'Meoll IPkoy Chosemi T Adlvamice Llepeirteiry
STRANGE INTERLUDE A revival of Eugene O'Neill's
1928 Pulitzer Prize-winning play will be the initial pro
duction by the newly formed Actors Studio Theater. In
photo at left, Helen Westly, seated, and Lynn Fontanne,
are shown in scene from the original production of the
. play, and in the right photo, Betty Field, seated, and
; Geraldine Page are shown in comparable pose from the
new production. (UPI)
T
Small Worlds
Around Us
By LYNN M. W ATKINS
(Register and Tribune
Syndic., 1963)
Cage Ban Probably To
Protect Animals From You
."Dangerous wild animals"
are mostly myths, creatures of
over-active imaginations. We
thrill deliciously at the trite
expression. The "untamed and
blood-thirsty jungle beast"
sends shivers of apprehension
up and down our spines.
?We read of "wolf packs"
hunting down some poor luck
less human without realizing
that there is more fiction than
fact in the story. We refuse to
admit that the wild beast is
ready to attack or is "blood
thirsty" only because someone
has wounded it, attacked its
mate or threatened its off
spring. . i
We visit a zoo or circus and
thrill at the sight of the caged
animal without realizing that
the cage is serving a double
purpose: it keeps the wild
beast from running away and
protects it from you.
Dual Purpose -
In most cases the "stone
walls and iron bars" make a
prison that protects both
ways, but strangely, the ani
mal is usually in more danger
from the people than the peo
ple are from the animal.
Funny that this should be so,
but any attendant at the zoo
will tell you that the animals
have to be protected from the
people. For some unknown
reason, many folks try to tease
or even injure a caged animal.
Asked why, they often say,
"Just to see what it will do."
Read any story of our pio
neer ancestors in their strug
gle for survival in a new land
and sooner or later you run
across the pasage where the
poor man "had to protect him
self against wild beasts."
When we read such ridiculous
fiction and later visit a zoo,
some of us may have the idea
we are getting even with the
captive by poking it with a
stick just to show "who's
boss" or to punish it for what
we might stupidly think its
far distant ancestors did to
some innocent pioneer.
Most of us want to be dom
inant. We get some morbid
satisfaction, or we inflate our
ego or our vanity, by subdu
ing a lesser creature or by
killing it. It makes us feel
brave and strong; we are the
protectors of our , weaker
brothers. In a few of us it
actually takes the form of
sadism.
We hear so much about
"man's conquest over nature,
his battle for survival against
the forces of the wild" that it
becomes sickening to any in
telligent person who realizes
that this "dangerous wild an
imal" business is terribly
over-rated. ;
Turtle Attack "r '
The daily press carried a
recent story about a woman
who called the police "because
a dangerous turtle threatened
to attack her in her own back
yard.'
This woman was actually
frightened half to death. She
had been trying to beat the
terrible thing to death with a
long stick when the police
arrived. The poor blundering
turtle was crawling across her
yard when she saw it from her
kitchen window. She grabbed
a stick and went into the yard.
Here again, on a silly, stu
pid scale, was an example of
man against beast. The con
fused turtle, blinded by the
blows, moved toward the
woman instead of the other
way. This, the woman
claimed, constituted "a vi-
cious attack." The turtle
weighed four pounds, the
woman weighed 180 and the
turtle really had the lesser vi
cious temper.
Most animals, wild or other
wise, are inherently friendly.
They want to be left alone,
and if they are they never are
"dangerous beasts.
This dangerous wild animal
business is the figment of
over-imaginations, ignorance
and human selfishness. The
animal in the cage looks doc
ile, merely because it is de
pending on the bars ot tne
cage to keep YOU away.
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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1963
Commitment for
Sexually Dangerous
Persons Questioned
By JACK GAVER
UPI Drama Editor
New York -lUPlu The little
man with the grayed fringe of
defeated hair and the big in
f 1 u e n c e contemplated the
prospect of repertory theater.
"In the modern American
theater at the professional
level-and it's the only place
in the world where this is true
-repertory has been about as
respectable as a dirty word.
Every time it turns up, it gets
sued for non-sport.
"We have the financial
backing to give us a chance,
we have the talent in depth
and we have the dedication,
the determination," summed
up Lee Strasbcrg, of the
much - publicized "method
school" of acting at the actors'
studio,
"We will put a strong fight
to establish repertory theater
on a firm basis and make it
endure."
Choose O'Neill
March 11 the Actors Studio
Theater, new producing arm
of the professional school, pre
sented as its first offering a
revival of Eugene O'Neill's
1928 Pulitzer prize-winning
dinner- intermission play,
"Strange Interlude."
It will be the first, it is
hoped, of a continuing string
of frequent productions of
new and old American and
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foreign plays, modern and
classic, designed to be ready
for reactivation at any time
repertory, by an organization
that has first call on many of
the top theater talents of the
day.
Important as this venture is
in itself, it gains strength from
the fact that it will be fol
lowed within about six
months by a second repertory
project that also will be suf
ficiently well-heeled to weath
er any early difficulties and
that will have the equally
dedicated support of some
equally top talents in the the
ater. Lincoln Repertory
That is the Lincoln Reper
tory company, stage arm of
the ambitious Lincoln Center
of the Arts. Its two producing
directors are Robert White
head, Broadway producer of
stature, and Eliza Kazan, stage
and movie directing genius
who only recently severed his
official ties with the Actors
Studio, which he helped found
in 1947,
Kennedy Says Economy
Hinges on Tax Cuts
Washington -0IP1I- President
Kennedy said Wednesday the
American economy could
turn downward if Congress
gives the "wrong answer"' to
his proposals to cut taxes and
increase the federal budget
and national debt.
