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Visualize the following: Welsh towh by the sea with
4» its every inhabitant ‘ ' ‘ in Vivid accounts'of each : character‘s
’ across a stage, on the " out—of—bed? " 'sleepy-head-Polly-put-the
, —kett‘le-on;townhall bell" awakensfthe residents of Hareggub. 7A5 events unfbld sequentially, the town becomes .a panorama of - individuals going about v'
’ their dayis inhoreSL - 'no more about the-ploti;t
.Dylan Thomas 2 T ‘
Completed Wood ‘ approXinately o’ne nonth before his death. Although he had no time to do a final revisionr .of his play; he laboured at it for ten years, and every Word - reflects his linguistic wizardry. Under Milk Wood'is a pray that was
’written.for radio . 5 broadcastingithe full title was given as/Under Milk Wbod, a Play for
» voices. The play iSj
By Larry Loveless The ghost of the Nixon era seems to be. haunting the Reagan ' administration once more “as memories of Vietnam are rekindled. One of -the good-oldeboys, '. Thomas Enders, is back -doing the same thing for Reagan in El Salvador ' "_that he had done for Nixon in Vietnam. 'ACCOrding to Sydney: I Schanberg of the New pr. YOrkz- Times 7-(rebruaryx10; ‘ ; 198% Mr; l waste.“ "can—do“?EEn fer Nixbn-w Vin-Cambodia. ' 7 " Ner. Enders, the ' ~present secretary of ~State>for«inter—American: affairs, was the super— ’ visor in charge of Uvar bombing raids into: ’
came? during the... ‘ . f; .
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Vietnamwar.w These
bombing raids Werein-"gf'H -direct violation Of:Us:7.r;v;
.federal law under the Cooper-Churchyamarlmmrt
to the"Fbréign Assistance - .Act. z-Conseguentl'y,..rmr.v EnderslpersiStently
’, tried to discount orlf discredit reports from journalists in the field. Just prior tQche‘ ’
v congressional of“ ' .
By'Christine’Cbuturier‘
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indeed entertaimnent for the ears of the pUbliC;’
,: .s ‘ .
However, Dr;~Terry‘Pratth.w~”
has undertaken-the task _ of perhaps transforming ‘
3the play-for voices_into
a play for eyes. What-v ’
. could be more enter—xrxi>_5~' I taining than adding 'n2-2-»
lively pictures to lively Sneak previews ’
proven that Dr. Pratt's endeavours have been successful. ‘ ‘
Credit can not onlyi:_- be extended EOVthe ‘JFvlf ': director, but “met alSO‘iv““ go to cast‘members.' " -3 'There are sixtyvnine characters in Dylan .- Thonas's Under Milk Wbod.
- W - There 18 no ex1t nor ,
any entrance to be made
,during the entire
,production. Thus the ‘ casting of eight men
and eight women calls for
‘"doubling Characters."
This requires challenging intellectual demands upon ‘ an actor's ability to rapidly change from one character to the next
_because each citizen in
the play must have his
August 15, 1973 on American bombing/of rcambodia,fand after
- thousands of civilians
had been killed, wounded or turned into refugees Mr. Enders made a Honumentaléerror which revealedrthe'true
nature of his duty.
. - On August 6, 1973 an American B—52 dropped’
- over 20 tons of bombs
on the wrong target, a governmenteheld.' ,_Nearly 200 ’ peoplerwere,killed!and over 300 were Wounded. r‘ In an attempt to coVer
up the incidenter. ' ~Enders sent anaide to tell the press corps that probably only 25 people had died but Certainly
no more than 65- Then he issued orders to block "reporter's frdu‘getting‘ ' to the village. .They got ‘there anyway. ’
iNow Mr. Enders '
seems to be covering up for the unlitary in El Salvador.. In December, 1981, according to eye witenssesrand,human, rights, groups, the Salvadorean military. Anassacred over 700 people in the Hozote
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or her own area on the stage. However, the position of an actor
is sometimes a hurdle that can not be overcome. Therefore) a mere phrase
“ or two had to be changed. I
to adjust to a’ particular... , situationgg The overall . 'change is barely noticeable to even a wellelearned student of Dylan Thomas's work.
Under Milk kaxi has been chosen as UPEI's l982
[spring theatrical
productioanecause»it‘ belongs in the public ’ world. ‘Dylan Thomas once told the first
cast to perform his
play to "love the words".
_ That is precisely what
any audience will do. Radio broadcasting often lhnits one's imagination of a ’ certain description, but
a stage brings to life words that deserve an individual's unlimited
imagination and appreciation.
Thomas loved small welsh towns by the sea, and he' wanted to capture their spirit in words so that peOple who have never
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region of El Salvador. Ikmever, Mr. Enders said, as the American authority on the subject, that,' "No evidence cound be fOund to confirm that government forced system— atically massacred civilians. Nor does
the number of civilians killed even remotely approach the number being cited in other
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’,experienced such towns
could share in his
adoration of them. Under
Milk Wbod is "broadly
hunorous" and never
does a dull moment
sneak onto the stage. Under Milk WCod
is entirely cast with
students. For Some cast
members, it is a first
.time appearance on stage.
For others, it is a new and enticing theatrical piece to add to their list of perfomances. The result is one of profession- alism, as is Thomas's work. Actors and actresses portray Thomas‘s characters to their fullest. The final outcome is a play whereby one cannot only love the words with his ears, but can also delight in‘f theniwith his eyes. i There will be three performances: Friday, March 12; Saturday, March 13, and Sunday, March 14. Tickets are available at the UPEI Bookstore. All three performances will begin at 8:00 p.m. in the Steele Recital Hall.
reports about the incident" (Toronto
Globe and Mail, Feb. 10, 1982). There is something frightfully haunting
about his words. Mr. Enders later had the audicity to assert that the Salvadorean . government was actually""‘ flaking signifigant V progress in human
rights. ”
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