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Friday, April 28, 1978
University Daily Kansan
Hinduism, Buddhism clash in adaption of 'Sacrifice'
The forces of Brahmanism, the Hindu orthodoxy, clash with the Buddhist teachings of universal love in the semester's final William Iugene Theatre production, Ribandranaht Tagore's blank-verse drama, "Sacrifice."
The repositionation will be attained at 8 p.m. with the presentation William Bentley at the wall with a lightning bolt.
Adapted in prose for the stage and directed by K. Mushtqi Elahi, Rangpur, Bangladesh graduate students, "Sacrifice" traditional Hindu ritual of animal sacrifice.
Set in 12th Century Bangladesh, the play shows the conflict between the religion of ritual and the religion of practice in the court of King Govinda. It is a reflection on the Hindu social and religious systems, translated into Western terms.
KING GOVINDA, played by Thomas Kappler, Lawrence senior, is faced with a number of expelled students who have been driven from his decision to pursue the spiritual aspects of the Hindu religion, and to forego the accepted practice of sacrifice to the dread goddess of war,
Kn. In doing so, the King meets opposition
from the High Priest Raghaupi, played by Quinn Cloakei, Shawnee Mission junior, who sees obedience to the established code of sacrifice as the only means of appeasing the cruel and inhuman Kali. When the king bars sacrifice to the temple, the high priest resolves to assassinate the king and restore traditional order to the kingdom.
The conflict between temporal power and priestly authority leads Raghapat to seduce Nayan Rai, portrayed by Roger Culbertson, Concordia senior the king's general into attempting the killing, but Rai fails in several attempts.
DETERMINED TO BE rid of Gowinda, the high priest then prets upon the devout and naive Jaising, a temple attendant, who was loyal to the king, but is won over nonetheless.
Jaising, played by Tom Swift, Shawnee Mission mission, is distracted by the severe dichotomy that exists between the king and the high priest. When the moment comes that he must face the king with the task of assassinating him, Jaising's allegiance to the king overcomes the misguided interest in the high priest, and he too fails in his attempt.
This is not Jaising's only conflict, for he
in love with a lower-caste servant girl, Aparna, Veronica Dandridge, Kansas City, Kan., junior, in direct violation of the strict Hindu caste system.
But the problem of the conflict between love and duty is found no closer to the king
"The play is a vehicle for Tagore's
theory," said Maura Faust, assistant
director, said.
THE QUEEN, Gunavati, played by Alicia Rizer, Wichita freshman, fights herself in the heat of battle. She is coldidess, but unbleat to bear an heir to the throne. As a result, she feels committed to sacrifice hundreds of animals to the goddess Kail of Tripura as penance for her婆婆.
'blain's translation is more Tagore than Tagore's version," she said.
This, of course, runs counter to the beliefs of the king, and the resolution of this conflict, as well as the others makes the substance of the play.
The play is most of Elahi's master's degree thesis and is being shown as part of the International Theatre Department's new wide artists to the University of Kansas.
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Arts & Leisure
New Lim play takes female view
Staff Writer
Paul Stephen Lim, award winning playwright, has new his play, "Hatchet Club," auditioned for his last one, "Homericia," which was his first work.
"Hatchet Club" will be presented at a script-in-hand reading at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Council Room of the Kansas Union.
According to Lim, "Hatchet Club" is about an unmarried woman who is a university professor trying to survive in a male-dominated, male-oriented history department and the roles she has to play in order to survive.
"But I have learned since 'Homericia' that if you shout angrily from a mountaintop, people can just tune you out. You are using diffraction."
"Homeric" delved into human sexuality to reveal the breakdown of the family unit. It seemed to blame the feminist and gay activist for her failure.
LIM SAID THE PLAY was very loosely based on a KU history department club on the Hatchett Club, which meets on an in-ground amphitheatre.
"IT WAS A very angry show," Lim said recently. "It wasn't necessarily my view, but I felt it was something that had to be said about the future of the family as a unit, not just in America, but more so in America because this is where the women's movement
I's tell very gaily about writing 'Homerica' so "hatchet Club" is written from the woman's point of view. It's my way of saying I do.
"Hatchet Club" is a one-act comedy. Lim said he felt strongly about the feminist theme in his new play.
Lim stressed that as a man writing a woman's play, he could not
"People in the history department might be upset if they come," Lim said. "I also take a few digs at academe and how this University's set up. I don't actually mention names. There are a few lines that criticize the administration and how women are made to play different roles. You find out a lot of the different attitudes that men in the academic field have towards women."
teel what a woman felt but could only observe and imagine. He said this made his pain less emotional and more objective.
