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"A Separate Peace." The central relationship
in this prep-school story is beautifully observed
and deeply moving, but the film as a whole is
spoiled by a contrived script, cloddish direction
and inadequate acting. Carolina Theatre. 1 :20,
3:15.5:10,7:05.9.
"Swedish Fly Girts." R-rated skin flick.
Varsity Theatre. 1,3,5,7,9..
"The Mechanic." Charles Branson's starrer
on the heels of "Valachi." Plaza I. 3.5.7.9.
"The Valachi Papers." Truly terrible
gangster film with ridiculous lines, sloppy
direction and unbelievably bad acting. Sample
line: "I can't bring back the dead, only kill the
living." Plaza II. 2:10, 4:30, 6:50, 9:10.
Theatre
"Cactus Flower." Village Dinner Theatre.
Raleigh. Curtain at 8:30 p.m. Call 569-8348 for
reservations.
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." Written by
Tennessee Williams. Directed by Robert Brink.
Duke Players. Tonight at 7:30 p.m. Friday and
Saturday at 8:15 p.m. -Call 684-3181 for
reservations.
"Happy Birthday, Wanda June." Written by
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Directed by William Hardy.
Allied Arts Center. Durham . Dec. 7-9. Nightly
at 8 p.m.
"Home Free." Written by Lanford Wilson.
Directed by Glenn Yates.' Laboratory Theatre.
Tonight & Friday at 8 p.m. Matinee Friday at 4
p.m. Free tickets in Lab Office, Graham
Memorial. Performance in 06 Graham
Memorial. . - -
"8 O'Clock Rock." A look at the poetry of
rock music. Sponsored by the Carolina Readers.
103 Bingham. 8 p.m. tonight. Free.
Tryouts
"A Divine Misunderstanding." Laboratory
Theatre. Written by Carol . Banks. Directed by
Chris Adler. Thursday in 205 Graham
Memorial. 7:30 p.m.
Concerts
James Taylor. Friday, Dec. 8 at 9 p.m.
Carmichael Auditorium. Tickets sell for $4 and
may be purchased at the Carolina Union
Information Desk. !
UNC Women's Glee Club. Tonight. Hill Hall.
8 p.m. . 'j 1
Wynnes annual 'humbug' Sunday
Prof. Earl Wynn delivers his annual
reading of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas
Carol" at 4 p.m. Sundayin the Great Hall
of the Carolina Union.
Wynn will tape his reading at
WRAL-TV in Raleigh. The production
will be broadcast by Channel 5 as a
special holiday presentation.
Founder and chairman of the RTVMP
Department from 1947-1962, Wynn
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University Mixed Chorus. Sunday, Dec 10.
Hill Hall. 8 p.m.
North Carolina Dance Theatre. Friday, Dec.
8. 8:30 pjrt. Page Auditorium.
Opeyo Dancers. "Through the Years: 19205
until Today." Directed by Herman Mixon. 8
pjTi. Friday. Memorial Hall.
Chapel Hill Camerata. Works by Bach,
Mendelssohn, Barber, Desualdo, Gabrielii.
Christ Episcopal Church. Raleigh. 5 p.m.
Sundav. Admission free.
Television
Film: "The African Queen." John Huston
directs Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey
Bogart. 9 p.m. Channels 2 & 1 1.
International Performance. Robert Merrill
hosts the romantic ballet "La Sylphide." 9 p.m.
Channel 4.
Behind Prison Walls. Truman Capote
interviews prisoners and guards. This is the first
public showing of a documentary withheld for
two years.
Radio
WPTF-FM. "Festival of Music." 94.7 on the
dial. 8:07-10 pan. Busoni: Concerto for Piano,
Orchestra and Male Chorus. Schubert: Italian
Overture in D, Symphony No. 8 in B Minor
(Unfinished).
WPTF-AM. Radio Classics. 570 ori the dial.
8:10-8:40 p.m. Gang busters.
WCAR. Presenting Sean Scott Sizemore.
Nightly midnight to three. Hard rock for the
insomniacs.
Art
Ackland Art Center. Art by Hans Richter.
Open Tuesday through Saturday (10 a.m. to 5
p.m.). Sunday (2-6 p.m.). Closed Mondays.
North Carolina Museum of Art. 107 E.
Morgan St. Raleigh. Open Tuesday through
Saturday (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) and Sunday (2-6
p.m.). Closed Mondays.
Art Gallery of Chapel Hill. 106 Henderson
St. Art by Daniel Mistrik.
Other
"A Christmas Carol." A holiday reading by
Prof. Earl Wynn of the RTVMP Department.
Sunday at 4 p jt. in Great Hall.
currently teaches acting and motion
picture production and direction in the
UNC Department of Radio, Television
and Motion Pictures. He is a veteran actor
of the state's three outdoor dramas, "The
Lost Colony" in Manteo, "Unto These -Hills"
in Cherokee and "Horn in the
West" in Boone.
This Sunday's reading will be Wynn's
sixth annual holiday reading of "A
Christmas Carol." '
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HOLIDAY STORE HOURS
Beginningr Friday December 15th
8 AM to 5 PM
OPEN SATURDAY, December 16th
8:30 AM to 1 :00 PM
CLOSED SATURDAY, December 23rd
December 30th
January 6
Regular Store Hours Resume
Monday, Jan. 8, 1973
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Community
Student
Stores
Adrian Scott
Oioera
It is rare to find an actor who can
really sing, and just as rare to find a singer
who can really act. Maria Callas, one of
the finest dramatic sopranos of all time, is
a happy exception; but listening to Joan
Sutherland is fine until one opens one's
eyes.
