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Thursday, September 23, 1976
University Daily Kansan
Practiced pause
Staff photo
practicing to make perfect are Jim Ivey, Chicago junior, as Anatol, and Theresa Peterson, Shelbina, Mo., special student, as Gabrielle. The two star in "Aanol," which opens the Inge Theatre series Sept. 30. Having less time to practice than performers in other productions, the pair make the most of their time.
Rehearsal moves ahead for premier of 'Anatol'
By BILL CALVERT Staff Writer
Anatol and Gabrielle stand in front of a black curtain, conversing in alternating harsh and gentle tones. Anatol wears a black cape and a top. Gabrielle wears a white blouse and long, tan skirt. They are holding boxes of Christmas presents.
Anatol is speaking reverently of the woman he loves as Gabrielle sarcastically questions him about her virtues. After a rest, she says, it is really Gabrielle whom Anatol loves.
About 15 feet in front of the couple a bearded man is crouching and snapping his fingers, as if to increase the tempo of their conversation. He occasionally he intrudes with short comments;
"KEEP THE ENERGY level up.
make her feel guilty. keep the sarcasm."
Finally, Gabrielle exits, leaving Anatol alone in the stark light of ceiling lamps.
The scene is over. Anatol, Gabrielle and the bearded man gather around a table to drink coffee, eat cookies and talk about the scene.
Anatale behold Jim Ivey, Chicago junior. Gabrielle is Theresa Peterson, Shelbina, Mo., special student. And the bearded man is J. L. McClure, instructor in speech and drama and director of the play, "Anatol." They are in their fourth week of rehearsal for the play, which premieres Sept. 30 in The Inge Theatre and runs through Oct. 9.
MCLURE SAID recently that the rehearsals were progressively extended. This is part of the plays of the play.
"We've gone over the general tung-shrub, movements, the characters of
paay, "he said. "Now we are getting into the detailed work, making adjustments where needed. It's like any kind of artwork where you begin to sand down the fine points."
"Anatol" is one of five plays in rehearsal in Murphy Hall. It will be the first play to premiere in the regular theater season. McClure said because "Anatol" was the first play, the cast had about two weeks less rehearsal time than most of the other plays.
"EVERYTHING HAS to be done a lot faster than the other shows," he said. "Everybody has to work a lot harder, and everybody has."
McClure said the other shows had more time to try different things and to rework set designs and technical aspects. With "final," he said, a second chance doesn't exist.
The aspects of being first aren't all negative, McClure said. One positive aspect to a shorter rehearsal period is that the actors are better able to remember the director's general instructions while working on the play's details, he explained.
THE AX OF time has a double edge for "Anatol" the rehearsal time is shorter, but the play runs more nights than most University plays.
However, McClure said the 10-night stand gave the cast a chance to experiment on stage and adjust to the audiences. By the tenth night, he said, the play could be a considerable improvement over the opening night's performance.
"It's a comedy of manner and character," he said. "It's not upreparatory flagrant slapstick. It's a psychological comedy—like a psychological drama, but it's comic.
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Farm, economic experts from Russia to visit KU
Four Russian economic and agricultural experts are visiting KU this morning on the last day of a four-day trip to Russia. Some KU professors will be present in the regents Room. 11:11 a.m. in the Regents Room.
They have visited Gov. Robert Bennett, the Kansas State Board of Education and the State Fair at Hutchinson.
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