Scandalous theatrics to begin here tonight
By JACKI CAMPBELL
"School for Scandal," a three-act play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, will begin a four-night run at 8:20 p.m. tonight in Murphy Hall's University Theatre.
The play, which centers around the last word of its title, begins its first act int he home of a Lady Sneerwell, "president" of a "school" unsupported by tax revenue; more precisely, the lady presides over a group of loosetongued no-groups whose unrelenting mercilessness leaves no person untouched and every scandal uncovered.
THE PLOT SUBTLY, yet surely, presents a lesson of morality before the eyes of the audience; blessed are the honest and unpretentious; damned are the dishonest and the world's phonies.
Two brothers. Joseph and Charles Surface, are two gravitational poles of the 1778 community's morality.
Joseph, a man society pegs as respectful, without malice in his thin frame and an educated man of honor and fortune, is one.
Charles, society's brunt of verbal attacks, an extravagant fellow who laughs at those who condemn him, and who scoffs at his would-be oppressors as they attribute him with every possible human defect, is the other.
THE CONFLICTS between the two are brought about through an old uncle whose estate each wants to inherit. The uncle has
not seen his nephews since their youth and wants to determine which is the better and most deserving man. He disguises himself, descends upon his unsuspecting nephews, considers the merits of both and decides which he will serve as benefactor.
The play, directed by Jack Brooking, is a colorful production which brings a usual kind of message in an unusual way.
Performances are at 8:20 tonight through Saturday in the University Theatre. Tickets are available at the box office.
AFSC here to interview KU students
Dayton Olson, college secretary of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), will be in the Wesley Foundation from 2 to 5 p.m. to interview students on AFSC summer programs. He will speak on programs available at 7:30 p.m. in the Cottonwood Room of the Kansas Union.
Daily Kansan 7
Wednesday, February 8, 1967
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