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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORO. OREGON SUNDAY. JULY 21, 19S3 'Love' Labour's Lost' Production for All the Senses "Love's Labour's Lost" is a production for the senses, all five of them, as presented by the twenty - third Oregon Shakespearean Festival asso ciation. There is color and beauty for the eye, music for the ear, the fragrance of summer in southern Oregon in the- air. And, while one cannot literal ly touch and taste, there is great stimulus for the imagi nation even in these two. This play, acknowledged as one of Shakespeare's earliest, is not one of his best. For this reason the entertainment of fered in its opening night is the more worthy of praise. There was a time in the early history of the festival when Save Time and Money WESTERN HOT COFFEE REAL BREWED COFFEE For Information Call 772-4437 NO CHARGE FOR MACHINE INSTALLATIONS Daily Deliverici Quick Service for Meetings, Parties or Picnics it-tititititit-ititit 5 Spaceburgers 1 Gal. Root Beer ah SH 50 M Vox Saturday & Sunday Only Donald's Drive-In 827 SO. CENTRAL it it' it it it it it it it it GATES OPEN 8 P.M. SHOW STARTS AT DUSK! nmsM Ml f&- meet the most i 13.- gentleman spy w ft fS'J in an Tictioni... n r JAMES BOND, Hgeniuu! IP HE DEniOPED THE TECHNIQUE OF LOVE TO IN ART THE ART OF MURDER TO I SCIENCE! ) mi If 007 IIS? e double -M The 0' he has a license o kill when he chooses... where he chooses... whom he chooses! IAN FLEMING'S Dr.No THE FIRST JAMES BOND FILM ADVENTURE I TT- CrM PfiKIUCDVj.-n ,. IBSULA A'lORESS JOSEPH WISEMAN JACK LORD . r BERNARD LEE kn ' hums THIS IS A STORY OF MEN JH WAR . . . NOT MEN AX WAKi METRO 2nd GOLDWYN HITI MAYER Msenl, Hl-OCTANE EXCITEMENT IN THE PACIFIC! Douglas l; x Co Ili"B foj Adams VM YRBSbr casts would not have attempt ed the plays lacking in plot stature. Now, any vehicle from the Shakespearean pen seems to achieve a successful journey into the dramatic world, judging from com ments on the right and the left of Friday night's audience. The ability of the actors, the progress in lighting, costum ing and sound effects have reached such finish that there is pleasure for all from all in the open air theater. Returning to the senses, the depth and sheen of the cos tumes worn in ' Love's La bour's Lost" can almost be felt. There is a desire to touch and see if they are truly real. Some sources say that the story for this comedy was de rived from French history. That in about 1586 Catherine de' Medici, accompanied by a bevy of ladies, visited the court of Henry of Navarre, and attempted to settle the disputes between that prince and her son, Henry III. The charms of the ladies in her "retinue" were expected to aid in the accomplishment of her diplomatic purposes. Certainly The Princess of France, played by Shirley Patton; Rosaline (Eliza b e t h Huddle), Maria (K. Cecil Berry) and Katharine (Vir ginia Flick) would qualify for any assignment in the field of charm. NEHEMiAH PERSOFF enrique MAGALONA henry denker i jzvjt. EXPLOSIVE DRAMA OF A DESPERATE JOURNEYI 'Romeo and Juliet' Moving Experience; Performance Noted Sometimes it happens that way. Sometimes a supporting ac tor will burst forth with such an unexpectedly dazzling per formance that he virtually eclipses everyone else on the stage. That, at least, is what hap pened at the Ashland Shake spearean festival Thurs day night in Robert Loper's pro duction of "Romeo and Ju liet." Stacy Keach did it with an electric performance as Mer cutio, the high-voltage friend of Romeo, whose violent death at the hands of Tybalt precipitates the sequence of events toward their tragic climax. Keach was only on stage four or five times, and Mer cutio is killed before the play is even half over. But, no matter. That was all he needed to show last night's audience a truly memorable performance. Hard To Single Out It is difficult to single out one trait or quality that Keach had which made him so out standing, for, indeed, every movement he made, every line he snoke, was done with such vitality, poise and skill that one could wish no more. His clashes of wit with Ben- volio and Romeo were as sharp and cutting as was his sword - clashing encounter with Tybalt. He made it clear that but for Romeo's well intcntioncd but clumsy intervention, he could have eaten Tybalt for breakfast Death speeches in the hands of amateurs are frequently tedious at best, but such was Reach's power that when he punned wryly on his own im minent death, it did not de tract from