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the Jets and Sharks battle and
live out their destinies.
The musical has the inspired
music of Leonard Bernstein and
the story is based on a bril
liant conception of Jerome
Robbins, one of America’s lead
ing choreographers.
From the deep roots of Ger
man expressionism comes the
play that Is the second offering
of the Players, “A Man’s A
Man.” This comic tragedy by
Bertolt Brecht is a reflection
of the anti-war plays that were
an essential element of the
early career of this outstand
ing playwright of the contem
porary German theatre. Gaily
Gay and the other would-be gal
lant fighters explore and ex
plode the life of the military
admist song and satire. “A
Man’s A Man” will be staged
November 20-22.
Anton Chekov’s analysis of
provincial life in the 19th cen
tury Russian, "The Three Sis
ters” is the third offering in the
“Season of Relevance”. The
small village not only reflects
the milieu of Russian in tran
sition, it also reflects what has
become defined as the con
temporary sense of alienation.
As the sisters cry for a return
to Moscow and a feeling security
in the setting of their childhood,
they know that whatever mean
ing their lives gain must be
discovered in the village in
which an uprooted society has
placed them. This play which
was recently revived by the Na
tional Theatre at the Old Vic in
London will be presented at St.
Andrews March 12-14.
The bizarre world of my
stics, trolls, wizards and
dreams will provide the setting
for the final production of the
season, “Peer Gynt”. AsHen-
rik Ibsen’s Peer wanders
through the world of the known
and unknown he discovers him
self as he encounters the
meaning of power and defeat.
Sovig, his childhood love, in her
faithfulness leads Peer to an
experience of the meaning of the
quest for a life of relevance.
This play will be presented
April 29-May 2.
Season tickets are currently
on sale in the Theatre Office
of St. Andrews. Student tickets
for the season are 3.00 and adult
tickets are 4.50. Individual
tickets for the plays are 1.00
for students and 1.50 for adults.
For further Information con
tact the Highland Players at
St. Andrews.
THELANCE
Hod David Here tonight
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There is always respectful si
lence throughout each quarter,
but at the conclusion of each
the ovation is thunderous and
usually extensive, consistently
demonstrating the effect that
this performer has on his au
dience.
His only stage effect is an
elaborate light plan which he
utilizes to its full capacity. As
his mood changes, so do the
lights—from amber to emerald,
from hot orange to deep purple
to cool blue--to make his mel
low renditions that much more
poignant.
It is impossible not to be
come wholly absorbed in this
man’s music, for he is one of
the few performers around who
projects himself so well in song
that his audience can feel the
presence of his very open and
awake personality. “I strug
gle”, Hod admits, “against the
typical audience stereotype:
that of the masses gathered to
be bored, pretending that they
are enjoying themselves”.
His gathered masses are not
pretending. This writer has
heard Hod in concert (and any
one else who has can under
stand why I cannot bring my
self to refer to the man as
Mr. David), and recalls very
well that nowhere was there any
feeling but genuine awareness
that everyone in the auditorium
was experiencing the power of
one man who had only to open
his mouth in order to touch the
emotions of all present. And
when at last he received two
standing ovations for his ar
tistry, there was little doubt
that such expressions of ad
miration and gratitude as the
applause expressed were pro
perly deserved.
“An Emotional Kaleido
scope” indeed. And it it is
hokum, it is honest hokum, with
a unique magic and a univer
sal appeal. Hod’s performance
is, in a word, extraordinary:
he has given it both variety and
unity, and has endowed it with
such penetrating verve that it
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is difficult to conceive of an
audience notflndingitself spell
bound by this musical genius.
As testimony to his con
sistently strong musical com
munication with his concert au
diences, the following quota
tions reflect the opinions of
various students and faculty
members at five of the many
colleges where Hod has per
formed during the past six
months:
From UNC at Chapel Hill:
“Seldom is an artist so able to
hold the heart enchanged and
the mind enthralled ... My
only regret is that more of the
students could not meet Hod
and through his music meet
themselves.”
From Bellarmine-Ursuline:
"I would highly recommend
every college in the country
having this experience one time.
It is something that not many
entertainers could put forth and
have it come across the way Hod
did”.
From Montreat-Anderson:
“Hod David In Concert is a
beautiful and meaningful thing
to experience, a real dialogue
between audience and artist...
a genuine attempt on the part
of a man who cares to com
municate his caring through
song”.
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Successful
BY EDDIE SMITH
Miss Gwendolyn Brooks re
ceived an overwhelming re
sponse from her readings of
black literature and poetry here
on campus this past Friday.
Her performance was the
first and opening event of the
Festival of Black Artists. The
response, Miss Brooks said,
was, “Very impressive and
heartwarming”.
Asked whether she felt stifled
in a predominantly white au
dience, Miss Brooks said she
never changes her program
from one audience to the next
because she feels black poetry
has a deeper depth that can be
comprehended by all.
“My purpose for coming was
to let white people know about
our people. Black Americans
have a heritage that can be ex
pressed clearly through black
poetry and literature”.
On Saturday night Miss Lor
etta Pauker gave a performance
of African reading and panto-
mine. Miss Pauker said, “I
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try to create an interest in
Black Arts to make Black as
well as White Americans know
the culture and heritage. There
is a definite need for Black
Americans to seek their culture
In order to understand and an
ticipate our future endeavors”.
Throughout the Festival the
reactions of people were wide
and varied, but the artists that
performed for them amplified
the dominant characteristics of
black literature and black cul
ture for today.
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