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3 Miles N.on Tabor Road
Saturday Night: Charles Ellison & the Countrymen
From 9-1 p.m.
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AGGIE CINEMA
Popular Film Series
presents
Nicholas
and
Alexandra
Mark Bouma, 14, has his hands
full with a short problem. Mark
is trying to connect two hoses to
help fight a grass fire in his
neighbor’s backyard yesterday.
Staff photo by Alan Killingsworth
After a few bends and twists,
everything came together and
the fire was easily brought
under control. The fire was a
result of burning trash.
Grass
fires
intensify
The lack of rain and the low
humidity in the Bryan-College
Station area has caused a rash of
grass fires over the last few
weeks.
The College Station Fire De
partment urges all citizens to
please refrain from burning
trash and clearing land until the
dry spell is over.
If there are any questions
about when or where to burn
contact the fire department at
846-8280.
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Play’s simplicity elegant
By B. J. STRODE
Battalion Staff Writer
A delightful two hours were spent
Monday night in Rudder Au
ditorium as The Roy al Shakespeare
Company presented “The Hollow
Crown.
Very little Shakespeare was evi
dent, but a lot of talent, humor and
professionalism rendered the even
ing exciting.
The performance, presented in
two one-hour segments, was eleg
ant in its simplicity . The single set
was austere, with chairs for each ac
tor, a table and a lectern. The red
backdrop matched the chairs and
contrasted with the brown tones
worn by all performers. Unencum
bered by complicated sets and cos
tumes, the actors relied upon their
own voices, bodies, and a few very
effective props to transmit the
moods, characters and times of the
Kings and Queens of England, from
William 1 to Queen Victoria.
In the face of such an exceptional
performance, there seems little to
do but to somehow choose a few
scenes that were even more excep
tional than the rest. All the actors
were excellent, the music was per
fect, and the musician was outstand
ing.
The most impressive overall as
pect of the performance was the use
of hand props. The performances all
had large books on their laps, from
which they read, or pretended to
read their lines. The books seemed
a natural accoutrement and, in spite
of their size, never appeared awk
ward or clumsy.
In addition to the “scripts' the
actors also used quill pens to great
effect when reciting letters to and
from royal personages.
Ly nette Davies, the only female
in the cast, had an additional prop in
her shawl, which was especially ef-.
fective when she portrayed Fanny
Burney, one of the most enjoy able
segments of the show.
The program was structured to
alternate comedy with drama. The
ordering of sections was most effec
tive at the end of part one, when a
tragic and beautiful ballad of Jane
Seymour was followed by royal
poetry.
The poems, written by various
kings and queens, alternated hilar
ity with solemnity. The final amus
ing verse was followed by a rousing
chorus of “Here s a health unto his
Majesty,“ joined by performers.
The small audience, which had
HEIHHGS
Agricultural Economics Club will
meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Room
112 of the Plant Sciences Building.
A&M Wheelmen will meet at
7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Room 502 of
the Rudder Tower.
Engineering Technology Society
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TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
TOWN HALL
SPECIAL ATTRACTION
JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ
WITH
ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL
Friday, October 24, 1975 8:00 p.m.
Rollie White Coliseum
Reserve
$3.00-3.50
4.00-4.50
General Admission
$2.00
3.50
J/—X Everyone must buy a ticket. Ticket and information available at MSC Box Office, first
( m/Cl fl° or of the Rudder Tower. Open 9-4 Monday-Friday, 845-2916. No cameras or
will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday in
Room 304 of Fermier.
Microbiology Society will meet at
7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Room 105 of
the Biological Sciences Building
East.
Ocean Engineering Club will
meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Room
601 of the Rudder Tower.
Outdoor Recreation will meet at
7:00p.m. Tuesday in Room 216-Lof
the MSC.
Great Issues will meet at 7 p.m.
Tuesdav in Room 216-N of the
MSC.
Scona will meet at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday in Room 216-Oof the MSC.
Cepheid Variable will meet at 7
p.m. Tuesday in Room 510 of the
Rudder Tower.
Beta Alpha Psi will meet at 7:30
p.m. Tues _ Room 410 of the
Rudder Tower.
recording equipment will be allowed.
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J. M. Huber Corporation Rep
resentatives will be Interviewing
mechanical engineering stu
dents for summer positions.
Placement Office,
10th Floor Rudder Tower
Wednesday October 22, 1975
Equal Opportunity Employer
Texas A&M University
Town Hall Series
Presents
Jim Stafford
plus Special Guest
Dave Loggins
Friday Nov. 7, 1975
G. Rollie White Coliseum
8:00 P.M.
Tickets
General
Admission
Reserved
w-activity
Seats
card
.4.50.
FREE
Into
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the m/c circle
A&M Student 4.50
Non A&M Student-Date 4.50 3.00
General Public 6.50 4.00
Tickets and Information available at MSC Box Office, first floor of the Rudder Tower. Open 9-4 Monday-Friday
845-2916. No cameras or recording equipment will be allowed.
been reticent during most of the
first part, adjourned to the lobby in
a jovial mood and returned for the
second part in a much more recep
tive frame of mind. The opposite
effect was achieved at the end of the
second part.
Lynette Davies, as Queen Vic
toria, described her coronation at
the age of nineteen in a light
hearted vein and regally left the
stage. The remaining actors then
read passages from Morte D Arthur
and thus ended the evening on a
more serious note, holding the
“Hollow Crown and proclaiming
"the once and future King.
It was impossible to tell from the
program which actor was portray ing
which part, with the exception of
Lynette Davies. But it matters lit
tle. All were superb.
Perhaps the funniest section was
delivered by "James I in his diat
ribe against the evils of tobacco.
Another illustration of the troop s
professionalism was afforded when a
member of the audience, returning
late from intermission, was accosted
by King James.
His Majesty pointed a roy al finger
at the miscreant and hade him hurry
to his place. HP then stood glaring at
the embarrassed young man until
the latter was seated and the audi
ence was laughing and applauding.
A very touching moment trans
pired as “Lord Hervey described
the death of George IT s wife.
Queen Caroline. But even this
somber speech had comic relief.
The Queen, in bidding farewell to
her husband, urged him to remarry .
The distraught king, weeping and
incoherent, objected to her sugges
tion. But so befuddled was be by bis
grief that his protest was less than
might be desired. “No, never, be
cried. “I d rather have mistresses!
Contrast was used to good effect
in two letters read toward the end of
part one. The first, from Henry VIII
to Anne Boley n, expresses his love
and desire for that lady, and pray s
for her acceptance of bis suit. The
second letter was written by Anne
Boley n to Henry VIII as she waited
in the Tower for her execution.
Aggie Cinema
International Series
presents
ROMAN POLANSKI’S
BRILLIANT DIRECTORIAL DEBUT
KNIFE IN THE WATER
from the director who brought you Rosemary’s Baby
Oct. 21
Rudder Theatre
Tuesday
8 p.m.
&
Guarneri String Quartet
Special Attraction
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 8:00 p.m.
Rudder Center Theater
Ticket Prices: Available
Regular - $5.00, $4.00 MSC Box
A&M Student - $3.50, $2.50 Office
Tickets and information,
MSC Box Office,
845-2916
Presented by
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