LIM CAME TQ Lawrence in the spring of 1969 from the Philippines. He is a freshman English instructor and is working toward his doctorate in English. He received his bachelor's degree and a master's in English from KU.
museer in 1974, he has written seven plays. In 1978 he won the American College Theatre Award for playwriting for his play "Copersonals," which was produced in the Inge Theater at KU and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
the Kethers. Another, Liam play, "Points of Departure," was produced in Los Angeles last October and ran in repertory until March. "Homericia" was produced by SUA last March, but, according to him, his agent thought it was too nasty to produce in New York. A Kansas City group is considering Liam's play, "Chambers," and the University Theatre may do "Wooman" next year.
Lim is currently working on a play about St. Paul.
"A LOT OF anti-gays and anti-feminists are always quoting St. Paul, so I went and back read St. Paul to see what he said about women, marriage, children and homosexuality and I discovered that St. Paul had a few things wrong with himself. There are many
Lam writes quickly, once he gets started. He was working on the St. Paul play when he got off to write "Hatchet Club," and thought about thinking for a few more days.
who had never only problem with writing was that English was his third language and he sometimes had problems with colloquial ex-
perience.
Lim calls writing a game, comparable to a jigsaw puzzle.
Lim calls writing a game, comparable to a jigsaw puzzle.
"It's the working out of a problem. You start with 'what if such an
game'."
LIM HAS TWO other plays in the works. One is about American missionaries in China in the 1930s and the Peace Corps movement.
By working at a rate of one play a year, Lim expects of have 10 plays completed in three more years. He already has completed
"And then maybe I'll be off in New York," he said.
Beautiful writing
Calligraphy and delicate painting combine to form the work "Dokuryun," by Kita Genki. The "Obaka Painting and Calligraphy" exhibit in the Helen Forespeer Spencer Museum
Museum offers solution for fearful explorers
By JERRY JONES
Associate entertainment editor
Are you torn between the desire to explore the woods at night and the fear of becoming a midnight brunch for the fanged appetites that crowl the dark?
Fear no more. The Museum of Natural History has come to your rescue. In a unique program called "The Museum After Dark," the museum allows visitors to discover, by the glow of a flashlight, the animals of North America, the living snakes of Kansas and the giant fossil remnants of dinosaurs.
"The Museum After Dark," a recent part of the Saturday workshop series sponsored by the museums, offers visitors the opportunity to enter the Natural History Museum at night with all lights turned off (except for the museum's exhibit) and view the many exhibits with a flashlight.
"IT'S LIKE you're camping out and you stick your flashlight out of the tent," Ruth Gennrich, director of film at the museum, said. The beam of your flashlight might catch a provoking cowboy or a muscific skunk, both of which are on display in the huge cyclorama exhibit in the museum."
To augment the nocturnal exploration, tapes of natural animal calls—such as those of wolves, owls and cougars—are pipe into the rooms. Downstairs, in the paleontology exhibits, a camel's cry is detected at slow speed to simulate dinosaur calls.
"I dream it," she revealed, laughingly. "When I was a youngster, I used to wonder what things went on in a museum after dark." When she mentioned it to some of her colleagues, she found that they, too, were fascinated by the museums. "Museums After Dark" was born, offering all the thrills of a night in the woods, without fear of bites, ticks or buffalo chips.
UPSTAIRS, THE SNakes are feeding, and a flashlight beam might catch a timber rattler or king snake devouring a plump field mouse.
"After Dark" is just one of the many programs offered every weekend of the
"I dreamt it" she revealed, laughingly.
How did Gennirchun come up with the idea of exploring a dark museum with only a few pieces?
school year by the museums of natural history. The museum of anthropology, the museum of invertebrate paleontology, the Snow Entomological Museum, the museum of Kansas Herbarium and the museum of historical history comprise the museums system.
In addition, there are monthly speaking programs and special events, which include workshops, exhibits, and adult classes such as fv fishing or taxidermy.
THE WEEKEND PROGRAMS appeal to all ages and offer diverse excursions into the outdoors. Students snakes to discover spring wildflowers to studying aquatic biology. The only drawback is their popularity. Class sizes are usually 8-14, but many who are slow in signing up.
In the summer, the museums' programs zero in on children from five to 13 years of age, with 36 separate classes on 15 subjects, such as "Reptiles and Amphibians," "Birds," "Butterflies and Moths," "Archaeology" and "Astronomy."
Children's programs, too, are extremely
NOT ONLY ARE the programs popular with kids, but the programs are extremely popular with instructors. The instructors are often burdened because they are not burdened by the restraints of prior knowledge, and they take a wholesome, unblemished perspective of the world.
popular. The first course won't begin until June 5, but already most of the courses for eight to 13-year-olds are full. There still are children from children for five to seven years old.
