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... . -"OWOV,, . i 6The Daily Tar HeelWednesday, March 28, 1984 i r 1 t? - '" ''," X John Tyson stars in Playmaker's 'Travesties' ..performances through April 1 in Paul Green Support the March of Dimes ES5SB BIRTH DEFECTS FOUNDATION RALEIGH WOMEN'S HEALTH ORGANIZATION ABORTIONS UP TO 12 WEEKS $195.00 FROM 13-14 WEEKS $300.00 15-16 WEEKS $400.00 Pregnancy Tests Birth Control Problem Pregnancy Counseling For Further Information Call 832-0535 or 1-800-532-5384 917 West Morgan St. Raleigh, N.C. 27605 Q 19B4 United Feature Syndicate Inc BLCOM COUNTY vjacom rovm peom's court: i Km yme mn SWORN MP I've RCIV VCHJR 5TflJEMeNT5...50UT'5 GiT ON WITH ThlS NOHSCNSB. 00 MEM. THAT'S EN0U&H GO MEM fiHtM. on ruesm, MARCH lbTH. I WAS MAKAG A ROCK W - 1'Z - " (Of UK Opportunities If you are seeking meaningful work in an atmosphere that m the encourages and nurtures profes sional develop ment, join the CIA Nation's as an Intelligence Analyst. CIA's Office of East Asian Analysis is seeking dedicated people to engage in both in-depth research and fast breaking reporting on topics of importance to senior U.S. policymakers. These one-of-a-kind challenges will provide you with the opportunity to become personally involved with the pressing issues of our time while building a rewarding career. To qualify, you must have a college degree in liberal arts or social sciences (East Asia area studies back ground preferred, but not re quired) and the dedication and professionalism necessary to meet the challenges you will face. Cental Intelligence Agency The CIA an equal opportunity employer U S citizenship is required 'Travesties 9 provides intelligent humor Travesties is one of those plays that extends to its audience many invitations: the invitation to laugh, to be entertained, to think, and to want to know. PlayMakers Repertory Company's current production focuses on the exile in Switzerland of four aesthetically incompatible men: the writer James Joyce, Lenin, the Dadaist poet Tristan Tzara and the unknown British consular official Henry Carr. Travesties scathingly satirizes a production of Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest which historically brought the four together as well as the aesthetic theories which each proposes to be the definitive philosophical approach to art. Henry Carr, now old and deranged, is the play's central character. John Tyson gives a feisty performance as the demented man: Tyson manifests Carr's confused and bent mind in his bent body and rope-tied robe and bowl hat. He delivers the monologues about Carr's "personal knowledge" of Lenin and Joyce in a raspy, throaty, Germanically gutteral shout reminis cent of the late Jimmy Durante. Although his voice is rasping, his enunciation is precise; no one misses a word. Tyson carries the energy of his speech over to his performance in general. One minute he is nearly crawling on the stage; the next, standing on a window seat, waving his arms and scream ing for the fourth time "Lenin: A Sketch." Even if the audience can not perform the mental aerobics necessary to keep up with all of Carr's allusions, Tyson's ranting and raving and expulsion of remarks such as "my art belongs to Dada" are enough to keep it rolling in the aisles. Caspar Thomson portrays Carr's facially stoic butler, Bennet. Although cast in a minor role, Thomson gives a superb and noteworthy A: Nothing. by BerZie Breathed llbllMONI WHILt Wf fV?eAK FOR f Hit j rut rAi wane Hi t! fi TOTfiL JtRKFACi 00 0 QMS J Individuals chosen for these positions will be trained while on the job and will be re warded with starting compensation ran ging from $18,981 Capital to $25,366, depending on qualifica tions. You will enjoy living and working in the Washington, D.C. area, with a choice of athletic, cultural, and historic attractions. CAMPUS INTERVIEWS April 3, 1984 To arrange your campus interview on April 3. 1984. contact your Placement Office now. If an interview is inconvenient, send your resume including transcript and brief writing sample to: ivvi ii it wmiwvi Office of East Asian Analysis Department S (TS) Central Intelligence Agency Washington, D.C. 20505 T( "Urrifri Sheryl Thomas Review performance as the classic butler who is quietly exasperated by his mad master's ravings. When the script calls for Bennet to join in the nutty antics, though, Thomson is side-splittingly up to par. He retains the poker face but sends his body into gyrations that would cause the most aristocratic gentleman to gasp with laughter. William Meisle and Nels Hennum portray the aesthetically polar James Joyce and Tristan Tzara. Their most engaging moment comes in their philosophical debate between Joyce's art for art's sake and Tzara's Dadaist stand of anti art. Meisk's Joyce is (to Tzara) exasperatingly un ruffled and flippant, much as Joyce himself might have been. Hennum is opposingly hot headed while trying to make a case for Tzara's illogical artistic theories. As probably was actually the case, however, Joyce's logical cooL wins the fray. Clothed and poised, he claims victory, icily saying to the pantsless Tzara, "You're an overexcited little man!" Kieran Connolly sheds a humorous light on the development of Marxism in his clean, satiric portrayal of Lenin. His delivery of Lenin's speech in the second act, the longest speech by the character, is entertaining and enlightening. Mona Neimiec, Nan Jeanette Seitz and Wen dy B. Wilson give adequate performances as Q: What's better than a Subway sandwich for lunch? Glacier Umtiecf $6.99 iot $2D Hti! Style Optics PO Box 7376 Hollywood, FL 33081 Name Address . 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Director Gregory Boyd uses this rotating platform to its fullest potential, having it bring in actors and sets like food on a smorgasboard. Toward the end of the production, the plat form swirls in a flashy set that's the whipped cream of this special dessert. Thursday night's performance was not, however, without blemish. As technical crews had only two days to set up special lighting, pro jection, and sound effects, a few technical mishaps occurred. But all should be ironed out by now to provide future audiences with top notch entertainment. The play itself is very, very funny for those willing to pay attention to the aesthetics of the characters' disputes and the history of the some times lengthy political history lessons. Travesties is not a play that caters to a passive audience, or an impatient one. The first act is lengthy, and during Thursday night's perfor ; mance some restless couples got up and left. 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