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"InvalicP'in By HENRY GREEN Gamecock Staff Writer "The Imaginary Invalid," the playbill i entry of the USC Department of Theatre into the tenth annual American Colic Festival." This is truly a pity. It is hai that "The Imaginary Invalid," disappoir monumental mediocrity, its amateu actually the USC Theatre Department forward. Written in 1673, Moliere's comedy, wh as it satirizes quack doctors and hypochc been converted into a performance ironically enough, a travelling medic Muscatine, Iowa just before uie turn ot Montana Mike's Medicine Show tra medicine wagon into a four-poster bed star of the play, a sniffling, whining, < old hypochondriac named Argan (Her spends most of his time, when he ii wheelchair. Til P. PI .OT rnnrprns the efforts of this century French fool to marry off 1 Angelique (Ruth Ann Phimister Werkl tor's son, so that he, Argan, can be coddi of the many illnesses of old age, im otherwise. To complicate matters, Arj hefty hussy who is simply waiting for husband to die so that she can get his m on with a notary, and, needless to say, reluctant to marry the doctor's imbecili ? 1 rvl* Kor rvti/n luuiiu a iu?u ui nv-i vttii. All of this confusion finally comes cle when, by a friendly conspiracy betw Argan's intelligent maid (played dece nm i ine word from on high M ATm 7 LouiK Barbarin of band . . . coi real nain r Cathcart) and the i Argan is rid of thi helping him into a read, "is the cures. Also, the "ini : and Speech eyes to his wife's inl ;ge Theatre her in his will, wh d to believe wicked stepmother iting with its heir. Argan himself rishness, is bo much for the ;'s best foot volved himself in I brought the plot t< iieh sparkles Thursday night's mdriacs, has reared its ugly he* put on by, ine show in THE ACTING lei the century. performance. In 1 nsforms the Montana Mike's < on which the brother, Terry Sne* cantankerous however, were dov, iry missen;, loineue me mam i s not in his Argan was passabl as Louise, Argan's nerves with a s seventeenth- cuteness. lis daughter Other defects sp ey) to a doc- TTie Moliere play w led and cured Mike's hawking of iaginary and had come to town ?an's wife, a interrupted, but M< her miserly their sales pitch bel oney, carries Mike and his creu Anpplinup is which makes fun c son, having doctors, when whi quack medicine? ar in the end, The costuming a een Toinette, the rest of the chai intly by Beth By BAKKY J. GLENN Entertainment Editor And now it comes time for this semester's entertainment editor to make his speech and tell you what he is going to pui on the entertainment section this semester. Of course I have ideas and goals set for the kind of material I want to see on these pages for the next 24 issues. But because I am pretty flexible, a lot of what comes out in this section this semester will be influenced heavily by the ideas my staff brings forth. There will ho n f#>w thinPK hnwover thnt you can look for regularly. A cartoon will appear in every ft % *: i | . .. 1 icert, February 9 in Township niserly hypochondriac's brother, r nuack doctors who havp hppn n early grave with their quack aginary invalid" finally opens his Fidelity and erases any mention of ile Angelique triumphs over his in becoming her father's sole becomes a doctor in the end. plot. Maybe one could have inthe play more if the actors had > life, but it is in this aspect of performance that mediocrity id. ft something to be desired in the lis dual role as the hawker of elixir and as Beralde, Argan's id fared the best. The other actors, nrignt amateurisn, oy ana large. ?vas not bad, and Henry Russell's e, but Debbie Hook's performance younger daughter, grated on the creechy voice and nauseating wiled "The Imaginary Invalid." as marked frequently by Montana the elixir which he and his troupe to sell. The play was not exactly intana Mike and his trouDe Dut on tween scenes. Why would Montana ' put on a performance of a play of hypochondriacs and quack it Montana Mike wants to sell is ilso lent itself to complaint. While racters dressed in the style of the See INVALID, page 28 issue. "On Campus" and "Roscoe Harvey," cartoons that appeared here last semester will be alternated every other issue this semester. A concert calendar will be published about every other week to let students know of