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As You Like It7 Performed To Create Play That's Alive MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON TUESDAY. JULY 24. 1962 It has been said that a good goes Into the forest and joins ay to measure a fine stage the exiled duke's band, roduclion is in Its ability to Rosalind, disguised as a take -the audience forget young man, jests at Orlando s jout time. The Oregon love sickness for her. She of- hakespearean Festival's pre station of "As You Like ," which premiered at Ash ind last night, runs about vo-and-a-half hours in ngth .tperformed as Shakes care intended it - without n intermission). But when le play was over, it seemed ; if ij had lasted but an our. "As you Like It" is a hap y play to begin with. Jerry urner. of Areata, Calif., who irectccl this festival 'fcring, oints "out that many people :gard- it as one of Shakes eare'S most perfect plays. But ia fine play is only as ne on stage as the princi als involved make it, and le principals who appear in lis production and who orked behind the scenes ave combined to create a lay that is very much alive, 'roduclion Is Bright "Bright" is an appropriate 'ord to describe the festival reduction of th's play. Vir jally all of the performances apture the bright spirit of hakeSpeare's lines and com mnicate them to the audi nce, and the costumes, de igned -by Marie Chesley, add nmeasurably to the bright nd happy feeling the play xudes. "As ."You Like It" is about omance. It concerns four airs of lovers and winds Uj nth a! quadruple wedding. Rosiflind, the daughter of a ani?hed duke, becomes in 2reste3 in Orlando, a young r brother of the wicked Oli er at: a wrestling match at ne court of Duke Frederick, rother of the exiled duke nd usurper of his dominions, tosalind Banished Rosalind is subsequently anishpd by Duke Frederick nto the Forest of Arden herellier father, the exiled, uke, Is living the life of a lobin'Hood. Orlando also fers to "cure" him if he will make love to her as if she were Rosalind. In the meantime, the wick ed Oliver comes into the for est and is saved from death by Orlando, an act which transforms the elder brother into a kind gentleman. Oliver subsequently becomes infatu ated with Celia, daughter of Duke Frederick, who fled in to the forest with Rosalind because she could not bear to be separated from her. Drawn Into Plot Touchstone, a court clown who aided Rosalind and Celia in their escape into the for est, gains an interest in Aud rey, a country wi ich. Also drawn into the plot are Sil vius, a shepherd who is in fatuated with Phebe, a shep ardess. The play winds up happily with the quadruple wedding and the news that Duke Fred erick has sotvened, restoring the exiled duke to his former station. All of the major roles in the play are performed ex tremely well. Two or three of the minor players seemed un sure of themselves, and the opening night performance got a little clumsy at the end when the whole cast is re quired to engage in song and dance merriment on the rela tively small Shakespearean stage. Otherwise the produc-1 tion was excellent. Elizabeth M. Huddle gives a fine performance in the dif ficult role of Rosalind. Les ! Carlson capturees well the boyish idealism in the charac ter of Orlando. Touchstone's Performance Perhaps most outstanding is James Tripp's performance as Touchstone, the clown, surprisingly quite an impor tant role in the play. Also ex cellent are Daniel J. Hoppe as Jaques, one of the lords attending the banished duke. and Michael Fuchs as the banished duke himself. Sally Pagliuca fits the part of Celia well, as does Julie Townley the role of Audrey, the country wench. William Royston last night seemed a little out of place as Oliver, the wicked brother of Orlan do who reforms, but his per formance was never-the-less polished. Outstanding in smaller roles are Charles Miller, adding comic touches in the part of Le Beau, a courtier attending upon Duke Frederick, Charles G. Taylor as an elderly shep herd Corin, and Richard S. Ramos as Charles, a wrestler. Also performing well are Eugene Dynarski as Duke Frederick; George Sanchez as Silvius, the young shepherd; Robert Bridges as Sir Oliver Martext, a vicar; Kirk-Mce, a country fellow and Diane de Laubenfels as Phebe, the shepherdess. - C. E. T. BECOME CITIZENS Barbara Schceffner, 4, and Dianne Strawderman, 5, take a long look at the stars and stripes of their new country. Barbara, who was born in Germany of American parents, and Dianne, who was adopted from Germany, have lived in the United States for several years, have just become citizens in Baltimore, Md. (UP1) PROHIBIT PIG RAISING Jerusalem -UPll- The Is raeli parliament Monday ap proved a law to prohibit pig raising anywhere except in nine areas where Arab Chris tians form a majority of the local population. The law takes effect in one year. Un der their religions. Jews and Moslems are prohibited from eating pork. Among the areas whore pigs will be permitted is Nazareth. Entries Being Taken For Jubilee Parade Jacksonville - Entries f o r the Jacksonville Gold Rush Jubilee parade are still being accepted, according to the Jubilee committee. Entry blanks may be ob tained at the Jubilee head quarters in the U. S. Hotel in Jacksonville, or by contacting Mrs. Jessie Mathenv, 899 1841. The parade is slated for Sunday, Aug. 5. at t p.m. Floats, group and individual entries are being accepted. Top prize is a $75 sweepstakes award. Four Accidents Are Reported in City Seven vehicles were in. volved in four accidents Sat urday and Sunday, according to Medford police. No injuries were reported, and three cita tions were issued. About 10:35 a.m. Sunday vehicles operated by Royal Eugene Klumph, 54, of 426 Benson St., and Lorraine Ev elyn Johnson, 30, of 910 Mur ray St., collided at the inter- 1 section of West Eighth and j Hamilton sts., police reported. Klumph was cited for disobey ing a traffic signal, and Lor raine Johnson was cited for not having a driver's license . in her possession. Leslie Everett Zenikc. 32, of route 1, box 420, Talent was cited by city police for viola tion of basic rule after his ve hicle was involved in an ac cident about 12:20 a.m. Satur day in front of 227 South Cen tral ave. The parked vehicle was owned by Francis Eugene Au franc, Santa Cruz, Calif. Vehicles operated by Harold Kizer, 39, of 117 Laurel St., ! and John Wesley Hall, 46, of , route 2, box 198B, Central j Point, collided Saturday morn-1 ing at the intersection of Cen tral ave. and Tenth st., accord ing to police reports. In the third Saturday morn ing accident an automobile op erated by Sclma Nightingale B 7 McAlaster, 40, of route 1, box 344, Talent, hit a parkini; meter post on North Central ave. between East Fourth and Fifth sts., according to city police. SAVE 50 OR MORE! ECON-O-CLEAN Professional Dry Cleaning With Coin Operative Economy! MINIMUM ORDER $1.90 Cleaning and Spotting Onlyl DUMAS DOMESTIC LAUNDRY & DRY CLEANERS 30-32 North Riverside GRESSETT'S DRIVE-IN CLEANERS 702 West Main NU-WAY CLEANERS 601 East Main CRYSTAL WHITE LAUNDRY & DRY CLEANERS 811 North Central end-ofthe-month OOLWORTH'S UPDATE CHAIRS in kitchen and dinette I 1 L. 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