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At Choral Concert
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JULY 17, 1958
Million
6A Lot
Dollar Play:
Of Ballyhoo'
By Marilyn Coffey
' Charley's Aunt," a farce
that has proved so popular
with American audiences that
it netted its author and his
family over a million dollars
in royalties, will be playing
at Pincwood Bowl. Jul? 26
and 27, according to Director
Harry Stiver.
The play, which will begin
at 8:15 p.m., is designed to
tickle the funny bones of both
young and old, commented
Stiver.
"Farce is sheerly for enter
tainment, alot of ballyhoo,"
he said.
"Charleys' Aunt' 'is just full
of i mplausibilities," accord
ing to Stiver.
The plot, outlined by the
director, is briefly this:
Two Oxford students, Jack
Chesney and Charley Wyke
ham, invite their girls to meet
Charley's Aunt. When the
Aunt fails to show up they
persuade a friend. Lord Fan
court Babberley, to masquer
ade as Charley's rich aunt
from Brazil.
u-hn. "her" fantastic ac
tions lpave Brassett. the but
ler, flabbergasted, the plot
becomes extraordinarily con
a .Tack's father. Sir
Francis Chesney, and the
girl's uncle, chase alter me
phony aunt and her just as
phony millions.
The real aunt shows up with
her pretty niece and the play
roars noisily to a climax as
romance triumphs over the
aunt's" good-humored fak
ery. Stiver pointed out the ab
surd humor of the situation
when be commented, "One of
the rollicking, f rollicking
things about this play is that
a director finds himself on the
verge of breaking up at the
humor in rehearsals. So does
the cast."
Costumes are designed to
play up the farce, said Dr.
Charles Lown, technical direc
tor. Bustles will be used in
the play even though they
were no longer in vogue at
the time.
"Bustles will be emphasized
by putting flowers in the ap
propriate place to emphasize
tbem," he said.
The most famous costume
used is worn by Lord Fan
court Babberly, an Oxford
student doubling as Charley's
aunt. The "Charley's cos
tume" was made under the
direction of the costume com
mittee, Mrs. Leadabrand and
Doris Quist.
Other members of the ere ,
headed by Stan Rice as pro
duction manager, are: Rob
ert Kimball, Judy Leadabrand
and Andy Backer, properties
committee; Bob Ashley and
Bill Aksamit, lights; Ted
Rethmeier, John Hall, Ray
mond Schmidt, Bernie Skalka
and Dick Marrs, scenery.
The setting for the play, ex
plained Dr. Lown, is in keep
ing with the farce of the play,
that is, not realistic.
Bright colors and simple
lines suggesting figures will
predominate. Even the furni
ture used will be kept to a
minimum to facilitate action
on the stage.
Rain, the terror of those
working with outdoor the
atres, is more a problem of
the technical director than of
the director, commented Dr.
Lown.
"It doesn't hurt an actor to
wash," he quipped, indicat
ing that scenery and water
don't mix so well.
Roy Willey Heads Cast
As Fake Brazilian Aunt
Roy Willey, as the lead in
"Charley's Aunt," will be
temporarily answering to a
new name Lord- Fan
court Babberly, according to
Director Harry Stiver.
Willey is a graduate student
in speech and a member of
Nebraska Masquers, dramat
ic honorary society. He re
ceived the 1958 Best Actor
award for "Teahouse of the
August Moon" and has played
in a number of plays, includ
ing last year's Pinewood pro
duction, "Twelfth Night."
Other members of the cast
include William Gnuse, grad
uate student in speech and a
member of masquers and Zeff
Bernstein of Lincoln who has
appeared in both Community
Theatre and University pro
ductions. These men play the parts
of two Oxford students who
are expecting a rich aunt to
chaperone (and provide the
attraction of money) at a
luncheon date with their two
! young ladies.
The two girls are played by
Dodie Quist and Alice Myers
Mrs. Quist teaches drama and
literature in Lincoln Public
schools, has appeared at the
Hayloft Theatre and in Um
versity plays. In 1954 she was
awarded the Laboratory The
atre Best Actress award and
the University Theatre Best
Supporting Actress award.
Health Bldg.
Gets Sick
Latest victim of the U n i
versity's attack of move it.
build it, wreck it or change it
is the old Student Health
Building.
The temporary structure,
which was built during World
War II, has been sold to the
Lancaster Association for Re-1
tarded Children.
LARC school has received a
$1000 gift for moving the build
ing which is dependent on a
matching donation. Some $1,
800 will be needed to move
the building. The city council
has approved the move de
spite the objections of Build
ing Inspector Ed Vorhees who
recommended disapproval of
the move as causing a traffic
hazard.
New home of the building
will be at 84th and Adams
Sts.
A quintet from Carmen by
Bizet will highlight the "Sum
mer Choral Concert" at 8 p.m.
on July 23 in the Student
Union Ballroom.
l rus p e r - r -r-
form ance
from the
Summer Art
ist Series i s
under the di
rection o f
Earl F. Jen
kins assist.
ant professor
oi music.
