The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, October 23, 1974, Page page 12, Image 12

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

    ALL FEES PAID BY CLIENT COMPANIES
SECRET ARVOFF!CCLER:CAL ?
EXEC. SEC .Law firm .. WOO plus
BOOKKEEPER Full set of books . . S4
I MATH ABILITY..... ....... Accurate typing W-
ADMINISTRATIVE
PROGRAMMERS COBOL-Disc, tape tlO-S15,000
CREDIT MANAGER Industrial exp 116.000 plui
PERSONNEL MGR. f,S'7'
TAX ACCOUNTANT. . ... . . .Prefer C.P.A S12-J16,0Q0
' , . . SALES .
TERRITORY SALES ....... Heavy equip &,4,Q00 plus
SALES REP. Commison Plus salary .. .S1Q.00Q
AGRICULTURAL
ANIMAL HEALTH Sales ....
FEED SALES . . . . Car, expenses & com, . .
SALES MANAGER Motivator ..
: TECHNICAL
MAINT. ENG. ME., "
SALES ENG B.S E E. or Design Eng.
PROD. SCHEDULER..
NOTE: This is only a partlaljisting.
Call 433-2591 iBV appointment on'yS8J&J&
. .i!5-$20,000
Base $12,000
.$20,000 plus
$15,000
.$15,000
.$11,000
Films'
4
A SENSE OF PLACE
The Artist and the American Land
Produced by Gene Bunge Filmed & Edited by
MikeFarrell
TODAY AT 3, 7 & i p.m.
Admission FREE: .
Sheldon Art Gallery, 12th & 'R'
rZ'TT STARTS n
Q3.!lil!fejj . TODAY
,a..v" ct' Fl ! I-.' i ?..
.
i r
I
.- "-'5 - -f-r6V . I
f
4 M
V
rr '-3 " " ,
1
r
3
i
J !
Atari btson, as the Genera!, khtzs tha h?nd of his young lady, Ghislaine,
played by Paula Redinger, In "The Waltz of the Toreadors."
'Waltz': five-sided love triangle
Review by Dennis Ellermeier.
Jean Anouihl's "The Waltz of the
Toreadors," now playing at UNL s
Howell Theatre, is rather like an
unfinished quilt. The pieces are there -each
with its own integrity - but are yet
to be sewn into a pleasing and
continuous whole. ,
Anouilh's play is a marvelous piece of
literature offering a portrayal of a
general who is now past his prime and
trapped in marriage by a possessive,
invalid wife.
He gives his love to a younger woman
whom he met at a ball seventeen years
before the play begins.
In three laughable acts, the love
triangle curiously resolves Into a
pentagon. But Anouilh is not content to
impart only humor and provides us with
some clear statements about the condi
tion of man and the nature of life.
Weaknesses bared
Alan Nielsen as the General St. Pe
presents an acceptable interpretation of
a large and demanding role. But many
weaknesses are bared.
Of some concern to this reviewer Wets
his manner of speech. An accent that on
occasion was Irish and on other
occasions Queen's English lent to a lack
of character identity.
Why director Tice Miller would even
want an English accent in the General at
all is not really understandable. The
play is set in France in 1910 and were a
French accent not tried an articulate
American would have served the
production better than a noncommital
English accent.
As with his speech patterns, his line
delivery failed to emerge from a
well-conceived character. The General's
character was not clearly established
beyond obvious qualities.
Thesplatic strength
Nielsen Hid show raal thepiaH
strength" in the very tightly played first
part of the third act. Here his display of
bewilderment and disappointment came
with a depth of character that would
have been welcome throughout.
Leta Powell Drake as the General's
wife proved most capable of the role.
During the bedroom scene at the end of
the second act she, in panic but also
extreme method, stuns her husband
with the realization that he neglected
opportunities that time now has made
unavailable. Her acting was very solid
and intelligent.
'Actorly' performance
Playing Ghislaine, the General's
young lady, Paula Redinger was strong
est in the portion of the third act where
she describes her new love. But like the
other actors in the production, her
performance suffered from a lack of
thorough conception and consequently
came off self conscious, noticably
deliberate and very "actorly."
James Pandzik, as Dr. Bonfant, and
Drake showed the most development of
characters, but Pandzik too suffered
from moments of shallowness.
Doug Holsclaw as Gaston did well in
his role of a timid young man.
Generally the characters of the play
were not explored with the depth and
script demands and what was meant as
satire came off as merely slap stick.
Set blighted
An otherwise attractive set was
blighted by what was supposed to be a
representation of a mirror but in fact
was a large piece of aluminum foil. The
lights and sound effects were good, but
sloppy in spots.
On the whole, "The Waltz of the
Toreadors" applied a more than capable
cast to a fine script but fell short of the
crispness the production might have
had. What was lacking was a clear
director's concept.
"The Waltz of the Toreadors" plays
tonight through Saturday, at 8 p.m. in
un UrtuigM t Hstre. Tickets may bs
reserved daily aTthe ticket office from
one to five p.m.
P P
vith
nny porcna
sen
3
Lutfiyya's store will give you one free ticket to the
. get your free ticket at
.8 !!nrp?nr! 19th and O j
: ,s ' a B to " J u J The Glass Menageriel
page 12
daily nebraskan
Wednesday, October 23, 1974