Weak directing dims 'Fanlights'
Bv KATHLEEN CONKEY
An excellent cast, an expressive set, a poetic script, strong sound effects and effective costumes give "The Fanlights," by Rene Marques, an opportunity to soar.
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However, the direction by Luis Gauter is planted firmly in reality and that has become a way of life.
"The Fanightis" is a disappointment only in that it comes so close to being great but doesn't quite make it, largely because of flaws in the direction.
Marques, who died several weeks ago, was one of Puerto Rico's most important dramatists. Although the play is set in San Juan, it applies to any area in which an old and cherished culture has passed into the hands of what Marques calls "barbarians."
It is the story of three sisters whose guilts, jealousies, hatreds and loves destroy each other.
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THERE IS INES, the oldest sister, the strong one who has always had to take care of and suffer for the younger sisters; Emilia, who has a crippled foot and is mad; and Hortensis, the delicate, beautiful woman, who has taken a long time to die of cancer.
The play takes place in one day. When it opens, Ines is 70 and Emilia, 65. Hortensia is 41.
Marques' lines are poetic. They deal with the intangible themes of time and age. Hortensis appears only in flashback scenes remembered by her sisters.
*Marques'* characters and words are symbolic. They should be dealt with in bold, dramatic symbolic terms. But Guttier has chosen to be realistic. His blocking, his slow
GAUTIER HAS MET the script's challenges in the scene in which Ives has monologue and also in the ending scene. You must apply that power throughout the play?
pacing and his decisions about the acting are all underplaced.
Sara Hendrick as Ines, Mary Dellasgea as Emilia and Katherine Wartel as Hortensis give equally powerful performances, in her constraints placed upon them by the direction.
Hendrick's portrayal of strength and a quick mind shows in all her facial expressions. Dellasgea's hands flutter as if they want to fly and her voice fluctuates with her madness. Warfel is completely unaffected by this, but the two others miserable for so many years.
Stanley Haelt's setting is strong enough to dominate the sisters and close them in, as it follows his line of thought.
THE SOUND EFFECTS and music by Russell Cutright border on the melodramatic, but such overlay is needed for "The Fanlights."
colors and decaying atmosphere are perfect for the play.
The lighting by Nancy Ettinger is somewhat inconsistent. It is often bold and dramatic, but when it is not, the fault is glaring.
Susan Schriener's costumes are thoughtful and well-constructed. The straight lines of lins' dark cotton dress and the flowing silk of Emilia's and Hortensia's dressings gowns define the characters better than signs around their necks could have.
The cast and designers of "The Fanights" give this play all the trappings of a great drama, but without the backbone of a flying direction, the play just misses its mark.
Midwestern flights still available
Students who want to fly home for Easter can still get flights to most Midwestern cities despite the United Airlines strike, Sam Miranda, manager of the travel services division for Maupintour, said yesterday.
"Space is available, but the longer students have the less chance there is for learning."
Miranda said that people who had reservations on United could be booked on other flights and that those who had special accommodations for the same price if space were available.
He said that all United flights were canceled until June 8, but that reservations would be taken on June 9, even though the strike might not be settled.
United Airlines is the largest carrier in the United States.
Miranda said more people were bumped off flights during holiday seasons because
Most of the airlines overbook their flights because their statistics show that a certain percentage of passengers with confirmed reservations do not show up for a flight, he said. Overbooking by a certain percentage increases the chances for a full plane.
He said that if a person had a confirmed reservation and was bumped from a flight,
The University of Oklahoma *Woodwind Quartet* will perform at 8 tonight in Swarthmore. Tickets are $15.
the airline would pay the person a percentage of the ticket's cost, usually above 50 percent, and would try to get him on the next flight. If the person insists on taking his passenger, he will be asked that passengers already seated on the plane if one of them will relinquish his seat for a fee.
Members of the quintet are Christine Smith, flute; Jason Weinraut, bach; David Etheredge, clarinet; Charles Kaufman, bassoon; and William Scharmberg, horn.
Miranda said that airline fares were always changing for each airline, but that they often were cheaper now than they were in the past.
"With all the special fares like Super Saw, Home Free and together, for the family."
OU wind quintet to play tonight
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