Who's afraid of Edward Alb
by ROLAND REED
Edward Albee talks too
much. Only eight years ago he
seemed a masterful word
economist. Who's Afraid of
Virginia Wool? opened in
October 1962 and impressed us
all with its highly selective
realism.
There was power and
conciseness in every line. There
was neither hue nor cry
(except from those who are
more offended by obscene
words than superflous words)
when Albee's contracts
required producers of this play
to omit not an iota from the
J iiiicu anisi.
So the words in the play
have not changed. But we have.
The artistic economy of Harold
Pinter's The Homecoming
Jim mi Hendrix' "The Star
Spangled Banner and Charles
Schulz's "Peanuts" have
changed us.
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When confronted bv
material we perceive as
important and relevant and
worth our imaginative
contribution as audience
members, we have come to
expect the author to respect
our perceptiveness and
sensibility. Conversely we
expect Neil Simon and Erich
Segal to treatus like boobsWe
reinforce their contempt daily
at box office and best seller
book bins. I think Albee's
overwriting results from
underestimating his audience.
That it didn't seem
overwritten eight years ago is
perhaps a reflection of
changing needs of audiences.
The greatest pleasure in the
theater comes when we are
given all the elements we need
(with no surplus) to project
ourselves into the full
experience of the play.
Albee's surplus is primarily
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in the verbal analysis of the
games we observe, in the
excessive clarification of the
nature of the son's existance,
and in the scenes ot overstated
comic relief.
Virginia Woolf Is one of the
most powerful and beautiful
plays of the American theater.
It is, in fact, so brilliant as to
justify critical slashes for any
imperfections.
The Lincoln Community
Playhouse production Ls so
good ati its best that its flaws,
too, seem more heinous than
the s ame flaws in the mediocre
production of a mediocre play.
Live
TONIGHT!
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Lincoln Community Playhouse presents
Who's Afraid of
Virginia Woolf?
EDWARD ALBEE'S Comedy-Drama
"Dynamic
"Greatest acting performances
Feb. 12. 13. 14, 19.
20.21
Curtain: 8:30 Fri. & Sat.,
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Consistantly crisp, deft
acting would help to
compensate for the apparent
overwriting. Understandably,
the writing tends to weigh
upon the performances. While
the acting is not uniformly
proficient, the experienced
performers, Patricia Dickeson
as Martha, and Robert Stuewig
as George, capture the power
and complexity of their
tormented c haracters.
Stuewig is particularly adept
at conveying the subtle nuance
of Albee's language. Dickeson
gives a mature, exciting
interpretation of a character
with the stature of a modern
Medea.
Richard Terrell's Nick has
not sufficient energy to be
throughly convincing as the
vigorous health cultist stud
everyone keeps saying he is.
Judye Schneider as Honey
Music
production"
Milan Wall, Lincoln Star
in .several seasons'
Horace Gomon, Lincoln Journal
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Adults Fri. & Sat., 3 61 & 2.58
Sun., 3.09 & 2.58
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2.06 & 1.55
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18th
appropriately understates her
role.
These difficult supporting
roles are performed with some
sensitivity, but the actors too
often break the momentum
built by Dickeson and Stuewig.
Dean Tschetter's nearly
dynamic set got painted black.
Almost. The ceiling almost
meets the stage right wall.
Several rows of seats were
sacrificed to make room for a
great apron stage extended out
into the auditorium. More than
half of it is utilized by the
actors to create a more
untimate contact with the
audience.
Altogether I found it to be
an exciting, moving
production. Albee is so good
tie is seldom performed in
Lincoln.
"Gather ye rosebuds while
ye may."
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1971