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4 The Daily Tar Heel Monday, January 23, 1S30 Acting, design f I ir me acum IT IT Ji JL highlight show ofSynge satire By JOHN BEHM Staff Writer As dramatic fare goes, a satire about a young Irish hooligan who beats his father with a shovel may not be the most savory stuffing for the theatre-going palate. Students of 20th century drama may recall that during the first run of John Millington Synge's Playboy of the Western World, the poet Yeats had to defend the comedy in front of a howling, unsatisfied mob of Irish nationalists. There was no one to defend the UNC Laboratory Theatre's production of the . Synge satire this weekend, but then there were no screams of protest from the intimate Graham Memorial audience. Under Jane Barrett's perceptive direction, this turn-of-the-century grotesque of inverted Christian morality solicited only laughter and appreciative applause. Jack Couch, a third year MFA candidate, was brilliant as the endearing rascal Christy Mahon, the type of hero later popularized by J.P. Donleavy's episode novel The Ginger Man. Couch's interpretation of the character as a lovable ruffian, full of "savagery and fine words" did not slight Synge's intent. The Christy Mahon that Couch gave the audience was both brutal and brutally manipulative of the villagers who befriended him. He was a villain who attempted to kill his own father and then I DT H Scott &aftfpe 20th century drema 'Playboy of tha Vcstsrn World' ...evokes appreciative response from audience tried to convince others that he was a hero, not a fugitive. A villain, yes, but not without vitality and wit, not without a colorful passion for a better life. Cynthia M itchel (Pegeen Flaherty) and Lamis B. Faris (Widow Quin) successfully portrayed: the two alternatives for love and protection open to Mahon. Pegeen, lusty, sensitive and naive, was the ideal dupe for Christy's amorous advances; she was taken by his good looks and good name. Widow Quin as portrayed by Faris, was herself a refugee from Christian morality. Her more worldly, jaded nature encouraged complicity with the pagan Christy. In soliloquy, she described her loneliness and frustration in terms that Christy was beginning to experience himself. Perhaps the greatest comic i characterization in the satire was Shawn Cainnipys CaDeinicSaB' Public service announcements must be turned in at the box outside the DTH offices in the Carolina Union bv 1 p.m. if they are to run the next day. Each itwn will be run at least twice. ACTIVITIES TODAY There will be a short talk on Job Opportunities for Romance Lanf uae major at 3:30 p.m. in the South Gallery meeting room. . . Outinf Club meets at 7 p.m. in the Carolina Union. Ask at the desk for room number. Civil Rights and Health Care, a forum looking at how health care will influence the Civil Rights Movement of the 1980s, will be held at I p.m. in 107 Berryhil! Hall. Anyone interested in attending the reception for Andrew Young please complete an application form available at the Carolina Union desk and return it no later than 3 p.m. today. Minn will meet at 7 p.m. in the James Seminar Room. What else can you do if you don't anchor the news? Come learn about alternative jobs in broadcasting. CoUege Students in Broadcasting will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Swain Hall. University Placement Services will conduct an orientation meeting for Physical Therapy majors at 3 p.m. in 105 Medical School Wing A. The Hunger Action Committee will meet at 3 p.m. upstairs at the campus . The Carolina Forum Committee will meet at 5:30 p.m. in 207 of the Carolina Union. The Coffee K latch committee of the Campus Y will meet at 3 p.m. in the Y Building. Iran..., Afghanistan.... a forum featuring James Leutze of the History Department and Jeffery Ohler of the Political Science Department will be held at 8 pm. in 122 of Saunders Hall. AA Book meeting will be held at 8 p.m. at the Community Church. The UNC Individual Events Speech Team wiU hold elections at 4:30 p.m. in Room 201 Bingham Hall. There will be a meeting for students interested in majoring in English at 3 p.m. in 222 Greenlaw. UPCOMING EVENTS The UNC Table Tennis Club will meet at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Tin Can. The UNC Raquetball Club will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Where the jobs are & how to get them roifc iMtKwiat! (Mttti NMMtii and mow! m morn umqn. a QGSSXID3S THE Daily Crossword by Norton Rhoades 1 5 9 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 24 26 27 ACROSS Woe! Of a poem Allow to fight Corrosion Chanel From the Boot: pref. 