Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 February 1950 — Page 10

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Pre-Production Round Table Could Have Improved ‘Medea’

By Henry Butler:

BLOOMINGTON, Feb. 22—The worst thing about! “Medea,” the Indiana University Theater offering which

started last night, was the lack of pre-opening critical cooperation’ ; Here on the campus, there are good critics. They may be in different departménts, and they may. fight like cats

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and dogs over prerogative Gary Galser and excellent set- ; ———and—jurisdietion;—Gl- fashion; 3 by Richard I. Bcammon. u [1 but they sure as heck need ° Ope musical item in the re- i - ra each other's. advice garded prety Ie a Sah Sipeling : Victor Mature and Hedy LaI'd stick my: scrawny neck out Tyan nt Toney ALLTY ITORY rr as "Samson and Delilah® for Herman B Wellg' cleaver this. 'D hh " J " are. riaw- entering. their second far: Any public stage perform With Anis” Fuleihan, a native ap 3 y ance here needs a previous round- Greek-iglander and. prolific com week at Keith's Theater. ? table discussion maybe ‘four poser, on the taculty, why should : ’ veeks beffre opening, so as not this performance use recorded was being Hepburnish, She's the to scare the kids who perform” music? kind of aetress who needs the The kids don’t have to be told Anyway. you get the drift. It's kind of coaching she didn't get about the round-table. But sug- put in partly cushion for what prior to last night's opening gestions could help performance I'm going to say ahout "Patric Far more satisfactory in this on both sids of the fence be- Welch « Indianapolis in the lead- ancient Greek tragedy of a womtween IU theater and IU.opera.. ing role of Medea in ‘being put upon was Josephine “MEDEA,” the Robinson Jef Mi Welch ha great talent. Justice the nurse fer version of the Euripides She can adapt herself toa vas Miss Justice 1 na ome notion tragedy, is a kind of opera. Lee riety of roles. personally, vocal- of non-toached t iter. She went Norvelle's IJ theater puts it on. ly. histrionically As of last right on. The others were be with capable direction by night opening performance he wildered

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In show business vernacular, the current situation at the Civic Theater would be labeled set for bash biz.” Four of the five pe: of “Robin Hood” by iters were sold out during the first 24-hours tle box office was. open. The remaining performance was—going fast The show, a premiere performance of a new script by a local resident, slated for the boards on Friday, Saturday and Sunday with the first twe days. The Saturday and Sunday 2:30 p. m. matinees and the 10:30 a. m. Saturday shows were sold out during the first six hours, the 4 p. m. Friday matinee closing out early the next the box office was open. Only seats available are for Friday show. The play was written by Nancy Efchsteadt, wife of Prof, Arden C'. Eichsteadt of Butler University, and is her first three-act play.

‘formances the young-

Theater to Offer Reduced Rate Ticket

Starting today, Keith's Theater will offer a special reduced rate ticket for grade and high school teen-agers over 12 years of age. Admission will be 74 cents for this age group at any time during the showing of “Samson an Delilah.” Admission rates will remain the same “for all others.

James Calvert Plans

Graduation Recital

James Calvert will be heard in JBROS? his graduation recital at the CinMusic &

cinnati Conservatory of Thursday. Mr. Calvert . the son a Mr. | and Mrs. G. M. Calvert, 2444 N.! Meridian St., and is a clarinet] pupil of Frederic Lubrani at the Conservatory.

Human Chain Rescues

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ATLANTA, Feb. 22 (UP)—A! 6-year-old schoolgirl was rescued from a nine-foot sewer hole by a

human chain yesterday.

Wimberly Cagle was taking a short cut home from School when she suddenly plunged into a tremendous washout. She screamed, and nearby persons formed a human chain. One man swung downward to: grab her hand and pull her to safety, She suffered only bruises and sc ratches.

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