The dance studio at Robinson Gymnastics is busting with activity as the members of the Tau Sigma Dance Ensemble and the University prepare for their annual concert.
Presented at 8 p.m. May 4, 5 and 6 in the University Theatre in Murphy Hall, the concert offers a lively variety of dance styles, ranging from classical ballet to get-down jazz. Willey Lenoir, instructor of dance, will be present; attendance also would be attested at 3 on May 6.
Of course, escaping a group of five, six and seven-year-old children around the fields and woods of Kansas does present other problems.
"You get neat questions from kids," she said. "Sometimes they make great observations."
KU dancers offer variety
Sherry Monroe, a former Tau Sigma member now living in Wichita, OH, teaches at the University Dance Company and three children from the Lawrence School of
"We have big tick inspections on kids"
Genrich said. "They're built so low to the ground."
The field trips for the children's classes have been insidiously designed to arouse and stimulate.
The program does not have a special theme, but, rather, individual creativity is stressed. Most of the dances in the program are traditional dance styles for students, faculty and alumni, Leneo said.
TAU SIGMA was organized in 1924 as an honorary dance sorority and later was renamed a fraternity so that men could be admitted. Lenoir said the group was renamed a dance ensemble it fit better with the organization's image.
Ballet. In addition, dancers from Wichita will present two numbers in the program as part of an annual exchange between Wichita and the University of Kansas.
Tickets for the spring concert are available in 220 Robinson and can be purchased at the door. Admission is 50 cents for children and senior citizens and $2 for adults. Students are admitted free with their student identification cards.
Tau Sigma teaches its members all three phases of dance—ballet, modern and jazz.
Membership is open to any person interested in dance, from the beginner to the experienced.
"a lot of parents say, just half in jest, 'I wish I could take them (clasms), too,'" I whisper.
EASTERN KANNS affords an opportunity to study several different animal systems.
African movies to show here
Robert Van Lirop didn't know anything about filmmaking when he directed his first documentary, but he thought the job had to be done.
Lierop will be at the University of Kansas Friday and Saturday to show and discuss four of his documentaries. Two movies about Mozambique, "O Povo Organizado" (The People Organized) and "A Lata Continua" (The Struggle Continues), will be shown at 6 p.m. Friday in the Forum Room on Monday. Another film, "Last Grave at Dimbaza", two movies about South Africa, will be shown on Saturday.
Lierop left his law practice in New York to make the movie, and since then he has not returned to law but has continued to produce documentaries about black Africa.
Lierop, a black himself, became interested in the problems of Africa after meeting Euardo Mondlane, the first president of Portugal, country became independent from Portugal.
After trying unsuccessfully to locate a filmmaker who would direct a movie about Mozambique, Lierop took on the job himself, producing "A Luta Continua." In it, Lierop attempted to show the continuing influence of the new government has experienced.
Lierop has made films in other African countries, and he also has accompanied the documentaries on tours of the United States to raise support and money for Africa.
One of the gravest needs in Mozambique, according to Lierop, is medical care, because in 1976 the country had only 50 malaria-free a population of more than nine million.
overlapped by two different ecological
the eastern deciduous zone and the
primate.
"We are at the very end of a lot of summers," said, "and 'at the beginning of a lot of others.'"
The timber rattlesnake, for example, is prevalent only in the forested eastern third of the state, while the prairie rattler populates the plains to the west. The Ozark cave intrudes into southwest Kansas harboring animals not to be found elsewhere
WITH ALL THAT dandy terrain and range of wildlife to choose from, Genrich said, the programs were growing with only resources and time limiting the number of
Gennrich said she had not decided what programs would be offered next year.
"None that I've gone to sleep on," she said. "I have to dream awhile."
Obaku art on display at Spencer
By SARAH ILES
Rudolph
Reviewer
A bright yellow banner, anchored above the front entrance of the Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, snaps in the April wind. The bold, black brusheshushed upon it. Obaku Painting and Calligraphy calligraphy means "beautiful writing".
Most museum visitors will not be able to read the message-it was written in Japanese figures by Kwan S. Wong, Kansas City, Kan., graduate student in art history, to celebrate the opening on April 8 of the museum's latest exhibit of the same name. But, many will enjoy the exhibit, which was coordinated by Stephen Addiss, assistant curator of the Asian studies and art history and fa-ulty curator of Oriental art at the museum.
THE STYLE borrows its name from the Obaku sect of Zen Buddhism, begun in 1654 by a disciple of Zen Buddhaism. The monks of this sect regarded art as an important way as ways to communicate religious ideas that cannot be expressed with words. Obaku is a small, but still important, sect in modern Japan.
