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Summer Nebraskan
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Repertory Company Formation Brings
Experimental Theatre to NU Campus
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Brendan Behan, will open
July 5. The play is regarded
as theatre for its own sake,
a circus of flamboyant colors
and styles. It takes a comic
approach to both life and art,
through satire and wild exu
berance. It will be directed
by Mrs. Nancy Cole, wife of
Film Series Offers
Shakespeare's Plays
Six film classics, a 1 1
adapted from major works of
William Shakespeare, will be
presented by Sheldon Art
Gallery in conjunction with
the Nebraska Union,
The series, a part of the
summer film program for
University of Nebraska
students and faculty, will be
shown on Tuesday nights in
Sheldon's auditorium at 7:30.
ine six turns are:
"Macbeth," June 11;
"Othello," June 18; '"Henry
V," June 25; "Hamlet," July
2: "Midsummer's Night's
Dream," July 9; and "Romeo
and Juliet," July 16.
Each of the films i s
considered a classic, if not
c o n t r oversial. "Hamlet"
catapulted its director and
lead actor, Laurence Olivier,
into screen history.
The opening movie of the
series, "Macbeth," has a
curious background. It was
generally regarded as a flop
by critics. Its director and
star, Orwon Welles, was the
target of much criticism for
rearranging Shakespeare for
his own enjoyment
Life Magazine called the
movie a "murder" "Orson
Welles doth foully slaughter
Shakespeare in a dialeck
version of his 'Tragedy of
Macbeth."
The film was made in 21
days on a studio lot in
Hollywood. Life theorized
that, since . there were two
westerns in production nearby
at the same time, Welles' !
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Stephen Cole, professor of
drama at the University who
is leaving for a position at
Cornell University in Ithica,
N.Y., this summer.!
The last play, which will
open July 14, is "Sergeant
Musgrave's Dance" by John
Arden. It is the winner of
several awards and was first
direction mav have been inf
luenced by cowboys and In
dians. Time magazine said: "Like
an energetic small boy
tinkering with an alarm
clock, Orson breaks down the
drama into bits and pieces
and cannot seem to fit it
back together again.
Nonetheless, it is an
i r.teresting, unconventional
trv."
The review continues that
Welles "has an imaginative
way with a camera stark
and gloomy settings create a
fine mood for tragedy."
New sweek opined that
''Macbeth" is another lusty
experiment which again
demonstrates h i s (Welles)
penchant for valiently miss
ing the mark."
All three magazines,
however, marveled at Welles
ability to create mood with
the camera. Settings gray
rock, drizzling rain, darkness
and blasted trees permeate
tragedy which surrounds
Macbeth and his ill-fated
ambitions.
The greatest critical
disatisfaction resulted from
Welles' license with
Shakespeare's . lines.
Featured in the movie are
Welles, as Macbeth;
Jeannette Nolan as Lady
Macbeth, Dan O'Herlihy and
Roddy McDowall. -
Admission is one dollar for
adults and 30 cents for
children, tax included
Curtain time is 7:30 p.m.
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produced in England in 1959.
It is a deeply moving anti-war
play and was regarded, with
the exception of "The
Hostage," as the finest piece
of contemporary literature
that has recently been offered
in the English theatre. Robert
Hall will direct.
Also being offered by Uie
NU Theatre in conjuction with
the school's School of Music,
is . the summer opera
production of "La Boheme,"
by Giacomo Puccini
This summer's program
will constitute true repertory
theatre, Williams explained.
"One night an actor may
have a lead, the next night
he may just be a walk-on,"
he said.
The three
concurrently
month.
plays will run
for nearly a
The acting . company, one
third of which were not
students at Nebraska before
the summer, will be able to
earn college credit for the
summer if they wish to, Wil
liams said.
Production crews, costum
ing and scenery, stage
techhitions, and other
technical aspects of the
theatre will be staffed by both
members of the NU theatre
staff and students.
The acting company for the
summer will include Marcus
Armstrong, Andy Backer,
Paul Baker, Jo B e n n e t ,
Barbara Bowman, Dennis
Calandra, Bernie Clark.
David Clark, Stephen Gaines,
Don Gregory, Cheryl Hansen,
Clint Jakeman, Susan Lacey,
William Lacey, Jean
MacLaren, Roni Meyer, Dana
Mills, Susan Mohr, Don
Reeves, Bill Szymanski, Dean
Tschetter and Frank Vybiral.
The summer opera com
pany will include Sally Jane
Arneson, Henry Rick Brandt,
Roy Cram, Lorraine Gibb, i
Mary Gray. Mark Gruett, j
George Mechling, Raymond!
AWler, bandra Polhemus,
Frank Schultz. Dan Smith and
Dean Tschetter. j
Technical director for the!
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three protest plays will be
Jerry Lewis. Frank Vybiral,
a former student at Nu and
who is working on his Ph.D.
at the University of Texas,
will design the costumes.
Stage technitions will be
Dana Mills, Kirk N o y e s ,
Elizabeth Lewis, Paul Baker,
Dean Tschetter and Terry
McClellan. Choreographer for
the summer repetory theatre
will be Nan Burling.
The opera will be directed
by the Music Department and
produced by the speech and
dramatics department.
Richard Grace will be con
ductor and musical director.
John Zei will be opera and
dramatic director.
The summer repetory
season was encouraged and
assisted by Frank Sorenson,
director of the iU summer
sessions, Williams said.
"We are sreatlv indebted
to Mr. Sorenson, Williams
said. "His efforts eot this ex
periment off the drawing
boards."
Williams expressed hope
that the new summer
program will "catch on" with
the summer population of the
University and Lincoln and
the surrounding area.
"We truly hope that many
people will follow the repetory
company throughout the
season," he said.
"The exciting thing about
repetory is watching the
change in the plays and the
actors during a season. Both
mature and both change
direction during a season."
All tickets for the produc
tions are reserved and will
cost $1.05, tax included.
The calendar for the three
plays and the opera:
EH? - July 2, 3, 7, 11,
13, 18, 21, 24.
Spaces Available
RAINBOW
TRAILER COURT
Halfway between Ag ond
City campuses.
1801 Adams , 485-3417
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THE HOSTAGE -July 5
6, 10, 12, 19, 23, 26, 28, 31.
SERJEANT MUSGRAVE'S
DANCE - July 14, 15, 17,
20, 25, 27. August 1, 3, 4.
LA BOHEME Aug. 18,
19, 20.
Curtain time is 8:00 p.m.
in the air-conditioned Howell
Theatre at 12th and "R" Sts.
in Lincoln.
(Ed.'s Note a continuing
series on the new Summer
Repetory Theatre of Protest
will be carried in all issues
of the Summer Nebraskan.)
Dr. Carefoot Dies;
Was NU Botanist
Dr. J. Russell Carefoot, 32.
assistant professor of botany
at the University of
Nebraska, died May 30 at the
NU Medical Center in Omaha.
Memorial Services were
held on June 3 at the
Unitarian Church in Lincoln.
A native of R a d w a y .
Alberta, Canada, he i s
survived by his wife, Muriel,
and a daughter, Sarah Judith.
Dr. Carefoot has been a
member of the University
facultv since 1965. H
ed his bachelor and master's
degrees from the University
of Alberta and his doctorate
at the University of Indiana.
He was a member of the
I n ternational Phycological
Society, the Phvcolotrical
Society of America, the Ot
tawa Field-Naturalist CInh
Botanical Society of America
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