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g J) - ' THUHSDAYt MARCH 1. 19B3 '. i ' ' MBDFOHD MAIL.' TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON i - : ' IJ r - , . Israeli Theater in Turmoil While Traditional Battles Modern By ELIAV SIMON ' United Pren International Jerusalem-(UPD-In the Israe li theater today, there ii tur moil beneath the grease-paint as the new challenges the old - the "traditional" battles the modern. ' ' i ( In few countries is the pub lic more theater conscious than in this young Jewish na tion and, for that very rea son, anything that affects the theater becomes something of a national debate. Leading the traditional forces is Dr. Chaim Gamzu, Israel's leading drama critc. Fighting him is Gcrshon Plot- kin, director of the country's most popular theatrical troupe, the "Chamber thea ter." ; . . The battle came into the open when Gamzu, an ad mirer of conservatism in the theater, blasted the Chamber theater's latest production, "The Inn of Ghosts" by Poet Nathan Alterman. P 1 o t k i n struck back with a reply in the Davar, a rival morning newspaper to Gamzu's paper, Haaretz. Gamzu, said Plotkin, was "a cultural commissar" seeking to corrupt the public taste instead of educating it. Not I 1 NEWSPAPER JOINS DEBATE-The Israeli afternoon news paper Maariv joins the current theater debate with cartoon depicting aging actress gazing into a mirror labeled Critic Ism", As mirror mercilessly reflects her wrinkles, she says: "There is something wrong with this d d mirror".- (UPI) - COURT RECORDS MEDFORD MUNICIPAL COURT Donald Eugene Wilcox violation Of basic rule, f 15. Alvin Peter Wiens, violation of bailc rule, 113. Wendell Lynch Ha yea, violation of basic rule, $15. James Howard Ntmei Jr viola tion of basic rule, (30, Kenneth Dean Cox, vfolatlon' Of ' bwlc rule. $15. Stanley Lorenz Carstensen, Viola tion of basic rule, $25. Mike Everett Dietrich, violation of basic rule, 125. Dan Miller, disobeyed- -traffic signal, $10. Rex Jerrold Tgo, disregarded flashing red light at railrpad cross- , ins. $10. William Martin Akint, operator's license not in possession, $5. Constance Brooks, disobeyed traffic signal, $5. William George Gtlman, execs- aive noise, $1(1. Helen Doris Steed, driving while vision obstructed, $10. John Jny Hubbard, disobeyed traffic si (mal, $10. Harry K. Danielson, no oper ator's license in possession. $5. Joseph Patrick Dugan, excessive noise, iu. Ashland Student Is Elks Contest Winner Jane Hcnnick, Ashland High school, and Llyod West, South Eugene High school, were the district Elks scholar ship contest winners Sunday in floseburg. . . Each will receive a $250 scholarship with an opportun ity to compete in the state fi nals March 30 in Bcavcrton. Among the students partici pating were Becky Irwin, Rogue River; Mary Ann Car negie, St. Mary's, Medford; Craig Pennington, Ashland; Charles Vcrslccg, Illinois Val ley, Cave Junction; and How ard Haugen, Medford. so, Gamzu came back. The Chamber theater's repertoire was below the dignity of He brew theater, he wrote, and in fact he was "a gentle lamb1 of a critic compared to such as New York's Brooks Atkin son or Walter Kerr. "My job," the Haaretz snapped, "is to tell the public the truth as I see it."' The afternoon newspaper Maariv got in on the fun with a cartoon depicting an aging actress gazing into a mirror labelled "criticism." The mir ror mercilessly reflects her wrinkles, and she is saying "There is something wrong Dr. Kreisman Will Serve As Consultant Ashland - Dr. Arthur Kreis man, director of general stud ies and chairman of the South ern Oregon college humani ties division, has been select ed to serve as a consultant on English usage for the Nation al Convention of the Confer ence on College Composition and Communication sched' ulcd March 21-23 in Los An geles.' In line with the conference theme, "The Content of Eng lish," there will be a special three session workshop on English Usage in College Com position for which Dr. Kreis man will serve as co-consultant with Dr. Virginia McDa vid of the Chicago Teachers college and Dr. John Gill of the University of Wisconsin. The workshop has been lim ited to 30 teachers from throughout the U.S. Hearing Slated on Capital Punishment Salcm-WU-A public hear ing on bills dealing with capi tal punishment and abolition of the death penalty will be held at 1 p.m. March 22. The hearings will be con ducted by the Senate Judici ary committee in room 6 of the Capitol building. Sen. Thomas Mahoney (D Portland) committee chair man, said three bills and two senate joint resolutions will be taken up al the hearing. with this d----d mirror!" At the root of the quarrel is a theme as old as art itself: the artist versus the critic, the experimental against the known. In Israel the present debate goes back to the 1920's before this country was an independent state. Some 40 years ago a group of Russian actors, some of them trained in the Moscow Art theater, came to the then Palestine and eslabllscd the Habimah theater. These peo ple, although Zionists and Communists, were influenced by the radical, idealistic at mosphere of the times. Their theater was organized on a cooperative basis in which each actor owned an equal share in the i.ianagement. All administrative, financial and artistic matters were decided by vote and each actor re ceived the same salary re gardless of talent or parts. And, Importantly, the acting and production were tradi tional and stylized. Russian Accent At the Habimah the actors declaimed their lines in Rus- sion-accented Hebrew. Over statement, exaggeration of I made 5rS IT ff MYSELF - -l 1 m m m and saved besides! . . . and so easily. With Spru ance you just add water. Everything is in the mix and mixing lakes only minutes. 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A typical one was "He Walked Through the Fields" by Moshe Shamir. It told the story of a young Jewish soldier and it enjoyed great popular success. As it gained in stature and confidence, the Chamber thea ter branched out to put on Western, Anglo-Saxon plays. Among them have been "Born Yesterday," "The Lit tle Foxes," "Irma La Douce, "The Miracle Maker," and "Look Homeward, Angel." The established theaters, Hab imah . and another called Ohel, soon were for-od to re lax their "traditional" rules as they played to increasing ly empty houses. Rebels Best Stars Today, the "Avante Gard" rebels of 1947 are the estab lished and best known stars. They include Yoscf Yadin, brother of a former Israel chief of staff, Hannah Meron, Orna Porath and Balya Lan cet. But now they all are in their 40s and facing the com petition of a new crop of younger spirits. One of the new elements in the Israeli theater is a domes tic variation of what in New York is called the "Off Broadway Theater." 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