Cuijfbrdian
November
'Setzuan' Features
Original Music
BYDEANREGENOS
Original music composed
by Alexander Barker, a Guilford
College staff member, will be
featured tomorrow evening
when the lights go up on the
Revelers fall production of
Bertolt Brecht's The Good
Woman of Setzuan. The play
with music will also mark the
debut of Revelers shows in the
new Sternberger Auditorium.
Barker, a former Guilford
student and now presently
working with the Maintenance
Department, is no newcomer
to musical composition.
Several years ago he wrote the
music to another Brecht show,
A Man's a Man. The play
and Barker's music were very
favorably received. According
to director Donald Deagon,
Alexander Barker has written
some highly effective music
for the present production.
"Alex's work suits Brecht well.
It is tuneful and emphasizes
the lyrics." Deagon also
indicated that Barker has been
invaluable to the production
process. "Barker has taken
hold of the music end of the
production and worked with
the musicians a great deal.
He has arranged and composed
everything. It's been a great
help to me."
It is somewhat fitting that
the new Sternberger facility be
initiated with a Brecht pro
duction. Both Brecht and
Sternberger offer the possib
ility of variety. With Barker's
help, director Donald Deagon
has added music to Brecht.
With Sternberger's flexibility
Deagon will stage his show
complete with rear projections
and other staging effects.
Audience seating will also be
unusual. This production will
show Sternberger's flexibility.
The Good Woman of
Setzuan is a comedy with
serious overtones, which is set
in China. It will run through
Sunday. Show time is 8:15
p.m. each evening. Reser
vations should be made. All
Guilford College students,
faculty and staff are admitted
free of charge.
John Chappell
as
Clarence Darrow
BY DAVE OWENS
John Chappell as "Clarence
Darrow, Defender of the
Damned," will be presented at
8:15 p.m. Wednesday (Nov.
17) in Dana Auditorium at
Guilford Colelge.
Individual tickets will be
available at the door for the
performance, sponsored by
the Guilford College Arts Series.
Chappell is remembered for
his delightful portrayal of
Mark Twain at Guilford three
years ago. Critics have called
his Clarence Darrow portrayal
"an excpetional performance."
He creates an illusion that
Darrow is present in a living
encounter.
Darrow is the lawyer who
saved the lives of Leopold
and Loeb, defended John
Scopes in the "Monkey Trial,"
bested Bryan in the Bible Belt
and worked tirelessly against
capital punishment, religious
bigotry and racism.
L R: Steve Pearsall, Robin Smith, Gina Rumfelt, Lilli Shacklett,
Lisa Baker, and John Beeler rehearse a scene in "The Good Photo by Gears
Woman of Setzuan."
Guilford College Gas Station:
State and County Disgrace
BY GEORGE B. CAMPBELL
The basic facts concerning
the self-service gasoline station
at Guilford College have not
yet been presented to most of
the citizens of Guilford
County and North Carolina.
Consequently, the purposes
and objectives of many of
our citizens are still not known,
are misunderstood, or are not
clearly understood by most
people and that includes media.
One of the three major
objectives has received little
or no attention or media
coverage. That major objec
tive concerns the State Depart
ment of Transporation.
Simply stated, the three pri
mary objectives which rightfully
aroused citizen protest and
concern in this matter are as
follows:
1. Citizen opposition to
County statutes, ordinances
and policies which permit
the County Commissioners,
Planning Board and Planning
Department (or any other
department or board) to
make arbitrary and irrespon
sible decisions which pro
foundly affect public health,
education, safety and welfare
without public notice and
hearings.
2. Citizen opposition to
State laws or policies {or
lack of understanding) that
permit the Department of
Transportation to:
a. Deed public property
to others without public
notice and hearings. In
the Guilford College case,
approximately three
fourths of the land now
owned by Williams Oil
Company was deeded or
given to the sellers plus
$5,000 cash by the Dep
artment of Transportation
without public notice or
hearings.
b. Abandon road rights
of-way without public
notice or hearings.
c. Plan and construct
roads and issue driveway
permits which do not take
into account or more
fully consider public
safety and welfare.
3. Citizen opposition to
business interests (Williams
Oil Company in this instance)
which disregard public safety
and welfare, citizen attitudes
and concerns, and demon
strate an unwillingness to
fully discuss the matter at
the bargaining table with
appropriate governmental
and citizen representatives.
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