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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1980
Intensity shakes playgoers
By ANDY WILLIAMS
Staff Writer
About 50 people were assaulted by
Mark MedofFs play, “When You
Cornin’ Back, Red Ryder?” in its
opening night in the Rudder Forum
Thursday.
They were assaulted by noise and
a high level of tension. They looked
shaken as they left the theater.
They should have. They’d just wit
nessed an attack on seven people in a
diner. The victims were destroyed,
not physically, but emotionally.
The characters of the play, put on
by Texas A&M’s theater arts prog-
to prove his masculinity. He clip-
clops around in his cowboy boots, is
rude to Angel, and says things like,
“I’m gonna come drivin’ up to your
door one day in a Chevrolet Corvette
Stingray convertible the color of
money.”
Angel is a docile, overweight
woman. She is countrified and is pa
tient with Ryder — so patient that it
becomes apparent she loves him.
The other characters are Lyle
(Terry Martin), the crippled owner
of a gas station and hotel; Clark (Les
lie Denton), the money-grubbing
manager of the diner; Richard (Sid
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ram, are caught in a routine. That life
isn’t pleasant, but what happens to
them is worse. They are jolted by the
arrival of a man bent on tearing down
their egos.
Teddy (David Troxell), the villain,
is an odd hybrid: an educated man
with a Hell’s Angel viewpoint. He
uses his intellect and his imposing
presence to intimidate the other
characters.
The setting is an all-night diner in
the New Mexico desert. The two em
ployees are Stephen “Red” Ryder
(Jeff Fitzgerald) and Angel (Liz
Harnden).
Ryder is a scrawny kid determined
Catlett) and Clarisse (Melissa Camp
bell), the rich couple from California
going to New Orleans so she can play
the violin with an orchestra there;
and Cheryl (Melissa Bradley), Ted
dy’s freaky girlfriend who is domin
ated by her man.
Troxell and Harnden are wonder
ful. Troxell’s roaring and his imita
tion of the others’ accents make the
audience cringe. Harnden com
municates her gentleness and over
sensitivity through her downcast
eyes and pouting lips.
While the actors have a good grasp
of their roles, sometimes it is difficult
to accept their appearances.
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of “When You Cornin’ Back, Red Ryder?” Feb.
21-23 and Feb. 28-March 1. It will beii
Rudder Forum and will start at 8 p.m.
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