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February 26, 1982
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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.
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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.
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ceptive to the S'/z hour play,
which lends itself to be potential
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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.”
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