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Wednesday, February 11,191 8 o / ;uj 4 ^nvs \ K; - i I J8 V-Day: Fin< staff writer JAMIE BOWMAN Bill Young; dy Express, Col Oh, the feeling of love in the air...Cu- "Chocolate Boc pid's on the loose and no matter how item, hard people try to deny it, Valentine's "It even co Day is fast-approaching. brush," Young Everv vear DeoDle wander in and Thev also a * * ? out of stores pondering over what to colored candie give that special person in their life to candy corn. whether it be candy and flowers or a Other, notTy Valentino Beanie Babie and the Ti- elude edible ui tanic soundtrack. cuffs, flavored 1 While tradition still goes a long way, noodles" all oi it is obvious that many people are lean- Spencer's Gift ing toward a different gift-giving ap- Junior Ken proach, and sexual items are ex- no one gets h< tremely popular. got last year, Theatre USC t< news editor SARA LADENHEIM 8 One of the oldest known dramas, "Oresteia" by Aeschylus, will be staged Feb. 13 to Feb. 22 at Drayton Hall. "Oresteia," a trilogy of Greek plays including "Agamemnon," "The Libation Bearers" and "The Furies," is based on characters and events immediately after the Trojan War. The trilogy is about the fulfillment of destiny through successive murderous generations of the house of Atreus. The epic saga begins in "Agamemnon" with the title character's triumphant return home from his victory in the Trojan War. His wife, Clytemnestra, is still bitter toward him for the murder 10 years earlier of their daughter, Iphigenia, whom Agamemnon sacrificed to appease the Gods when his war fleet could not find winds to sail to Troy. Clytemnestra murders her husband in revenge. In "The Liberation Bearers," Orestes and Electra, the surviving children of Agamemnon, conspire to kill their mother as retribution for their father's death. In "The Furies," Orestes is pursued and driven mad by supernatural furies. Finally, the gods, who pity Orestes, decide to find a better method of judgement than vengeance by the sword. Hence, the aeerla of democracy are sown bv the cods in the first courtroom scene ever written. "This is the great-great-granddaddy of all theater" said Jim O'Connor, Theatre USC's artistic director and chairman of the theatre, speech and dance department. "Aeschylus, more than any other major literary or theatrical artist, was the virtual creator of the medium in which he worked. He is known as the father of theater because his innovations permanently altered the essentials of theater." Audiences might recognize many of the characters from Homer's epic poem, "The Iliad," and later dramatic and musical works. Many of the characters might have been real. Archaeologists have uncovered < if? - iL . t> v .= V#'1S The Gamecock ling that S] and David Ervin of Can- There is also the option < lumbianaMall, say that from heart-covered nightgow ly Paint" is their newest in-the-dark boxers. Massa^ lotions are also possibilities mes with a free paint- Among various practice said. coffee mugs, plants and CDs. arry red, white, and pink go wrong with giving musi s ranging from pretzels more Thom King said. Candles and homemade i so-traditional items in- very romantic ana sentim idies, fur-covered hand- sents. Carolina Candles, F x)dy paint, and "naughty carries a wide array of both s ' which are available at unscented candles as well as s. candleholders. They als< i McGuire said she hopes matherapy products. ;r a cheesy gift like she "Last year my girlfrien "tickets to the circus." a tape of love songs with a o put on Greet Hp: mm-, f Jt^f^m' MMP** ji|^pp^^^j|"1 SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK Theatre USC will present Aeschylus' "Oresteia," Feb. 13 to Feb. 22. Pictured (top) Robert Richmond, (left to right) Monica -^V7"?1 Mlba rr\1to<< W yule, niUKUU ivwapj aim iviinv v>vnvi not only the ruins of ancient Troy, but also the actual house of Atreus at Mycenae in Greece. The three plays, directed by Robert Richmond, have been adapted for Theatre USC's production by Peter Meineck, whose new translation of "Oresteia" from the original Greek will be published by Hackett Publishing Company of Cambridge, Mass. in September. Jjjy -. 1llif ' ' iMH^H ._ ^&?L- iti:-',"''iiVrtitkh^''"'^'' ro - mn II ssrI Iy. |>;' '' mnanjfl pecialgift (L )f lingerie, ing why each one was so special. It was cj( ns to glow- the sweetest gift Fve ever received," se>e ?^s and nior John Turner said.. If tradition is a must, Ann's Hall- f< l1 gilts are "You can't mar^? Columbiana Mall, is just the In c " sopho- place- From a huge assortment of ro- se mantic cards and Russell Stover can- sh temsmake dies to Kim Anderson "Pretty as a as ental pre- Picture" frames and Ty Beanie Babies, ac 've Points, a romantic gift is destined to be n< centedand fmmd O, j selTaro- Whether the perfect gift is home- ^ made cookies or a book of love poems? u 1 d gave me know that the search doesn't have to ^ letter say- be a long painful one. tr T i epic, trilogy : [ Ij1! -f.l J -1JI f-T?V rTi] ] j.'j j j F1 tc WHO C Theatre (JSC and Director Robert Richmond WHAT D Oresteia, a trilogy of Greek plays d WHEN AND WHERE fc ft n m Ihpcftau thmiiah Satiinfav nerfnimannes ^ and 3 p.m. Sunday performances Feb. 13 to Feb. ? 22, Drayton Hall > COST s $10 for the public, $8 for military and USC i faculty and staff, and $6 for students. 2 Richmond is a guest artist on loan from The Aquila Theatre Company of London, USC's company-in-res- p idence for the 1997-98 season. Meineck, also with The ^ Aquila Theatre Company, is a visiting assistant professor of French and the classics, and an adjunct assistant professor in theatre. Aquila, founded in 1991 by Meineck, has produced * 10 shows and is one of the foremost producers of clas- 1 sical theater. b The cast includes Mike Colter, last seen as A Frankenstein's creature, as Agamemnon and Apol- 1 lo, Aileen Strain as Electra, Monica Wyche as ^ Clytemnestra, William Kwapy as Orestes and } Ellen Rosenberg as Athena. Other cast members ^ include four other cast members and 15 chorus mem- ^ bers. Curtain times are 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $10 for the pub- I lie, $8 for senior citizens, military and USC faculty and staff and $6 for students. USC's Longstreet Theatre box office sells tickets noon to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and one hour before each performance in the Drayton Hall Auditorium. Tickets also are available by calling 777-2551. ] EZZ I College 18 & Up a? 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