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University Daily Kansan, July 15, 1983
'Menagerie' still needs polish
By JUDITH HINDMAN Staff Reporter
"The Glass Menagerie," being staged by Kansas Repertory Theatre, is a play about illusion, fantasy and truth.
It is set in St. Louis in the mid-1900s and on centers on a mother's attempt to find a suitor for her shy, crippled daughter. A girl tries to escape from his mundane existence.
THE PLAYS MOOD, one of dark memories filtered through years of remorse and guilt, is quickly established by Jim Peterson's well-executed stage set, by the dark lighting and by the effective use of music from the
The set is a stuntingly accurate representation of a St. Louys row house.
Playwright Tennessee Williams has portrayed a family whose members use fantasies to escape the painful realities of life.
The play opens with the son, Tom Wingfield, delivering a monologue explaining that the audience is about to hear a speech that is his personal reminiscence.
The play then becomes a dramatization of his own guilt and anguish.
MARK NASH, as Tom Wingfield, effectively portrays a character trapped by his circumstances and longing to follow his absent father — "a telephone man who fell in love with long distances."
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At one point, he emotionally describes watching a magician escape from a coffin "without removing a single nail." But Tom's only escape from the sedum of his daily life is at the movies where he has seen images of escape from the grim realities of daily life during the depression.
There are times during the production when Nash's performance is almost too flat. Some of the quater game benefits benefited from a little more emotion.
IF TOM WINGFIELD is a symbol of the restless, frustrated youth of America, hungry for adventure, then the mother, Amanda, is the symbol of the old, genteel South, struggling to maintain a steady workforce in an era when unemployment, hunger and despair were the lot of many American families.
Margaret Humphreys, as Amanda Wingfield, is as overpowering in her role as Nash is underpowering in his. After hearing her shrill criticisms for 10 minutes, the audience easily understands the father's absence and the son's desire to follow him.
The main flaw in this production is during the confrontations between Tom and Amanda. There is no gradual building of tension. The continuing tension affords them and son jump almost immediately from police tolerance to loud rage.
It would have been effective to just once have had an angry confrontation between mother and son that simmered before exploding.
MARTA BROW, while displaying considerable acting talent, simply looked too healthy to be the crippled daughter, Laura Wingfield. This impression was reinforced several times when she forgot her bracelet and broke it. And she always seemed to walk with too much vigor to be a crippled recluse.
Additionally, like Nash, Brow sometimes underplayed her part too much. For example, when the long-awaited "gentleman caller" finally appears and is unable to come to the dinner table, Brow simply can't信望sick enough.
The production is a success despite some opening night sabotage by the props. But the cast recovered well from the falling candlesticks and ash trays.
This is a good production that needs only a little more polish — which it should have accomplished by this weekend.
Remaining performances of the "The Glass Menagerie" will be at 8 p.m. today and next Thursday and at 2:30 p.m. July 24.
KU, Wichita may play this season
Kansas" 66-65 heartbreak breaking to Wichita State in the 1981 NCAA tournament, which became known as "The Battle of New Orleans," with the defeat of the battle over which school has the best college basketball team in Kansas.
Sources in the KU athletic department said yesterday that an announcement would be made next week verifying that a Kansas vs. Wichita State game would be scheduled this season.
The University of Kansas and Wichita State University, both known for strong basketball programs, have not met in a regular season basketball game since 1955 (KU won the game 56-35).
The sources said that a date and place for the game had not been decided but that KU had an open date Jan. 7.
But KU Athletic Director Monte Johnson denied any plans for such a game, and Lew Perkins, athletic director at Wichita State, refused to comment yesterday when asked to verify such plans.
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CLEVELAND — Alan Bannister belted a 1-1 pitch into the left field stands leading off the 10th inning last night to help the Cleveland Indians snap a five-game losing streak with a victory over the Kansas City Royals.
HR in 10th downs Royals
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Rick Satulife, 11-4, pitched his fifth complete game, giving up nine hits, striking out a career-high 10 and walking two.
Armstrong, 4-4. Armstrong had come in of relief at starter Bud Black in the eighth innings. Black gave up seven hits and three earned runs.
The Indians took a 1-0 lead in the first on a two-out home run by Toby Harrah against Black, and the Royals bounced back in the fifth on a two-run homer by rookie Pat Sheridan.
The Royals increased their lead to 3-1 in the top of the eighth inning. But Cleveland came back in the bottom half in the inning with two runs to tie the score.
The loss went to reliever Mike
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