OCR Text |
Show AAoliere's Misanthrope At PAAT Roselius. Anne Wclzcl and Beverly Choatc. The setting tor The Misanthrope Misanth-rope was designated by William Barber, costumes are by George ' Maxwell, Lighting is bv Ev Schlccdc. I he Misanthrope is the Pioneer S;aie Theatre's touring product-inn product-inn of this ear and it is presented e, :issnciaiion with the College of I astern Utah. It has played in I'nno. Ogdcn and Ephriam and will be presented, for Salt Lake .in iienees. November 3 through !li at Pioneer Memorial Theatre. "I think it's Molicrcs greatest..." great-est..." says Sam Tsoutsouyas, "ho plays Alccstc in The Misanthrope, of the show that opens next Tlwirsday at Pioneer Memorial Theatre. I he Misanthrope is considered b main to be Moliere's m.n.'i piece. A brilliant satire on H-lv and its mannerisms, it presents the perennial and universal dilcmna: is it better to be totally honest with everyone one young man who insists on ruthless honesty with all his relationships. Stars for this production arc Boarduay's Sam Tsoulsouvas. "ho appeared last season in Sleuth and The Birds at PMT. and Mailelon Ihomas 'who returns Imm New York after thrilling I I; :'i audiences with her perform-,i perform-,i t ui as Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker last season at Pioneer Memorial Theatre. Also featured are Max Robinson, a vi teran Utah actor who has returned after three years in Seattle and one year in Los Angeles, and New Yorker Richard I e me. who played in Romeo and I'diei and The Taming of the S:neu at the Utah Shakespearean festival this past season. I'M ! Company members who are appearing in this production are: Michael Blazina, Cheryl Henoch. Larry Olivcrson. Mark nu meet or is it better to observe social customs and bow to the di- talcs of polite society? Audiences who have seen productions of this translation by American poet Richard Wilbur lind it difficult to believe it is not a play written in modern times. The characters are muck like many people of today and the subjects a re fa miliar and are still controversially discussed. The p!.i. written by Molicre in 1666. is a true classic in that it is appropriate in any given period ami is. really, timeless. I he central plot of The Misanthrope is a satirical and cnicrt. lining story based on the superficiality and hypocrisy of seventeenth century society and |