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Review by Dennis Ellermoier
, "Tiny Alice" is playing at the Studio
Theatre this weekend and it is a terrific
shoyv. Moment after moment the
production exhibits the intelligence of
direction, acting and technical device
that brings it to good match with
Edward Albee's masterful and challeng
ing script. ,
Albee has woven a disturbing drama
around the donation of $2 billion to the
Catholic Church by a wealthy woman. In
the course 6f three acts he reduces
venerable institutions, long held beliefs
and basic premises to dust and leaves
nothing save the question of "what is
real?" and the shell of a dying man or
shall I say uustraction of a m3n.
The multi-faceted script demands
actors with a keen sense of both the
general and the detail persons who
can suggest several levels simultane
ously. Director Glenn Cox ha3 found
that cast in George Hansen, Doug
Brissey, Mitch Tebo, David Bell and
Cindy Wallis.
Withoiexception the roles are
played with precision. Care for every
nuance is evident. From facial move
ment to delivery of lines, each character
is amazingly thourough and believable.
Brissey as lawyer
Brissey as the lawyer presents a
rotten-to-the-core guy but yet In select
moments bares a most qualified vulner
ability. '
Hansen presents a complete and
complex character in a relatively short
time. ,
Butler, played by Bell, is a dispas
sionate character in a stock position. But
Bell with extreme particularity shows
his strength as an actor within this
confine. His emphasis of the subtle,
small changes in inflection and facial
od, powerful
expression, result in an excellant
portrayal. ...
Wallis plays the sensuous Miss Alice
well. She falls from a haughty position
in a metered and controlled pace.
Of particular welcome, is the return of
Mitch Tebo to the Nebraska stage. Tebo
is a 1972 graduate of UNL and has spent
the past 2 years in New York. His
rendition of Brother Julian is a tour de
force. A demanding role that requires
every level of emotion and personality,
Tebo performed masterfully. He care
fully takes Julian from an ascetic lay
brother to an indulgent servant and
finally to a totally confounded man.
Volley of power
Throughout the play the vollev of
power and strength is wonderfully
handled. From a polite insult jost in the
first act between the lawyer and the
Cardinal to the transition of strength to
Butler, the cast did not once relax
throughout the play but maintained a
steady tension.
Aside from mo.nents of rather slow
pacing, the tone of the play was one of
impeccable refinement.'
On the technical angle the production
was fortunate in set, costume and lights.
The set, designed by Dan Stratman,
was executed with the detail that the
intimacy of the Studio Theatre requires.
The ceiling beams lent some confusion
to an otherwise fine set.
The costumes by Dee Amerio were
well chosen and Dan Proett's lights
were in total support of the play's
intention. They were clean in design and
crisp in performance.
"Tiny Alice" plays tonight through
Sunday at the Studio Theatre in the
lower level of the Temple Building, 12
andRSts.
Tickets are $2.
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Foreign
horror films
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This week the Sheldon Horror Fantasy film
series presentation leaves the United States and
begins a run of foreign horror movies. The first is
"Dead of Night" (not to be confused with the film
starting today at the Plaza theater), a 1945 British
film divided into several shocking segments.
"Dead of Night" was directed by four different
filmmakers, Cavalcanti, Basil Dearden, Charles
Chrichton and Robert Hamer, all top names at the
famous British Ealing Studios, Among the stars
are Michael Redgrave (as a ventriloquist whose
dummy turns on him) and Sally Ann Howe3.
Also showing will be a short French film entitled
"Insomnia", starring, written and directed by
pantomimist Pierre Etaix.
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