Show Page 2 Student Life Friday November — Utah State University 1 1968 BLOCKS VOCABULARY La La Have you ever been in the darkle? Your “Well I don’t know What does Darkle mean? Darkle means probably thinking “to lurk or loom in the dark” Have you eer been in the new BLOCKS well “Beasts of England Beasts of England” of these barnyard animals SHIRLEY EASTLAND Student Life Writer The tenuous strains of "Beasts of England” the crusade song of Animalism filled the UB in various squeaks and monotones earlier this week transmitting a feelmg of serious Audi-toriu- patriotism rather than merely loud and humorous singing The entire cast was succes sful in animals Reader’s ficult to there is their portrayal of the of "Animal Farm' In Theatre it is often dif play a definite part as an absence of costum-inand direct contact with one another both of which are devices that combine to reveal individual character The only instruments the cast were to use were their voices facial expressions and their hands They were able to this portrayal in three ways First everyone was constan g per-mitte- d tly in character Each member of the cast reacted facially to everything happening The pigs were constantly snorting and No one forgot them for a moment- - the audience was alof their ways conscious ' all cast Secondly members kept their forefingers constantly together cleverly giv-inpre-senc- e g the impression of hoofs Later this seemed the ing feature only distinguish- in trying to separ-at- e the animals from humans Thirdly each voice had a dif ferent inflection which separated one animal from another The horses for example had a neigh- - a touch of some of the loyal but blind patriotism come in and see the light ing quality the sheep baughed the chicken squawked and the pigs grunted-- - convincingly! There are all types of animals in "Animal Farm” Some are slower than others some have more incentive However each represented the type of people always involved in the mass of such movements Old Major the great boar was excellently protrayed Hearing his booming voice demand "WHY do we continue?” sent shivers down the spine He an answer and gave it himself Rebellion "Whatever goes on two legs is an enemy Whatever goes on four legs or wings is a friend!” This point was constantly emphasized through the repetition of this favorite motto: "Four legs good two legs bad!” As the story continues its cy cle the pigs gradually gain l of the farm "The pigs were so clever they could think of a way around every difficulty they supervised” It soon became that it was the pigs who were reaping the benefits of the farm and it followed that it was the pigs who became humanized so quickly as the ideals of "An imal Farm” were gradually lost Snowball and Napoleon the two head pigs had a definite touch of Nazism and the Russian of the past in both their actions and speech Both parts were played excellently Squealer the more feminine of the lot was the real manipula-to- r She was persuasive to the point that it was she who kept -- com-mande- her "comrades” under control There is no doubt that the Read er’s Theatre this year was an production It was a chal- lenge in that it was performed so close to the elections and that it required so much more involved characterization than similar productions before it "Animal Farm” was a challenge s well met by Ron Ross and com-rade- 2S gsaawuw d The new DIALOGUE has more translations of the Book of Abraham Papyri plus Joseph Smith had important ideas on civil rights crime states rights — all the issues of his day Joseph Smith’s presidential platform con-tro- So does Pat Paulsen! DWOQLE: “And here sit the three little pigs don’t stay in the darkle a journal of mormon thought — Available at Low Cost Needhams Walgreens & USU Bookstore |