artists performing in the Southeast. A "Happenings" calendar will appear in every issue so if your organization is geared to entertaining students, give us your announcement and we will be glad to let them know about it. "From The Horse's Mouth" will be a weekly column by Tom "Mr. Ed" Clyde and will offer J azz frorr By MARK MUELLER Asst. Entertainment Editor When you think of jazz, mai mind ? large paddle wheel s down the Mississippi, old raj many outrageous adventures ol Huckleberry Finn and the vag handful of talented musiciar nightclubs in New Orleans, pc written music but from inner rh; The Preservation Hall Jazz B has combined all these essen unique fashion and will present I Township Auditorium at 8:00 | THIS ENGAGEMENT will of! form of musical art seldom foun The show is being sponsored Series and tickets are now on s Auditorium, Russell House 1 Taylor Street Pharmacy. USC students interested in Orleans jazz, band should pick i from Russell House Travel G allot tment contains the best sea The opening and closing nnr be the only tunes the musicu definitely be able to title. 1 presented between those two s . mj' IBfiflKlSBBi^r " - WE^l > / sbs&EIIIIIW^*' * ? y ISIP&NF; i iyc<M| i S tbi. > JMWteggJ W Sot* ' My/ ? I Henry Russell in "Imaging productio serious and not-So-serious views on current topics in the enfprtflinmpnt world Of course, sandwiched in among all of this you will still see the "regulars " movie, concert, record, book and bar reviews. We wili also try to 4 m a 1 a a.~a. A J! AA1I.. ii uiy triuci idiii yuu yci luuiudiiy with humorous columns and satire. Hopefully, several feature stories will appear in this section this semester on everything from pinball to country music. Why do I say "hopefully?" Well, my friend, to put out a paper you need writers and this entertainment editor is looking for you to i i the past is fmm chppr < by the ensem emotions anc ly cliches come to The group teamboats floating historic Pres* gtime saloons, the New Orleans t iom sawyer ana us iruumui ;ue silhouettes of a inhabitants r is in smoke-filled where jazz lo irforming not from early Ameri< ythm and deep soul. and of New Orleans THE UNI tial plpmpnts in a ouadrilles. bl them in a concert at by the Prese p.m. February 9th. given the lafc they play cor fer the public a rare jazz period c d in America today. The four pi by RHUU Cultural band are all ale at the Township minds and ir rravel Center and members ar< Demond on b this original New clarinet and ip their tickets soon careers of a r?ritf?r hwmiKP this with such i iting arrangements. Morgan, Wa nbers will probably and Billy anc ins themselves will Preservation I'he music that is tertaining in [elections will come musical tast ulVva! m t n H jjEjj' iry Invalid" . . in a "monumental mediocrity." contribute to the entertainment section this semester. No, you do not have to be a journalism major - in fact most our present staff members are not journalism majors. The rewards for writing are a little spending money, an opportunity to express your views on pnfprfainmcnt tonics and a lot of valuable writing experience. Our entertainment staff meets every Thursday at 6 p.m. in room 311 of the Russell House to exchange ideas and receive assignments. So come on down and try us. I think the rewards of your contribution will be well worth the effort. i naplf 7 >pur-of-the-moment instinct gathered ble from the crowds' feelings, actions, i reactions. inherits its name from the actual ervation Hall at 726 St. Peter Street in . This place is no luxurious palace, but ?, memories and many talented nake it a place of unbounded beauty vers can congregate to listen to one of ;a's favorite pasttimes. QUE conglomeration of marches, ues, spirituals and ragtime {informed rvation Hall Jazz Band was originally >el "Jass." This represents the music nbined with the lifestyle of those in the if II IHMUiy. rincipal entertainers that make up the over sixty but their hearts live in the iterests of the youth of America. The p Ernie Cagnolatti on trumpet, Frank >anjo and trombone, Manuel Crusto on I I/)uis Barrarin on drums. In the II these musicians they have played azz greats as George Ix?wis, Sam Iter Pichon, Ed "Montudie" Garland, I De De Pierce. Greats themselves, the i Hall Jazz Band, should be an enterlude in the ever changing world of e.