The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 5, 1968 Page: 12 of 12
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Wiess combines good acting, director for tabletop triumph
By CHUCK LAVAZZI
College theatre at Rice is a
pretty strange sort of animal—
almost unique, in a way. Faced
with limited funds and facili-
ties (a college commons is hard-
ly ideally suited for dramatic
productions), it takes a truly
imaginative director to design
a production that won't simply
look awkward.
Fortunately, Janice Beeson
appears to be just such a di-
rector. Her production of "Rash-
omon," w h i c h runs today
through Saturday at 8 pm in
the Wiess College commons, is
everything that college theatre
should be but often isn't. Hex-
staging makes optimal use of
limited space and facilities so
that the production never suf-
fers from slow pacing or any
ol' the other thousand natural
shocks that college drama is
often heir to.
Flashbacks
The play itself concerns the
murder of a samurai warrior
and the rape of his wife by a
l.andit just outside the ancient
Japanese city of Kyoto. The
event is told by the bandit, the
wife, and the spirit of the dead
warrior in a series of flash-
backs which reveal more about
the psychological makeup of the
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characters themselves than the
actual event. The true version,
told by a woodcutter who was
in the vicinity, reveals the true
nature of the parties involved—
neither immensely good nor
immensely bad, but simply
human.
The cast as a whole is quite
good. Special praise is due to
Barbara Furst for a genuinely
outstanding performance as the
wife. This is a very difficult
part since the nature of the
wife's character changes from
version to version. She is, at
various times, an aristocratic
lady attracted by the bandit's
crude masculinity, a faithful
wife scorned by her vain hus-
band, and a brazen flirt who
urg-es the bandit to kill her hus-
band. It is a credit to Miss
Furst's acting ability that she
is able to make each one of
these characters quite distinct
and believable.
British bandit
The part of the bandit is no
less complex, and Alan Roberts
does an excellent job in his in-
terpretation of this many-facet-
ed character. He speaks with a
marked British accent, but this
somehow only adds to his over-
all characterization rather than
detracting from it.
With regard to the support-
ing roles, Don Ellis gives a com-
mendable performance as the
priest disillusioned by the bru-
tality of the murder and the
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vanity of the people involved.
Scott Perry is also quite con-
vincing as the cynical wigmaker
who has faith only in the over-
all pettiness of mankind.
Hyperactive
The most outstanding sup-
porting actor, however, is Maria
Cisneros. Her portrayal of the
wife's mother as an old woman
with exaggerated pride in her
daughter is as amusing as it is
moving, and her interpretation
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summons up the spirit of the
dead husband is quite convinc-
ing.
The production as a whole
is excellent and very much
worth seeing. The stark, sur-
realistic black-and-white set,
the well-coordinated lighting
and sound, and the outstanding
acting in "Rashomon" all offer
ample proof that college the-
atre is indeed alive and well at
Rice University.
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Bahler, Dennis. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 5, 1968, newspaper, December 5, 1968; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245042/m1/12/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.