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L L 62 ,63 .o4 ; r f 111 . I I Li LJ 1980 by Chicago Tribune-N.Y News Synd. Inc. All Rights Reserved 12880 Keogh, the milktoast crusader for virtue, played by Ralph Weeks. An apostle of the unseen "Father Riley," Keogh demonstrated Christian charity by surrendering his own clothes and a ticket "to the western states" to the outcast Christy so that he might find refuge from the gallows elsewhere. John Joseph Gallagher was overwhelming as Christy's father Old Mahon, who somehow survived his son's attack as well as a hundred other injustices that he bewailed in a never ending song of sorrow. Once again, a student-casted lab production has highlighted UNC's rich array of theatrical presentations. Special plaudits go to Suzanne Wilkin's costuming and Kay Coble's convincing set design. 202 of the Carolina Union. ECOS is having a meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Room 213 of the Carolina Union. There will be a general meeting of the Undergraduate Political Science Association at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Room 351 Hamilton Hall. AED will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Room 103 Berryhill Hall. The Christian Science Organization will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the Carolina Union. Please check at the desk for the room number. AA discussion meeting at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Church of the Reconcilation. Al-anon meeting at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Church of the Reconciliation. UNC Water Ski Club will hold its first meeting at 8 p.m. Tuesday in 213 of the Carolina Union. ITEMS OF INTEREST AD those rushing AED this semester (as well as those who rushed last semester) are reminded to come by the new office at 18-11 Venable to fill out an information. Food and Clothing Drive UCF will be Jan. 28-Feb. 2. Look for signs in the dorms or call 967-4796 or 9339 1 3 after 6 p.m. Human Sexuality Information and Counseling Services offers counseling and referrals on contraception, relationships, pregnancy, homosexuality, veneral disease and other sex-related problems. The office is opened afternoons and evenings Monday through Thursday. 17.05 9:15 Kramer i 3ff?v Kramer . . DUSTIN I HOFFMAN REDUCED ADMISSION TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE UNION DESK AfsE )j SK J STAR TREK 4:30 7:00 9:30 Leslie Caron it i Gene 1! rv- Best Picture of 1954 AN AMERICAN IN PARIS MATIHEE DAILY FRIDAY THURSDAY AT 2:15 1 'Hi mm i 1 NOW SHOWING 2:35 7:00 4:50 9:15 Marsha Mason mtFA j. v:-:-fe Ffronnises mthe Dark An OfUOil nCTURfS PG flELD OVER 6th BiGlVEEK 2:30 4:50 7:10 9:30 ROBERT REDFORD JK; THE t J ELECTRIC A:U H HORSEMAN 3 I COIUIMIA IWIVFB5AI Ftf ! "Winner of 5 Golden Globe Award Nominations including: Best Picture : Best Sup. Actor ' Best Actress-Bette Midler DZTTE r.'DLETt ALA! 1 BATES 9 9&Ht afaWft dfflfc I a Hut: HELD OVER 8th WEEK 3-1 s STEVE f.lARTIfl 5:15 I 7:15 9:15 JL3 unrat vh ne f ua I By BOB ROYALTY SUff Writer A theater regular who is wary of small traveling troupes would have been pleasantly surprised by Horsepower: An Electric Fable by Jo Carson performed by The Road Company from Tennessee this weekend at the Art School in Carr Mill Mall. The message of the play, a protest of energy use in the South, outshined the enthusiastic but unpolished presentation. Horsepower was not, however, merely a plug for conservation. Closely tied to the myth of Prometheus by its theme and mythical qualities, the play explored the consequences of man's continuous efforts to understand and control his universe. The center of the plot is a tapestry, woven by the Fates of ancient Greece, i- -'hich all men see their dreams. Harold and Betty Everybody visit the tapestry and see their own farm. They return home to work on this dream and have a son. Isaac, who becomes fascinated by his parent's tales of the magical tapestry. He leaves home to. see it for himself and cuts his dream, a horse, out of the tapestry. The hole in the tapestry disturbs the natural order and the other characters in the play. Everyone who ever had a dream, from Charlemagne to Einstein to J immy Carter, falls through the hole. The Everybodys start the road to their degradation by taking in, ' for a few pennies a month," more electricity than they will ever need. In Act Two, Harold and Betty lose the farm and take on a "real job" at the Snake Oil Company. They are replaced by machines; the man who invented the machines is replaced by a computer. An international conglomerate takes over the Snake Oil Company. Isaac, meanwhile, has been caught by the Fates and takes on the task of mending the rent in the tapestry. Horsepower did not depend on the weak plot but let other aspects