6
Friday, December 1, 1978
University Dally Kansan
KU to give a modified
Sophocles' classical Greek drama "Electra" will be presented as a human story next week in the intimacy of KU's theater. The theatre, according to the plav's director.
The story is about Electra's revenge for her father who was killed by her mother, Queen Clytemnaestra, and the mother's lover, King Agigustis. Electra is played by Kathleen Warfel, Kansas City, Kan; senator Queen Clytemnaestra by Judy Kroeger, Lawrence special student; and King Agigustis by Steve Harlin, Lawrence sophomore.
As the play opens, Electra has been
responded to a servant because she rebelled
against her master.
BILL NESBITT, who directs the play, has eliminated some elements of the original work, as well as adding new ones.
less plodding tale with characters of greater death.
"We cut the number of chorus members from 12 to three," Nesbitt said, "so that each could have a character of his own and the narrative chanting of the Greek style."
The intimate setting of the Inge Theatre allows the characters to be closer to life, Nesbitt said, and allows the consequences of the stands people take to be emphasized.
He said the acoustics of Inge also would allow the story to seem real.
"The ANCIENT Greek actors had to project so that an audience of 30,000 in an amphitheater could hear them. We don't realize how much they hurt, so the emotions seem real," he said.
The set, which depicts the outside of King Agigusthus castle, is dark and slightly
"These people live in a diseased environment caused by centuries of bloodletting. The caused illness and the disease set help illustrate this deceased, decaying life," he said.
THE DECAYING society contributes to "Electra" as a melodrama, according to
"Our sympathies go totally with Electra," he said. "She is totally under the thumb of the Queen, and good and evil are very clearly defined."
In addition to the performances in the Inge Theatre at 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday, Dec. 4-9, the drama also will be presented in the courtyard of the Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8.
General admission tickets are $1.75.
students will be admitted free with KU IDs.
Moody Blues to hit KC after 5 years in silence
By RICK ODELL
Staff Writer
After five years in British mothballs, the rock band credited with fusing rock riff and full orchestration has come forth to search again for the lost chord. The Moody Blues are on tour and will appear in Kansas City Dec. 4.
Not since the release of "Seventh Sojorn" and their accompanying world tour in 1973 have the Moody Bless recorded or performed together. To fully appreciate the news of the Moodies' decision to step back into the sunlight, after their five-year musical hibernation, one must have a feel for the sound of the band's music, which, at its peak, had attracted a following that approached semi-meansmic proportions.
The Moody Blues were formed in Birmingham, England, in 1943 as a rhyme and blues group. The founding members were Denny Laine (now a member of Wings) and Denny Laine (now a member of Wings) and Clint Warwick. The group soon released their first album," The Moody Blues No. 1." They also released "Now" but the album proved to be a false hope for the Moodies and the group's popularity slowly faded. Laine and Warwick replaced by Jasmin Hayward and John Lodge.
SOON AFTER HAYARD and Lodge joined the group the Moodes purchased a mellotron, a keyboard instrument which produced sounds of a multitude of orchestral instruments. With it the group undertook a tour of England, the legend of the Moody Blues begins here.
Experimentation with the melioron soon led to the Moodies' collaboration with the
London Symphony Orchestra and the release of "Days of Future Passed," which spawned the hit single "Nights in White Satin."
The Moodies' professionalism—the group would often spend months producing an album—began yielding albums of immaculate technical production. After the release of "In Search of the Lost Chord," and "On The Threshold of a Dream," the Moodies' following bordered on evangelical. Their albums were going gold and platinum in the mid-1980s, but that the following was burgeoning. In 1973 the Moody Blues went silent.
Although the Moodies never officially announced the group's end, the 1974 release of "This is the Moody Blues," "a best of" and all the appearances of a posthumous set.
Why would a band that was enjoying the success that the Moodies had encountered decide to up and leave in the middle of their backstage door at the back-stage door for a five year smoke?
Corker Carry, an employee and resident Moody Blues authority at a Kansas City record store, Capers Corner, says that the Moodies painted themselves into a corner in 1973 when they failed to relinquish their winning style.
"PEOPLE WE GETTING into a new sound in 73. Music like Howie and Mott the music of the early 80s public was buying music with a greater drive beat than the Moody Blues had to
KJHJ disc jockey Jeye Greenwood
attribution Woodies fade in 1973 to a
disc jockey
Greenwood said
"The Moodies were going into the studio and coming up with the same old stuff."
As paradoxical as it might seem, the Moodies success could have ultimately pushed the group into silence. Producing gold records with the ease of feeding pigs in Trafalgar Square may have been conquered by the group that all had been conquered by the group.
However, the Moody Blues' recent album, "Octave," and accompanying tour are proof that "This is the Moody Blues" was not the group's swan song after all.
THE LATEST RELEASE reflects the Moodier warmer than orchestral sumptuosity of its title. It is also a characteristic of the group in the late '60s, is no longer in wog with today's rock 'n' roll.