He called upon business
men and others who are op
posed to his economic pro
gram to "accept the facts of
life of our economy" and help
meet problems of this decade
caused by a lagging economic
growth, increased labor mar
ket and automation.
"I would agree," Strasberg
said, "that the success of these
two projects - the success of
even one might do it - will
alter the complexion of the
American theater for its per
manent good.
This would give us a truly
continuing American theater
where our writers and actors
could be assured of continuous
representation that would not
depend upon getting unani
mous rave notices from the
critics or an initial rush to the
box office by the customers.
Success in New York could
foster substantial, professional
repertory everywhere."
Not the End
Strasberg hastened to point
out that this won't mean the
end of the traditional Broad
way commercial producer,
who has to make a buck,
"It would be our loss if it
did," he explained. "A couple
of repertory companies can't
posibly discover or use all of
the acting and writing talent
that comes along. We will
complement, supplement each
other.
"If we are successful as a
long-range project, we can
hope to be an influence in
raising the standards of so-
called Broadway production
when it comes to serious
drama. And I don't think any
able Broadway producer
would object to that
"There are some right now
with plays that they admire,
that, should be produced, yet
which are too much of a risk
in the present economic setup
in the theater. It is possible
that we can help in getting
these and other, such works of
the future before the public
in a cooperative manner."
"Strange Interlude," with a
cast headed by such studio
stars as Geraldine Page, Pat
Hingle, Ben Gazarra and Wil
liam Prince, will be kept at
the Hudson theater, a tempor
ary home for Actors Studio
Theater, for three to four
months. There will be a sum
mer production hiatus, then
resumption i n September,
probably with actress June
Havoc's "Marathon.
"The point is." Strasbcrg
said, "that 'Strange Interlude'
and 'Marathon' and those that
follow will not vanish after
their initial presentations. We
can bring them back for a few
weeks or a few months as we
desire, with the original casts
or with new casts.
"We also expect to work
simultaneously in-I hate to
use the term-an off-Broadway
house. Let's just say. in a
small theater where we can
experiment with something
unusual that obviously is not
going to have a general appeal
but which we want to see on
a stage." v
Use Own Writers
Why "Strange Interlude" to
start?
"We had to begin with an
O'Neill," Strasberg explained,
"with something by the coun
try's greatest playwright.
While we expect to do many
plays representative of all
countries, we are essentially
an American theater and we
want to anchor It with our
own writers.
"Actually, we were not sup
posed to have begun produc
tion until next fall. But our
director for this first play,
Jose Quintero of the Circle in '
the Square, who has been very
close to Mrs. O'Neill by rea
son of the excellent produc-'
tions he has done of several of
her husband's plays in recent
years, suddenly advised us
that 'Strange Interlude' could
be available to us right now.
Maybe not a little later.
"So, we had the actors, the
money and the inclination,
and at last we are a producing
organization."
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trists testified here that it
would be difficult to- identify
"sexually dangerous" persons
and there would be a margin
for error.
If such persons could be
weeded out and committed,
the doctors said, it would cost
several hundred thousand dol
lars just to try to treat them.
In spite of the unknowns,
the psychiatrists agreed that
an effort to learn how to
treat the sexually dangerous
would be worthwhile.
Dr. Dean Brooks, superin
tendent' of the Oregon State
Hospital, Dr. J. H. Treleaven,
administrator of the State
Mental Health Division, and
Dr. George Saslow, head of
the psychiatry department of
the University of Oregon
Medical School, testified be
fore the House Judiciary
Committee.
Commitment Proposed
They discussed a bill pro
viding for civil commitment
of sexually dangerous persons
- one of a package of five
bills before the. committee
aimed at sex offenders. The
other four deal with court
procedures.
The commitment bill pro
vides for a court hearing.
Commitment would be based
mainly on the findings of two
psychiatrists.
The definition in the bill
includes "propensities to com
mit' any kind of sex act which
physically threatens harm to
a child of the age of 12 or
under." There would not have
to be any previous offense.
"I would have an awfully
difficult time," said Dr.
Brooks. "I would have to go
by rule of thumb."
Long Study Needed
"In most cases of menial
illness you can see . . . hear
something peculiar," Dr. Tre
leaven said. "The sexually
dangerous person . , . only
looks peculiar if you follow
his behavior over a long pe
riod. "Taking away liberty . . .
warrants a thorough and com
plete investigation."
He suggested temporary
commitment for study.
The two doctors agreed,
however, it would be of value
to try to treat the sexually
dangerous "if we take every
precaution to see that we put
the finger on the i.jht man.
Dr. Treleaven estimated
that a "bare minimum ... no
frills" program of treatment
would cost $265,000 for 30
men. Dr. Brooks estimated
$200,000 for 40. He said the
State Hospital now has 90
100 patients per doctor. .
Unsure of Treatment ''
"We don't know how to
treat these people yet, but
I think it's high time we
try," Dr. Brooks said. .
He said a sound program
should include research, both
on the patients and in their
communities.
Dr. Treleaven said custodi
al facilities would be needed
for the untreatable.
Committee Cha..man
Berkeley Lent (D-Portland)
questioned several aspects of
the bill. He asked whether
motorists who -work out their
aggressions on the highways
couldn't be isolated and treat
ed in a fashion similar to that
proposed for the sexually dangerous.
."I think that would be as
possible if not more possible
than this, Treleaven replied
Rep. James Redden (D-Med
ford) also questioned com
mitment. During a discussion
of treatment, he remarked,
"what a lot of us are con
cerned about is how that per
son got there."
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