| Show The Salt Lake Tribune t t f r- 'e Le June 12 1960 W15 Freak Ideas In Homes Theme Book Veteran of US Drama-TSpeak on 'Freedom' o Marc Connelly is a man who knows as much about theAmerican theater as any man-Twin- r It E D Redford veteran Utah performer play "Annie's"' Charlie will Wanda Clayton Thomas drama award win ner will play Do Ille Tate in "Annie" Davenport 'Annie' Cast Named for U Festival keatet I i Sunday By Richard O Martin Want to be an anger! It's not as risky an enterprise as It once was The—angels—Wider—discussion here are the Broadway genus who are essential to the existence of live theater ' 1 They supply the many thousands' of dollars in financial backing for ' production of new shows 1 In these days of the scientific method the gentlemen who place '' 1 ' their hard-earnecash on the line don't take too many chances The ' ' ' Broadway stage like the stock ' market has come under the 40) scrutiny of statisticians For instance surveys have shown that one of the most con- -' sistent moneymakers is the mu- sical comedy Statistically they & have a 41 per cent chance of re- QIL a turning Mr Martin profit Though there are fewer courtroom dramas than musical comedies these plays would appear to be the biggest moneymakers of all They show a profit return ratio of i - "Iv - d N -- k 1 - - per cent Running in third place is the musical drama (36 per cent and others in order of importance are dramas (24 per cent) and others in order of importance are dramas (24 per and farces (IA per cent) 50 The investor according to a publication in this field can narrow his chances of financial success by paying careful attention to the producer director and stars associated with new plays bound for Broadway Even statistical rundown oil the number of financial successes a certain producer or director or a star has had are currently available in digest form Analyses of new plays evaluatfactors along with other variing all the ables are being prepared for use by would-bangels But a word of caution: the experts warn that to secure the greatest chances for success the investor should limit his ventures to one or two categories He must be careful to be selective and should be prepared to continue investments during several seasons to gain the greatest statistical advantage And for a luckless investor this latter warning could cost a lot of money It is a curious fact that Salt Lake City generally accities in the West cepted as one of the most culturally-aler- t Is being increasingly viewed by touring Broadway shows as a box office flop An approximate count of the audience- - at the latest touring show "Look Homeward Angel" (winner of a Pulitzer prize and the New York Drama Critics' Award incidentally) was quite depressing to the individual who would like to see live theater with top professional talent continue in the city At this play's stop in Denver for instance one more performance was scheduled than was presented in Salt Lake City Yet there was nearly four times more box office New York people associated with touring theater in talks with local theater officials have admitted that touring shows are not tremendously anxious to make Salt Lake City- stops on the basis of past box offices - They hasten to point out however- - that showings there are other cities in the nation—Baltimore among them—that are viewed in the same light I am left wondering if this is any consolation' above-mentione- e -- Annotincement of supporting roles for the University of Utah Summer Festival the Broadway production-o- f musical "Annie Get Your reGun" scheduled July veals a roster of Utah dramatic talent Cast in the role of Charlie Davenport will be H E D Redford John Whitaker will play Buffalo Bill Wanda Clayton Thomas will play Dolly Tate and Lynne Fisher and Jay Kirk have roles as the young love interest Winnie Tate and Tommy Keeler Lynn Benson is cast as Foster Wilson Wilkie Tedesco as Minnie Kathi Welch as Jessie and Jay Lees as Pawnee Bill In the role of understudy for Annie played by Broadway star Betty Jane Watson will be Patricia Clawson Understudy for Jack Irwin Miss Watson's leading man will be Dean Lundberg Long Record Mr Redford cast as Charlie Davenport has a lengthy record of U of U Summer Festival productions and will perform also in Johann Strauss' "Die Fledermaus" slated for July Mr Whitaker to play Buffalo Bill has acted in nu merous U of U and Brigham Young University proTroductions including vatore" in last year's Sum1-- 12-1- 6 mer Festival Dr Thomas holding the Dolly Tate role is a veteran of 30 years' participation in University Theatre and has received numerous awards "Annie's" Miss Fisher Winnie Tate has had prominent dancing roles in U of U ballets including the Nutcracker Her beau Tommy Keeler will be played by Mr Kirk who has danced in every Summer Festival production