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1965-1966 Season Productions 1961-1970
3-3-1966
The Madwoman of Chaillot
Otterbein University Theatre and Dance Department
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TIIHl•: 1,: e,ccµti o nal even ings of variet y a nd pl easure are µr om ised to thcatcrgoC'rs this season as Th e Olle rbe in Col lege Theater continues l o make it s important con tr ibuti on lo this co ll ege and the community. We a re pl ease ~ Stale Savings ~ WHERE HAPPY PEOPLE SAVE FOR A SUNNY DAY COLLEGE INN Dinners Pizzas 40 W. College 882-4165 Free Delivery VINCENT MOTORS CO. PLYMOUTH CHRYSLER IMPERIAL Donator of Automobile for Guest Star Durin·g Stay in Westerville · VINCENT R. Def-ELICE, President 882-2314 21 WINTER SJREET WESTERVILLE, OHIO Q&tterbetn ~ollege ~beatre presents MA1>WOMAN or CHA11,LOT ltAN GIRAUDOUX 'S C_ec#, ,..,,,.., l>r MAUIICE VALENCY with Guest Star VIVE CA LINDFORS Director ...... , ...... Cha rl es W. l)odrill Designer-Technical Director ...... , ...... Fred Thay('r Cowan Hall Marc h 3, 4, 5, 1966 8: 15 p.m. Produced by s pecial arrangements with Dra ma tis ts Play Service, In c . TALBOTT'S FLOWERS· "Floral Arrangements For All Occasions" 882-4151 882-7681 260 South State Street 22 North State Street CAST in order ofapp earance The Wai,ter ~like Gribler The Lillie Man Bob Abdella* The Pr9s pee tor Greg Sabatino The President Ron Steelman The Baron John Duva l** Therese...... Judy McNeely The Street Sin ger Gw e ndy Miles The Accordianis t ...... Janice Abbott The Flower Girl ...... Betty Carlisle ')'he Ragpicker ...... Ted Pritchard Paufctte ...... Mary Furniss The Deaf-Mute ...... Jim Anders on Irma ...... Kay Brinkman The Shoelace Peddler ...... Deedra Bebout** The Uroker ...... Dick Crable The Street Juggler ...... ,...... Dave Sampson Dr. Jadin ...... Dick Near Countess Aurelia, The Madwoman of.Chaillot ...... VIVECA LINDFORS Understudy for Miss Lindfors ...... , ...... Bec ky Ruyan The Doorman ...... Larry Evans The Policeman ...... ,...... William Hunter* Pierre ...... , ...... Jim Granger** The Sargeant ...... Bob Woods The Sewerman ...... Clarence Lewis Mme. Cons tance, The Madwoman of Passy ...... Marilou Holford** Mll e. Gabrielle, The Madwoman of St. Sulpice ...... P e te Dodrill** Mme . J oseph ine, T he Madwoman of La Concorde ...... Barbara Miller The Presidents...... Ron Steelman John Duval** Di ck Crable The Prospectors Greg Sabatin o Dick Near William Hunter* The Press Agents Bob Abde lla* Bob Woods Larry Evans T he Ladies . Judy McN eely Mary F urniss Becky Ruyan * Denotes members hip in Cap and Dagger ** De notes me mbers hip in Theta Alpha Phi Dramatics F raternity SYNOPSIS OF SCENES ACT I The Cafe Terrace of Chez Francis. ACT II The Countess ' Cellar - 21 Rue de Chaillot. eu·cKEYE FEDERAL WESTERVILLE OFFICE : 9 SOUTH STATE STREET · wants to do ! MORE for you I At Buckeye Federal, we've built our 9 a.m. - 3 p. m. Monday-Thursday county-wide association ,upon . OFFICE HO UR S: 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. Friday 9 a.m. - 12 noon Saturday friendly service and neighborhood knowledge. 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STATE 882-7446 .l 1·a n (,iraudoux, born 1882. int1·nd1·d to l11 ·1·0111P a profl's,.,or and tra1n1 · With this cxpericn(·c, and Lhe proper c onnec tions, he found an important plac-e in the \1inistry of l·' ort'ign Affairs at Paris, ,,l'tl'n going on diplomatic mi ss ions abroad . llis de but as an aut.hor oecurrC'd in 191 l , hut hi' also (,ont inuPd his "arccr in the· ForC'ign Affairs ministry until the fa·ll of Franc·c·, 194.0, and livt·d in an apartment ne ar tha t ministry ' s headquarters on thC' famous Quai D'Orsay. (;iraudoux did not write for tlw stage until 1928, whe n he dramatized Ont' of his noVC'ls. ''S iegfri e d ," wh ich e xplon•d the possibilities of Fre neh-(;erman unders tanding. This firml y establis he d Giraudoux as an important Fr,·nch playwright. Somr of his othe r important plays inc lude : "Amphitryon 38," "Judith, " "Intermezzo, " "Tiger al thP (;ates, " "Ele1; tra," and "Ondint'. " (;iraudoux dit•d in Paris during the (;1•rman Ol'Cupation , in Feb. 19 l I, 22 months before "The Madwoman of Chaillot" was produt·l'd . lie was generally eon,-;icll're cl onP of the grratest write rs of conte mporary Fran1·I', oftC'n 1·al1 .. ,l "th,· Hal'inl' of our time. " llis rPputation has continu!'cl to grow s ince' his d e ath . A strt'cl was named for him in Paris in 1919. A spt·c·ial holiday was cle c la rr cl early in 1950 whr n, with much !'t'remon y, a bronzl' plaqul' was affixed lo the apartme nt house (so near to the real Chez Fra nc is cafe) wal l to mark for post1•rity thl' fact that Giraudoux had live d thnP for the last 2 1 years of hii life. You'll Find Most Everything in our BIG STORE WESTERVILLE ROUSH CLEANERS HARDWARE Try Our New Shirt Laundry WE STERVILLE Sl!OPPING CEN TER Open Evenings till 9 p.m. 40 W. Main St. Westerville, Ohio CELLAR LUMBER Compliments of MORELAND Honest, Courteous Ser v ice FUNERAL HOME Builds Our Business 882-2197 Westerville HOW ARD JOHNSON'S MOTOR LODGE (North) and RESTAURANT Phone 885-4484 Routes 1-71 and 161 - 6 miles to Otterbein campus F or a number of years the feat.un·J s tar in the Otlerhein Tlwulre prn duction has been th e guest of Howard J ohn son's North .. . a hcauli fully appointed Lodge so conven ie nt to IV e s lcrvi ll c and th e Otl crhci n campus. Mak£' Hf' srrvations for the v isits of Your l'arC'nts for SpPl'ial llays a t OttnbPin - Not too earl y now for Commt•nc ·c· menl Ff'sliviliC's, Jean Giraudoux wrote "The Madwoman of Chaillot" during 1942-43. Since Paris was the n oecupied by the Germans, Giraudoux, who was living quietly the re and would never have permitted a play of hi .