the scene in the slightest. "Ask for me tomorrow," he muttered, through pain clenched teeth, "and you shall find me a grave man." His cry, "A plague on both your houses," was the protest of a men who has wasted his precious life in a pointless and stupid cause. Was a Seven Lost Mcrcutio's death was a se vere loss to the Montagues, but Reach's final exit was an even greater loss to the audi ence. Marian Hailey's Juliet was a departure from the accus tomed fragile sweetness one usually sees. And it was a welcome change. Miss Hailey brought' a freshness and vitality to the role that was vastly appeal ing. She made the urgency of her sudden love for Romeo seem credible, and the way in which she brushed aside the objections to the love that her mind raised was a delight to see. Two other roles demand comment. Robert Benson as Montague and Elizabeth Hud dle as the nurse were excel lent. They added strength to the production where strength had to be. Something must be said about Loper's direction. On the whole, it is a most satis factory production. Through h i s imaginative guidance, some of the scenes portrayed were haunting and unforget table. Well Delivered Prologue During the Prologue, , well delivered by John Getgood, the entire cast files silently onto the stage and stares with vacant eyes, as though recall ed from the dead, at the audi dence, while the outline of the impending tragedy is omi nously intoned. Juliet's burial scene, in which she is borne in a cof fin to her crypt by flickering torchlight, was a particularly chilling sight. We commend "Romeo and Juliet" to your attention. It is a moving experience, and Reach's performance alone is well worth the price of ad mission. G.H.B. Beautifully costumed, from masks to the floor length sweep of their gowns, they gave the production beauty which could have satisfied most audiences without the humour, of which there was a welcome abundance often approaching the robust style, which characterizes Shake speare's mature dramas. Robert Benson as Holo fcrncs, a schoolmaster, scored again. Not as overpowering in his Love's Labour's costume as he was as Falstaff, but equally well received. Bcrowne, played by Stacy Kealh, gave authenticity to contentions that in Bcrowne Shakespeare was building the f o u n d a tion for characters, which dominated later plays. The main point of the play seems to be a burlesque of current fads and affectations of the period. The wit-combats of the lords and ladies, the affected diction of the son neteering courtiers, the bom bast of Armado (Earl Boen), the latinzed English, and the quips of Moth (William Gam ble) all testify to the linquis- tic feats that invaded nearly all levels of English society in tne Eiizabetnan period. The play exposes the ab surdity of departing from common sense, and the ability of Nature to assert herself in any attempts to remake so ciety on artificial lines. The country wench, Jaqucnctta, so well portrayed by Marian Hailey, gives the final quip to this when she appears on stage with a baby bundled in her arms. The Curate (Charles Tay lor), the constable (Fred Chap man), the "fantastical Span iard" (Earl Bocn) every par ticipant in fact, gives a per formance worthy of special re view. But, it must suffice to say that "Love's Labour's Lost," directed by Rod Alex ander, is just one more neces sary link in the chain of what the lover of Shakespearean drama must see in summer of 1963.-E.N.H. Local and Personal Actor Jeered At Demonstration Torrance, Calif. - (HP1) - A crowd of spectators . jeered actor Marlon Brando Satur day as he Joined pickets pro testing alleged racial discrim ination practices at an all- white housing tract. . One man thrust a sign saying, "Marlon Brando is a nigger-lovine creep, in front of the actor as he marched with 125 civil rights pickets. The spectators laughed and apparently enjoyed the act. The man stepped in line behind Brando and shouted insults before leaving the marchers. Brando ignored the taunts and continued march ing. Brando was joined by an other celebrity, actor Pcrnell Roberts of televisions Bo nanza" scries, who also par ticipated in the picketing. Three members of the American Nazi Party, a racist organization, passed out leaf lets among the sightseers en couraging segregation. Thirty-three of the pickets were arrested by police on charges of trespassing when they refused to obey orders to leave a model home and tne tract sales office. Two of the 33 persons ar rested were identified as Episcopalian priests - Father Herbert