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Show "The Middle Ages" To Play At BountifulDavis Art Center "The Middle Ages," a new romantic comedy by A. K. Gtirney, Jr. is the next produc-tion produc-tion of the Centers I age Theatre Company at the lloun-tiful-Davis Art Center, 2175 S. Main. It will open Oct. 27 at H p.m. and will continue to play Thursday through Saturday until Nov. 12. THIS production will be directed by Dennis P. I crrin, an associate instructor of theatre for the University of Utah and artistic director for CenterStagc. Cast members are Dave Hill, Charlene Nelson, Nel-son, Maria Brimley and Gary Neilson. The action of "The Middle Ages" takes place in the trophy tro-phy room of a sedate men's club in a large city and spans the era from the mid-1940's to the late '70's. The story deals with two long-term relationships. relation-ships. The first tells of Barney and Eleanor, two likeable, would-be lovers who waste most of their adulthoods by $ .,.:, I '! DAVE HILL failing to fall into each other's arms. THE SECOND concerns the exhibitionistic rebellion of Barney against the tradition r . I Y r I i i i 4l jBf,-,,:;-S-V""'-"" i I i CHARLENE NELSON represented by his austere father. Barney is at the same time a rebel with several causes and a contemporary figure fi-gure of the prodigal son. "The Middle Ages" opened last March in New York at the Theatre at Saint Peter's in the Citicorp Building. It bears many similarities to "The Dining Din-ing Room," the author's earlier ear-lier successful play which was presented locally this season by the Babcock Theatre at the University of Utah. LIKE THAT play, it flirts with time as characters pass in and out of the same room over decades. But unlike the other play, the characters seen in "The Middle Ages are tin-same tin-same -- a widower and his older old-er son, and a divorcee and her daughter. Both plays also find their themes from the vanishing lifestyle of the privileged pri-vileged upper-middle-class. Tickets for "The Middle Ages" are available at the Bountiful-Davis Art Center. Cost wjll be $5 for adults, an ' $4 for art center members senior citizens and students. For ticket reservations or further information, call the center at 581-8820. |