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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1971)
playwright questions Blc playwright, Carlton Molette li, uyt the problem with whites rcnewmg a black writer's play is that whites do wot discuss the meaning of the piay with the playwright. Molette said he writes plays about what blacks need to see tather than what they want to see, aa white critic doesnt vnderstand it A reviewers' first obligation is to find oat what a playwright is trying to do in a play,' he told an informal meeting in the English department Thursday. An associate professor of drama at Spelman College and AtUnts University in Georgia, his visit is being sponsored by Training Teachers of Teachers (TTTk The playwright also commented on the New York City critic fraternity. They do not acknowledge the exist ance of writers unless they live in New York City, he said. Nor do they make any effort to see plays outside of shows in llanhatten. flays now on Broadway are only for white audiences, usually blacks do not see any Broadway plays, Molette noted. The obvious reason for this k the high price of tickets in New," continued Molette, ""but there are also other deeper reasons." Molette and his wife collaborated to write a play, RoBalee Pritchett, which dosed Sunday at the St Marks Playhouse an New York City, where it was performed by Douglas Turner Ward's Negro Ensemble Company. 1 , J IHQSI ilj Christmas fi L'WVU fi fiEQTKIiS II 1 - prini I II lOTUJJMWwi lu and the beads II .. I ffSWJ1 11 I !i werrtjSBMOSTs:sCTewa f C Jff ft Til HMiHifvwiNNCicoMHmtiiioB fill ..i....i im...i. ....i j... i. f i illS 51 n k c - ' - lu wt v .. I - v Mill ill f kls jLi a i a i, 5 JT . i "r .nWii JflaairifiiAi iif -T. 1 - Mill 111 gggiTigiigg , l. i. Ti i Ui',;:iiMfiCT:'mawBryj i s i i I THE "HOCK" GALLERY I I2tiZl: ' - - - - - - - - - - - A A . A JL A 1 f Jluslc of Our Times" i , - I! ,1 III ... ' mwii'i o r im n oro mmm i 3w t im tom awa MMMUt -MMtoc man I lUWtlWW UUir MWt OHQII ! PAGES Molette is editor of Encore, a publication of the National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts and serves on the editorial board of the Journal DOORS OPEN TON 1-55:30,7:30, 930 PM. MATINEES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FROM 1:39 P-M. TlkM- 5a 1,0 Smart 1 & ItiSiHri fifltlo slbzzi I H r.,.,,1. r nurr reviewers ef BUck Studies. He has published articles in such Judications as Negro Digest, omthersm Speech Jourttl, Players and furore. AT 5: CO PJJL NOMINATED FOR 7 ACADEMY AWARDS INCLUDING "BEST PICTURE" mmmrmumimmm m 7 f M I III 11 llll HI I II I I '1 a lfi(ict -tr -ntfii. ;'-; THE DAILY KESRASXAfl Kuga & Wild Dfeesunl STEREO RECORDS & TAPES 9CEOVSERVICC-SCMa FOR YOUR FREE LOT THE STUDENT STORE PAtOXM REDOMDO EEACM. CAUFORKIA KE2T7 MAKE.... ADDRESS. INCLUDING ' A XS2M E2 2 MMMiai MMT Si lmi toon Htnmmm -Re Reed. and 9 jCW . . if IWMppiW' WW ii ' nnW A'."rfgww- .. " tMJ!Z!2ZZZZ. r i I. i i 1 WimAIi ir i n .T.ii3 tMwstfapg- nan snowmsi Features t 2. 5:15 and 8:30 PJM. HURRY - LIMITED ENGAGEMENT .1 f", . (NuWUkCnMAKtiMlOn WelMtl caci FRIDAY. FES SUA 3Y 23. 1771 a"i I'M