Show OGDEN 12C THE STANDARD-EXAMINE- NOVEMBER 22 UTAH SUNDAY MORNING OGDEN R THE LIVELY ARTS 1959 OPEN TILL 9 PM OPEN MONDAY NIGHT TILL 9 PM MONDAY NIGHT AGE OF PERICLES: A TIME WHEN ART SCULPTURE DRAMA FLOWERED ATHENS IN THE AGE OF PERICLES By Charles Alexof Oklahoma Press $275 ander Robinson Jr University The third quarter of the Fifth Century B C was Athens greatest period The land battles of Marathon and Thermopylae sr X and the Slamis naval victory had averted foreign danger Athens headed an empire which paid rich tribute and had a statesman leader who spent is wisely— Pericles In his lifetime the Parthenon and Propylaea were erected and under him the state nourished Phidias the sculptor Aeschylus Euripides and Aristophanes the dramatists Socrates the philosopher and Thucydides the historian It was not only Athens' greatest 25 years it may have been the greatest 25 years in world history with the greatest concentration of genius and the greatest deposit of writing and architecture Its political character art and thought its daily life and the war with Sparta that brought on utter disaster are treated in this small book which inaugurates promisingly the University of Okla- homa's "Centers of civiliation series" Athens was considerably at fault in getting into the Pelopon-nesia- n war says Robinson He notes the "startling fact" that the two great ancient peoples Greeks and Romans were both for a rule He reminds time democracies and then switched to one-ma- n us in closing of Socrates lesson to Glaucon: That only the wisest men must be chosen to run the affairs of a state— W G Rogers £ "J f n i FALL coats spots ©msss SlPOTSWlAi THIS TIME WALTER Stage Screen Star Slezak's Voice to Echo Through Met VATA1AELE HELPERS — Colleen Keves and Joyce students who work as assistant Eldredge play directors at Weber College are shown with their thick notebooks — a sort of trademark for the junior helpers whose notes are vital to show successes (left-righ- t) t Student Assistants Work Long and Hard on Plays ' ' f "i:- ant for the Shakespearean comedy Taming of the Shrew" "The Diary of Anne Frank" was probably her most enjoyable ex perience in the theater "I think John Elzey is a tremendous di rector" she said "His patience is remarkable Every member of the true directorial the assignment 7 But the assistant director is the 'Diary' cast loved him one indispensable person in putSTRENGTHEN THEATER from aside a "I feel he will strengthen live play together ' ting the director himself theater not only for Weber Col Joyce and Colleen find mutual lege but for the whole area" Mr grounds in realms other than col Elzey only 28 directed his first snow for Weber this year lege theatricals They both plan Joyce Eldredge is a Weber High to b high school teachers and are School theater "product" She also education majors Both are gre had had connections with QeAtm garious and for the moment they Civic Theater— she was a Can-Ca- n dancer in the melo ar teaching Sunday School drama "The Drunkard" last sum Joyce is assisting Leonard Row mer And she was in "The Enroor ley in Weber's current arena the er's New Clothes" summer theater ater undertaking "The Late Mr production of Weber's last season Early" which will be presented And for her current stint with "The Late Mr Early" Joyce has Dec 1 through 5 An more than ordinary interest backcast is in the polishing stage Miss Keyes just closed her fat ground and nostalgia While at We looseleaf notebook after helping di ber High she played the role of rector John Elzey with "The Dairy Dons the romantic lead of that of Anne Frank" the sad little story hilarious comedy with Leonard Anne who was put Kowiey (then a Weber High teach about real-lif- e er directing to death by the Germans By Lou Gladwell Colleen Keyes and Joyce Eldredge of Weber College have labored with their college play productions in that seemingly prosaic slot of "assistant to the director" The role may lack the luster of ' this season Well mavbe "rins" isn't auite the word because this will be the voice of Walter the stage and screen star and not that of Leo his late noted father who was one of the world's great tenors early in the century "It s a dream come true said the portly actor "When other children were dreaming about becoming nresident or an Indian ma- haraja I used to dream about sing ing in the Met Rudnlf Bins manasins director of the Metropolitan Opera phoned Slezak last spring and asked if he d like to sing the role ot zsupan in a production of Johann btrauss "The Gypsy Baron" for 18 performances beginning Nov 25 ' REGROUPED and REPRICED "Bless his little heart" Slezak By Jack Gaver said "I said 'yes' before he'd even UP I Drama Editor NFW YORK (UPI) — The voice finished the first sentence" of Slezak' will ring out once again Slezak who was the in the Metropolitan Opera House handsome-young-leading-m- AND WINTER SAVINGS OF an type at the time arrived in this country from Europe about 1930 as a singing actor and had leading roles in several Broadway musicals with scores" by such as Rodgers and Hart Jerome Kern and Sigmund Romberg Then he dected to the movies for many years and let the singing go by the boards He went back to it in an unpretentious manner three years ago when he did a couple of numbers in the stage musical "Fan- 3) ©T® y © PARKING TICKETS VALIDATED FOR ANY DOWNTOWN LOT USE OUR CONVENIENT REAR ENTRANCE FROM PARKING TERRACE ny" Your Finest Selection of Imported ADVENT CALENDERS AND CARDS PLUS ENTIRELY NEW STOCK OF CHRISTMAS CARDS TILL CHRISTMAS OPEN TILL 9 PM Mondays and Fridays old-fashion- ed TH all-stude- nt W : 3065 Harrison Blvd IMPORTANT ROLES They're essential these assist ants to the director because they must be able to help with any phase of the show from lights to makeup be able to sew (an actor might rip his costume during production nights) and know everybody's part well enough to substitute in cast if a player drops out just before cur tain time versatility is their 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