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local/national Battalion/Page 9 February 26, 1982 11 theynj ' I said I*;'} of ’UPiwttiiCt e a lot ok 1 town.' le <ifunW Ivice ftoE, ■ 8 • tor sunn ^oekendsd, •etball, iqf ntmue fast; ag of the XT . who claiiii congrepi 900, said i a the prinur.| npts to pei *ss said, p him in cupation. “Everybodi lis is mint. Menagerie’ stands up to form; characters strongly portrayed by Randy Lemmon Battalion Reporter The durability of the Glass Menagerie is substantiated once again by the Texas A&M Theatre Arts Program. Tennes see Williams’ first success stands up admirably 30 years after its introduction. All the characters were on the verge of hysteria, frightened by life, desperate to reach out to another person and strongly portrayed. Because of the simplicity of Williams’ form, the acting can easily be built and that is just what director Mary Anne Mitch ell did. This was Mitchell’s first major production since her arrival at Texas A&M last fall. Of all the four characters caught in sympathy and hones ty, the most compelling re mained Amanda Wingfield, portrayed by Sharon Barrow, a theater arts major who plans to graduate in May Barrow portrays an aging women living with her two chil dren in an apartment off a St.Louis alley, and trying to do the best she can for them. The son works in a warehouse, although he would rather wan der off to far-away places. The Review daughter is a shy cripple who collects miniature glass animals — from which the title comes. Barrow portrays Amanda Wingfield as a blowsy, impover ished woman living on memor ies of a flower-scented southern past. The part was soft — yet never a mumble came from her mouth. Her gestures were flut- tery and sometimes vague: There is no doubt that she was a southern belle; there is no doubt she is a superior actress. Richard Strayer gave a very strong active performance in the dual role of son and narrator. Strayer, a sophomore theatre arts major, acted in a whirlwind of changes. His cycles spinning from sedateness and hysteria never ended. On the other hand, Benita Faulkner portraying the amus ingly pathetic daughter, Laura Wingfield, was convincingly frail and withheld an inner beauty. Faulkner also is a soph- more theatre arts major. The final character intro duced seemed to be minimal, although Bill Yowell, another sophomore theatre arts major was able to make the gentlemar caller a force capable of chang ing Laura for the better. Even with elementary, anti que setting strapped on an in clined stage — and lighting thal lost its potential at the opening of the play — the acting was able to overcome opening nighl problems. The crowd was graciously re ceptive to the S'/z hour play, which lends itself to be potential ly boring. lansen'sfc :a last year lals questii le Texas 1th desctiki! staff photo by John Ryan Sharon Barrow, as Amanda Wingfield, reminiscent conversation early in the left; Richard Strayer, as Tom production of The Glass Menagerie Wingfield, right and Benita Faulkner, performed by the Theatre Arts as Laura Wingfield, are having a Program at Rudder Forum Thursday. California supermarket to rent space to police re infair trait uropeancot id. “They®! e of us," ly, he said li the lucratW Japan. ministration 1 Japan, ta ! tonavetof 1 ;! 's a big mu ’, and .n’t have a specially .t we are inf > said far®'] back their i is by I0p rt igible for t programs this next j rives, bh* r get®? P ( ! ress and 3 reopen® 1 ' for those*] when they I* secretary s®- he acreage P s he haspj eat, rice m. Club? ds" United Press International LOS ANGELES — The em- doyees at Ralph’s supermarket in Watts won’t have to wait long for officers to respond to their calls for help. The market soon 1 be a police station. About 60 officers will be sta tioned in office space the market Is leasing to the police depart ment for $1 a year, officials tnnounced Wednesday. The supermarket chain fegreed to lease 2,700 square feet >f office