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KUCV expands
station’s coverage
of gulf war news
From Staff Reports
The Nebraska Public Radio Net
work (NPRN) is providing expanded
news coverage of the Persian Gulf
War.
The network will sign on the air
earlier in Lincoln and pre-empt other
programming for the expanded cov
erage National Public Radio (NPR) is
now offering to affiliated NPR sta
tions.
Morning announcer Martin Wells
will sign on KUCV-FM in Lincoln at
4 a.m. instead of 5 a.m., with NPR’s
newsmagazine, “Morning Edition.”
The rest of the Nebraska Public Radio
Network will join KUCV’s “Morning
Edition” coverages at the usual 6 a.m.
“Morning Edition” will continue
coverage throughout the morning, as
events warrant.
“We’re expanding national news
coverage and also local news cover
age, as appropriate, to provide our
listeners with more news at this criti
cal time,” Wells said. NPRN also is
pre-empting local news stories to
integrate local Persian Gulf news into
the genera! newscast.
The network also will pick up NPR’s
evening news program, “All Things
Considered,” which has begun broad
casting an hour earlier, at 4 p.m. in
stead of 5 p.m. This show will con
tinue each afternoon for as long as
news is available for that afternoon.
Network manager Steve Robinson
said he and NPRN staff are keeping
close tabs on how events are moving.
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Queen Gertrude (Glenn Close) feeis she can no longer listen to any more of Hamlet’s (MeS Gi
bson) words as her emotions are exhausted in “Hamlet.”
‘Hamlet’ a strong, vivid film
for wide range of audiences
By Kristie Coda
Staff Reporter
For once, Mel Gibson shows us
more than his posterior in Franco
Zeffirelli's ‘ Hamlet,” a surprisingly
successful production of
Shakespeare's classic play.
An impressive display of en
semble cast work and a screenplay
that remains true to Shakespeare’s
word combine to give the audience
a rich and lively performance of a
play that is often overdone and
overdull.
People who usually avoid
Shakespeare should give this in
carnation a chance — they will be
pleasantly surprised. For those who
missed the classic play the first few
hundred limes around or can’t re
call the story, “Hamlet” tells the
story of a young prince trying to
vindicate his father’s murder.
Hamlet (Gibson) is urged by his
recently deceased father to avenge
his murder, perpetrated by his uncle
Claudius (Alan Bates). This prob
lem is worsened when Hamlet’s
mother, Gertrude (Glenn Close),
hastily marries Claudius.
Gibson has made a point of show
ing h is impressive rear end in many
of his recent films, but in “Hamlet”
he shows his considerable acting
talent as well. Hamlet, as played
by Gibson, is witty and alive, intro
spective and passionate. Many other
actors have played Hamlet as a
spineless, weak character. But al
though Hamlet is given to dark
moods and brooding, Gibson doesn’t
play him as a wimp. Gibson ably
manages to interweave serious
acting with his comic liming, making
Hamlet real and unaffected. His
dramatic ability, not particularly
evident in his recent work, is con
siderable in this film.
Also notable is Bates as Clau
dius, the expansive, self-indulgent
father-uncle-king of Hamlet. His
jocularity is untcmpered by guilt
until “The Mousetrap,” the play
ers’ production of Hamlet’s play.
But even that does not fully stop
his ambition.
Because Close and Gibson are
so close in age. Close really is not
believable as Hamlet’s mother.
Close’s character, Gertrude, is a
merry widow who treats Hamlet
more as a playmate than a son. Her
performance seems forced at times,
and though Gertrude is less than
deep, she is even more shallow in
this manifestation.
The supporting cast is remark
able, completing the ensemble
feeling and adding depth to the
entire performance. Helena
Bonham-Carter as Ophelia adds
yet another winning performance
to her impressive body of work.
Ian Holm, as the bumbling Polo
nius, and Paul Scofield, as The
Ghost, manipulate the material
easily. The cast as a whole makes
the production flow, and the lan
guage problems encountered in
reading Shakespeare seem to dis
appear in the performance.
The scenic backdrop of south
ern England — though the play
lakes place in Denmark — and the
use of period costumes and weap
ons give the film authenticity.
Without this, the movie would have
suffered greatly. The visual effect
is dark and damp and windswept.
But the effect is so often repeated,
one almost starts to ignore it by the
end of the picture.
“Hamlet” is strong and vivid,
expertly crafted by both actors and
director Zeffirelli. It is highly rec
ommended to Shakespeare lovers
and Shakespeare loathers alike as a
must-sec film.
“Hamlet” is currently being
shown at the Douglas 3 Theatres,
13th and P streets.
Winterfest
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humbling experience.”
Being selected for the High School
Wind Ensemble also could be a
humbling experience. Auditions re
quired students to submit a recording
of a five- to 10-minute solo, and an
application form listing previous
musical accomplishments.
Because only 49 musicians were
selected from the states Iowa, Kansas
and Nebraska, “these students are the
cream of the crop,” Kloecker said.
The music selected for the festival
was more difficult than most high
school arrangements. It ranged in style
from baroque fugues lo modern jazz,
and participants were divided into
eleven different chamber groups that
performed Saturday. The festival was
capped off when the combined High
School Wind Ensemble and Univer
sity Wind Ensemble performed Alfred
Reed’s arrangement of “Othello (af
ter Shakespeare)”.
The UNL Winter Festival for Winds
and Percussion is quickly becoming
one of the most prestigious honor
bands in the state.
“We arc the only festival in the
region like this,” Kloccker said. “All
the others have eighty to two hundred
members. None of them have the
chamber element.”
Kuccra also noted the quality of
the festival.
“Everyone in this band is dedi
cated. Music is their life,” Kuccra
said.
Kloecker said those who attended
the concerts last weekend were treated
to excellent chamber and symphonic
music. Also, those who participated
in the festival were treated to a glimp.^
of life after high school.
Kloecker said that perhaps it is the
combination of good musicians that
makes this event so prestigious. But
whatever it is, he said, ‘‘We are very
proud to be developing a reputation
for being the best honor band in the
slate of Nebraska.”