The current Moody Blues' tour stars all the names familiar to Moody fans—Hayward, Lodge, Edge and Thomas—with one exception. Even though keyboard player Mike Pinder recorded with the Moodies on Octave he has refused to accompany the band on their fourth Foray. He named the band Patrick Morail will in for Pinder on the current tour as it winds its way across the United States, including a stop in Kansas City on Dec. 4.
As of Wednesday evening limited seating was still available for the concert. One of the ticket outlets for the concert, Capers Corner, still had 100 upper level set seats available at $75 each. The current tour will include older Moodles' material.
The exact reason for the Moodies' decision to set out again on their musical journey is anyone's guess. Possibly the catalyst is money, perhaps it is something else. Their reemergence may be designed to put them on the threshold of that dream.
A daughter's sorrow
Electra, Kathleen Wartel, Kansas City, Kan., senor, mourn for her divided family in *Scoliosis* classical drama "Electra." The
Steff photo by BRUCE BANDLE
-UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
one act play will be presented at 8 p.m. Dec. 4-8 at the William Inge Theatre and, at the Helen Foresman Museum of Art at
Niaht Life
Lawrence Opera House, 644 Massachusetts St.
- Strut and Fastbreak, Dec. 1, 9 p.m.
  to m. and $2 general admission + $15
  member.
11th Street Rhythm Method, Dec. 2, 9 to
12am, to 12pm, $2, general admission
Spare Time
- Dave Chastain Band, Dec. 6, 9 p.m. to
12:30 a.m. free.
- Koko Taylor and Her Blues Machine from Chicago. 8 d, 9 in to 12:30 am. $3
- Paul Gray's Jazz Place, 926 Massachusetts St.
- Jay McShann, Dec. 1-2, 9 p.m. to mid-
night *
- Jam Session, Dec. 7, 9 p.m. to midnight, free.
- Klute, dir. by Alan J. Pakula, with Donald
- Earl Robinson and the Red Hot Scamps,
Dec. 8, 9.m to midnight, $5.
Last Tango in Italy, dir. by Bernardo Bertolucci with Marlon Brando and Marie Claire
World Is out, a documentary of the lives of 26 gay men and women, Dec. 12, 7 p.m. Fri., Nov. 9, 8 p.m. Sat.
Movies
Sutherland and Jane Fonda, Dec. 4, 7:30 p.m.
$1.
Yogimbo, dir. by Aika Kurosao, with Toshiro Kurosao, 6 7:30am m $1
Umberto D. dir, by Vittorio de Sica, with
Carlo Battisti, Dec. 7, 3:0 p.m., $1.
Bringing Up Baby, dir by Howard Hawks,
with Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and
Daniel Day-Lewis. dir by Frank Capra, dir
by Frank Capra, with Clark Gabie and
Claudia Colbert, Dec. 8, 3.10 p.m. and
11 a.m.
Concerts
University Chorus and Orchestra, War
Rebuild by Benjamin Britten. B迭, 3; 3, 10p
Britten.
The Mandolin Guitar Ensemble, Dec. 3, b.p., Lawrence Arts Center, Ninth and Vernon
Queen, Dec. 8, 8 p.m. Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo. Mickets are $7.50 and $8.50.
Recitals
Student Recital Series
- Nancy Schmidt, soprano, Dec. 1, 8 p.m.
Swainthor free.
- Compositions by KU students, Dec. 5, 8
n.m. Swearthout free
- Compositions by KU students, Dec. 5, 8 p.m. m.p.showfree, out.
- Murphy String, Quartet, Dec. 8, 8 p.m.
Swarthout, free.
Faculty rectal, Charles Hoag, double bass;
Dec. 8, p.m. Swanton, free.
Master Classes, Leon Fleicher, piano, Dec.
1. 3 t.p. and 7 t.p. free.
Exhibits
Lands Gallery, 918 Massachusetts St. to
Ball Penny and watercolor by. Lori
Maurice
Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont st. sculpture by Chris Brier, ceramics by John Schoenfeld.
Roy's Creative Framing and Gallery, 711W. 23rd St., watercolors by Sherry Slaymaker Breicha, and John Garcia, oils by Don Hoyer and Paul Penny.
7E7 Gallery, 7. E Seventh St., a display of prints by several local artists
- Collector's Choice
- Spencer Museum
- Paintings by Hung Husien
- Early Topographic and Documentary Photography
Kansas Union Gallery, Walker Evans at For tune.
Theatre
Electra, by Sophociles, Dec. 4-8 p.m.
$1.75 bus. KU students with ID card
Odds & Ends
Watkins Community Museum, 1047 Massa chusets St., will present a program on the early life of Lawrence by Sara Robinson, Dec 5, 7:30 p.m. free.
Our Weekend Special
$1.50 off
any 2 topping or more 16" pizza
is
Pyramid
842-3232 Fast, Free Delivery
We Deliver Deli Sandwiches, too!
UKPA
The University of Kansas Panhellenic Association
reminds you that rush registration materials
must be turned in to the Panhellenic Office
no later than 5:00 pm, Dec. 4.
104B Kansas Union
864-4643