Addiss said that a traveling exhibit of Japanese art had been planned for display during April and May, but had to be cancelled six months ago. In a comparatively short time, he put together the Obaku show with the help of other faculty members. He also borrowed from museums and private collections throughout the country.
those typically seen in Oriental nature work—lotus and bamboo plants, clouds, snow and the famous leaders of the Obaku sect—Te Tsu Shan, Isuanen, ingen, Vertical sketch —Te Tsu Shan, Isuanen, ingen, company the work or stand alone as art themselves. The monks' descriptive strokes of ink and color vary from being quick and bold to a more delicate case, the craftsmanship is highly developed.
The paintings were done on what is now cream-colored paper. This paper was attached to a scroll of silk pieces sewn together. The finished scrolls are anywhere from two by six feet square to four by ten feet and are woven into the silk with colored threads.
One of the most attractive scrolls displays is a painting of Dokurayu, an Aboka leader and master of calligraphy. It was done by Kita Genki, a master of portraiture, in 1671, and was lent to the exhibition by the Cleveland Museum of Art.
THE TOP AND bottom of the scroll are of slightly iridescent beige silk. Framing the rectangle of portrait paper are strips of water-green silk, woven with a lighter green lattice. Small, pink and yellow lotus flowers are striped on both sides above and below the portrait are narrow strips of cream-colored silk with gold threads woven in a tendril motif.
The portrait shows Dokuryu seated on arug with his legs crossed. The triangular shape created by his body is stable, and the figure in the nebulous white background.
Dorurkya's face is only slightly darker than the paper. It is surrounded by a fluffy ring of grey hair, which glows like a sunset. Her eyes are piercing, with fine, brown strokes. His eyes, though one-fourth of an inch high, are filled with character and personality, amplified by his seven yards.
THEREE RED and white signature seals and five lines of poetry grace the area above Dokurya's head. A card next to the scroll the poet and explains its significance.
The gallery decor contributes to the tranquility of the show. Instead of protecting the scrolls with plexiglas sheets, as is usually done, Mark Roeyer, exhibitions designer and preparer, arranged black scrolls that would appear on the floor around the walls preventing the viewer from getting near enough to touch and soil the silk. The arrangement of the wood, based loosely on Japanese architecture, adds to the Oriental flavor, and the distracting glue of plexiglas shields is gone. Large, dark pumice-like rocks and sand are used in the background around the room. Vases of red-bud flowers ornament the viewers' benches.
Addis's Obaku exhibit will be shown at the New Orleans Museum of Art from June 15 to August 6, hopefully lending that gallery the air of peace and elegance the Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art is now receiving.
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Weekend Highlights
Concerts
THE KU SYMPHONIC BAND will perform at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in the University Theatre.
Films
All firms will be shown in Woodford Audium, level 5 of the Kansas University, unless otherwise noted
the KMEO Odnstiegen,
"NETWORK," with Faiz Dumayne, William Holden and
Jim Holmes, and tomorrow.
**"HOLLYWOOD BACKSTAGE"** an knaked documentary of
cinema in the cinema, will be the midnight move and to
meet the filmmakers.
- 'O POVEN ORGANISAD' and 'A UTA CONFINA' (until 2014) in the Forum Room, Filminster Rifkind Van Lampen will be able to attend the event in a private setting.
**FESTIVAL** a documentary of the Newport Folk Festival featuring Bob Bazell and Joe Bezz, will be shown Sunday.
"BLUEBERRY "CLAVAN HAVANA" and "THE NAKED DAWN" with his shirt Monday
"RUNNING TIDE" and "LAST GRAVAGE AT DIMZAWA"
"RUNNING TIDE" by director Robert Van Leeuwen at 8 p.m.
"LAST GRAVAGE AT DIMZAWA" by director Robert Van Leeuwen at 8 p.m.
**DEARELING USA**, with Humphrey Bogart, will be shown Wednesday.
'CONFIRMATION AT KENT STATE' and '37.73' will be
held Thursday.
Theatre
*FALSTAFF*, an open by Gusseo Wilde, will be present at 8 a.m. and tomorrow in light in the University of Illinois School of Journalism.
*HATATCH CLUB* a one-act play by Pauline Laisman. The subject of a serial in hand reading at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15. (Catholic Press)
*SACRIFICE* will be performed at 8 p.m. Monday through
Saturday in the William Ippe theatre in Muncy Hall.
Exhibits
The KANAS UNION GALLERY will feature a 5-season Students Show from the art department during May 9.
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WATSON LIBRARY is exhiting 'Swims in American Life' on the first floor of the beginning.
THE HELEN FOREMAN SPENCER MUSEUM OF ART IS
the most important art museum in Boston.
And Calligraphy and Photography from the Museum Go...
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The 76 FALLY CAMP is exhibiting the works of Vernon Breisach and Robert Zebery through May 3.