KANSAN REVIEWS
PLAYS: three cent experience
By GENELLE RICHARDS Arts & Reviews Editor
During the pre-curfew hours and amid the sirens outside, an unusual theatre experience took place in "The Three Penny Opera."
Although the production has several good points, overall it does not measure up to previous plays presented this year on the stage of the University Theatre.
The opening number complete with black lights and fluorescent costumes is excellent, making the audience sit back and look forward to what is to come. But, unfortunately what follows is not as good.
The acting is perhaps the foremost flaw of the production. The actors, for the most part, do not complete their roles leaving an overall unbelievable character.
There is one however that is by far the best in the production. Filch played by Richard Gillandi demonstrates the most complete character. He is very believable and quite a delight to watch, for his performance is often a great lift to the play. At the play's end he portrays a messenger and leaves us at a tremendous height, providing some comic relief.
Barbara Allen as Jenny gives the next best performance but it does not compare to that of Gilli-
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land. She is somewhat forceful which is something her character demands for an accurate portrayal.
The great tragedy about the play was the atmosphere in which is was presented opening night. The play should have begun earlier or been cancelled, for many people had to leave slightly before the end because of the approaching curfew.
"The Three Penny Opera," although it may not be the best of the year, still should be seen for its unusual touches. Perhaps under better conditions, it will be well received.
Two of the best aspects of the production are the costumes and the set. The costumes are authentic in presenting a modern atmosphere as opposed to 1928 of the original script.
The set is quite original but simply amounts to scaffolding. Slides are added as the backdrop but at times these become somewhat of a distraction while at other times they are essential and helpful in completing the mood.
"MAROONED"
ATLANTIC STUDIOS PRODUCTION
GREGORY PECK
RICHARD CRENNA
DAVID JANSSEN
JAMES FRANCISCUS
GENE HACKMAN
MAROONE
G ALPIN AMERICAN
GENERAL ASSOCIATION
Mat. Daily 2:30
Eve. 7:15 - 9:45
SPRING WEEK
NOTE: Woodruff Auditorium will be open for this week's film showings. Enter through back doors on Baumgartner Drive or Mississippi Street.
On campus this week
MONDAY
MONDAY
STUDENT RECITAL — Scott Bridges, clarinet. (8 p.m. Swarthout Recital Hall)
TUESDAY
"THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS"
(KU Film Society) — One of Hitchcock's British thrillers; the grandsire of the spy-chase genre. 1938. (7 p.m., Woodruff Auditorium)
"NOTORIOUS" (KU Film Society)—The Master's most romantic and elegantly suspenseful movie. Made in 1946, starring Cary_Grant and Ingrid Bergman. (9 p.m., Woodruff Auditorium)
"LAND IN ANGUISH" (Latin American Series)—Brazilian film about political conflict in a mythical South American country. Directed by Glauber Rocha. (7:30 p.m., Dyche Auditorium)
WEDNESDAY
AN EVENING WITH LEACOCK/PENNEBAKER (Classical Film)—A program of documentary films by the world's two foremost practitioners of cinema-verite. (One show only: 8 p.m., Woodruff Auditorium)
consider the possibilities
COLUMBIA PICTURES presents
A FRANKLIN PRODUCTION
NATALIE WOOD ROBERT CULP
BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE
A MUST SEE FILM!!!
ELLIOTT GOULD  DYAN CANNON
"EPIC BATTLE OF THE SEXES." —Vincent Canby, N.Y. Times
"HAS THAT YOUTHFUL ACCENT WHICH PLACES IT IN A LEAGUE WITH ZEFFIRELI'S "ROMEO AND JULIET." "
-John Mahoney, FM and Fine Arts Mag.
Soundtracks Album Available on Belt Records
Eve. 7:10 & 9:10
Mat. Sat. & Sun. 2:10
Adults $1.50
I.D.'s Required
THE Hillcrest
"AN INSTANT CLASSIC . . ."
—Archer Winsten, N.Y. Post
"A PERFECT MOVIE . . . RICHARD BURTON, CHARMING, ROMANTIC, GENEVIEVE BUJOLD, FLIRTY. THEY'RE GREAT TOGETHER!"
-Cosmopolitan Magazine
NOW SHOWING
Eve. 7:15 - 9:45
Adults 1.50, Child .75
STUDENT RECITAL—Original compositions by Michael Seyfrit.
(8 p.m., Swarthout Recicital Hall)
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Ehrlich is a professor at Stanford University in Stanford, Calif. He is being sponsored at KU by the Student Union Activities Zero Population Growth.
BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR
THURSDAY
Paul Ehrlich will speak at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Allen Field House. Admission is free.
"TARTUFFE" KU Film Society) -Stylized rendering of the Moliere comedy. Directed by F. W. Murnau; 1928. (7 p.m., Woodruff Auditorium)
TEENY TINY LAND
Ecology expert to speak on population problems
"THE SPY" (KU Film Society)
—Exciting espionage tale by the German master, Fritz Lang; 1928.
(9 p.m., Woodruff Auditorium)
STUDENT RECITAL — Maria Paula McDougal, piano. (8 p.m., Swarthout Recital Hall)
"THE PROFESSIONALS" (SUA Free Film)-Tense and action-filled western starring Burt Lancaster and Lee Marvin. Directed by Richard Brooks; 1966. (7 and 9:30, Woodruff Auditorium)
REPUBLIC OF NAURU (UPI)
—This South Sea island, 2,800 miles from Hawaii, is the smallest nation in the world. It covers eight square miles and has a population of about 6,500.
WORLD PREMIERE ENGAGEMENT
Mat. Sat. & Sun. 7:15
2:30 Hillcrest 3
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Adults $1.50 ID's Requested
University of Kansas Theatre and School of Fine Arts
present
THE THREE-PENNY OPERA
Book and Lyrics by Bertold Brecht Music by Kurt Weill
English Adaptation by Marc Blitzstein May 1 and 2
May 3—Matinee at 2:30 p.m.
University Theatre
Murphy Hall
Curtain: 8:20 p.m.
Current Registration Card admits to $1.40 Seat