University Daily Kansan
Friday, December 8, 1978
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'Electra' well done despite time barriers
By MELISSA THOMPSON
reviewer
A member of the chorus in KU's presentation of Sophocles "Electra" nods grimly at the end of the play and declares, "This day's work is well done."
Indeed.
"Electra" which opens in the William Elyse Memorial Theatre Monday, is well done despite the handicaps inherent to the program. A long and tense audience. The play will run through Dec. 9.
"Electra" is part of Sophoes' trilogy about the murder of a Greek hero, Agamemnon, and his son and daughter's subsequent search for vengeance.
KATHELEN L. WARFEL, Kansas City, Kan, senior, plays the title roll skillfully. From the moment when she strides nervously on stage, her voice carries a half-swallowed sob; her chin verges on quivering.
WARFLE HAS a fine air of distracted grief that shifts into self-increasing anger and mackery during her confrontations with her mother, dyshemia, and her mother, Clivemestra.
Robin Manzano, Lake Bluff, Ill., sophomore, plays Chrysothermis. She is a tall, slender woman whose beauty and calm personality with Warfel's shaggy, shabby appearance.
This contrast is heightened during one scene, a typical sisters argument. Warfel and Manzano rehash the past and bitterly reproach one another for their different views on her mother's cruelty and her second husband, Aegisthus.
Another scene between the two women demonstrates their versatility. Tenderly, Warbf刷 hands back Manzuno's hair and kisses him, recalling their mother. Manzano recolls in horror.
JUDY KROEGER, who plays the murder queen, Clytemraean, does a good job portraying a hateful woman. When she glides on stage in purple satin and silver chains, she has a hard look in her eyes. The cut edge to her appearance.
Kroger's voice drips with despair as she knocks her daughter Electra for mocking her. "She's not going to be here."
My eyes are a weary red,
My jeans have worn a hole in behind (you can't see it by turning the page).
And my pocketbook is thin from inflated bills and too much party.
What will I do?
(a simulated picture)
I need a new pair of jeans (my hands are in my pocket to keep myself warm).
Think I'll drive over to Jeans for Beans,
where I can buy dark denims for just $10.25,
or a sweatshirt for only $5.50.
Jeans for Beans sells quality clothing at a cheap price. Granted, the store isn't fancy (these guys won't even replace the carpet), but who cares?
Electra's smudged, lined face glares back at her.
Crestes, played by Timothy Loftus, Florissant, M., junior, is the only character that seems less polished than the others. Loftus lurches about the stage a bit too easily. He has sems admirable moments, but needs more stealth during other parts.
Director Bill Nesbitt handled the chorus well. Instead of messing with problems of getting the chorus members to move and speak in unison, he has each member speak alone. He also has reduced the chorus from its original 12 members to just three.
SET DESIGNER Robert Butcher and costumer Chez Haeli have also done their work well. The sparse, sandy pillars and simple Greek togas enhance the bare emotions of the play. They pare away unnecessary distractions.
Persons not familiar with mythology or the story of Orestes and Electra should not use their ignorance as an excuse to stay silent, but should never be so sure they to solely be the sob in the warflea's voice.
Efforts under way against Oread plan
Some property owners in the Oread Neighborhood are trying to collect money for attorneys to represent them and explain their objections to the Oread Neighborhood plan during public hearings on the plan scheduled for next month.
Virginia Munger, 1601 University Drive, and yesterday that a letter had been sent by several property owners to ask them for the neighborhood, requesting donations.
Munger said legal counsel would help the landlords present an organized front during the hearings, and avoid the potential for one presenting a different proposal.
Munger would not go into detail about the contents of the letter or the number of people to whom it was sent. She and some other property owners object to a
proposal outlined in the Oread Neighbored plan for rezoning to restrict future growth. Munger and the other architects would rezone the rezoning would decrease property values.
The aim of the rezoning, according to the plan, would be to control traffic problems and deterioration in the area by limiting population density.
Recently, some landlords started a splinter neighborhood association, saying that a new association could do more for the neighborhood than the Oread Neighborhood Association could do.
The Oread Neighborhood runs from the KU campus to Massachusetts Street and from 19th Street to Ninth Street.
Munger said the request for money had been made to many property owners, and not just to those who supported the splinter association.
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