carry the performance. The humorous sequences were strengthened by some energetic acting. Emily Green as Snake Oil Sue and Lucinda Flodin playing the flighty Louise were the highlights of the evening, along w ith Dennis Frederick as James the evil businessman. Tupper Cullum and Christine Murdock, who played Harold and Betty Everybody, were uninspired. The music in Horespower was a strong point. Almost continuous bluegrass background music by Rod Stipe tied the play to its Tennessee mountain roots. Lucinda Flodin gave a cute rendition of "I'm so Blue, I'm Radioactive," while other original songs, such as Stipe's "No Nuke Blues," added an extra dimension to the show. The message of Horsepower was clear, pertinent and well presented: man, with his tendency to go too far, has disrupted the natural order by his pursuit of knowledge and power. The humanistic philosophies the play contained, however, were hazy. H(E3 Weekday Fare 8 p.m. today through Friday. Gallery Cinema Campus Thunder Over Mexico and A Time In The Sun Two films made from Sergei Eisenstein's aborted Mexico film. At 8 p.m. Tuesday in Carroll Hall. Free with UNC student ID. The Old Dark House and Dr. Jekjll and Mr. Hyde Two horror films from the 1930s. At 8 p.m. Wednesday in Carroll Hall. Radio Inside Track Featured albums are: The Rockets No Ballads today; Steve Howe's debute album Tuesday; and Dexter Gordon's Great Encounters Wednesday. Aired each night at 1 1 p.m. on WXYC FM 89.3. In Focus Featured artists are: Jesse Winchester and Barefoot Jerry today; Dave Mason and 'Laura-Dean show 'boring9 By DONNA VVHITAKER Staff Writer The six dancers and the two musicians of the Laura Dean Dancers and Musicians may have had a good time performing Saturday night in Memorial Hall, but their performance put most of the audience to sleep. The performers displayed only a touch of professionalism, using live music and care-free dance steps in the performance of their two selections. Pattern was 20 minutes of pure monotony. Various flowing hand movements were used occasionally to vary the continuous calypso and spinning steps. At one time during Pattern, the dancers moved in a circle, each moving their hands in an individual manner. This was about the only display of I RKtiuianl' Nightly Specials All specials with salad and bread Motl Hamburger Steak with baked $2.9S potato or french fries TlieS Meat Roulade with peas $2.99 Wed Texas platter with baked $2.99 potato or french tries ThlirS Spaghetti ' $2.50 or Fril Shrimo $2.99 Amber Alley Franklin St. N.R.B.Q. Tuesday: and Van Morrison Wednesday. Aired each night 6-1 1 p.m. on WDBS-FM 107. Lecture Andrew Young The former U.N. ambassador speaks at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Memorial Hall. Admission SI. Morehead Planetarium Gallery Marine Paintings by Myron J. Becker today through Thursday. Horace Williams House Works by ?0 area sculptors today through Feb. 29. Art School Gallery: Carr Mill Mall Paintings and prints by Nina Freifelds today through Feb. 4. Nite Life Theater The Gin Game UNC Playmakers' Repertory Theatre presents D.L. Coburn's Pulitzer Prize winning play at 8 p.m. Tuesday through Feb. 10 in Playmakers Theatre. For reservations call 933-1 121. Cat's Cardie Hands tonight. Norman Blake Tuesday and Wednesday. The Station St. Regis String Band tonight. Roily Gray and Sunfire Wednesday. Planetarium. Variety The Planet Seekers A science fiction show about aliens scrutinizing the planets in our solar system. At Poetry Readinj Gregory Orr will read from his works at 8 p.m. tonight in Greenlaw 223. s it 1 - ' individualism in this selection. Adding some, variety to the performance Dance .started with repeated "Hep, hep, hep," and other verbal sounds. During this 35-minute performance, however, things became boring again, with two seven-minute spinning sessions and about three four minute clogging sessions being performed to the monotonous beat of of two autoharps. Of course, the dancers' hands helped keep members of the audience awake. Although in Dance the group suddenly DTtVMatt Coopar Performance seen ss original ...but lacking in meaning stopped clogging from a fast beat and started dancing to a slow beat, making swan-like and other motions with their hands, the effect of the sudden change was lost as the group became overused , again. To top the entire selection off, the group harmonied a few "Doo-dahY while a male dancer blended in variations of the word "dance," as if meditating. Although Laura Dean is an experimenter with dance, she seems to have forgotten to add a basic ingredient to her dance technique meaning. w SEND US YOUR SCOOPS! atlp Car Heel 933-0245 "CHIEF-. 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