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>.v Actor Robert Blake portray Workshop production 'A Da Lincoln cc By Nancy Young oamecocx oxan wntor Abraham Lincoln came to life Friday night in the drama A Day With President Lincoln al Workshop Theatre. The one-man show, a benefit for the theatre, was a well-acted and intimate per formance which resulted from actor Richard Blake's years of studying his subject. The audience was transcended through time as Blake recollected the events which led Lincoln to the Presidency, to the long Civil War years and finally to November 1864. At that point, the audience finds him contemplating his second term in office. The atmosphere was filled with an eerie mood and a quiet suspense which fell over the audience, for they knew the sad fate of this great optimist. THE AUDIENCE was small but well-receptive. Perhaps the present troubled times made the drama so appropriate and per tinent. A Day With President Lincoln brought the message of patriotism and optimism to an inflation weary crowd. Like so many audiences around the country which Blake has played to. this Columbia audience seemed ready and willing to hear the life-like performance. Unfortunately, even the small Workshop Theatre was not filled to capacity as it should have been. Columbians never seem to appreciate highly staged productions which pomp to this tnvun ovoru cr? often. It seems only an enthusiastic few really support the arts in Columbia. Blake's Lincoln was the most authentic portrayal to come ir years ? on stage and on screen Present of course, were the bearc and hat but Blake added a twangy Illinois accent quite similar to how T i n/i^ln r? 11? /-?^1 A ft 4 ?*' &JUH.W1U lairvcu. iVlclliy dL'lurS Lincoln a sonorous baritone voice ? especially when reciting the Gettysburg Address. Blake put the right amount of the humbleness ir Lincoln's voice. His voice was slightly high and nasal sounding but nevertheless powerful. Another member of the audience asked the President whether he was frightened by the assasination attempts on his life. Earlier, he related a dream he 01 >ce had, he was in his bed upstairs at the White House and was woken up by crying. He went downstairs and saw a funeral procession "Who is dead?" he asked a guard. "The President, sir." the t/iiard replied. But Lin ,.^1, .1 ' v-wii n^vvi iuui\ uiij> uream 100 seriously and put it aside. TOWARDS THE END, the audience became a part of the play when Blake, still in character, asked that the lights he turned up and answered questions from the ? audience. "Mr. President," one person asked, "How do you plan to reconstruct the South?" His an John Parnell GAMECOCK s Abraham Lincoln, in the V with President Lincoln'. >mes to life swer was that he would do it peacefully with "malice toward none." One could not help but think how much different history would De naa ne lived a little longer. i There has been so many articles i and books written recently about the "Real Lincoln" but this Lincoln i was the good "ole honest Abe." The Lincoln who shaped many of the ideals of America. A Day With President Lincoln was a shot of patriotism in the arm. And we needed it. m {\\ WCOBNEll ARMS PMRMACY,//^ ' is*?i> PHONE 799 1596 * ! SOPTIER A PtNOLETOW STS. COLUMBIA,S.C. ( )| H II 7. II 1) 1 >| II 11 Wo Cash Checks FILM PROCESSING IJ < \| > I II II ll Sj I < | >nnl s i l< )\ - H \| ? I >1 ml s I I.$i??'\|) i>ihii sr. (>??i 1 < \() ^il< l< M I ' It > < \I ) J I ' I TAT'I I)!. IIyi? 111< i il sI. l .s\|< i | i ii, n v^( 11 it i ii s ; _,i I | Wi; l'SI? KODAK I'AI'lvK | BF.I:H specials t'.i i< I t .111^. sJ.-M > MOTHER'S DAY MAY 11th TAKE HER WHITMAN'S ; Rj|?f?$l HV^^^ThOCUU ATUS i'f. C OMKCTiOm ^ HALLMARKCARDS ' j I OR MOTHER'S DAY SUNT AN PRODUCTS | !<>% OH HAWAIIAN I KOI'M , COI'I'l'UIO.Mv IIAIN DI-: SOI .I II r \v<-(:<>sh < :h<*< ks ( )| Il'll7<llll < l| tl 11 | aims wiiwtvy I ' PHONE^OS- I59fi ' SUMUR A HNW.tlW STS. COLUMBIA, S.C. i i i < < t ? i i i ' < Coach Jim for Questions 'N' I Russell Hous< TONIGHT at 7 Sponsored by your Stu< and Ideas anc -' r ': : -^-"'^- ^:: - -' -V / ?*y A^^!9LM?r A^HnSII^HIiMH^.^ > - -, Mrj^ ;-.'J^'A ^J1 fWii^ 'iyr v .^xpj i^-.j r , >^-v- < SUNDAY. MAY 18 CAROLINA CO Tirlm+C r\tr% rt a ivrx^i^ %JI 1 Ol All seats reserved: $12.50, $10.00, $8.50. Tickets Oflice; Homefolk's, Augusta & Martinez; Riverbank Musicland, Charleston; B.J. Music, Spartanburg; M Taylor St. Pharmacy, Columbia; Carol's Records, Gr Seaco Music, Sumter; Music Box, Chester; Soui Florence. For mail orders send cashiers check or m Office, RO. Box 11515, Capitol Station, Columbia 29 envelope. ' :"i" Answers ? Patio :oo pm Jen t Government I Issues 1-8:00 RM. USEUM lip nnu/ I mii w I I V/ ?V available at Carolina Coliseum Box i Records, Augusta; Chain Reaction & lyrtle Beach Stereo; Columbia Mall & eenville; Williams Music. Orangeburg; id Town, Greenwood; Libas Sound, loney order to Carolina Coliseum Box 1211. Include stamped, self-addressed