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University Daily Kansan, February 10, 1981
Play explores freedom, sexual repression
By CINDY CAMPBELL
Staff Reporter
"The House of Bernards Alba," described by playwright Federico Garcia Lorca as "A story about women in the villages of Spain," will be presented Feb. 10-15 in the William J. Theater.
Mary Dellasgea, Pittsburgh graduate student in theater, will direct Lora's dramatic work with all-an-woman cast consisting of 28 students. She is more than a story about women, however.
The play is set in the home of a domineering and tyrannical matriarch, Bernarda Alba, who lives with her five daughters. The daughters are virtual prisoners in their mother's iron control.
Lorca intended the play to represent the women who are imprisoned by their society and religion and try to escape, Dellasgaa said. Bernarda represents the rigid and ruthless demands made on Spanish women by religion and tradition.
"It also depicts the problems with freedom of movement and sexual repression," Dellasgaa said. "I want the play to be gripping. A lot of people have prejudices against the play because they've seen very boring, dreary productions, but we want to enlighten the text. Instead of a gloomy funeral atmosphere, we want to show a struggle."
Two daughters, Magdalena (Jana Pratt) and Adela (Michelle Stetling) discuss the isolation their dominating mother has forced them into in Frederico García Lorca's play, "The House of Bernarda Alba."
The stage setting for the production was designed by Mahmoud Hammamni Abdel-Latif, CAFF.
Tickets for the 8 p.m. performances are on sale in the Murphy Hall Box Office. All seats are general admission and available for $2 to the public and free for KU students.
On Campus
TODAY
THE DOUGLAS COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THE PREVENTION OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL CLIENTS is sponsoring a Smoking Cessation Clinic to help the clients quit smoking, at 7 a.m. in the Fireplace Room of Louisville.
NANCY JACK, a Kansas City naturalist and author, will speak and show slides at the regular meeting of the Lawrence Sierra club, at 7:30 p.m. in the Pine room of the Kansas Union.
TAU SIGMAL DANCE CLUB will meet at 7 p.m. in 242 Robinson
THE CAMPUS CHRISTIAN HOUSE will have
its weekly Bible study at 7:30 p.m. at 1116 Indiana.
THE WESTERN CIVILIZATION FILM
THE LEGACY OF CREation of
7 a.m. on the basement of Pearl
Park.
DAVID SAILE WILL GIVE A LECTURE ent-
titled "Digital Art: The Future of Build-
ing" 30 n.r. in Room 120 of the Visual Arts Building.
THE BIBLICAL SEMINAR ON ROMANS will dussuc Romans chapter 3, "The Righteousness of God" at 7 p.m. at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries Center.
THE WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE DAY
LUNCHEN will be at noon in the Kansas Room
of the Union. Keith Fuller, president and general manager of the Associated Press will speak.
AN ART LECTURE by Thomas W. Southhall, curator of photography, on "Harry Callahan: Color Photographs" at 2:30 p.m. in the Spencer Museum of Art auditorium.
ENGLISH/SUA POETRY READING with
David Ray at 8 p.m. in the Council Room of
the Union
The Kansas welcomes items for inclusion in "On Campus." Organizations should submit written information on scheduled, free events to the permanent editor at least three days in advance.
By STEVEN GREENWOOD Contributing Reviewer
THE JAM: "Sound Affects" (Polydor)
Jam sound spread too thin
For quite some time now, the Jam has been England's most popular and best- loved rock 'n' roll band, with a small but fiercely vocal group. They play and the creative goods to justify its reputation.
Since 1977, these three suburban London lads have produced 11 consecutive hit singles of a uniformly high quality, one good album and three excellent follow-ups.
Review
Now, in 1981, Paul Welter's songwriting continues to chronicle defy and intelligently the observations, aspirations and anger of youth on the verge of adulthood. His guitar
playing matures by leaps and bounds. His graff lead vocals, while laugably limited in range, somehow contribute to the band's identity and charm.
Teammates Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler remain perhaps the most easily recognizable rhythm section around. So why is "Sound Affects," the band's fifth LP, so frustrating?
The real problem is the material. In a recent interview, Weller complained that the record company had imposed a deadline for the album and that he didn't know where he was going to come up with half the material. Unfortunately, the strain shows.
Side one kicks off well enough with the
track that follows. The album track that
really had no business being
However, the next three songs, 'Pretty Green', 'Monday' and 'I'm Different Art', are all throwaway.
Group-credited instruments tucked away on second sides of albums usually are little more than excuses for other band members to get a cut of the LP's songwriting royalties, but the Jam's "Music for the Last Couple" is a welcome, if lightweight, exception—a polyrhythmic romp that flirts with some dubwise sound effects in its middle section.
On the brighter side is a modified skiffle, "That's Entertainment," with lyrics extolling the oft-overlooked joys of simple everyday things.
"Sound Affects," then, while certainly a listenable and enjoyable LP, breaks virtually
no new ground and ultimately marks time for a band that could be and should be out mopping up all competition before breakfast. However, Paul Weller is smart and, with five albums under his belt at age 22, should never be underestimated. If he can break through his self-imposed stylistic limitations, the Jam's most affecting sounds are still to come.
elvis costello and the attractions; "TRUST"
(COLUMBIA)
O' Fouryes is back, and from the front cover's not-exactly-subliminal attempt at mass-consciousness manipulation, to the conclusion of this study of articulations are that with the release of "Trust," Elvis Costello is subtle squirming his way out of a pigeon holes. Now that he has the attention of a large audience, he begins to poke at the mouth of his music do 100 percent of the talking.
Of course, half the fun of an Elvis Costello album comes in trying to figure out what each song is "about." On past albums this task often seemed similar to trying to complete a book but outfitted with the dulcets, on "Trust" graciously allows us slightly more access.
“Strict Time” clearly points out that many forms of repression are as timeless in 1981 as ever; “Watch Your Step” wags a warning middle finger towards America’s increasing nationalism at both government and redhacking. Yet the rhetoric of the poignant portrait of either a guilt-ridden war veteran or a young man forced into an early, unhappy marriage and fatherhood.
"Different Finger" is this album's by-on-requisite showcase for Costello's country-and-western infatuations. Costello's pinched whisper doesn't really lend itself to honkytok, but he has his inflections and phrasing down, and his love for the genre and mastery of blues has made him surprised if an "Elvis Country" album finds its way into the new-release bips some day.
Elvis Costello has begun to peek out from the barriers behind which he's hidden himself for four years (he even suffered Tom Snyder gladdly on last Tuesday's "Tomorrow" show). However, however, to decide exactly what it is he must be真诚 with "of trust" or "admiration" would most likely be met with contempt. Would you settle for $7.98 and a little appreciation, El?
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