Somehow the cast in the UNC Opera
Theatre's recent production of two short
operettas managed to combine the two
functions with rare success. Perhaps this
can be attributed to the collaboration of.
the Music and Drama departments in the
project; but in any case, the results were
spectacular.
The two operas were Ravel's "The
Spanish Hour" and Puccini's "Gianni
Shicchi," both minor comic masterpieces.
The performance of works of this genre
requires not only superior musicianship,
but a relaxed and competent stage style
to carry the usually flippant plot. Robert
Porco, as musical director, and Jon Mezz,
as stage director, seemed to have instilled
their actorsingers with the right kind of
enthusiasm.
"The Spanish Hour" is the story of
Torquemada, a somewhat doltish Toledo
clockmaker, who was played and sung
with fine idiocy by Jim Croom. However,
the plot centered on his flirtatious wife
Concepcion, played by Stephanie Melvin,
who takes advantage of his absence to
entertain a number of illicit lovers.
Her number one man is Gonzalve, a
foppish, Anthony-Absolute-like "poet,"
whose ardor for Concepcion is tempered
by his love for his own poetry. Ramiro, a
muleteer, is an innocent would-be
customer, who ends up, after many
machinations, with the girl.
The other element in the plot is Don
Inigo Gomez, a lawyer who is fascinated
by Concepcion. Playing this part, and on
the stage for one of the first times in
living memory, was Robert Porco himself,
a master of the lascivious grin if I ever
saw one.
After much carrying up and down of
grandfather clocks (in which are hidden
Gonzalve and Gomez, of course) Ramiro
and Concepcion retire, and Torquemada
returns, happy because his shop is so full
of "customers," to whom he
immediately sells the grandfather clocks.
The opera ends with a rousing quintet,
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- Miss Melvin did an exceptionally fine
job: a little hammish to be sure, but in
fine voice at all times.
Phil Hass as Gonzalve was most
amusing, especially when rhapsodizing
over his "wooden tomb," the clock. John
Wilson, as Ramiro, had trouble at times
with his high notes, but carried his role,
and a number of grandfather clocks, in
exemplary fashion.
"Gianni Schicchi," a production of
somewhat greater magnitude, featured a
number of stars of the past; Joel Carter as
Schicchi; Stafford Wing as Rinuccio; and
the ever-entertaining Haskell Fitz-Simons
as the elderly Simone.
Fans of Ben Johnson will find
themselves on familiar ground with
"Schicchi": the hero is a Volpone4ike
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Quarterly now
The long awaited fall issue of "The Carolina Quarterly"
goes on sale today at a special outdoor table in the vicinity of
the Pine Room, at the Bulls Head Bookstore and at various
bookstores downtown.
Editor Junius Grimes manages to retain the North Carolina
focus of the "Quarterly" while drawing from some of the best
and most original writing throughout the country. Able to
attract work by nationally established writers, The Carolina
Quarterly" devotes much space to young and often unknown
authors experimenting in new veins of fiction and poetry.
Thus the first published story by Thomas McNeal appears
beside a translation by the eminent Joyce Carol Oates.
Among the contributors to this edition
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character with the difference that he is
after the legacy-money of someone else
instead of dangling his own in front of
others.
After the death of their wealthy
relative, a group of cousins and other
relations are shocked to find that the old
man has left all his money and property
to the Friars hospital. They enlist the aid
of Schicchi, who impersonates the dying
man and calls In a lawyer to make a new
will.
After warning the assembled company
of the hideous penalties accorded on
forgers, Schicchi proceeds to leave a
considerable portion of the old man's
wealth to himself. The others, terrified of
giving their secret away, are obliged to
stifle their not unjustified wrath.
Notable in the cast were Melinda
Wilkinson as Zita, the old man's senile
cousin; Haskell Fitz-Simons as Simone,
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and especially Vicki Harmon jvS.Y . .'
daughter and Rinuec os ir-v.r M -Wilkinson's
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spontaneous burst of applause all e. .'a; y
Of course the opera has Giar.ni (,.!-:..:
at its center, and Joe! Carter
completely in control. Artf;il and
with telling glances and gestures, I;
performance was the highhght of the
night.
The best thing about the Opera
Theatre's presentation was the promise U
held for the future: if the luv
Department and the Drama P. parime ,
continue to collaborate on such proiecs.
things will look very good for the
performance and presentation of oy-c.i
on this campus.
Let us fervently hope that this tv. .:
remains cordiale.
on
sale
are William H. Martin, bank vice-president who has "teamed
more from time spent on our courthouse square than from his
formal education" and David Weissman, who was "born and
raised in New York City, educated in Oregon, and deposited in
Iowa."
Frances Bridgers is managing editor and Rosanne Coggeshall
serves as poetry editor of this season's "Quarterly." Assisting
Miss Coggeshall in selecting the volume's poetry are Rachael
WienerjTory Burkhart, Miriam Murchie and Tom Leach.
Bruce Firestone heads the fiction department. Judith
Stanton, Elizabeth Ananis, Sarah English, Charanne Kurylo
and Leonard Rogoff comprise the editorial board assisting
Firestone.
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