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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, February 22, 1968
Swords clash for KU's 'Macbeth'
By Bob Futler Kansan Staff Reporter
"Lay on, Macduff, and damned be he that first cries, 'Hold! Enough!"
With that line begins one of the most famous fight scenes in the history of the theater. The infamous Macbeth, trapped by an enemy army, fights a duel to the death with the vengeful Macduff
To bring this famous fight to life for the University Theatre's production of "Macbeth," director Jack Brooking has employed the talents of Jack Giele, former KU fencing coach and an old hand at staging swordfights.
"When fighting with broad-swords you have to act like a wrestler," Giele said. "The movements are slow. There is a burst of energy as one man attacks another and then they back off
and measure each other up. Then rest and go at it again."
One of the reasons that Guee was called in to stage the fight was the danger involved. The boardswords being used weigh six pounds each, and although there is not a sharp blade on them, repeated blows have left them as jagged as a saw.
"Every step has to be carefully planned," director Brooking said. "Macbeth is fighting to prove he can cheat fate and Macduff is fighting to revenge his murdered family. This is a desperate struggle and it has to be done with practiced choreography or someone is going to get hurt."
"This fight ought to be pretty exciting," actor Clayton Corbin, who plays the part of Macbeth, said. "We're getting used to all the moves and steps, but for an
audience it's going to look awfully realistic. Denny Dalen (who plays Macduff) and I practice whenever we can, now that we've got the basics down."
Choreographer Giele, who says fencing has been his hobby since he started at age 13, has been teaching Corbin and Dalen the basics after regular cast rehearsals are over.
"It's like having a heavy ax blade on an extra long handle," he explained. He demonstrated by swinging the sword in a combination of moves that resembled a cross between a baseball pitcher and a golfer teeing off. Sometimes he swung the blade in a wide figure-eight that allowed him to hammer at his opponent's sword again and again.
"Once the boys learn the basic blows in proper sequence they can start improvising during rehearsals. But of course they won't try anything on stage that they haven't practiced a hundred times in the rehearsal room," he said.
"Macbeth" will be shown March 14, 15, 16, 22 and 23. Tickets can be purchased at the Murphy Hall box office after Feb. 29.
Gov. Lurleen Wallace admitted to hospital
MONTGOMERY, Ala. —(UPI)
—Alabama Gov. Lurleen Wallace,
who has been fighting recurrent
cancer, was rushed to a hospital
in an ambulance before dawn today.
A hospital spokesman said she was admitted to St. Margaret's Hospital for "examination" and would not comment further.
Ed Ewing, her spokesman, said "I don't want to go into it (the sudden hospitalization) any more
than we have. We don't want to be misleading."
The nation's only lady governor and wife of presidential candidate George Wallace has been hospitalized several times in the past years for cancer.
It was the first time in a year she has been treated at a local hospital. She has been undergoing treatment at M. D. Anderson Hospital in Houston.
No student interest meant no Kansas Relays Parade?
Sorority and fraternity representatives blame lack of interest in the Kansas Relays Parade on lack of money and time.
The parade—until last year a traditional event of spring relays weekend—was canceled in 1967 because of "lack of student enthusiasm," according to the Kansas Relaws Student Committee.
Terry Gill, Shawnee Mission senior and co-chairman of the Committee, announced Wednesday that no plans have been made to revive the event.
Sorority members agreed that lack of time hindered participation in the Relays event.
"Most groups spend their money on Rock Chalk or Homecoming. We usually enter, but didn't think about it this year because we took it for granted that it would be abolished this year also." Lambda Chi Alpha president Spencer Smith, Mission junior said Wednesday.
"There are so many other things at that time. Building a float takes so much time from other house activities and from studies. Kids just don't have the time to spare." Barb Hansen, Wheaton, Ill., junior and president of Chi Omega, said.
House kills WSU bill
TOPEKA—A committee of the Kansas House Wednesday killed a bill that would have required KU and K-State to place Wichita State on their athletic schedules.
The bill was introduced in the House last week in an effort to generate more complete intrastate athletic competition.
Seaver to appear on radio quiz
James Seaver, director of the western civilization department, will be heard on nationwide radio at noon Saturday.
Seaver left today for New York to participate in the "Texaco Opera Quiz" on the Metropolitan Opera network. Following the opera "Die Walhure" by Wagner, Seaver and a panel of three other opera experts will answer listener's questions on opera.
Seaver said he was invited to be on the program after a listener of his local radio program, "Opera is My Hobby," requested he appear.
His radio program, which has been on the air for 15 years, is broadcast at 8 p.m. each Friday on KANU. On the program Seaver talks about opera and plays selections from his collection of more than 15,000 records.
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