for the past six years Playing Foster Wilson Mr Benson is a native of Moreland Idaho and has had a teaching fellowship at the U for the oast year Annie's Sisters One of Annie's little sisters will be Miss Tedesco whose awards have included "best actress" for the U of U Young People's Theatre Another sister will be portrayed by Miss Welch who has played before in Summer Festivals Cast as Pawnee Bill Mr Lees is studying for a PhD degree in the Department of Speech at the University of Utah —Pat Shields 917 North rith West Salt Lake City Utah 401r - I i HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES: YOU CAN SOON EARN UP TO $300 A MONTH SUMMER TERM CLASSES Accounting Business Management General Business NOW FORMING Secretarial Science IBM Office Automation Nifty Taylor Finishing Special subject's Speedwriting shorthand typing IBM card punch terms Classes day or evening (Mondays others 1 Call or write for free bulletin No obligation i Thursdays) Thorn h DIFFERENCE In Stevens Nona ger training 1 Pet Shields 4 W $44V4444 a 0 New York Times Service NEW YORK June 8— Rene J Dubos author of "The Mirage of Health" published last year by Harper has won the $5000 Passano award for 1960 The presentation is in recognition of Dr Buboss "many and fruitful researches in bacteri' ology and biochemistry" The Passano Foundation was formed in 1943 having as its sole purpose the encouragement of medical science and research for particularly clinical The application award will be presented next Wednesday A translation of a novel by Ilya Ehrenburg a leading Russian writer and foreign editor of Izvestia will be published Aug11 and distributed by Lyle Stuart Called "The Stormy Life of Lasik Roitschwantz" it follows the misadventures of the protagonist from one prison to another haunted by bureaucrats and inquisitors Mr Ehrenburg wrote the novel while in Paris as a refugee after the Bolshevik revolution of 1917 It has never been published in the Soviet Union e one-tim- A new suspense novel by John Dickson Carr will be Issued June 22 by Harper Titled "In Spite of Thunder" it will mark the 30th anniversary of the publication of the author's first book "It Walks – by Night" Since then he has written more than 50 works of fiction and Nights in a Barroom" or "Souls in the Depths" an oldtime melodrama first produced in Utah by the Salt Lake Stock Co in the old Salt Lake Theater in 1867 and last seen in this area in 1907 will reapas pear in Ogden July the opening event of Ogden's Pioneer Days and Pony Ex press Celebrations The expose ot the evils of "demon rum" will be produced in carabet style with the Grand Oleo by the Ogden Civic Theater at the Old Mill Opera House Performances will be at 8:30 pm each day with a matinee on "Ten HI finished high school a year ago—then took a secretarial course at Stevens Henager Now I'm a steno with a big Insurance company after having my choice of several The college through Henager good positions—arranged was really fun—and the Nancy Taylor course helped me so much" 'k Ile has practiced the trade In nearly every capacity— as playwright actor producer director and as teach er to name a few He has won two Pulitzer prizes through his writings and in the process has developed some strong ideas about the status of the theater nLt only today but throughout the war) and roof of history Mr Connelly will share-hi- s experiences with residents of Salt Lake City Saturday at 8:30 pm in Kingsbury Hall at the University of Utah He will present a lecture "Governments and the The ater" in connection with his visit to the U of U to lead off the new Playbox program "Gallery of Greats" The Playbox has announced a summer season featuring only Mr Connelly's plays Mr Connelly will be present to star as "De Lawd" in his Pulitzer Prize play "The Green Pastures" The lecture will be en added feature of his visit as will be a seminar "Society and the Theater" to be pre sented through the U of U Summer School Mr Connelly is a strong believer that the theater cannot be killed that it will always spring back even when restricted brutally by dictatorial regimes He has said that the theater flourish'es most freely when government provides maximum freedom— but that there are sharp on the limiting factors American theater :: (4E MOwsomMowilkom YLAII $34 - and and 2 "Architectural ' Follies In Hamme- r- Saw tooth and Nall" by Clay Lancaster Charles E Tuttle Co Rutland Vt $750 - -- America:- ' - Author Lancaster is very obviously a man in love with his subject architec- tural monstrositilesand cu- riosities which "appeal to our sense of humor calling for responses ntriging upward from an indulgent chuckle" His love communicates itself to the reader Generous color mid black and white prints Mlustrate such architectural marvels House as the Wedding-Cakt h e Winchester Mystery House the Corn