The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 02, 1978, Page Page 14, Image 15
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By HENRY GREEN
Gamecock Staff Writer
"James at 16" is an honest t
gained considerable attentio
Dealing with the pleasures a
adolescent encounters in gro
"James" is something of a 4
decade. Happily though, the s
the television audience the sill
Days" is prone to wallow in
People sometimes look baci
school and marvel at how i
problems seemed-not finding ;
tantamount to the end of the c
days.
"James at 16," unlike "Hap
although the show does have i
is not cute or sugary. "Jai
problems as not finding a d;
seriousness ana aencacy, anc
problems seem childish or ovc
in one episode James is stood 1
much taller than he is, feai s th
right to dance with him at th<
portrays the problem honest
someone who is six inches talk
awkward.
THE WAY JAMES (Lance K
Workshops of fere
Acting
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elevision show that has
n for that honesty.
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nil II1C WHICH ctll
wing up in the 1970's,
'Happy Days" for our
;how manages to spare
iness to which "Happy
sometimes.
i on their years in high
important their small
a date to the prom was
:ivilized world in those
ipy Days," is a drama,
ts comic moments, but
nes" deals with such
ate to the prom, with
1 does not make these
:rblowrt. For example,
up by a girl who, being
at it just would not look
b prom. The program
ly; slow dancing with
;r can indeed be a little
erwin) copes with this
;d
By LESLIE BATES
(ianiecock Staff Wri
Academv award-v
V "*
John Houseman will
Hall Theatre Friday
perform but to obsei
The producer-direc
watch a perfo
y Shakespeare's "King
Acting Company, t
group he founded ?
directs.
"If Lear doesn't
him, he'll have
rehearsal of Lear, t<
ready to go into Ne\
Dr. Patti Gillespie,
USC Department of
Speech.
The 22-member <
present "King I^ear"
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problem should bring raisec
"Waltons" fan. If James wer
Mountain, his father would be th
on his shoulder, has a heart-to
and makes him see the light, m
height should have nothing to d(
feel about each other.
Not so on "James at 16." Inte
not James' parents who make
should not lash out at himself foi
to the prom with his intended d
James' peer group, his black
father does try to talk to his so
cess. A sign of a most un-V
parental influence for the 1970
THE SHOW EXHIBITS boldm
as can be seen when James los<
episode. It is true that televisi
and more riarinn in rpopnt
) iry 10 gei u
v York," said The Acting
chairman of evolved out ol
Theatre and class at the Jt
York City, to
company will several month
March 3 and 4 shows in New
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virginity at 16 - well, that's still
It's something Richie Cunningl
Yet "James" is honest in this
adolescents do lose their virgin
and in other ways as well. The i
the show is mostly top 40 materi
would expect teenagers to list<
kuk example, England ]
Coley sing the song which i
at 8 p.m. ar
"Mother Cc
ter Children" at i
finning actor Both perforn
be in Drayton Drayton Hall
night, not to
rve. TWO WORI
!tor-actor will fered by the A
rmance of in wigs and ir
Lear" by The Saturday Mar*
he repertory until 1:00 p.r
ind currently Theatre. One i
combat will b?
look right to 3:30 p.m. on M
a Saturday Theatre.
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1 eyebrows to any
e living on Walton's flHtj
e one who lays a hand
-heart talk with him,
akes him realize that BSflBHE
> with how two people
restingly enough, it is j llllilllg
him realize that he I
r being too short to go
ate, but a member of ^r
friend Sly. James' f
n, but with little sue- J
/altonlike erosion of i
's, maybe? ^
ess in subject matter, ^
ss his virginity in one f*
on has become more *
irs, but to lose one's
a little controversial. I ^
tiam would never do.
matter - today many *
ity at 16 or younger nusic
that is heard on
al, songs to which one
;n to.
Dan and John Ford
s heard during the Lane
>ee JAMES, page !f> V
id Bertolt Brecht's As many
)urage and her company ar
B p.m. on March 5.
lances will be in and the ot!
Theatre. selected afte
Gillespie, wh
tSllOPS will be of- company thi
cting Comnanv. One Sfiiramm
w K V kJVIIlMltllllf "
lake-up will be held Lear,
ch 4 from 11:00 a.m.
a. in Drayton Hall "I'VE SE1
n stage fighting and that they've
iheld from 1:30 until feel like I've
[arch 5 in Longstreet now for q
Repertory cc
today's publi
; Company, which repertory cc
F a freshman drama jn which the
m
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urs the country for
s before opening'new "In a repe
York, Gillespie said, a stock con
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MOT TO GO AROUND \U.
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her morals I so
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e Kerwin as James...treatin
as 50 percent of the compan
e Julliard graduates see not
opportu
her 50 percent are craft o
r open auditions, said because
10 has kept up with the
rough member David variety
ho will play the role of Gilles
panies
the 18th
EN EVERY SEASON wasn't
done," she added. "I century
; known the company this cot
luite a long time. reperto
imnanips arp not what
ic is accustomed to. A Work*
impany is a company general
same group of actors formani
variety of plays. $5 for
availabl
rtory company, unlike F*ox Off
lpany or (he kind of <>r 777-2
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ly we're used to, you get to
only the play but have the
nity to evaluate the acting
f each individual rwrsnn
; you get to see them in a
of roles."
pie said repertory cornwere
very popular during
i and 19th centuries, and "it
until the end of the 19th
1 that most companies in
jntry went away from the .
ry and into the long-run."
shops are open to the
public. Tickets to per:es
are $2 for students and
the public. Tickets are
le irom me Drayton Hall
ice or by phoning 777-2551
552.
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