Yates and Father Morris Samuel. She was particularly effec tive at the time when a lesser actress might have stumbled Her real ability began to show when the nurse brought her the news that Romeo had been banished for slaying Ty bait. One could see her mind fight against accepting the news, at last succumb to it in desuair. and then, in a flash of strength, suddenly work it out so that her cousin's death seemed a blessing. "My husband lives." she ex ulted, "that Tybalt would have slain." Lets Happy On Richard Sterne's perform ance as Romeo was a less hap py one, we are sorry to re port. It was as though he under stood the role and knew what he should be doing, but was simply not quite able to come up with it. ; His pitch and volume were ; too frequently at the same j level, giving a dull sameness j to whatever he said, and his j stage movements lacked the confident agility that his blocking demanded. Air Force Launches Missile on Coast Vandenberg Air Force Base. Calif. - A minutcman missile, America's instant retaliatory ICBM, was launched success fully Saturday by the Air Force from this West Coast missile base. The launch of the missile the 13th minuteman shot from this base - was described by the Air Force as a "routine training" mission by a Stra tegic Air Command crew. An Air Force spokesman said the minutcman "looked very good" rocketing out of its underground silo for a tar get area 5,000 miles away in the Pacific ocean. All of the previous minute men shots were fired under fully operational conditions, with combat crews and full weaponry, that would exist in a nuclear war. The crew was from the 341st Strategic Mis sile Wing. Cratt Fir - About one-! fourth of an acre of grass burned on property belonging to Marshall Scribner at 2154 East McAndrews rd. Friday, Medford firemen reported. The fire, of undetermined cause, broke- out shortly after 3:30 p.m. Buthat Burn - Blackberry bushes along Water st. in Ashland caught fire Saturday about 11:25 a.m., according to the Ashland fire depart ment. Cause of the fire was not determined. A strip about 100 feet long burned, coming close to several fuel tanks in the area. The situation was not serious, however, firemen said. Half Acr Burnt-The State Forestry department was call ed out to control a small grass fire on the Butte Falls high way Saturday at 11:10 a.m. About half an acre, located three miles east of Highway 62, burned. Cause of the fire was said to be a fallen power line. Reports ThsfJ - Frank Ar tie Blair, Cave Junction, re ported the theft of a transmis sion from his 1960 model car Friday night. He placed the value of the transmission at $250 in the report to Medford police. Driver Cited - Robert Wil liam Voight, Etna, Calif., was cited for failure to yield the right of way in the collision of his auto with one operated by Lysle (Jopeland Hardy, Med ford, Saturday at Peach and Palm sts. No one was injured. Machine Robbed - Proprie- tors of a self-service laundry at 918 King st. reported to city police that someone en tered the soft drink vending machine and took $4 or $5 between 4 p.m. Friday and zas a.m. Saturday. Monday Meeting - The Rev. Harry G. Downey, missionary to Africa for 17 years, will speak Monday, July 29, at a meeting of the Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship In ternational. The meeting will be at North's Chuck Wagon, 1016 North Riverside ave., with serving from 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. Monday Breakfast - The Jackson Toastmasters will meet at 6:30 a.m. Monday for their breakfast session at Sam bo's restaurant. Toastmaster for the meeting will be Hans Hess. Fred Morlan will be topicmastcr and speakers are Dana Collins, Ray Johnscn and Larry Kuttncr. In Hospital - Medical pa ients listed at Sacred Heart hospital Friday included Mrs. Betty J. Perdue, 2705 Elliott Medford, and Mary S. Anderson , 9-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald G. Anderson, 2440 Upper Riv er rd., Grants Pass. A surgery patient there was Mary M. Bernardc, 12-ycar-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Bernarde, 310 Willamette ave., Medford. Buiintu Nam - Verle C. and Donald H. Dedrick, 1188 Valley View rd., Ashland, and 35 Granite St., Ashland, have assumed the business name of Artisan Press, according to the Jackson county recorder s of fice. Auto Salt - Donald L. Pearson, 613 North Main St., Phoenix, has assumed the business name of Phoenix Auto Sales, county records show. Driver Cited - Edith Mable Fisher, 60, Seattle, Wash., was