| Show I 'She PLAY REVIEW BY JOHN WARD 1 Stoops to Conquer’ Inergrtic" krnle is best of the best I the term which can brit the Old Lyric Repierturv Coin Ipany’s production of From beginning to end the play — the kind of jubUe with energy and ns charatrrs energy that inakrs theater fun S S Conquer is the last of four plavi in honor of the Repertory's 15th ammrr-atyrssotx-m- Sleeps pqduccd The Old Lyric promised to stage the popular plavs from those 5 years and it appears now that SKr Stoops to Conquer may lie the best 1 aost of the best The play is perfect for a light-hearte- summer d entertainment The plot is whimsical and the audience is not left to md pooler a heavy moral or tragedy The cast embers are enthusiastic in their roles and therr is as a weak spot among the play's characters Even the lets and art changes are delightful as they mamma the entertaining spirit of the play between riming of Ktnes which could interfere with enjov-a- g language of the play itself She Soft Conquer was first produced in England in 1T7J Hence the play it written in the Old English (vlt of speech which is unfamiliar to most Antricans Even so the language barrier can easily be overcome by a little careful listening The play' t subtitle is Mistakes of the Sight which gives a good indication of the plot Young Marlowe and a friend are on the way to visit the Hard-castla match having been proposed between Marlowe and the Hardcasde daughter Kate Tony Lumpkin however the Hardcasde stepson and a great prankster directs the travelers to to a supposed inn (actually the Hardcasde home) where the young men treat the elder Hardcasdes rudely and make bold advances to Kate Kate plays the game and “stoops” to the position of a servant The result of such a misunderstanding is hilarious confusion on the part oC the characters Steven C Peterson is irrepressible as the boisterous trickster Tony Lumpkin Kyle Mac Lachlan is equally skillful in his portrayal of the perplexed young gentleman Marlowe Trade Hansen Borgogna gives an enthusiastic performance as the crafty and winsome Hardcasde daughter Kate The list of strong performances goes on throughout the cast Caien Graham and Karl Peterson are humorous as the elder Hardcasdes and Terrell Duke and Ellen Aagard are charming in the role of the play's second love affair The Old Lyric's season lasts just three more weeks and She Stoops to Conquer will be presented August 6 12 14 20 and 22 Tickets can be purchased at the USU Ticket Office or at the Lyric es She Stoop t to (Umquer The only factor the play is the many bright spots i She Stoops to Conquer Theater J01 Pack (above) is the warm Englishwoman who runs The Nook Sancka Mckelson assistant manager (nght) pants a rephea ol a young Aggie rhe Nook offers great opportunities for craftworlc rearing a gift with your own hands adds a personal touch that other gifts laclw USU through The Nook offers an to get ideas and obtain instruction on fgift that one would like to make Ebe Nook has recendy moved to a new loca-- ’ beside the Briar in the Taggart Student ner-offer itudents ceramic work ty 1 Jjrne in home-mad- e T-shi- rt and ‘how-t- o an and craft feature artcraft is ceramic They painted or unpainted For student there are ceramic statues of football players ders skiers cowboys graduating tbe Nook's be bought hand are many kitStudents and more Also on as canisters co such items chen and household useful items c sihtrav and other themselves while saving money and MfTJrwl Nook says T more than i( assistant manager of The ot 0f things on her a working on a set I make a lot “I ch- -Sh the thing I pmedere free painting of items if one dollar is paid for the basic bisque paint (this is the white paint that coats the whole statue) Mickclson says the painting is easy to learn how to do “It’s not difficult at all to paint die statues to look professional I thought I’d be overdisappointed in my first one but once the coat was on it looked as good as all the others” There are also many other kinds of arts and crafts available to the student for gift ideas These ideas will help the student to save money while he also creates a gift that will have mote sentimental value to the receiver of the gift |
