MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
MONDAY. JULY 23. 1962
'Comedy of Errors' Brings
Laughter, Applause at Ashland
The plot of "Comedy of
Err on," one of William
Shakespeare's first comedies,
really Isn't much; you know
what the outcome will be af
ter the first soliloquies of So-
Unus, Duke of Ephesus, and
Aegeon, a mercnant of Syra
cuse. But it's not the plot that's
important anyway; it's the
means to the end. And after
a somewhat slow start (mon
ologues have always had a
tendency to be somewhat
slow), the tempo of the play
picks up, comical confusion
commences, and it doesn't
straighten itself out until the
end.
Briefly the plot is this: Ae
geon, searching for his wife
and twin sons, finds himself
in Ephesus where death will
come to htm at sunset unless
he raises the necessary money
so he can leave.
Identical Twins
His twin sons, Antipholus
of Ephesus and Antipholus of
Syracuse, are in Ephesus,
dressed alike. But their paths
never cross until the end.
Their attendants, whose nam
es are Dromio of Ephesus and
Dromio of Syracuse, also are
identical twins. But the paths
of the Dromios cross many
limes during the play.
When the first Antipholus
and Dromio appear on stage
the confusion starts, and
the audience at times is con
fused by the confusion crea
ted in the predicaments in
vented by Shakespeare.
But it is an enjoyable play
- downright funny much of
the time; entertaining in its
eolorful costumes accentua
ted by the use of lights; in the
. amies of the characters, es
pecially the Dromios; and in
the facial and physical ex
pressions of the Antipholuses.
Brings Applause
Rod Alexander directed the
"Comedy" which brought
outbursts of laughter from
the audience and spontaneous
applause periodi lly when
scenes of either of the Anti
pholuses and Dromios were
particularly welt-presented.
Peter D. MacLean and
Stacy Keach, playing the
parts of the two Antipholus
es, and Rlc Murphy and Kirk
Mee, playing the parts of the
two Dromios, appear to be
well-cast, and do a most con
vincing confusing job.
With a little make-up, the
same kind of costumes on
each, the two pair are virtu
ally indistinguish ble on
stage, with the exception (la
ter in the play) ' when Anti
pholus of Syracuse is pre
sented a gold chain he wears
- a chain made and believed
given to Antipholus of Ephe
sus.' Add to Comedy
Susan Brewer plays the
part of Adriaha, wife to An
tipholus of Ephesus, and Sal
ly Pagliuca plays the part of
her sister, Luciana, who An
tipholus of Syracuse has come
to like. Both actresses do
justice to' the parts, adding
their own bits of comical an
tics during the production
Other characters in the
play have relatively minor
roles, but without them, and
without their "punch lines,"
the play would not be as en
joyable as it is.
William Royston plays Sol-
inus, Duke of Ephesus; Aeg
eon is played by Eugene Dy
narski; Richr-" !". Ramos is
Balthazar, merchant; Michael
Fuchs is Angelo, a goldsmith:
Jon Cranncy is a merchant
friend of Antipholus of Syra.
cuse; and Charles G. Taylor
is a second merchant to whom
Angelo is a debtor.
Play With Excellence
Charles Miller, well-known
in this area for his comical
characterizations in other
Shakespeare plays as well as
in the Vining Repertory in
the fall, plays Doctor Pinch, a
conjurer, and plays It with
excellence,
Donna Setrakian plays Ae-
milia, wife to Aegon and an
Abbess at Ephesus; Elizabeth
M. Huddle plays Luce, a serv
ant to Adriana who has an af
fection for Dromio of Syra
cuse; and the rest of the cast
includes Marian Hailey, a
courtesan; Les Carlson, Joe
Whlpp, and Adolph Caesar,
officers; Patricia Crawley,
Julie Townley, two nuns;
Christopher Cabot and Terry
Campbell, two attendants on
Solinus; Robert Bridges, mes
senger; J. Gerald Rodgers,
and Diane de Laubenfels,
street peddlers; and Jon
Cranney, headsman.
Some Festival company
membe-J are new to Ashland,
others are veterans, but they
all combine to present an en
tertaining pro luction of
Comery of Errors. 1 And by
eliminating a few muffled
lines in some parts of the
play, it. should prove to be
one of the Festival's better
attendance-getters during the
season. E.H.A
The Family Council
Editor's note: The Family Council onilftf of a ludre.
phychlatrlst, thrct elersymsn. three editors and m women's editor.
