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Theatre Review
The Strange Death of President Harding
BY CAROLYN VAN SCHAIK
Director Terry Miller's adaptation of
Gaston Means book, The Strange
Oath ot President Harding, opened
Wednesday evening to a two-thirds tull
Arena theater, and at the least, it's a
good story But let s hope that like all
Kood stories, this one will improve with
Gaston Means, a spy for the justice
Deportment during Harding's 1920 s-
era, presidency, told the audience early
in the show that he was known as a
'consummate liar ' But wouldn't it
have been nice it he could have extended that descriptive adjective to include
qualities other than that ot being just a
Jan Alec Weith has the part of Gaston, and opening night found him
closer to merely reciting Means than
actually playing the part. Weith' s character developrnent was weak and premature, and more often than not, the
man Means was left dangling from the
wooden hat rack gracing a corner His
enough, and Weith depended too rnoch
on a cigar he obviously never smoked.
Therrsultwisalociseperforrrianceand
air space the show could have done
without
Undeniably, it could also have done
with a slightly faster exchange between Gaston and audience, and Gaston and company. The stage was set
through Gaston talking to the audience
and then jumping into a particular
scene-sometimes he jumped too slow.
Weith stumbled over several of his
lines, even confusing, of all words,
"child* for -father.' Call it opening
night jitters (excusable to a degree),
but in truth, Weith s performance
came closer to looking like a first night
rehearsal and as such, was a sad offering in view of obvious potential.
Let it suffice to say that while Weith
seemed uninspired to warm up to his
part, several others in the show were-
anddid
Taking the floor for her performance
was Lila Bradshaw in her role
as Mrs Harding. Thorough and con-
sistant, Bradshaw portrayed an old
woman beset with Immense knowledge
of her politically-doom*- husband; a
superstitious, desperate, and at times
senile character The actual validity of
Bradshaw's interpretation of Mrs.
Harding is not to considered here.
Bradshaw' s portrayal lent considerable
dimmenjion to the stage, especially in
contrast to the relatively flat Means,
and that alone is enough.
serve mention, playing respectively the
silent but sluttish Nan Britton (President Harding's lover), and the cowardly, ill-fated jess Smith. President
Harding was played by Phillip Douglas,
who lacked one major criteria age
Douglas portrayed an undeniable personality, however accurate, and you
have to wonder why he didn't at least
physically paint himself a little older if
only to match the age of his wife, who
unfortunately looked more like his
mother.
While the acting had its weak spots,
costumes and scenery did not. The time
period is the late '20's, and it didn't
take Gaston Means to say so. Scenery
consisted of three permanent sets: Gas
ton's90316thSt office, with it's large
desk duttered with whiskey bottle, ashtrays (for the cigar,- remember?), and
telephone, and sided with the inevitable filing cabinet and I
hat rack; Mrs. Boyd's
with a small table, whiskey <
and appropriate glasses, td
and up a step, Mrs. Harding '<
ing room with it's velvet couch, uncomfortable chair, and writing riesk
Especially effective was the fading in
and out of Mrs Boyd as she made her
urgent phone calls to Means. Each occupies his respective set, but the ab-
sense of light between them lent a comfortable feeling of distance.
Costumes also were tine and complete, with the men in baggy, three
peice suits, and watch chains, and tha
women in flimsy, ekJerty-fjapper-type
dresses, strings of beads, and bobbed
hair.
In a less verbal but equally
important      three enlarged photographs,
r*rs   Boyd      ably of Babe Ruth,  the  Pi
trayed a warm and aware Individual
blessed even with a sense of humor,
which provided a degree of normalacy
to a situation sometimes heavy intone
Marta Hagen and Robert Beftran de-
ably 0T
funeral, and the White House. Obviously intended to help set the mood,
they hint of Ed Emanuel, but are dis-
history wracked with dirty dealings and
men who 'suddenly died.' Perhaps his
shallow character was intentional and
was, literally, his life-saver But
Regardless, the spy Gaston Means
managed to survive The SSr—g* Death
.adaptation of it to hear
Skateboardmania
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Emanuel touch. Not part of the show as
they could have been. It is cloubtful
they justified their pi
Lord Foul's Bane: Hope at the end
FrtnnPag«2
Therefore, he simply refuses to
accept the fact that he is actually in The
Land, decides he is dreaming and
settles back to watch tha events go by
until he wakes again.
The inhabitants of Tha Land, how-
decision, he settles back Into I
once more, leaving the others to bring
about the dimax. His attitude sours the
their last hope for survival withdraw Into himself, and so each step of the journey becomes a struggle for Covenant as
HIBWaaiip—iwwr——,——-. twmm
Aonaldson has set up a fin* supporting     entitle.
cast for Covenant, and I wish he had     Pawcr
from what seems to be his destiny.
Unfortunately, Donaldson seams
more interested In that struggle than In
th* actual quest Itself, and he spends
over half the book covering Covenant's
many internal conflicts
Covenant refuses to act in The Land
In fear that by so adc
will lose his resolve to
wakes once more. At tn* same time,
however, he also feels guift over the
fact that others are dying because of his
. lack of action. Back and forth the ar-
guement goes, and after a white I
simpfy gave up on Covenant's stub-
bom footishn*ss and resigrrad m***t to
_-.it more Urn* developing them
The noble, quiet dignity of th* High
Lord Prothall; the solid acceptance of
duty by Bannor of th* Bloodguard, the
gentle humor and Inner strength of th*
Calling of Lions',
and exciting chapters.
Actually, the last third of the book is
far better than th* rest, and it is because erf mis that I can say I enjoyed the
book overall and look forward to reading the next two in the series.
Those two volumes, by th* way, are
entitled The Heart- War and The
Pew- That Preserves. There is some
hop* at the and of Lard Font's I
cials and specials, will also appear.
'mania* is set against a
backdrop   A skate-off
hop* at th* end of Lara res i Barc       howl Mid a TO0 -dearer. *l
c_n_ involved in the fortunes of Th*       I"*0 .*PTtn*"!0'd'! r*mp
come involved In th* fortunes of Th*
Land; ff so, th* rest of the series may
be even better than the first
troubled, cynical, resisting Covenant.
the story carries on without htm.
scenes ar* very good, -jerticularty th*
one -xirtraying the d*s*cr_-on of th*
ceremonial dance of the wraiths during
the Celebration of Spring. Th* Land
has a great deal of lore and history that
is very Interesting to read about. Ev*n
Covenant can ris* to th* occ_stori>t**r
he wants to, as he shows In *Rmg-
thane's Choice', and again In The
in addition to Ms 480 pages, ail for
12.50.
If you enjoyed Lent at the Rings, you
•—- this book also. Dels one of the better
eks to appear in re
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nisi l*Hy iteiignsil 40 lout sci—i
-forforrn-noss will be 7:30 tonight
through Friday There will be a 3 pm
and 8 p.m. show on Saturday Prices
are $5.50and 1* 50
he can be a very good writer at tin
at least, am looking forward to re
more about Th* Land, and I'm
willing to take another dose of C
ant's sour reflections to do so
Don't forget
Friday night fever!
Grand prize:
Tom Saville