cited for failure to yield the right of way after her ve hicle collided with a car driv en by Clyde Albert Graham, 74, of 37 Louis ave., about 6:58 a.m. Friday at West Main st. and Kenwood ave. Police said there were no injuries reported. FESTIVAL PLAYS Tonight) "Merry Wives of Windsor" Mondayi "Romeo and Ju liet" Tuesday; "Love's La hour's Lost" Wedneidayi "Henry V" Curtain time is 8:45 p.m., (PDT) Bus leaves Medford ho tel and Jackson House In Medford at 7:30 p.m. Home Economics Contest Slated The home economics con test week of 4-H clubs begins Monday and 220 girls will be displaying skills for five days, according to Joan Beasley, Jackson county 4-H agent. All displays and events in observance of the week will be held at the fairgrounds in the Extension Auditorium and cafeteria building. The schedule opens with senior bread baking at 8 a.m. Other demonstrations includ ed in the first day's program are intermediate luncheon. breakfast, learning to be a good homemaker, grooming of rooms, advanced home Im provement and phase 1 in clothing. The display of skills will be carried on Monday through rrlday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m each day. The public Is in vitcd to attend any or ill events, Miss Beasley said, Obituaries A 7 Ashlander Draws Term in Prison Jack R. Allen, 31, Ashland, found guilty of burglary not in a dwelling by a Jackson county circuit court jury Fri day morning, was sentenced to 10 years in the Oregon pen itentiary by Circuit Judge James W. Crawford. Allen was sentenced early Friday afternoon and will be removed to the Oregon Peni tentiary as soon as arrange ments can be made, the Jack son county sheriff's office stated Saturday. Mclvin Edwin Snodgrass. 25, brought to Medford on a criminal subpoena from Ba ker to testify at the trial, will be returned to Baker. He is now lodged in Jackson county jail. The Allen burglary charae was in connection with entry of the Jeddeloh Brothers Sweed Mills, Inc., at Gold Hill last March. The trial opened in circuit court No. 2 Thursday with Judge Crawford presiding. Births McDONALD - Mr. and Mrs. Dclbert P. 4913 Table Rock rd., Medford, July 25, 1963, a girl, 8 pounds, at Crater Os teopathic hospital. 29th Annual NORTH and SOUTH DAKOTA PICNIC Starts 1:00 p.m. TODAY! July 28th at TouVelle State Park Music Prlii-Com, bring a picnic lunch and hava FUNI Weather Klamath Falls Man Dies in House Fire Rlamath Falls - (UPD - A man was killed in a mattress fire in a vacant house here early Saturday. Police identified the victim as Billy Joe Masters, about 35, of Oklahoma City. Firemen said Masters had apparently been drinking and had fallen asleep with a cig arette in his hand. A prelim inary report lists the cause of death as suffocation. Firemen said there were no flames, but the interior of the room in which he was found was very hot and filled with smoke. FOnECASTS Medford nnd vicinity: Fair and H little clearer today and Monday with afternoon hreczes. High to day 92, low tonight 32, Hlsh Mon day 8B. Western Oregon: NlRhl and morn ing low clouds otherwise lair through Monday. Cooler In the Interior. High both day 73-BS ex cept 90 in extreme southern In terior. B5 along the coast. Low to night 4B-55. Northern California: Fair today and MondBy except fog on coast. Cooler In northern area. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 73: above normal 2. Record high this dale 105 In 1DBO. Record low this date 43 In 1050. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to midnight, none. Total this month .13 in., .06 in. below normal. Total since Sept. 1 26.73 In., 7.13 In. above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 17';,, highest this a m. SOfr. CITY High Yester. day Brookings 63 Klamath Falls MEDFORD 116 Portland 63 Seattle 76 Spokane 86 Yakima 82 37 Eureka Red Bluff Sacramento ... San Francisco . Us Angeles . . .103 ... 07 4:00 24 a.m. nr. Low Prec. 46 34 32 36 34 34 .10 SO 66 63 .16 64 81- .13 72 77 7.1 72 Sunset today 6 36 pm Sunrise tomorrow 6 00 a.m. Moonsct tomorrow . 12 36 a.m. Th Moon Is in Aooeee tonight. Full Moon Aug. 3 VISIBLE PLANETS Mars, low In west 10 2.1 p m. Saturn, riaes 0 4.1 p m. Jupiter, low in east . . 