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Monday: You'll never Mere two weeks, dear diary. _ ' g to be smart aroundihere." that is what Ire, for. weeks ago I Stmbled on a lit ' the faculty agreement week paternity leave. Quick as I The fact that my only child was seven years ago was a mere baga fact that my leave with Mid-Semester Break Was it a hippopotamus? "I effervescefat leverness.

Tuesday: I get a lot of stupid questions from my Tuesday- Thursday class for Today, in exasperation, ‘I told to ask a really stupid question, one so Obvious that everyone

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Wednesday: The students are putting on some fool play this week, aided and one or ‘ two-of my colleagues. I just got» axnote. from. one of the latter, .aé’begging my she says, because one of! the actors to go to the dress rehearsal instead of .to evening class, forsooth. What poppycock! ' I ask you: what will that student remenber better years hence - this play or one of my lectures? '

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By Robyn Hume

To be perfectly honest, when I first heard that Under Milkwood, intended as a radio play, was going to be, done on UPEI"s Stage I was more than skeptical. A radio play no stage dir— ections, lay outs or Or entrances. Putting on a play is a difficult enough task in itSelf; without having to {it "from voices alone. ’ Before]: attempt to give any “constructive criticism of the'p'lay I want you to know I am not a critic‘or very well skill— ed in --1 theatrical techni— calities. This will be an average perspn's account of a night at the theatre.

lights dimmed then openedto‘reveal a play in a series of vignettes plot."th rather accounts of

sented; arnmberfi ‘ of homes, an schoolyard and the streets. This produces! a good visual effect. The director and artist deserve credit for stage design.

'I‘heplay was narrated by two Jim Gormley Mahar Who set the They excited, enticed the (“throughout the wholé’ performance.

The cast gave involved perfonnan" 'ces and while were all good there area. few people who ’Special mentiOn. , was “wonder- ‘as'jthe old crusty sea captain,j-blind Captain Oat,who"hadxa sense of honor sarcastic wit. - Grant's Rev. Eli ' eccentric poet) and {looney lord Glass, were excellent characters

S“ “a” and

Mark's mild mannered, scheming husband was a

fine counterpoint to his evil shrew of a wife. I looked forward to every scene with them, waiting

to hear what cutting rena- rks Mrs laugh would adress to her Msband then waiting

» to see what poisons and . v Viles of death

UNDER MILK WOOD

‘ scientist side of Mr Pugh

concoct for his wife be— fore returning to his facade of neekness.

Though Mark at times was too, loud and spoke in- coherantly, his performance as a whole was strong.

Mrs Ogmcre— Pritchard's (Anhe Reynolds) cold and wicked control of her two (now dead) husbands was wonderful to watch. David Moses as a forner husband overacted and detracted from the scene though his debonair and handsome Mog Edwards was well done.

Polly Garter, (Renee Blanchette) the whore with a heart of gold and a penchant for babies sang a beautiful lilting song of a love lost which added a nice touch to the play. (Actually the play was full of "nice touches").

Of all these actors there are two who deserve honorable mention, Anne Reynolds and Theresa McKenna who struck me as having the most ver- satility and magnetism. They could change from housewives to schoolgirls to lover to neighbor and back again as quickly and convincingly one hardly noticed that they were the sane actress.

Though many of the men's voices were lost or garbl- ed and the music was a bit too sugary (not the songs in the play) everyone contributedlhis or her versions of each character to make the play a well rounded and captivating portrayal 'of the eccent— rics in a small town.

The blocking was superb with entrances and exits so well timed and smooth that I didn't even notice them. Terry Pratt, the director, dese- rves a lot of credit for bringing this radio come stage play off so well.

In fact I heard one engineer ranark, "Gee, what a greatplay. I don't see I'm they‘d ever do it on the radio. It

_wouldn't be half as good."

Sunday " y night the’play am to three curtain calls and it deserved "than all. I applaud the hard working actors, stage crew, light crew, director and e

else involved in the making of Under Milkwood for bringing to us a play UPEI and the people of Charlotte/tom can be proud of.