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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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>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.