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TX 77840 (409)696-1440 Insured by National Credit Union Administration fNCUA; Page 6/The Battalion/Monday, February 29, 1988 Aggie Players’ ‘King Lear' does Shakespeare justice BAY ing at t! ject hall llant S am o utiati By Richard Tijerina Reviewer Oh brother. Oh sister. In William Shakespeare’s great tragedy “King Lear,” one has to get the feeling after viewing that the world would be a better place if there were no siblings to deal with. That’s the impression I had after seeing the Aggie Players’ opening night production of “King Lear,” performed to a less titan capacity au dience in Rudder Theater Friday. “King Lear” revolves around a story of family betrayal in both Lear’s and Gloucester’s families. The tragic ending of the play might have been avoided had Gloucester’s only son been Edgar and Lear’s only daughter Cordelia. In the beginning of the play, Lear decides to split his kingdom up amongst his three daughters, Gone- ril, Regan and Cordelia, depending on their statements of love and loy alty to him. All give grand statements of false affection except Cordelia, who simply and honestly gives a profession of simple love and duty to the monarch, which results in his anger at her less than flashy statements and her banishment from the kingdom. Meanwhile, the noble Earl of Gloucester’s bastard son Edmund plots to take power for himself by forging a letter from his noble brother Edgar describing the latter’s desire to murder his father. On Ed mund’s advice, Edgar flees the king dom. Gloucester’s fears that Edgar is a “strong and fastened villain” are increased when he learns from Ed mund of his son’s flight. The title role of King Lear is played by veteran Royal Shake speare Company actor Jeffery Dench. He plays the part of the ag ing king, whose family is betraying him, beautifully. His booming vocal projection and dominating stage Review presence are two of the things re membered after the play is over. Lear is Shakespeare’s tragic hero of the play and is a difficult role to por tray, but Dench pulled it off with ease. Aggie playwright/actor Charles Gordone also shines as the Earl of Gloucester. However, he must share the limelight equally with freshman Billy Thomas and junior Thomas Miles II, who play the roles of Ed mund and Edgar respectively. Thomas is brilliant as the bastard son Edmund who deceives both brother and father to obtain his greedy goal of power. He outshines everybody in the cast with the excep tion of Dench. Miles handles himself well as the noble Edgar, the deceived half brother of Edmund, who eventually returns from {light to help his father and execute justice by killing his brother. Freshman Robbie Taylor cannot be left out of the list for good perfor mances. His portrayal of the Fool was excellent as he brought the audi ence to laughter with both his foolish antics and quick wit. 1 must admit that the first act left me rather bored, and judging from the audience around me, I wasn’t alone. It started off well enough, with the first 30 minutes or so ex tremely intense, but soon tapered off into a mild yawnfest. Dench and Thomas should be credited for keeping the act as interesting as it was. What saved this production was the second act, which had the most backstabbing, sword fighting, poi soning, family betrayal and deaths this side of “Dynasty.” In it, the plot against Lear’s life is revealed, Gloucester is painfully blinded, Go- neril poisons Regan and then (i stabs herself, Cordelia return makes up with Lear, Edmund over, Lear and Cordelia at Edmund, Edgar returns Edmund in the play’s di® point, Cordelia is hanged inpiis Lear dies while grieving andEii[ takes over. All of this in an houranda Quite a f ull act. The ending of the play is and dramatic, as in all of Ski! speare’s tragedies. The great b tragically dead, along withal daughters, amid the stenchoffti betrayal ,and deceit all an kingdom. By the end of the play, about everyone is dead except Edgar, the Earl of Kent and Duke of Albany. But there is a small silver all the tragedy that has just til place. Lear is finally past and torment that has held hint!) the play’s beginning, and has rejoined his one loyal andlt» : daughter, Cordelia. Edgar seen*; to the task to be the new kin appears to be able to rule effect as a strong and fair monarch. There were only a few fatilt the opening night’s perform* Besides a few premature lines eryone in the cast kept thepla' ing along smoothly. However,.*)' thing will have to be done about show’s three swords, all of were drastically bent after al sword fighting that was done 1 cast will also have to projection 1 during all of the incessant beating coming from backstage The Aggie Players’ products “King Lear” is a vibrant portrait one of Shakespeare’s classic The stage is creatively set upatil 1 costuming is beautiful. Stellarf formances from Dench and Hu* make the production an overall!# to see. Eight arrested, 200 injured during Klan protest in Dallas DALLAS (AP) — Despite the po lice chieF s pleas for Ku Klux Klansmen to avoid a downtown march, the group protested the de- artment’s new affirmative action iring plan in a demonstration that turned into a melee, with eight ar rests. An anti-KKK group charged the hooded Klansmen and a group of skinheads Saturday. Eight were ar rested on charges ranging from as sault to disorderly conduct. Police clubbed members of the crowd of about 200 and some pro testers suffered minor injuries. “It was the silliest darn thing Eve ever seen,” Deputy Police Chief R.L. Schifelbein said. “We were hoping that the Klan would come, say their piece and just get out of town.” Schifelbein said the Klansmen came from Connecticut. Fred Bell, one organizer of a group that came to protest the Klan, said violence was not his intention. “What can I say about the masses expressing their natural outrage?” asked Bell. Earlier this year, the City Council implemented the affirmative action hiring plan in response to critics’ charges that the police department did not reflect the city’s racial makeup. Racial tensions heightened i» : cent weeks with the fatal shoo® 1 of th ree police officers and other men who were shot by pofo I Police Chief Billy Prince, whok I urged the Klan not to march,t* I criticism of the department by I I nority elected officials had fosttf I an environment of ill-will betw'f I the minority community and polk 1 I On Friday, off-duty officer Gi I D. McCarthy, 33, was gunned do* I during an attempted robbery a 1 grocery store where he was workin Police searched for three suspo Saturday.