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"f November 5. 1970 THE DAILY TaR HEEL Pa3 Three Player cairy Gemei n. Campes Calendar I Tony Lentz viewer Slowly, painstakingly ihc spider weaves his web. The net of shining strands grows in, and around, and out from itself until the individual lines of shimmering temptation are lost in the sinister majesty of the total image. And the toal image, in turn, is lost, defined and powered by the single silver threads of the careful spider's art. Just such a studied contrast of part and whole, individual and role, and role and image is being woven by the Duke Players in their production of "The Balcony" by Jean Genet. Director Earl McCarroIl has led his 18-man cast through Genet's maze of reality and illusion with a polish and grace that would put a simple spider to shame. The play revolves around the "house of illusion" operated by Madame Irma in the midst of a large city ravaged by revolution and fear. Lonely little men come to this unusual brothel to act out their secret desires in one of the 38 elaborate studios of The Grand Balcony. 'Ihc "visitors" don fjney costumes before the illusory mirrors of the brothel and chase their favotie images as Madame Irma watches on closed-circuit TV. Gradually the role-players are over-powered by their parts, and the reality of illusion turns in upon itself like the infinite reflections of a mirror in a mirror. The audience becomes caught up in the rapid switches from real to unreal and back until the play snowballs into their laps, pulling the individual viewers into the terrifying stream of infinite reflections. The entire cast is hereby commended for masterful definition between man. role and image in their individual parts. The keys to the point of the action were carefully polished in each major character's transition from image-chaser to image-chased, and back again. The play did sag slightly in the early scenes, but nearly every show does. The audience quickly grasped the illusion-reality convention, however, and any questions of slowness were resolved as the sparks of the first scene burst into flames of unsuspecting laughter. 406 W. Main St. Carrboro, N. C. ANNOUNCES GRAND OPENING For Lunch NOON - 2 P.M. Wednesday, Nov. 4 & Thursday, Nov. 5 ALL THE PLAIN PIZZA YOU CAN EAT ONLY j J Q Q r 0 A ftorey OF A PLACE TO eat b-L-T OF CHAPEL HILL 1010 HAMILTON ROAD PHONE 929-1145 - Sfudentf Specials - ANNOUNCING OUR STUDENT SPECIAL! 4:00 P.M. TO 8:00 P.M. MONDAY THRU FRIDAY CHAR-BROILED CHOICE Chopped Sirloin Vegetable. Salad Hot Grecian Bread $1.29 GOLDEN FLUFFY Pancakes All You Can Eat Choice of Syrup NATURAL 90$ TASTY Filef of Flounder Italian Spaghetti Slaw and French Fries Hot Grecian Bread Served With Hot Grecian Bread All You Can Eat - $1 1 WE TAKE PRIDE IN GIVING YOU THE BEST AND FASTEST SERVICE WITH EXCELLENT FOOD PREPARED THE WAY YOU LIKE IT ANY MENU ITEMS PREPARED TO TAKE OUT July Olr.cy j- MjJjnc Ithj portrayal of The Gran J BjLor.y i mistress. One by one she allocs the crocks how in the smooth mirror-image o? ih--r..jdame. deliberately delicious a the audience first suspects, then knov.s. that even Irma is in love with her role. This graceful revelation becomes extremely important when the conclusion of the play forces the audience to the realization that they. too. are in love with their parts in the ahml theatre o! life. Richard Cytowic as the Bishcr Kenneth Allison as the Judge and Hugh Helm as the General are all outstanding in their superb portrayals of sheep in wolves' clothing. Richard could use an ounce or two of extra energy in the opening scene but he makes up for its absence with his adoration of laces and sequins. Kenneth is frightfully absurd in his transition from the terrifying judge of ood and evil to the whimpering slave of his own executioner. And Hugh is stupendous as the asthmatic who plays General tor two hours with the inspiration of his shapely- steed, portrayed by Mary Ellen Your.s with considerable dash. Michael Peterson as Arthur. Nancy C ampbell as the Penitent and Yicki Lynn Jenkins as the Thief deserve commendation for not becoming weak links in the chain of action. Mark Keeler and Sara Cushing also make the best of their small parts as the Slave and the Girl Upstairs. Susan Swarthout as Carmen strides gracefully through the storm and fury about her, squeezing each line for all the poignancy it's worth. George I. Rand as the Ch'ef of Police. Betty Hollow-ay as Chantal and Walter Norfleet as Roger could all use more fire in their portrayals. Each shows a definite mastery of line, blocking and carriage throughout, but the vital reality-illusion contrasts become slightly muddied in a seeming lack of confidence or energy. In all, a produciton with the haunting power to make the audience jump at shadows all the way home. Tickets for this coming weekend may be purchased through Duke Players' Business Manager Jim Spears at 684-31 81. An onpru! television drama feanmne Carolina Haymaker and a student Iron? the N.C. Schoo! of the An wl he screened tonight a! X:Q on channel tour. The drama. "The Man Comes from Madrid." will star CN'C senior-" n-idrjnu Malcolm Groome and David chJ. lormer student bodv president of the N.C. School of t lie Arts in Wmston-Salem. Pla maker Homer Foil and Linda Larp are also featured. The hoar-lone show was produced and directed last spring as a graduate television project by Carol Wonsjvjge. second-year graduate in RTVMP. Produced in the department's studios with a student crew, it was accepted fo broadcast by the state-wide University Television Network. WUNC. Groome recently finished playmg Thoreau in "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail." Foil played Bailey. Thoreaus cellmate. Union Coffee House Fri. and Sat. nights this week. Downstairs in the Union. 8i30 p.m. to 1 a.m. $.25 cover charge. Refreshments sold. A list has now been compiled of students who did not sign the Honor student vi',' r?ot be convsJcrcd o'ivuiK registered at ihc I'-n.versitv a-d ii" therefore not recede emefcf jrrade until i hi ca'd i vgncd. Vhcv hou!d eo bv the otfuv of the Uorrv General. Suite B. Student I ;vo;i. ! c i (hc-v card before Nov . ivrwecv. 2 and 5 p.m. Lost; Sci oS car ke wlh v; kc attached. Lot Mo? vf,:i between llinton J a me and I'hnneh.ni. Reward given upon return. 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