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Written before Williams hit his stride and the American consciousness with “The Glass Menagerie” and “A Streetcar Named Desire,” “Spring Storm” is not Williams’ best work but is a worthy effort by the man who arguably would become the nation’s greatest playwright, pro ducer Charles Duggan said. “It’s basically a very good wa- tercolor painting by somebody who’s going to turn into an old master,” Duggan said. “It’s exciting.” Williams submitted the work for a play-writing contest when he was a 27-year-old student at the Uni versity of Iowa. Struggling to finish the play, Williams wrote several endings. One of them, which will not be per formed, had the lead character taking her clothes off onstage. That ending shocked his classmates and Williams put the script aside. Williams died in 1983 and the play went unnoticed until last year when a copy of it surfaced in the collection of Williams’ writings at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas. Prefacing the play with his own notes, Williams said his mission was to tell a story of four people struggling with love in a small town. “The theme of the play — badly stated — is the unconscious savage cruelty of the sexual struggle,” Williams wrote. “My intention was not to write a melodramatic ‘shocker’ (I earnestly hope I haven’t), but to give a sincere psychological treatment of problems I have felt keenly.” Nonetheless, the play is melodramatic, director Michael Bloom said, and it is romantic. “it’s much more melodramatic than some of his greatest plays, but you hear the poetic voice that he was already developing,” Bloom said. “Spring Storm” also preludes some of Williams’ more famous characters. Heavenly Critchfield, a 22- year-old woman who falls in love with a man from the wrong side of the tracks, appears again later as Heavenly Finley in “Sweet Bird of Youth.” “This play is great because it’s really the embryo for some of his greatest characters,” Tertia Lynch, who auditioned for the Heavenly role in New York said. “Maggie [Pollit], Blanche [Dubois], they’re just all in there.” Staging the play is the new Ac tors Repertory of Texas, which is af filiated with the University of Texas College of Fine Arts. "Spring Storm” is the repertory’s first pro duction. "It’s a heavy burden to presume to do this,” Duggan said. "To be able to do something of this nature, to be able to do the world premiere of a Tennessee Williams play, is al most a special gift.” But not one without its haggles. Duggan and Bloom said they wanted to use the ending in which Heavenly gets naked. However, Se- wanee, The University of the South in Tennessee, which owns the rights to Williams’ plays, said no. That ending is to a work titled “April is the Cru dest Month” and not applicable to “Spring Storm,” Sewanee spokesperson Joe Romano said. “According to the [Williams’] will, first-class stage productions must be produced as written," Romano said. “The play that was approved for production there was ’Spring Storm’. [“Spring Storm’s” ending] does not contain any nudity. “They wanted to use one version of the play and tack on the ending of another,” he said. The confusion may have been caused by Williams’ own notes. According to manuscripts in the Ransom Center collection, Williams’ considered using the “April is the Crudest Month” title for “Spring Storm.” The disrobing scene would have worked well in front of a 1990s audience, Bloom said. “I believe [the ending with nudity] is the proper ending,” Bloom said. “It’s far superior. It’s a matter actually of prudishness.” “It’s basically a very good watercol- or painting by somebody who’s going to turn into an old master.” — Charles Duggan producer, “Spring Storm” Daniels union volt i LOS ANGELES [AP)- William Daniels defeated cumbent Screen Actor; i (SAG) president in a victc divided the union offi TV actors. Daniels, 72, got 10,00: , 21,068 ballots cast while g, bent Richard Masur, S | 8,972 votes. Actress Ange | kins was third with 2,015 The vote was annotin; Friday. ^ Masur was running ... third, two-year term. Hedfej support of top stars, kM Billy Crystal, Michelle f1|' Dennis Franz and Michaelp An anti-Masur group® Performers Alliance ;:|| Daniels to run in Septfe even though he had no:® active in SAG before beep a candidate. It is expected Daniefc seek a tougher stancedurR got unions with the eni® ment industry. Hollywood® guilds believe they have:#, ceived their fair share.