12:25 a.m. , 62 82 Phoenix 10.1 Denver 63 Chicago 66 Miami Beach 80 New York 08 Washington. DC. 08 Tt .17 Monday Roundtable -Hal Harcun, Eugene, ol Partak, will speak Monday at the noon Roundtable of the Medford Chamber of Commerce at North's Chuck Wagon. Hardin is district manager of the firm which is a counciling service for small businesses and is establishing a local office.. Bicyclist Hit - Ronald Eu gene Hart, 7, of 135 Clover lane, was struck by a car Fri day afternoon while riding his bicycle at the intersection of Highway 238 and Clover lane. Louie Vance McGilbry, of Rennewick, Wash., driver of the car, told Jackson coun ty sheriff's deputies the child pulled into the path 01 tne auto after he started to pass. The boy was treated for bruises, but was not hospital ized, deputies said. Fleet Retervu Meet - Cra ter Lake branch, 186, Fleet Reserve association, will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 1, In the Jackson county court house auditorium. Following the business meeting a film will be shown by the Medford Navy recruiters and refresh ments will be served. Date of the branch picnic is Aug. 11. It will be held in TouVelle State park. Toattmasteri To Meet - Medford Toastmasters will meet at 8:30 p.m. Monday, July 29, In the Grotto with Jack Thomscn as toastmaster for the evening. Speakers scheduled are Larry McCon ncll, John Nelson and Jack Harding. Rocks Thrown - Frank Philip Wienecke, 96 Glen Wood dr., Medford, reported to the Jackson county sher iff's office that Juveniles were throwing rocks at his home. Officers Investigating said they found that one window had been broken, but the ju veniles had fled when they arrived at the scene near the Rnllarena Friday night. GEORGE HIGGINBOTHAM Funeral services for George H. Higginbotham, 74, of route 3, box 233 V2, Medford, who died Friday, will be hold at 1:30 p.m. Monday in the Chap el in the Trees mortuary In Siskiyou Memorial park. The Rev. D. E. Millard o( the New Age church of Eagle Point will officiate. Interment will follow in Siskiyou Me morial park. Mr. Higginbotham was born March 24, 1889, in Medford. On May 9, 1907, in Jackson ville, he was married to Dolly Taylor, who survives. Mr, Higginbotham had been employed as lumber grader for the Medford Corporation for many years prior to his retirement. He had been a lifetime resident of Oregon, and of this community. Survivors, besides his wid ow, include one son, John Higginbotham, Medford; three grandchildren, John, James and Orland Higginbotham, Medford; three great grand children, Max, Julie and Rob ert Higginbotham, Medford; a nephew and a niece, one son, Orland Higginbotham, preceded him In death in 1939. Pallbearers will include Charles Swingle, Ralph Swin gle, Lester Carr, Bill Smith, Lester Meter and Gene Tlm-mons. Funeral arrangements arc entrusted to SUklyou Funeral Service directors of Chapel in the Trees mortuary. NOW PLAYING Box Office Open 8:00 Show at 9:00 M-'MsMl- no111' nomoxot I I itT nc'niiii'iii . iwimwii miun LEO R. KING Hornbrook - Leo Ralph I Ring, 73, died Friday in the Siskiyou General hospital in Yrcka. He had been a patient there for one month, and had been ill for several months. He was born April 23, 1890, in Ransos. He moved west as a young man and worked for telephone companies in Idaho, Oregon and California. Later he worked many years for the Rlamath National forest, from which he retired 12 years ago. He moved to Horn brook upon his rctiremcn He is survived by his wid ow, Zuma, and one stepdaugh ter, Mrs. Dorothy Bourasa, Portland. Graveside funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Hcnlcy-Hornhrook cemetery. Roadshow Prices Adults $1.00-Students 75c Children 50c Under 6 FREE MOTION PICTURI CRITICS HAVI ACCLAIMID IT AS A MASTERPIICII PRESH AND EXCITINOI ...H.y Dnirfhwt A WWiillllliI WfcSL mm -PIUS- "HELl IS FOR HEROES" HAYLEY'S HERE IN THE YEAR'S TOP DISNEY! Continuous Today Box Office Opens 12 Screen Tlma 12:30 Waidb DISN6Y : Summer ; TOCHNICOlPr HAYLEY BURL DOROTHY DEBORAH MILLS WES-iWGUIRE-WALLEY EVELYN W. REITH Evelyn W. Reilh, 828 East Main st., Medford, died at her home Friday. Funeral ar rangements will be announced by Perl Funeral home. Rock Hudson "GATHERING OF EAGLES" Nightly 7.00 I :2S Plus Disney Short Ulrm THICK... fifra OOO0I Dairii Queen MALTS and SHAKES You'll jump for joy when you try one ol our deheiouf, nutritiout malm or thitkei. Mdt tpoonin' thick with Dairy Queen, of courtt fimoni for its country-fruh fUvor. Cta to tmr m trtaf TODAY I -a 'JL m tfv J 450 South Central The Mark Antony's Fabulous CROWN ROOM Serving the Finest Food! Open until 2:00 each evening during the 46-day Shakespear ean Festival. Call Ashland 482-1721 for reservations. Show time 8:45. tllarkAntonu MOTOI MOtll VMS STARTS TODAY ' DEAN MARTIN "RIO BRAVO" ROBERT PRESTON TONY RANDAll ("ISLAND OF LOVEl Matinees Da From 2 P f ily I .M. I "7 1