N i n p t v Aifci
summer Jenkins
school students have given
their time during noon hours
Music Exhibit
Opens Tuesday
An assemblage of musical
sounds will be heard emitting
from the Union ballroom dur
ing the annual music exhibit
which will be held July 22-23.
Besides the display of mu
sic materials by local stores,
the directors of the University
band, orchestra, and chorus
(Lentz, Wishnow, and Jenkins
respectively) will direct some
sight-reading sessions to dem
onstrate some musical selec
tions, and some films on music
education will be shown.
The exhibit which is spon
sored by the music depart
ment m cooperation with the
director of the summer ses
sion, will open at 11 a.m. July
22. A performance by the Uni
versity summer chorus at 8
p.m. July 23 will climax the
exhibit.
Upcoming
Free square dancing will
begin in the Union at 7:30
p.m. tonight.
Sunday Xight Movie will be
"Love Me or Leave Me" at
7:30 p.m. in the Union Ball
room. A cartoon, "Sahara
Hare" will also be shown.
Elementary Education Club
will hold a luncheon 12 noon
Monday in the Union.
The annual music exhibit
will be in the Union Ballroom
July 22-23.
in order to rehearse for this
program. Jenkins said the fol
lowing selections are to be
presented:
Cantata 140 by Bach, popu
larly known as "Sleepers,
Wake", is one of the best
known. Diane Knotek Buther
us, soprano, Henry Wiebe,
bass, and Dave Mullin, tenor,
are to sing the solo portions.
The second selection is Song
of Destiny, opus 54, by
Brahms. This work, for mixed
chorus and orchestra, is
known as the "Little Requi
em". It describes the serene
existence of the celestials and.
in contrast, the suffering life
of humanity.
The second selection is Song
of Destiny, opus 54, by
Brahms. This work, for mixed
chorus and orchestra, is
The third selection is The
Paper Reeds by the Brooks
from The Peaceable Kingdom
by Thompson. The Peaceable
Kingdom, composed in 1936, is
a sequence of eight choruses
for unaccompanied mixed
voices. The text is from the
Prophecy of Isaiah concerning
Judah and Jerusalem.
The final selection of t h e
evening is to be a quintet from
Act II, Carmen by Bizet. In
Act II Carmen is in the smug
glers inn, passing the time
agreeably in the company of
Zuruya and other officers.
Carmen will be sung by
Phyllis Weils, Frasquita by
Diane Butherus, Mercedes by
Gayle Johnson, Doncairo by
Rodney Walker and Remen
dado by Robert Landberg.
Staging for the program is
to be done by Leon Lishner,
'associate professor of music.
Myron Roberts will accompa
ny on the organ and Elaine
Unterseher will accompany at
the piano. Kay Green has
ibeen rehearsal accompanist.
Elgin Decisions Await Fall Session
No final decisions have been
made as to what University
departments, schools or col
leges will occupy the Lincoln
Elgin plant, Chancellor Clif
ford Hardin said.
Hardin said that the depart
ments that will eventually be
moved into the Elgin building
will probably be those that
require the least amount of
expense.
Those departments will not
be determined until sometime
this fall, he said. However,
he previously said that the
physics and biology depart
ments, specifically, would
benefit from the additional
space.
Hardin said that no major
remodeling will take place for
several months, although
there will be some minor ren
ovating after the University
Poor Scheduling?
Better Get A Bike
Sprinting will be the order
of the day for the unlucky
student who schedules an 8
o'clock in the Law Building
and a 9 o'clock at Elgin.
It takes 15 minutes (if the
light are right) to make the
trip. Taking into account the
10 minute time limit between
classes, our reporter discov
ered that by using a bicycle
the time can be cut to about
7 minutes.
takes possession of the builJ-
mg August 1.
He explained that the re
modeling will not be complet
ed for four or five years, "pri
marily because we have to
wait for the availability of
funds from the institutional
building program."
The Elgin building, nearly
six times as large as any of
the University's present class
room buildings, was pur
chased from the Elgin Nation
al Watch Co. by the Board of
Regents for $725,000.
The building will provide
310,000 square feet of usable
space for the University. It is
fully air conditioned and has
two elevators.
Fire;
Moving;
Just As Bad
"Moving is just about as
bad as a having fire you can't
find anything," said Dr. J. B.
Burt, dean of the College of
Pharmacy. The College of
Pharmacy moved this week
to the recently completed Ly
man Hall, which also will be
the home of the department of
bacteriology.
"Our main trouble is that
we had to move before our
furniture arrived and we will
be in luck if everything is in
order when schools starts in
the fall," said Burt.
Lyman Hall covers 40 thous
and sq. ft. and is 248 ft. long
and 52 ft. wide. The first two
floors will be used by the Col
lege of Pharmacy and the
third by the department of
bacteriology, the fourth floor
has a green house which will
be used for experimental pur
poses. KUOS Guide
"Program Previews," a free
monthly publication listing of
KUON-TV, Channel 12 pro
gram schedules is available
by writing Publicity, KUON
TV, University of Nebraska,
Lincoln 8, Nebraska.
