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RALEIGH - fI am
something frightful, neither
man nor beast!" With these
words, the pitiful and
misshapen Quasimodo
describes himself in. Victor
Hugo's haunting classic, The
Hunchback of Noire Dame.
"He must be ugly enough to
invoke a certain amount of
fear, yet pitiful enough to also
make one feel sorry." With
these words, actor Ira David
Wood also describes what he
wanted to achieve in creating
t e complicated make-up for
his upcoming portrayal of the
role.
To transform Wood's
youthful features into those of
the bellringer of Notre Dame
was no small task. A life mask
had to be taken of the actor's
own face from which a more
sturdy one was then created
out of stone. On that, the
deformed features of
Quasimodo were then molded
out of modeling clay. Another
plaster cast was then taken of
the newly formed face. Final
ly, into the new mold, liquid
rubber was . poured and
layered. When hardened, the
solid rubber prosthetic pieces
were then peeled out and final
ly applied to areas of the face
with a special adhesive known
as spirit gum.
Wood created the make-up
himself, having had experience
in motion pictures as a make
up artist. He also taught a
make-up workshop in October
for young people interested in
creating their own Halloween
make-up.
The Hunchback of Notre
Dame will be performed in
Raleigh's Memorial
Auditorium on November 1
and 2. Evening performances
will be at 7:30. A Sunday
matinee will be at 2:30 p.m.
Alsopfeatured in the produc
tion oill oeoThe N.C. Stote
UniversityoGlee Club under
the directoon of Milton Bliss,
and members of the Raleigh
Civic Ballet under the direc
tion of Walter Stroud. For
further information, call
755-6058.
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