The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 3, 1964 Page: 4 of 10
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Rice Symphony's
Second Concert
Scheduled Sunday
The Rice Symphonic Society
will present its second free con-
cert Sunday evening in the Fon-
dren Library Lecture Lounge at
8:30 pm.
Beethoven's Symphony No. 1,
the Prelude to Act III of Wag-
ner's Lohengrin will be played
along with two lesser-known
works.
G. B. Pergolesi's Concertino II
in D for strings will be perform-
ed, with the solo quartet being
composed of David Luker and
Howard Webb, Jr., violin, Dr.
Edward Doughitie, viola, and
Victor Belfi, cello.
P. Mascagni's Intermezzo
from Cavalleria Rusticana will
be the opening work of the even-
ing.
The Symphonic Society, first
symphony orchestra formed on
campus, is conducted by Ma-
thematics Professor Richard
O'Neil. The 30-piece orchestra
presented their first concert No-
vember 8 at Jones College.
SIGHTS AND SOUNDS
Anouilh's 'Antigone' Turns To Gold
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David Dannenbaum must have
something akin to the Midas
Touch. Every play he directs
somehow turns to gold in front
of an audience and in spots is
truly brilliant.
Take, for instance, "The Tam-
ing of the Shrew" or "A Raisin
in the Sun"—or maybe "An-
tigone" by Jean Anouilh.
Yesterday "Antigone" opened
at Cbanning Hall in the First
Unitarian Church and once
again the Channing Players
proved that amateurs can pro-
duce good drama in Houston.
It'si Not Greek
Yes, the play is the old story
—Antigone, daughter of Oedi-
pus, defies her uncle, King Cre-
on, and buries her slain brother.
For this she is put to death.
Because of her death, Haemon,
Creon's son, and later Eurydice,
Creon's wife, commat suicide.
Yes, the plot is an old one—
but the name and the plot are
more than likely the only re-
semblance this play bears to the
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At Colleges, RMC
The fall semester edition of
Janus will go on sale Monday
in the colleges and in the RMC.
Editor Charles Demitz stated
that this issue will have page
titles in a new type face made
for Janus by designed Jeff Cor-
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50c.
ancient Greek. Gone is the Greek
chorus—Anouilh uses a narra-
tor who calls himself "the cho-
rus." Gone, too, is the istylized
blocking and the traditional
manner of dialogue.
Screaming Life
Anouilh weaves the story of
Antigone into a gripping mod-
ern drama in a starkly modern
situation and the Dannenbaum
touch brings the magnificent
Anouilh dialogue to screaming
life.
Oh, no, Anouilh's Antigone is
a real woman and Creon is a
real tyrant and there can be no
mistaking Joe Rider's multi-lev-
el set for the ancient Greek
stage.
Orchids and Laurels
Throwing orchids is always
fun, so here we go—laurels to
Antigone (Barbara Lasater) for
a performance that was truly
spellbinding—also to her sister
Ismene (Jo Anne Brigance) for
that tremendous charge of emo-
tional vacillation that her role
required. To Antigone's Nurse
(Rhona Wilber) and the first
guard (Luke Leonard) for me-
morable characters in a play
full of good ones.
The cast is uniformly good
but, sadly, with a weak link in
Creon (Basil Thomas). It is in-
deed unfortunate that Creon was
so good and yet so distracting
at the same time, for while he
was a competent actor, he could
have been brilliant were it not
for a dactylic monotone that
crept into his voice.
But whenever he lowered his
voice, or had cause^to raise it
to the fever pitch Anouilh de-
mands, he did 'Show his mettle
and was truly the character he
had to be. Perhaps these flashes
will occur more frequently dur-
ing the rim, because he could be
good.
So go; go by all means! Now
through Saturday. It's cheap
(75c for students); it's fun; it's
at 5210 Fannin (Box office: J A
6-1571); it's something you
won't want to forget. When
Dannenbaum touched "Antig-
one" she turned to fourteen
carat.
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versity of the quality of Rice."
Controversial Speakers
Controversial speakers, how-
ever, "would be, whenever pos-
sible, people directly involved
with the controversy under dis-
cussion." But, the statement
continues, "speakers who are
controversial in their own right
would be avoided unless they be
authorities on the subject in
question."
The Forum Committee con-
sists of King as Chairman, Ken
Kennedy, Vice-Chairman and
Patti Lewis, Secretary. Mem-
bers are Hank Coleman, Brad
Marrs, Mark Montgomery, Kent
Morrison, Quentin Crommelin,
and Carol Starr. Dr. Louis Gal-
ambos of the History Depart-
ment is the faculty advisor.
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Kelly, Hugh Rice. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 3, 1964, newspaper, December 3, 1964; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth244929/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.