-s to be performed during the Occupation, put it aside with the prophetic note on its fl y-leaf: "To h" performed Oct. 17, 1945" - this was at a tim f' when no one could foresee when , if f've r, the Nazis woulcl he driven out of F rance. They were driven out in August, 1944 (by which time Giraudoux had died); pf'aef' t·ame in August, 1945.Thus th e author's estimate of the liberation of his country was correct. However, materials wf're so scarce in Paris in the months following the victory that. dC'spitc all e fforts, Giraudoux's date could not he ke pt, and his play was not presented until Dec. 19, 1.915. The play ran in Paris for 13 months without an empty seat. In New York the play was finally produced three years after its Paris s uccess - opening llec. 27, 1949, at the Belasco theatre. It imm ediate ly stirred a tre me ndous controversy in New York, with many admi rers returning to see it time and again, others attacking it angrily. Its reception was mixed in the press - certain critics going to great extremes of praise, others of condemnation. The most influential critics were in favor, so also seemed to be the public ... for th-, theatre was pac ked night after night. The play ran in New York until Jan. 7, 1950 for a total of 386 performanees, the second longest run of any play ever given in America in an adaptation from an original French play. Our Guest Artist Otterbein College is indeed proud to present VIVECA LINDFORS as our guest star in "The Madwoman of Chaillot." Miss Lindfors started her acting career in her native land of Sweden. _Since then she has been acclaimed in some forty motion pictures, including "No Sad Songs for Me," "The Adventures of Don Juan," "I Accus e," and " Four in a Jee p." She received the "Best Actress of the Year" International F ilm Award for her role in " Four in a J eep," and s he has recently been seen in "Sylvia," "Brainstorm ," and " T he Damned." For her efforts in "The Damned" and "Weddings a nd Babies" Miss Lindfors recently was the winner of the Special Award at the Venice Film Festival. She was also given the Best Actress Award at the Berlin Film Festival for the motion picture "No Exit." Broadway was first graced with the exceptional abilities of Miss Lindfors in the hit "Anastasia." She won superlative reviews from the critics and the Drama League Award for h·er performance of the title role of this play. By way of a change from dramatic.roles, Miss Lindfors recently starred in a revival of Rodgers & Hart's musical comedy " P a l Joey" at the New York City Center. She has als o appeared off-Broadway in the record breaking "Brecht on Brecht," "Miss Julie," and "King Lear." Miss Lindfors has toured in such plays as "A Far Country," "I Am a Camera," and "An Evening of Tennessee Williams," Besides being a capable performer in motion pictures and live theatre, Miss Lindfors has also worked in television. Her most memorable portrayal was that of Natasha in Dostoyevsky's "The Idiot." Other television performances to her credit include a special presentation of Thornton Wilder's "The Bridge of San Luis Rey," "The Defenders," "The Nurses," and most recently, "Ben Casey" and "Bonanza." Miss Lindfors, now an American citizen, is married to the well-known Hungarfan-born novelist and playwright George Tabori who dramatized "Brecht on Brecht." Like other noted Swedish actresses, such as Greta Garbo and Ingrid Bergman, Miss Lindfors is a graduate of Sweden's Royal Dramatic Theatre School. She has also studied under Lee Strasberg and is a member of the Actors Studio. In recent years the Otterbein College Theatre has received national recognition for its well established guest artist program. Past performers include Hans Conried in "John Brown's Body," Ed Begley in "J.B.," Arnold Moss in "L~ve's Labors Lost," and Kim Hunter in- "Anastasia." We are delighted to have Miss Lindfors on our campus and we are greatly pleased to add her name to our growing list of prominent guest artists. Our thanks to the American National Theatre and Academy for helping arrange her appearance. AFTER THE PLAY STOP AT ;J),,ntle ~ Restaurant 383 S. STATE ST, , . . WESTERVILLE 882-4487 . . . . _:; Lamilton marhet 23 N. State St. Westerville, Ohio Phone 882-2392 399 So. StatP · St. WPsterville, Ohio Westerville Florist Elliott· Cooper· Bar INSURANCE AGENCY :J.fowerJ :J.or ..A-// OccaJionJ BLENDON REALTY 39 N. State St. Westerville, Ohio 14 S. 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