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Six Discuss Warren continued from 5 Forest of the Night (1960), A Buried Land (1963), An Exile (1967), A Cry of Absence (1971) and Passage Through Gehenna (1978). His latest novel Season of the Strangler, will be published this month. He'll talk about Warren as a novelist. Rubin, distinguished professor of English at the University of North Carolina, received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of many books and will discuss Warren as a critic. Connelly,USC professor of History, will speak on Warren as an historian. He earned his Ph.D. from Rice University and has been awarded several prestigious prizes for his writings on Southern and Civil War history. Connelly,too, has a new work that will be published soon, Will Campbell and the Soul of the South. Dickey will give a special poetry reading from Warren's work. Dickey studied under Warren and is USC's poet-inresidence as well as professor in English. "I think when I started off I didn't realize how big it was going to get," laughed Edgar. "Southern Studies has never undertaken a program of such magnitude before." Student Government has provided funding along with various other university departments. Edgar's colleague, Dr H Thorns Comnton. said he was Dleased SG saw fit to get involved. "We thought it was a good idea for Southern Studies and Student Government to share something like this," he said. The symposium has received much attention, and was so well planned that when Warren himself, had to cancel his aDnearance because of his wife's ailing health, Edgar said he ?ar r - - ? _ knew the program must continue. So he, Connelly, Compton and two people from the Media Arts, Porter McLaurin and professor Carmine D'Allssandro, traveled to Warren's snowy Connecticut home and taped an interview at a Yale studio. "I believe we have a splendid interview," Edgar said. "It's one step shy of having him with us." The program is open to the public and begins promptly at i p.m. today. More information may be obtained by calling 777 2340. j; Contemporary Sounds ? The Gok | Presents jiiiww mmm lii j i y . " w ' I Hk *? TTT?mni?. \ i i:lpi:m\S| wr#& 1 li \\ 65<t Miller Light Spc < > i: Date: Friday, Feb. 26 i Timp: 9:00 n m * r < i: Admission: $2.00 Made Possible By Your ft Komeo Quick By JOHN VAUGHAN Entertainment Editor William Shakespeare can be terribly intimidating HocniJo hie email nhvcipfll stature and the fact that he has been dead for over 300 years, the Bard too often comes off as a real "heavy," causing hesitation among nnnnlor onHionnPC anri pVpUAUK UUUIVIIVVM v..?v striking fear in the hearts of many students--"! can't understand that stuff." For those who do hesitate at the thought of attending a Shakespearean play, I would recommend the current USC production of Romeo and Juliet , playing in Drayton Hall. And in fact, I would give the nod to anyone else who would like to see a fresh production of an old favorite. James A. Patterson, of the USC Department of Theatre and Speech, has directed a light, fast-paced version of the famous tragedy, while retaining all of the classical nrnsp and the eleeant costuming. The latter aspect is certainly deserving of praise. Designed by Allen Smith, the costumes are very appealing to the eye without being too garishly colorful. Susan ' Gratch's scenery is solid, - effective and relatively simple, requiring almost no Inn Cm I* 2 JI?I i jpui ,; i; < BHHHHnHHn 4 m4 nnHHHnHH < 'Kir^HawnnB< mm ? Ew __ ^ KRBBWWnHHH i em Sib. 1 L1IIS mfBBfi /iyiMiHMiiiimW wSfltfl * tM\ 1 ***** * M ? fSr/fll *M\ t ******* M m ? WPflJtfitMb. 11 ? Hfj i Mlflj/AjBrnek >9H| ifefcfl *BfM W """Mm ?Hw J I ciai km a ? rpi I lu L |S fUSbtfM IK->VJ?c: _) Student Activity Fees Accents Pace /iknMrfinrf / coira a noir nf i:iiciiigiii(3 voaw u pun v? movalbe slabs) to serve each scene. The audience can focus it attention, then, on the characters' interaction. Individual performances succeed in various degrees, but Patterson's direction should be appreciated. He has accented action, from the almost overlapping exits and entrances to the antics of such crowd-pleasing r>hs?r?r?tf?rs as Mprrutio and Juliet's nurse. Consistenly, Robert Hooker and Melissa Ray Severance as the starcrossed lovers play their respective parts with adolescent fervor. This is an inspired attitude yet is not off-base; after all, Juliet is supposed to be barely 14. "I will prove more true than those who have more cunning to be strange," Juliet says in defense of her lack of sophistication. This is a particularly apt statement in Severance's characterization, as the actress projects a naivete and an ingenuousness that fits her well. She pouts and blushes and even giggles as she calls, "Wherefore art thou, Romeo? "--avoiding a ? U I, C U ill ill u ii, iiav-iviicj c u delivery. . Hooker's Romeo is only a ir~z ll m 1 1 w 1 y U :: * ! < <> < < < < < \ < > <? < < < 4 | 11 TICKETS ON; i: Public * * I Sponst 11 I in asi 5 I I Free Shuttle from RHUU to th j H Adapted Transportation Altai fS???*-:. r-fie - z>v iiii!iiiiiil? k r " ' ' ' ' -Bsp? The Capulets (Mert I UTrtrtrt AiTny { V juamui / vtvi i/i Brasington) in 'Rome< would-be swashbuckler; while he is capable of overpowering passion and manly boldness, we see that he is still a boy witn traces 01 Walter Mitty. Likeable performances are turned in also be Stephen Campbell as Mercutio, Hope Nunnery as the Nurse and Jim E. Quick as Friar Laurence. Nunnery tends to overdo it as the drama unfolds, but her first scene is well tempered and quite funny. Quick is a pleasure to watch as the good friar. John Brasington is wonderfully intimidating as Tybalt, towering almost a foot over Campbell as they face off. But this leads me to MHHHHHHnHH ^k V 1 J??? A 5ALE NOW Travel C? /*> /\ /% /\ I R/> /* /O *y.uu u>c Muaei ored by the RHUU Cultural Series and the USC Student Gouernm sociation with Ronald A. Wilford MADt rUbblHLt HY bTUDENT ACTIVIT e Township \ab\e for the Handicapped upon Request ( SUH Photo by CHIP LOWELL Hatfield, Frederica te slain Tybalt (John land Juliet.' r?l mi'c nnlu irlfcnmp L-IIV. piUJ O v/anj *?. moments: nobody dies well at all. Perhaps this is a positive point in disguise, for the deaths are forgettable indeed, and do not take away from the quick pace and the fun. Still, every performer "missed" at death-time and the sword fights between Mercutio, Tybalt, Romeo and Paris are uninspired. This is not enough of a flaw to discredit an otherwise well conceived presentation, and theatregoers should make an evening of Romeo nnA Juliof hofnrp it plnsps March 2. Tickets are available at the Drayton Hall box office. MARCEL MARCEAU I March 7 I Township iy| H n m "" snter Township S i nt? 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