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February 19,
‘Taming of the Shrew’ delights audience
by Colette Hutchings
Battalion Staff
That arrogant, evil-tempered
woman was tamed Thursday
night and the audience of about
600 in Rudder Auditorium
laughed while it happened.
The arrogant woman, of
•course, is Kate, the shrew, in
Shakespeare’s comedy, “The
^Taming of The Shrew,” per
formed by The National Shakes-
S eare Company and sponsored
y the MSC Arts Committee.
While the cast livened the
stage with colorful costumes,
slapstick humor and the clever
dialogue of Shakespeare’s text,
; the audience giggled, guffawed
and generally enjoyed the
evening.
The basic storyline revolves
around the competition for the
hand of the fair maiden, Bianca,
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who is pursued by three suitors
— Hortensio, a musician; Gre-
mio, a wealthy old man; and
Lucentio, the son of a wealthy
old gentlemen of Pisa.
The second storyline, one
which is perhaps just as major as
the main story line, is the duel of
wits between Kate and Pet-
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ruchio, the brave man who is de
termined to make a docile lover
and loyal wife out of her — not
to mention getting a hefty share
of her dowry.
Baptista, the father of the two
women, tells Bianca’s suitors
that before she can be consi
dered marriage material, her
elder sister, Kate, must be hitch
ed. Then the suitors plan ways to
marry off the shrew.
When Petruchio, a gentlemen
who aims “to wive and thrive as
best I may,” arrives, their
prayers are answered.
Petruchio gives Kate a taste of
her own medicine — he starves,
beats and berates his spouse into
submission — all in fun, of
course.
At one point, he asked the au
dience: “He that knows a better
way how to tame a shrew, let him
now speak.” The audience was
silent.
When the words and actions
of the main characters weren’t
humorous, the slapstick comedy
of three of the servants in the
play — Grumio, Biondello and
Curtis — sparked laughter.
Their slapstick antics only could
be compared to the Three
Stooges.
The audience’s reaction to
this play shows why “The Tam
ing of the Shrew” always will re
main one of Shakespeare’s be
loved comedies.
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Kate, played by Deborah Schoenberg, prepares to strike
back at Petruchio, played by Jerry Peters, during Thurs
day night’s performance of “The Taming of the Shrew”
by the National Shakespeare Company in Rudder
ditorium.
United Press International
PORT ARTHUR — The Oil,
Chemical and Atomic Workers
union has withdrawn federal
unfair labor practices charges
against Texaco Inc. in what un
ion spokesmen said was an
effort to move contract talks for
ward.
A spokesman for OCAW
Local 4-23 said the charges, filed
with the National Labor Rela
tions Board in Houston Jan. 28,
were withdrawn Wednesday.
The union charged Texaco was
not bargaining in good faith.
Competition could
90 cents/gallon gas
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HOUSTON — The executive
director of a Houston service
station association predicts local
self-serve gasoline prices as low
as 90 cents a gallon within two
months, if current brutal com
petition continues.
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Station Association, said prices
for regular, unleaded and un
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falling quickly.
Nilsson is almost alone in his
prediction of prices that low,
although several analysts have
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Regular gasoline prices at
selected stations in Houston, tra
ditionally one of the nation’s
lowest-priced gasoline markets,
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A new independent station in
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Nilsson said prices will
tinue to fall the rest oftht J
hedging his predictions
the persistent possibility■
flare-up in the Middle Eli
He said Houston
prices have fallen an aver
3.6 cents per gallon in tb:
four weeks.
Self-serve unleaded
typically sells for 4 to
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One analyst who
Nilsson’s prediction is Jolt |
Lichtblau, executive direct;
the Petroleum Industry
search Foundation, who
prices rising again laterthii J.
at a pace trailing the exf
percent inflation rate.
“Dealers are in a stateolt |
fusion,” Lichtblau said,
Nilsson said: “They're
ing from lower margins,!
at one time were 17.7 cent 1
gallon under price control
today, many stations ares
almost right at what it's®
them.”
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