Each article Is a summary of a family disagreement presented to the
Council. The Council deals with problems, major and minor,
encountered by ruldance counselors and social workers. Edited by
J "" Aims uennj. nopyrigni oy .uenerat Features corp.
Mary U.-He moved me far
from my relatives and I'm
lonely.
Chris. U.-A wife is sup
posed to be content to go
with her husband.
Mary U.-I was born in
Spain and was brought to
America as a baby by my par
ents who settled in Texas.
That's where we became
United States citizens and
where my folks still live.
And that's where I met Chris
whom I married three years
ago.
'He promptly moved me to
Minnesota where he teaches
languages in a suburban high
school., Now we have a year
old daughter and she's all
I've got to ease my loneliness.
My husband gives me no
companionship at all. He gets
home in a bad humor and re
treats to his study as fast as
possible with examination pa
pers to correct or a new text
book to write. When I raise
a fuss, he'll take the baby
and me for a Sunday drive.
But he never makes plans
for a real outing.
The neighbors are all very
'cliquey, with no special in
terest in a new arrival like
me. I'm pining to see my
family. But Chris won't let
me invite them, nor will he
help me plan a visit south.
Chris UWhen people get
married, they're supposed to
be prepared to move away
from their parents. Mary's
parents left Spain behind and
I expect Mary to leave Texas
behind. My family is in New
York and I haven t seen them
since my wedding. Now that
we have the baby, I expect
that any relatives who can
get up this way during their
vacations will stop in. That's
all right with me, as long
as it's just a stopover. But
what Mary wants is for her
folks to settle down with us
to keep her company. That's
for a heloless little girl, not
a grown married woman. I
want to see Mary snap out
of her dependency and rt
interested in books and hob-
hies.
She can't depend upon me
as her sole companion. My
ink ia exacting and exhaust
ing. I require much solitude
for lesson-planning. As for the
neighbors, she's been sweep
ing haughtily past them. Once
she realizes she must depend
upon their friendship and
can't run back to Texas, she ll
find them to be nice people
indeed.
The Council: There's one
important point Chris Is miss
ing and that's the full mean
ing, not just the legal one,
of the word "married. When
Mary married him she was
joining her life with his, she
thought. Now she finds that
she. was merely being severed
from old ties with no new.
warm, fulfilling ones to take
their place. Yes. Chris, when
Walking Through Glass
Doors Declared Cause
Of Serious Accidents
Chicago- (UPt -The old joke i
about "running into a door
isn't funny anymore.
As many as 40,000 Ameri
cans may. be injured that way
each year, according to Na
tional Safety Council.
The problem of people of
all ages walking through glass
doors they thought were open
has become so common that
the Architectural Aluminum
Manufacturers A s s o ciation
asked the safety council to
find a solution.
The safety council enlisted
the U.S. Public Health Serv
ice, the Florida Health De
partment and the Dade Coun
ty Health Department for a
survey of glass door accidents
in the Miami area.
Phil Dykstra, manager of
home safety for the council,
said the survey showed that
in a one-year period Dade
county had 130 such acci
dents. Twenty-one persons
were injured, ranging from
scratches to deep cuts.
A previous survey by the
Seattle (Wash.) Times showed
IS such injuries In that area,
one of them fatal. i
The safety council said one
projection of the figures indi-i
cated that nationally the an-1
nual injury toll from glass
door accidents may be 40,000. j
Mora Data Needed
However, Dykstra said he '
feels more data is needed to
obtain a true national esti
mate. As a result, the safety coun
cil has decided to extend its
survey to other areas of the
nation.
From the results of the sur
veys, the safety council hopes
to draft a model building code
so that communities may
avoid the hazard.
"Preliminary findings indi
cate that some form of safety
glazing appears to be the an
swer," Dykstra said.
It might involve use of tem
pered glass, laminated glass
or plastic panels in place of
the plate glass now used, he
said.
Long'Henry IV Play Is Done
Well With Seriousness,Comedy
people marry, and then work
at it, their emotional needs
can be pretty well filled by
the new love and the new
rewards which substitute for
the old attachments neces
sarily left behind. You
haven't worked to replace for
Mary what you asked her to
relinquish.
