The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 26, 1982, Page Page 6, Image 6
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? J4 50 I
Committee fl
ent ! | j
Associates J . 5 [ j
y -W-4- ? I