Last weekend the Free Theatre
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday nights at 8 p.m. at the Hungry Id
(basement of the Wesley Foundation, 640 North 16th Street)
they will be presenting their second production, Endgame.
It is the object of the Free Theatre to give their audiences
something different to see each time they give a performance.
That is why every production will not be an FDR-LSD, or an
Endgame. In fact, the Free Theatre is even thinking about making
their third production a Greek tragedy.
IN ANY CASE, back to Endgame. Written by Pulitzer Prize
winner Samuel Beckett, Endgame makes for an uncomfortable
two hours of listening. Its grotesquely confusing dialog and plot
might make an audience member want to get up and leave in the
middle of performance if you do, please go quietly.
Don't go to Endgame expecting to hear Oklahoma--it sure
ain't. A dead world populated by frustration, nightmare and
confusion greets the audience.
The principal character of the show isHamm(Paul Baker), a
blind man with scars covering his face and confined to a chair
with casters at center stage throughout the play.
HOWEVER' Ilamm is better off than his parents, Nagg (Gary
Boham) and Nell (Kathy Mickells) whose legless shells of bodies
now live in two dirty ash cans eating the dog buscuits which
Hamm feeds them.
The final character of the play, Clov (Tom Bredenberg), is
both Hamm's son (whether adopted or legitimate one never
learns) and slave. Even though he can hardly walk himself, he
submits to Hamm's cruel, tyrannical ordering because he doesn't
know what else to do.
The set is just as unappealing. The starkness gives the
impression of the last vestiges of society in a large, empty
warehouse with two exit signs as windows, and a lone naked light
bulb providing the only light in the barren gray atmosphere.
THE WORLD IS ruined, the sea no longer has waves, the food
is running out, planted seeds will not grow, and these remants of
humanity struggle among themselves; playing cruel games,
recalling past incidents, making up stories and punishing one
another, each not knowing how or why they should live or die.
The cast as a whole is good, with Baker, Bredenberg and
Mickells doing a fine job with their characterizations. Boham,
however, seems to have some trouble with his voice breaking
when he tells Nagg's story which has three character's voices in it.
Moving back and forth between the three voices Boham's voice
on occasion breaks and as a result so does his character at that
moment. Roham does, however, handle Nagg's pitiful humor
well.
THE MAKE-UP for the show is extremely good, especially on
Baker and Mickells.
Over-all the production is pretty good and director Jan Van
Sickle and the Free Theatre should be congratulated for tackling
such a difficult project.
IT'S IMPORTANT to remember three things about the Free
Theatre. First, they are not and make no claim to be
professionals. Second, their productions are all free, unless you
want to contribute something. And third, if you don't like one of
their productions, go to another one chances are it will not be
at all like the one you disliked.
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ROOMMATE WANTED
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Female roommate wanted $55mo.
Ride to end from East Campus.
Call 8:00-5:00 472 2904 or
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HELP WANTED
Part time evenings. Earn over
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Help wanted. Baby sitter for
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SERVICES
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Watch Repair. All makes including
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side-look for yellow door.
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Randall. . .
Continued from page 1.
"If black militant means I'm
proud of myself as a black
person, a black human being,
then I guess I'm a black
militant from that standpoint.
But I'm a non-violent black
militant. I'm not too quick to
jump to violence, unless I get
backed into a corner," Randall
explained.
He feels the American
oppression of the blacks,
starting with the first slave in
the colonies, has had
devastating consequences.
"The worst thing about
American slavery was, unlike
any other slavery, it didn't let
families stay together. This was
the harshest thing that ever
Student services. . .
Continued from page 2.
store co-op."
Too little manpower and
thefts were the major problems
of this fall's book exchange,
Baldwin explained. The
exchange handled between
2,000 and 3,000 books, he
said, but lost $150 through
theft. The exchange makes no
profit, but charges a fee to
cover thefts and operating
costs.
Last year ASUN began a
day-care center for three to
five-year-old children of
University students in the
basement of the United
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happened to black people," he
said. "And the reason black
families were split up then is
the same reason they're split
up now-the white man.
"IF YOU TELL a black
man he's supposed to be the
breadwinner of the family and
then don't give him a job,
that's the best way in the
world to split them up. When
you make a society where his
own wife can make more
money by being on welfare and
not having him in the house,
you're begging for a family
split-up. The black man is
humiliated in this manner,"
Randall said.
For Mike Randall the
future is at once certain and a
question mark. Because he
feels his degree from Nebraska
is not enough, he plans to
Ministries in Higher Education
building. Student Services will
probably continue the center,
Baldwin said. The center has
been offered equipment by the
First Plymouth Church to
begin an infant care center.
THE INFANT center
probably would be more useful
to University students since a
greater number have children
aged nine months to three
years, Baldwin said. An
arrangement for the children's
meals has to be worked out
along with some priorities for
membership.
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enroll in Atlanta University in
the future and work for a
degree in Afro-American
studies, a field where he owns a
measure of expertise.
And because he's "not too
excited about the way people
teach these days" he has
decided on education as a
career, concentrating on either
the elementary or college level.
"I'M A TEACHER', and as
a teacher I want to teach
anybody who wants to learn. It
doesn't matter if they're from
the ghetto, the reservation or if
they're bourgeoisie white,"
Randall said.
He might have added that as
a teacher he'll be trying to
make sure that no one is
conquered. If he fails it won't
be because he doesn't
understand the problem.
Possible programs include a
student-run mimeograph and
offset shop, discount supply
store for architecture and art
students and a student credit
union.
The non-profit,
student-operated record shop
in the Nebraska Union offers
the lowest prices in town,
Baldwin said. In conjunction
with the record shop, an art
store featuring student and
faculty work is ready to open.
The committee is still
seeking members especially
business and law majors,
Baldwin said.
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