But she, on the other hand,
has merely sulked away three
precious years. . So injured
does she feel at being up
rooted and carried to foreign
soil, that she keeps pouting
to remind Chris of the great
injustice he visited on her,
and she moves nary a little
finger to "make the best of
it." No wonder Chris makes
a frantic beeline to his clois
ter on any pretext - study,
homework, headache, "the
cranks." He just wants to
duck the long face, the tears,
the self-pity and recrimina
tions.
- We'll wager that the pall
in this home will lift once
the corners of Mary's mouth
begin to lift in a good-sport
cheery greeting to Chris each
evening. There s much left
wanting in Chris's behavior
as a husband and father, but
it's Mary who can set the
wheel of progress spinning.
First, she can make a sincere
effort to be a relaxed, natural
neighbor. All it takes is a few
pleasant Good Mornings and
an occasional, kindly May-I-help-you?
Then, she can dig up a few
quiet interests of her own
(sewing? gardening? Renais
sance Art?) to grip her while
Chris is Intellectually en
grossed. It's not fair to dump
the whole problem of her de
pression in his lap. He has a
few problems he'd like to
dump in hers, no doubt.
As for Chris, he must re
spond to Mary's new efforts
by joining her in plans for
a once-a-weck (at least) treat
among other adults, and by
firming up plans for a re
union with her loved ones.
Marriage doesn't mean the re
nunciation he describes.
William Shakespeare's
Henry IV, Part II" includes
everything from the serious
responsibilities of Prince Hal
succeeding his father as king
to the bawdy comedy of Sir
John Falstaff and his rogue's
gallery.
The second Oregon Shake
spearean Festival production,
which premiered last night, is
a three-hour production di
rected by Edward Brubaker.
It has a long list of characters,
as many of Shakespeare's his
tory plays have.
With the exception of a few
soft-voiced actors whose lines
failed to carry far, the play
was well-done as all the pro
ductions at Ashland are. It is
a long play, and there are long
speeches by many of the prin
cipals. Had the principal char
acters not been cast as well as
they are, the play would not
have been as entertaining.
Voice Carries Better
Michael Perclval played the
part of Prince Henry, who at
the end of the play becomes
King Henry V. Toward the
end of production his voice
carried better than at first,
when some of his lines failed
to carry into the audience.
Percival, however, did
good job as Prince Hal. He
looked like a prince, Innocent
and clean shaven, yet serious
with the knowledge of the re
sponsibilities he knew he
would assume.
Peter D. MacLean carried
the part of King Henry IV
very well. His stature is
straight, he holds his head
high, and is sure of his wisdom
and words.
More Lighter Moments
Diverting from the more
serious moments of the play
are the many Falstaff scenes,
which in some cases ended
just short of a riot. Falstaff
is played by Eugene Dynarski,
whose frame and voice seem
to fit the part naturally.
Falstaff s group of friends
and supporters is indeed a
rogue's gallery, a sharp con
trast to the dignified serious
ness of royalty and its prob
lems of national concern.
Falstaff's associates include
Bardolph (played by J. Ger
ald Rodgers), Pistol (William
Royston), Ned Poins (Robert
Bridges), Mistress Quickly
hostess of a tavern in East
cheap (Elizabeth M. Huddle),
Doll Tearsheet (Shirley Pat
ton), and many others.
Do Good Job
Some of them are small
parts, some are major, but
they all do a pood job of pur
traying the characters in
which they are cast. This is
especially true of Mistress
Quickly and Doll Tearsheet.
Another relatively small part
which is well done is Justice
Silence, played by Angus L.
Bowmer, whose ability for
such parts is versatile.
Actors cast in the parts of
the royal family present their
characters well; some of them
are weak, others are strong.
depending on what type of
character Shakespeare
wanted
Of note among the parts is
that of Richard S. Ramos, who
plays the part of Lord Chief
Justice of the King's bench.
He is wise and loyal to the
government of King Henry
IV, a loyalty which prevails
when Prince Hal becomes
king.
Some Actors Double
It is virtually impossible to
recognize each individual
character, for there are many.
In fact, so many, that some of
the actors double up on por
traying characters.
History plays have never
been as popular with Festival
audiences as Shakespeare's
comedies or tragedies, but
"Henry IV, Part II" could be
among the more popular his-
tory plays. It is not violent, as
many of the history plays are,
and there is a sufficient
amount of comedy to break
the dramatic moments of royal
seriousness.
The play is well directed,
well acted and presented, and
is enjoyable, but it is long.-E.H.A.
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