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Thursday, August 22,1996
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
'All the world's a stage,' and now the Bard's original theater is open again
After 383 years Shakespeare's Globe reopens its doors
The Associated Press
LONDON — It been a long intermission — 383 years.
The blare of trumpets from the $45 million reconstruction of William Shakespeare's circular, open-air Globe Theater yesterday heralded the first performance since the original theater burned down in 1613.
William Shakespeare
While actors warmed up Tuesday for a short season of The Two Gentlemen of Verona, staff members anxiously watched for signs of tempests above the painstakingly rebuilt wood-and-tatch construction on the south bank of the Thames River.
"I am like a fisherman, watching the Thames, watching the skies," artistic director Mark Rvance said.
Just in case, plastic raincoats were sold for 2 pounds — $3 at the relaunch of Shakespeare's famous wooden O, as the chorus in Henry V describes it.
Apart from the fanfare on a
balcony above the stage — a tradition dating from Shakespeare's day — there will be little razzmataz.
No celebrities were invited to this production of Two Gentlemen, set in the 20th century. The play will be performed through Sept. 15 under the direction of English actor Jack Shepherd.
Five pounds — $7.50 — buys the right to be a groundling, standing on the floor of the theater, but 12 or 16 pounds — $18 to $24 — purchases a terrace seat
Eighty-five percent of tickets have been sold, Rylance said. This is well above the number that the 1,394-seat venue needs to cover the $800,000 cost of the opening run.
The gala opening is set for June14,1997.
The Globe's first full season begins in May 1997 with a Globe ensemble performing four repertorial plays. Performances will run from May to September and include works by various writers.
American actor Sam Wanamaker envisioned the rebuilding of the Globe. In 1970 Wanamaker established a trust to raise funds for the project. Construction began in 1993, the year Wanamaker died at age 74.
The completed site will include a Shakespeare museum and education center, and a second, 300-seat indoor theater
built from Elizabethan architect Inigo Jones' plans. Jones introduced the proscenium arch and movable scenery to the English stage. This completed site will open Sept. 21, 1999 — the 400th anniversary of the first recorded performance at the Globe.
The project is still $10 million short. In an unusual request, critics have been asked to pay for their seats at performances of Two Gentlemen.
Just 200 yards from the original theater's site, the new Globe is a faithful copy down to the Norfolk reed roof, the oak beams, the hand-turned balustrades — and the rope and bucket for special effects. As in Shakespeare's day, large iron balls will run down a channel behind the stage to simulate thunder.
The reconstruction lacks any sound equipment. Lighting will mimic daylight, as most performances in Shakespeare's Globe took place in the afternoon, said Globe publicist Lucy Beevor.
The temporary stage of plywood and scaffolding will be replaced with an oak one, and the floor will be lined with a layer of ash and nut shells — a quiet, absorbent covering found in the remains of the 16th century Rose theater nearby.
For modern reasons of safety and comfort, the new Globe will
accommodate half the original theater's audience to cheer or toss fruit at the sumptuously dressed members of Shakespeare's company, known as the King's Men.
Once fully operational, the Globe is expected to finance itself.
Shakespeare was both a shareholder and a performer in the original theater, built by Cuthbert and Richard Burbage
In 1613 two cannons fired during a performance of Henry VIII, setting the tatch on fire and destroying the theater.
between 1598 and 1599 using timbers from a theater in nearby Shoreditch.
The unfinished Globe site attracts some 150,000 visitors a year. This figure is expected to triple by the year 2000.
The Puritans demolished the theater's replacement in 1642.
California pastor gives marijuana to terminally ill
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Although it looked like a line for communion, the Rev. Jim Mitulski was handing out something more unusual — and controversial — than bread and wine.
He distributed tiny packets of marijuana.
The pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church said his gesture Sunday — a felony in the eyes of the law — was a response to an Aug. 4 raid on the Cannabis Buyers' Club.
Five hundred protesters marched through San Francisco after the Bureau of Narcotics raided the club and seized 150 pounds of marijuana and $60,000 in cash.
The raid followed a two-year investigation that revealed evidence of non-medical marijuana sales.The club provided marijuana to AIDS, cancer and terminally ill patients and claimed 11,000 clients.
"I did it here because the sanctuary is traditionally seen as a safe place," Mitulski said. "I acted in good faith, and I expected that the people were here to receive it in good faith."
Authorities made no attempt to arrest Mitulski, who said a doctor was on hand to make sure the 25 people in line had a medical need.
Steve Telliano, a spokesman for state Attorney General Dan Lungren, told the San Francisco Chronicle he had not heard about the church's decision to distribute marijuana and declined to comment.
California voters will decide in November whether to legalize the use of marijuana for medical purposes.
Harpoon to hook speeders
While the club operated for five years, Mitulski isn't sure if he'll distribute marijuana again.
"I did it this time to make a statement," he said. "If I do it again, I need to sit and think about it and pray about it."
Finland finds a way to decrease crime
The Associated Press
The car was developed by police in Oulu, 380 miles north of Helsinki. They're seeking government approval to put it into regulus.
HELSINKI, Finland — Police in northern Finland have come up with a whale of a plan for stopping speeders: a police car equipped with a harpoon.
"We were fed up with not being able to
stop runaway drunk drivers or speeders," said designer of the device and Oulu police Sgt. Markku Limungoja. "This harpoon will bring them to an abrupt halt with a bang and not a whimper."
Unlike a traditional harpoon, the road version is not fired. Instead, it is mounted on the police car's front bumper, and pursuing officers ram it into the trunk of a fleeing car. It locks into place with hydraulically operated barbs, and the runaway vehicle comes to a halt as the police car brakes.
Of course, the police car does have to catch the fugitive before it can engage the harpoon. And some might consider the
impact little different from a collision.
impact little different from a collision. Limingoja said there would be some risk associated with using the harpoon.
"There is a danger that the runaway car could jam on the brakes," Limingoja said. "Officers using the car will have to be well-trained so that they get a feel for it."
If the getaway driver refuses to come out, tear gas can be released through the harpoon's hollow shaft.
The 1-yard-long harpion swivels so it can be aimed for a precise hit, and is equipped with infrared sights for night use, Limingo said.
A single officer can operate the harpoon while driving.
Veterinarian ruins bird's sex life
The Associated Press
Roger Schulp told the New South Wales District Court that he took his blue and gold South American macaw named Nelson to veterinarian Ross Perry with a broken right leg in 1994.
SYDNEY, Australia — A bird lover has filed a lawsuit against a veterinarian for ruining the sex life of his favorite parrot.
He alleges that Perry somehow broke the bird's other leg during treatment and then failed to fix either properly.
Schlup claims strong legs are essential
for the macaws' intricate mating ritual.
"As a result of the negligent treatment, Nelson has been left with a ... significant deformity of the left leg, a loss of mobility, and loss of power and strength and consequent inability to mate," Schulp said.
"It is necessary for the male and female to stand on a perch next to each other, twist around and align their rear ends," Schulp said in a statement to the court.
Schlup said he now had no chance to breed the willing but unable Nelson and sell his offspring and asked for $192,000 in damages.
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