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Show The Thunderbird Monday, Octo6er 17, 1983 Page 11 Antigone' gets mixed reviews Theatre review by Nani Li i Staheli Friday evening the fates and furies of classic Greek tragedy combined with the explosive passions of mankind as the University of Utah presented Sophocles Antigone to a substantial audience in the SUSC Auditorium. Antigone, which was first presented in 440 B.C., was so successful in Athenian society that Sophocles was consequently made a general in the war against Samos. Today, the play continues to be one of the most popular Greek tragedies because it deals with personalities and problems relevant to today. Themes of love turned traitor, living death, immovable pride and uncaring fate emerge as the heroine Antigone defies her e Creons orders to give her dead brother proper burial, thus initiating a cycle of ruin that eventually encompasses the entire family of the King Oedipus as well as the doomed city of Thebes. An eerie funeral dirge and burial ritual effectively established a brooding sense of doom in the first moments of the performance. In the classic Greek tradition, few props and no backdrops were used, The chorus from Antigone; mixed reaction at best. thrusting even more expressional responsibility upon the actors, their costumes and the background favorable. According to R. Scott Phillips, theatre public John Runnels III as Creon also failed to fully realize musicians. the ultimate arrogance and pride of his role and he relations director, Ticket sales were good. Surprisingly Vocalist Diane Barnes and percussionist Lewis won little sympathy from the audience. However, the Peterson greatly complemented the plays dramatic enough, however, most of them went to students. This lack of believability evident in the ruler of Thebes was made me happy because I wanted them to experience passages with ritualistic chanting and rhythms. Yolanda this kind of production and hopefully well have more most likely due to the fact that he was placed in the Ehrilich deserves commendation for her dual role of role only 13 days prior to the SUSC performance. of this nature. Ismene, Antigones emotional, timid sister, and Audience members who had had no previous Production Director Kenneth Washington felt positive restrained her Creons even in wife, Eurydice, dignified about the nights performance. For the first time in suicidal pain over her sons death. Another dual-rol- e experience with Greek drama could appreciate the updated language of the script, but the original poetry performing this play on an indoor stage, I think we did performer, Steve Gregan, presented an intense, moving of Sophocles became considerably watered down character as the messenger recounting the familys very well. through the Robert Fagless translation, particularly in deaths near the plays end. However, his earlier Paradoxically, the greatest fault in Antigone seemed to the sentrys comic discourses to Creon. be its failure to communicate emotionally with its portrayal of a comic bodyguard delivering news of Overall audience reaction to the tragedy was mixed. viewers. Catharsis, the principle of purging amd Antigones crime to Creon verged on spastic. Opinions ranged from enthusiastic to extremely Michelle Peterson was the strong-willepurifying ones feelings throughartisic expression, is an Antigone, but disappointed. Some felt alienated by the odd makeup as the play progressed, her efforts to express the underlying tenet of Greek drama that never occurred in used in place of traditional Greek masks, others last weeks performance. The power and pain of people necessary raw emotions became rather melodramatic. the unusual the in thought facing complicated questions of morality and religion her death of blocking messengers sentence And, although being literally balcony, Creon delivering speeches as he walked down never reached beyond the proscenium; the characters buried alive in a sealed cave conflicted with the the aisles very distracting. Still, a few people found tht just never felt believable. How real can an actor be immediate, glorious death she expected, Peterson show very enjoyable. when the greying in his hair sends up clouds of powder appeared unnecessarily indecisive about meeting her The audience size and composition itself was with every violent gesture? bridegroom, death. P 1 ruler-uncl- n tr , d Short takes Bambi' slated Associated Men Students will present Bambi, Walt Disneys animated classic, for all deer hunt widows and children. fawn and The brown-eyehis friends Thumper, Rabbit and Flower will frolic across the movie screen Tuesday, Oct. 18, at 8 p.m. in Thorley Recital Flail. Admission is 50 cents for kids 12 and under and $1.00 for anyone over s, d 12. Passes on sale Season tickets for the Cedar City Music Arts programs are still available for $ 18 per person. Purchasers are entitled to attend the seven remaining CCMA-sponsore- d County students may attend free when accompanied by a ticket-holde- r. Passes may be purchased from Dale Hatch (business building), David Nyman (music department), and Gerrald P. Sherratt and Lant Johnson (administration building). The CCMA schedule includes: performances at a substantial discount, individual events cost $5 each otherwise, so Oct. 27 Sarita Heredia, $18 for seven events is a good deal. states Evelyn Petersen, gypsy flamenco artist CCMA publicity director. by SUSC). Nov. 7 Utah Symphony SUSC students can attend Orchestra. the concerts free with their student ID cards and Iron Jan. 17 Grant Johannesen, concert pianist by Cedar City Products). Feb. 1 Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus by ASSUSC). should prepare a humorous piece for Wednesday. Cold readings from the script will be Thursday. Auditions set play Dec. Tryouts for the mysterious melodramatic farce Seven Keys to Baldpate will be held Wednesday, Oct. 19, in AU 108 and Thursday, Oct. 20, on the stage, from 5 to 7 p.m. The annual Drama Club fund raiser, directed this year by Mitzi McKay, is open to all students. Auditioners two-minu- Seven Keys to Baldpate will 2 through 9. W1P tryouts Friday Auditions for the student-directe- d Works In Progress (WIPs) are scheduled for Friday, Oct. 21, from 5 to 7 s p.m. in AU 108. The are open to all students; no audition pieces will be needed. try-out- |