® onues from cable telev:? b foreign markets. Daniels also has crjfc SAG for having too ma: members. Daniels won an Enrteji best actor twice forhisroi-ffi Mark Craig on “St. to© 1 le currently plays Mr. feB the ABC sitcom “Boy |v World" and was the voice M car on "Knight Rider”wii'S: Hasselhoff. More than 99,000bates mailed to eligible union:* nationwide, but only21.si cent were returned andcoi: Bone Collector brings big returns, The Bachelor follows distantly LOS ANGELES (AP) — The macabre and the marital dominat ed the weekend box office as the grisly thriller The Bone Collector opened in first place, followed by The Bachelor, according to indus try estimates released yesterday. The Bone Collector, starring Denzel Washington as a bedridden forensics expert leading the hunt for a serial killer, had $17.2 million in ticket sales. The Bachelor got $8 million while a Halloween holdover, House on Haunted Hill, was in third place with $7.8 million, although its tick et sales plummeted by more than half over the previous week. The tobacco industry drama The Insider debuted in fourth place with $7 million. Overall, grosses for the top films were off about 30 percent from the same weekend last year, according to Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc. However, that was because Adam Sandler’s comedy The Wa- terboy had a record debut in 1998 of nearly $40 million, said Paul Der- garabedian, president of Exhibitor- cRelatiogs Co. Inc., wh ch tranks the vox office. This weekend actually had good sales and the year is on track to be come a record-breaker with a pro jected gross of $7.4 billion, he said. 1. The Bone Collector — $17.2 million. 2. The Bachelor — $8 million. 3. House on Haunted Hill — $7.8 million. 4. The Insider — $7 million. 5. Double Jeopardy— $4.5 million. 6. The Best Man — $4.3 million. 7. American Beauty — $3.3 million. 8. The Sixth Sense — $3.2 million. 9. Music of the Heart — $3 million. 10. Fight Club — $2.5 million. Why Wait? Get started early with Kaplan. 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McCartney, whose wife, Linda, died of cancer in April 1998, said yes terday he is helping Mills record a charity album for the Heather Mills Trust, founded for people who have lost limbs in war zones. “I will continue to work with Heather Mills on the recording pro ject, and even though this story (of romance) is not true, I hope it will bring attention to her worthwhile ef forts for the disabled worldwide,” Mc Cartney, 57, said in a statement. Mills, a former leading swimwear model in Britain, lost a leg below the knee when she was struck by a po lice motorcycle six years ago. In a TV interview in October, Mc Cartney said he is open to the pos sibility of a new relationship but is not looking. Michael Eisner supports scholars SAN FERNANDO, Calif. (AP) — Walt Disney Co. Chair Michael Eis ner’s latest deal is with an 11-year- old boy. Eisner personally delivered a con tract Saturday to Victoriano Lopez Jr.. Victoriano’s part of the deal: a promise to work hard inseto; Eisner’s charitablefoundattj donated $1 mil lion to Project GRAD. Project GRADs a national piv gram to inspire students to gradu ate from high school and go on to college. The program re quires participants, sign schoolwork contractsaoc| scholarships of up to $6, er students. “ It offers a chance for all s‘i to turn their dreams into real# ner told about 900 ProjectGEP unteers. Prince Andrew tour Persian Gi KUWAIT (AP) — Britain's f Andrew arrived yesterda; three-day visit, his second to this oil-rich state and " British protectorate. The British Embassy sf| prince, the son of QueenE II, will visit the state-owner Oil Co. and the oil fieldss|| di, an area south of Kuwait The prince will alsovisj l play of traditional danc crafts during his trip. He also will open ane- of historic photographs T aspects of the long-stanc. close relationship between! and Kuwait,” the embassy: MINISTEI TURNEI ATHEIS1 Come hear Dan Barker of the Freedom From Religion Foundat talk about his transition 7pm November 9 th MSC 201 by the Agnostic & Atheist Student G The World Leader in Test Prep