space on the second lloor to the police department’s inti-gang unit for the next five rears. “There are all kinds of advan tages to the arrangement,” said i. Don Benton of the special jRASH police unit, an acronym jfor Community Resources igainst Street Hoodlums. “It will help solve many of the crime problems in that area and it helps the diminished re sources of the city and police de- Jartment by giving us office gspace,” he said. Lee Mueller, vice president of |operations at Ralph's, said the irrangement grew from com plaints about assaults and thefts jin and around the store voiced {during a neighborhood [ eeting. Ralph’s, the only major super- arket chain with a store re- aining in the south-central Los ngeles area, had considered osing the store because of the ime problem, a spokesman id. City Councilman Robert Far- irell, aware that police were look- i ling for new quarters for the ICRASH unit, suggested that Imoving the squad into the store |might solve the problems of resi- jdents, Ralph’s and the police de partment. 1 Benton said, “We find crime lis very low for blocks around a jpolice station, and in effect this Iwill be a police substation.” The city council approved the arrangement Tuesday and Ben ton said a contract should be signed next week. The new police office space includes a kitchen, utility room and a separate entrance. “About 60 officers will work in the second floor office,” Ben ton said. “It will provide high police visibility in that area.” Mueller said: “I think it will be a positive influence on the com munity to have more police sup port for our business and other adjacent businesses.” ALPHA DELTA PI PLAYDAY ’82 presents AGGIE COWBOYS ALPHA TAU OMEGA DELTA TAU DELTA PI KAPPA PHI PI KAPPA ALPHA PHI GAMMA DELTA KAPPA ALPHA KAPPA SIGMA SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON SIGMA ALPHA MU SIGMA CHI SIGMA PHI EPSILON THETA CHI TAU KAPPA EPSILON TANGELWOOD PARK FEB. 27, 11 a.m.-S p.m. B. L. Shane's Lakeview Club J— Saturday, Feb. 27 FIDDLIN' FRENCHIE BURKE! "1981 Country-Western Entertainer Of The Year'' Cover $4.00 Person 3 Miles North of Bryan on Tabor Rd. For Reservations 823-0660 COME GROW WITH US ALDERSGATE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH The Church With A Heart-Warming Touch" TEMPORARILY MEETING AT A&M CONSOLIDATED MIDDLE SCHOOL AUDITORIUM JERSEY ST. AT HOLIK ST., COLLEGE STATION SUNDAY SERVICES: SUNDAY SCHOOL 9:45 A.M. MORNING WORSHIP 8:30 A.M., 11:00 A.M. EVENING WORSHIP 6:30 P M. CHURCH OFFICE 2114 SOUTHWOOD 696-1376 PASTOR: TERRY TEYKL COUPON two potato..!: Eat Out In CLASS 102 Church St. College Station /T**' 846-0720 All our potaotes are Ph. D’s PURE, HEALTHY, and Nutritiously DELICIOUS each of our ingredients is REAL and prepared FRESH each day COUPON Mtal FLOBl FLORICULTURE - ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE CLUB PLANT SALE SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27 PLANT SALE iR ; Ce0 te ! Tx- ,da »'« T j yT/A AT THE FLORICULTURE GREENHOUSE 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. CLSB Come see us at the PLANT WALK at the “MSC All Night Fair” Friday, Feb. 26. Magna Carta at Texas A&M University Starts Sunday, February 28 Where: Texas A&M Memorial Student Center, Room 226 When: Sunday, February 28 10:00 am to 7:00 pm Open to the public Monday, March 1 and Tuesday, March 2 9:00 am to 12:00 pm Open for school groups only 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm Open to the public Parking: Parking lot south of Rudder Tower (Entrance off Houston Street) Asphalt lot south of Kyle Field (Entrance off Wellborn Road) Other Magna Carta Activities Guest Speakers Presented by MSC Great Issues & MSC Political Forum Special Performances Presented by the Society for Creative Anachronism For more information call 845-8501 Admission Free Sorry, No photographs of Magna Carta may be taken. This exhibition is made possible in part by a grant from the Texas Committee for the Humanities.