Palace Steamboat Gothic construe tionthe Leaning Tower of N'iles Illinois and the Japanese Aeroplane Bungalow The result is a fascinating collection of bizarre Americana It leaves the reader wistfully comparing t h e wonderful eccentricities of the American folly tradition with the rows of thoroughly sane and almost identical houses found in suburban housing develop ment a— H H e Cowboy Life Alakes Hit L' 41 L' 4p T: nn I fly" 1 w 111 4 "Ls4 47Z!""r""vorv oltrIPYrsttOr NI 4 1 141 AW: 1 1tnrTril !7- -i 1 k''t t 11 " ':a L''-- Li - 'I ?K'Ir ill ' i" tirts::14-::- ' rti mr ibliwoon'Eam" t ilt t 111: 1±5 l t i' i : 41 : rowx --- - r-- t 71-: ' - -- I ml I 't1 11 't f- )i- ' -'' '''' 1 r The Octagon House at Irvingtononaudson New York Is example of Anterican architectural 'lolly" of the 1900's4: Great Books Exclusive Viewpoint on History Depends on Goals By3Ictrtwr J Adler ' Dear Mr Adler: We have all heard the cliche that "history repeats itself" George Santayana said that those who refuse to learn from history are condemned to repeat it What do the great thinkers of the past say about the meaning of history? Mrs Cecil M Carter - "Kelly Blue" by William — Weber Johnson Doubleday & Co Inc Garden City' NY $395 The Old West has been done to death on TV though the networks don't seem to realize the fact and trot out hour after hour a series of Marc Connelly Theater desperately dull undramatic shows But TV is not the flourishes with freedom only offender In the world of books as well there much digging into graveI yards and retelling of twice told tales about badmen and their girl friends Meanwhile the true West Is largely overlooked the rule apparently being "If it isn't a stereotype then it isn't worth bothering with" William Weber Johnson to his everlasting credit has broken that rule to smithereens with this "natural history of a great natural paint er"—H O Kelly The Guggenheim Foundation which provided Johnson with the necessary fellowship also deserves a rousing cheer K O Kelly won a degree of fame as painter when he was near the end of the trail Before then he had spent most of his life as a hired man He knew the West and the Southwest well He worked in Arkansas and Nebraska He was a fine horseman and a notable hand with mules To Johnson in 1951 Kelly 7 said: "I hope you live to be very old and supple and learn to drink beer at 7 am And when you write a book I will come and regale you with tales that will make all 1 folks sit up and read night And all true And all with a moral Adventures of Russian Ilya Ehrenburg a hired man with a loose foot novel published In English And and a roving eye appropriate illustrations by nonfiction under his own yours truly A book for open " name and the pseudonyms and mature minds of Carter Dickson and Carr H O Kelly was so right Dickson This reviewer's only c o mplaint is that the illustra'Act of Mercy" a novel by tions are too few consisting Francis Clifford will be pubof two paintings as endon lished by Coward-McCanpapei s—"Old Western Crossroads" and "Barn Dance" A July 15 The story tells of the adventure of a young volume of nothing but Kelly English couple unintentionpaintings would have many danally caught up in the admirers—TL gerous affairs of a South American country swept by revolution The novel presently will be filmed in 11 - Middle Village 79 NY Dear Mrs Carter: We seek various kinds of signifance in the study of history In the first place we find meaning and value in historical knowledge for its own sake Having an ordered and accurate picture of the past satisfies our desire for objective knowledge and our need for solidarity and contact with for- If ' ' " S mer generations It is good not to be restricted to the present mo- j ment our lives are enriched by having a sense of the past m: ' have The great historians I) ' I been motivated by this desire to recover record or the past Thucydides- - told the story- of a-- war- - in -- fi N ' )' Imera which he had himself participated V-- and Gibbon recreated the fall and decline of an ancient empire These and other fine historians try to put a meaningful pattern into what Mr Adler they relate But historians and their readers have sought another and more practical type of meaning in history Herodotus seeks to commemorate glorious deeds Tacitus wants tO perpetuate conspicuous instances of virtue and vice Poly- bius points to the alternation of triumph and disaster as a warning against pride Still another type of meaning is sought in the basic pattern of the historical process as a whole There are two different answers to this quest for historical meaning According to the first answer history moves in recurrent cycles States and societies move through stages of birth growth decline and death and then the cycle starts all over again This cyclical view was dominant in ancient Greek and