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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 28, 1963)
'Blithe Spirit' Opens Successfully After Numerous Production Problems Solved There uas standui room only in the Pine Grove Koom of the Willard Hotel Saturday night, when Klamath Civic The atre opened its "in-the-round'' of Noel Coward's "Blithe Spir it." "They were a very receptive crowd, too," said director 3ill Hagerman. "1 don't know when we've had such a good audi ence" A formal dres opening which had been scheduled for t h e play on Friday was cancelled, out of respect to the late Presi dent Kennedy. An evening performance has been substituted beginning at 7 o'clock Thanksgiving Day, with the closing performance slated for Friday evening at 8 o'clock. Bob Scholl business mana ger, said that for the first time the group had lights of its own, flats of its own and a switch panel independent of the Willard H o t e 1 system with which to operate (lie lights. "T h e tremendous production problems met and overcome in this play have put us a long way forward," said Scholl. These problems included ar ranging voices to come from out of nowhere, the throwing "f vaes and oilier objects by un seen hands, and drawers open ing bv themselves, not to men- lion the more ordinary prob- 1 bells to t ing on cue. lems of getting phones and door- "This is hard enough on a FLAG STOLEN FRESNO, Calif. UTI) When President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas last Fri day, Mrs. Ethel Stater unfurled a special American flag at half stalf on tlie flag pole at her Fresno rest home. The flag, which she had planned to fly during the 30 days of mourning, had been draped on tlte casket of her husband, Orval, a World War I veteran who died two years ago. Today the flag pole at the Stater rest home is bare. The flag was stolen by a thief Tues day night. proscenium stage," said Hager man. "In (act, we were told we'd never be able to do this play in tlie round." .Many of the solutions were provided by George Conner, who with tlie help of his son, Jim, built electronically-operated ma chines designed to throw vases, drop plates and throw fruit. One of which he is most proud. is an automatic drawer open er. Conner also rigged an ar rangement of pulleys and cords on tlie French doors, that would open them "automatically." Another of his gadgets is an "electronic rat-trap," made to throw pillows. Much of the ac tion oi tlie play depends upon these fancy tricks. Pete Lungreen designed a lighting system, and supervised members in making it, of such unlikely materials ast s t o v e pie, plywood and borax. Tlie system of 12 lights used for "Blithe Spirit" is the basis of Lungreen's complete system, which will ultimately meet ev ery lighting problem tlie Civic Theatre is likely to encounter. Even make-up constituted a technical problem. 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