed for remodeling monday, ruesday and Wednesday : ; . An extensive remodeling with the most modern equipment and exciting decor will signal the formal establishment of A-Art at BMR. Come and see our lovely, new salon, Friday evening appointments as usual. OPEN AGAIN THURSDAY JANUARY 17th ,1 tiin..t. t.vi.ii.-..i Drama Critics Award as the best musical of the 1961-'62 season. The story is set in a name less French village, visited by the Grand Imperial Cirque de Paris. Lili, a childlike waif, visits the carnival, joins it, and becomes the center of a contest for her affections be tween a crippled puppeteer and a magician. The puppe teer and his assistant use their four puppets to counsel Lili and make her recognize her true emotions. Miss Malbin, playing Lili in the touring company, is a soprano who has played the title roles in "Salome," "La Traviata," and "Madame But terfly" on the NBC Opera television productions. She also has appeared in lead roles in "Kismet" and "My Darlin' Alda" on Broadway, and has sung on The Voice of Firestone the past four seasons. David Daniels, who plays Paul the crippled puppeteer, won Donaldson and Theatre World awards for his part Jn "Plain and Fancy" on Broad way. A baritone, he also has mm i 31 :' eon-'i i col 43 i.Hg:i Daytime Here are new, fashionable daytime dresses de signed especially for you. Our biggest varlely of styles and colors in years tailored and' dressy, full skirt and sheath, with or without collars. Crisp new patterns in pastels and rich, deep colors blended Into beautiful plaids, florals and stripes. Guaranteed fast colors and easy care fabrics. 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