Roman thought about history The ancient historians were sure we could profit from the study of history because history repeats itself Certain modern philosophers of history such as Vico Spengler and Toynbee have re suscitated this ancient notion as an essential element in their theories According to the second answer history moves con tinuously toward a goal or fulfilment The pattern of historical change is progressive not cyclical This is the Biblical or Christian conception of history and it was first propounded in systematic form by St Augustine in "The City of God" In his view human history proceeds under the guidance of divine providence toward the Kingdom of God at the end of time and beyond history Some religious leaders and groups have interpreted the Bible to siy-ththe Kingdom of God would come in time and on earth In modern times this religious view has been translated into secular terms The German philosopher He- gel saw the ultimate goal of history as progressively achieved epoch after epoch with history culminating in the German-Christiaworld of his own day His student Karl Marx saw the goal and terminus of human history in a classless society of perfect freedom and equality to be attained imperialist wars and bloody after a series of revolutions i t - -- la at n class-struggle- s set of the Great Books of the Western You can win a World by writing a letter not to exceed 150 words Incorporating a Adler to consider for inclusion in question of general interest for Dr this column Address the letter to Dr Mortimer J Adler in care of this newspaper Book Discusses Basis of Right and Wrong 'Ten Nights in a Barroom' To Highlight Ogden Fete eca 11 e eno 0 S0011 gt) 411 g Calling - the 'theater' the arts "Typhoid Mary" of thg In America at least- in its with official —relationship sanction he government says that the Puritanical background of Athericans is one cause 'We often suspect the theater merely because it is pleasurable" he has pointed out and has countered that: "Theater is a search for truth and need not be' a defense of morals" Mr Connelly who has been concerned with the relationship of theater and government for many years will explore the subject fully in Saturday's lecture And some of his conclusions may provide a new insight into American—culture 79) Morgan Carol Ann Jensen as Mehitable Cartwrighto Andre Vogen as Mr Romaine and Julia Holley as Mrs Morgan Summer Drama Classes Start Registration for summer drama classes for Salt Lake teenagers will begin Monday at the Kiwanis-Fel- t Boys' Club and Girls' Club 201 E 1st South (100 South) Sessions for junior high school students will be from 8:30 to 10:30 cm for high 9 July school students from 10:30 Director of the melodrama am to 12:30 pm will be Tom Poppleton All Sponsored by the Salt performers will be local talLake County Recreation ent Cast of the production in— Dept the classes are schedprouled for an eight-weecludes Owen Spencer as gram concluding in a series Simon Slade Ken Post as of oneact plays sketches Sample Swichel Daniel De and scenes Groot as Harvey Green EdInstructor will be Carolyn mond Brown as Frank Slade Carlson who holds a masRoss Housley as Joe Morter's degree in theater from gan Junaee Spencer as Mrs the University of Utah 'Slade Lonna Malan as Mary "The Principle of Truth" by Peter D King Philosophical Library New York $375 Dr King (a psychiatrist) warns us in his preface that the reception his book re- ceives "will measure the stage of our emotional growth" but he seems reato a poor srably resigned reception by "the mass of our population" Neverthe- less he prophesies "it is es sentially true and correct and what I say here or something like it will some day be the accepted basis of right and wrong—assuming men survive" What he does say Is a proposal for a Utopian society whose philosophical foundation to a search for Truth- -always capitalized in this volume He establishes the metaphysical basis for such a philosophy by some rather peculiar logical gyrations By confusing the concepts "God" and "Providence" he demonstrates that he can Voice Lessons Edna Crowther EL 15 EAST Ririe 06 TH R TH RTH MS neither prove nor disprove the existence of God Then he"dismisses all need for religion with the extraordinary statement "If I were God I am certain that I would never demand worship and prayer to myself"— sandwiched Nevertheless and between absurdities commonplaces the book contains illuminating sections and passages : On the whole however the reviewer must stand self convicted as one of "the mass of our population" LOOK your baby oboes pair end mount Shod price for 60 days location bock of Safeway la Orom PO Sox 43 Ph AC St I will for for only electroplate 0500 0000 Now This 0450 e ' diaddsistinguis-hed4r)(111uvenil- 1::::: 11 - 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