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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
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gesture " and I rapturous eye
rolling were essential parts of
the technique. It became a
standard of what some came
to call "Jewish theater."
, The Habimah established a
reputation of being second to
none in staging such produc
tions as "The Dybbuk," re
flecting the life and culture
of East European Jewry and
now . a classical part of its
repertoire. But it discouraged
young Israeli playwrights and
actors .trying . to break into
the ranks of this close-knit,
Russian-born clique.
Then nearly 20 years ago,
in 1947, a group of young
actors and actresses revolted
against this theatrical tradi
tionalism and founded the
Chamber theater on a small
and experimental basis.
During Israel's war of inde
pendence in 1948 the Cham
ber theater group produced
topical plays by young Israeli
writers. 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." Groups
of young actors travel the
country in small vans and put
on one-niglit stands in towns
and villages. Because of their
mode of transport they ara
known here as "taxi thea
ters." The "taxi theaters" are
frankly commercial. They
give work to many who
would otherwise have no
theatrical outlet. But they are
giving new life, too, to the
Jewish theater and from
their ranks may come soma
of the stars of tomorrow.
There is crisis in Israeli's
theatrical world. But there is
youth, too.
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