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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7,1974
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“Look Homeumrd AngeF to be Presented
“LOOK HOMEWARD ANGEL” now in rehearsal will be performed November 14-17 in the LAA.
Pictured are Ken McCauley as Eugene, Bob Bluminstein as Gant, and Mary Lou Brown as Eliza.
“Look Homeward Angel”
will be presented by the
Highland Players on Thur
sday, November 14 and Sun
day, November 17. Per
formances will take place in
the Liberal Arts Auditorium,
starting at 8:00 p.m. The Box
Office will be open from 9:30
to 12:00 a.m., 2:30 to 4:30
p.m., Monday-Friday, and
2:00-4:00 p.m. on Saturday.
All seats are $1.50.
Based on Thomas Wolfe’s
autobiographical novel of the
same name, “Look
Homeward Angel” is the
story of the Gant family and
their boardinghouse. It deals
with the youngest son,
Eugene, and his growing up
and leaving home. Eugene
grapples with his respon
sibilities to himself and to his
possessive, domineering
mother, Eliza Gant, and his
idealistic, weak father, W.O.
Gant.
The play takes place in
Altamont, N.C. in 1916.
Altamont is a memory of
Asheville, Wolfe’s home, in
the same time period, but the
town resembles Laurinburg
more than modem Asheville
Many of the same types of
situations occur there.
The cast of “Look
Homeward Angel” is large
and varied, including Bob
Blumenstein as W. 0. Gant
Mary Lou Brown as Eliza
Ken McCauley as Eugene'
Chris Taylor as Ben, Jackie
Brown as Helen Gant Barton,
Bill Allen as her husband^
Hugh, and Bill Bass as Luke
Gant.
There are also the boar
ders, played by Leek Mason
(Mrs. Marie Pert, Ben’s
friend), Maggie Redford, Jim
Brice (Mrs. Clatt and her son,
Jake), Ann Stewart, Lynn
Moore, Danny Haley, Susan
Lowry and Joanne Harbers as
Laura James, the girl Eugene
falls in love with.
Other characters are Will
Pentland, Eliza’s brother,
played by Tom Stuart; Dr.
Maguire, the town doctor and
friend of the family , played
by David Miller; and
Madame Elizabeth, mad^e
of the local house of ill-repute,
played by Beth Thompson.
“Trial By Jury”
BY WALTER KUENTZEL
Cultural life took a step for
ward here at St. andrews last
weekend. The occasion was
the presentation of the Gilbert
and Sullivan opera “Trial By
Jury.” Continuing in the
tradition of last semester’s
Opera Scenes, it was
promoted and directed by
voice professor David Evans
and performed by various
voice students on campus.
“The shortest of all operas
by the famous Gilbert and
Sullivan, “Trial by Jury” is a
farce aimed at the tradition-
ridden English court system.
Gilbert and Sullivan not only
use a humorous text, but
make effective use of toneue-
in-check imitations of other
composers.”
For a campus so
uneducated in opera, “Trial
By Jury,” with its lively and
humorous plot, proved to be a
good first production. The
Received Well
progression o% events is light.
Angelina (Mary Bryan Mat-
ney) takes her husband to be,
Edwin (Charles Ballance),
who has fallen in love witii
another to court "for not
showing up at the wedding.
The usher of the court (Jim
Herring) enjoins impartiality,
but it is apparent that all are
sympathetic towards
Angelina. The humor derives
from this obvious impartiality
in the mame of justice. The
Judge (Ed Kerr) and all the
jurymen fall in love with
Anelina and Edwin is sneered
at as a tyrant and degenerate.
After becoming fed up with
the proceedings, the Judge in
the end takes things into his
own hands and he marries
Angelina, himself to the
satisfaction of all.
I'he performance was an
adequate one, I went to the
11:00 performance on Satur
day night, and it was obvious
that they were somewhat
tired. Several voices strained
on some of the high notes. One
regrets that the performance
was not more energetic.
But, there were outstanding
features as well. Tlie voice en
semble of the cast blended
very well. And the
exaggerated reactions of the
jury, bridsmaids, and crowd-
speople were good. The whole
performance was crowded
with such action.
Certain individuals were ex
cellent in their parts; most
notably Ed Kerr as the judge.
His cowardly apathy and flir
tatiousness, did much to
enhance the humor of the
show. Jo Ann Bradbury had a
very proper and indignant at
titude. Her facial expression
alone was great. Charles
Ballance did very well with
his indignant “why me” at
titude.
In all, the lightness of the
story set to the music and
lyrics of Gilbert and Sullivan
made for an enjoyable ex
perience.
TRIAL BY JURY where Angelina is favored by all the men
folk of the court. Pictured are Mary Bryan Matney as Angelina,
and Jo Ann Bradbury as her Lawyer along with members o
the jury.
Christian Singer
Performs
THE COURT WATCHES on as the Judge ^ Kerr is married to Angelina, Mary Bryan Matn.y.
Those who did not attend the
James Ward concert, Sunday
evening October 27, missed a
truly enjoyable experience.
James Ward is a singer and
musician who, in conjunction
with the Inter-Varsity
Christian Fellowship, is
travelling and entertaining as
his own special ministry on
college campuses throughout
the U.S.A. He is a graduate of
Covenant College, Lookout
Mountain, Tennessee. He has
cut two albums with Dharma
in Nashville.
Ward’s music is a broad
comWnation of jazz, blues,
rock and gospel; and some
songs have what has been ter
med as “classicial over-
By Margie Burd
tones.” Ward writes, plays
piano and sings all his own
compositions.
The songs he presented ai
his concert in the LAA had a
definite Christian message-
AU his songs, however, were
not on this theme. Some of tne
songs reflected upon his *
years of marriage
song was done as a spoof ot
’50’s rock style and very ei-
The bLt to his jazz numbers
was downright contagious
Ward proved himself ve y
capable of the diffici^t j
rhythyms. It was an enjoy
concert given by a very co
petent musician.