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Clo~e~ ~~i~ . acting ensemble"': , . AND COMMENTS , "Pound of Tea' J.ighf, polished BV JOE KIRKISH characters them&elves. plot, and even such stereotyped characterg as the .­ and played ages. WIDNISDAY, DIC. 1', '''3 Iowa City, Iowa Iowan Th.at.r Critic It is also hard to Ii! why on that p:lrlicul:lr oldest son and the I:ldy from upstairs are enter­ The production is very pleasantly staged, with "1 lool like somebody just walked over my morning the explosion should have come, why the taining because of a cleanness of their lines. some clever and unbelievably !limple plans in de­ grave - 1 didn't see it. but r could feel it." So f:lmily should accept the highly unorthodox seige The play can be enjoyed for its acting alone. sign that work functionally to bring of{ what coult! c cried Chester Jones, elderly protagonist in Jerry of the father, wt., so much ranting and raving This group is not perfect, but it is just about the be seriously diS:lstrous st:lge effects. Even the t ':The Sino-Soviet split: L. Crawford's original play "Half a Pound or should be only tJiat, With so IitUe action as to best ensemble seen in a long time at the studio background music, so often a plaguing cliche in t Tea." The outburst came at a crucial moment of make everyone seem a bit impotent. And the end­ as f:lr as total understanding, rapport, and com­ other productions, is here apt and well handled. , conflict between Jones, who wants a return to the ing is all too pat, t80 easily decided, 100 satisfying munication is concc;·ned. Credit must especially Direction is smootb, and most of the problems simple, uncluttered family life of his remembered for all. involving arena style of presentation have been ..... doves or eagles? go to Jackson Lee Ragsdale as a thoroughly be­ past and the ' rest 6f bili lalJlily which feels he On the oTher hand, the writing of the play - lievable Chester (wbo does far beUer as an actor obliterated, making this one of the few plays that Cbaitman Khrushchev continues to try to'papet over, i ,slJ u~d I!\.CG ."!> .~ .~\¥! present. the dialQgue itself ~ is frequenUy dever;' always than a Ipl:lyWI'lgbt it this semester's results are can be watched with ease and relaxed enjoyment ·the crac\;: of rus tleep schism with the Chinese Communillt Il'be phlt ia not, v,Pry orjginaJ, rl1nning like an fast and ~re, with the author hltvipg nicely any true example of both his endeavors), and to from nearly any seat in the house. ' . upda~, lMiliwestem version of tlle family com­ caught the kind 0 banter that cciWd co'rlle froln 'a Mary Lee Treadwell i ~md Bruce Avery French as In all, as a studio productlod this o¥ers l ~ :rartY leadership - but there is little evidence of a~y posJFi C:! _ 1 ledies ftC .lbe' late 3Ii's-<wlth a bit of Willy Loman's middle class Midwestern family: 'ne runs :I flne his youngea1 daugbter and son. Phil Fisher is a evening of light, fai~ly polished eptertammenf; 119 g (!nu; response from Peking. The fact is tha~ there can be. family in'%I'~nts thrown 'in for rerious meas­ tightrope between stereotyPes and j't:ipifBl" ch~­ fairl)! effective mirror image of Cbester, and Kath­ and much Qf the pleaSUre comes from a very ine rapprochement without a basic shift of policy {'O~ do~ • ure. It is also rather undeveloped, some scen~s lacters in this play, leaning in the main toward erine Pell manages to make the most of a rather closely knit ensemble ,which puts across ~n enter- " 'trfnal interpretation) by one party or the otl~e~ i' yet n ,~\t~~t Ji' PrAlnW. wW\..Mde,f~l 4 ~~n~ct situations th~t tlte latter. ;. ,., bad pnrt ' as the lady upstairs. (taining script. As one viewer ppt ii, witl) th~ ,ob­ tide i~ willing to make a radical alteration of cou,se. • '. ,1 aU 'a'JPloo 'e1lSll'y' hnd' qllickly eWe<! by the au- The pace )s smooth lind rapid ; only r.ar\!.\>J· do. " Diane ' 'Wat~rmal\ has a problem with motiva­ scenity remove,Q, it would make a very good high I!JI • ~ tuw ~ [~~ y~ I ~rong because the the lines sourd a,mateurish, and at no ~e ~oe tio~al ch¥ges Ih h'er character as they are now school {'lay ; otherwise, it should prove fairly suc!. At th(l time of the October ,Revolution ce1eb~atio~ in .'1 1. author want them co. and not because we see the play slack off. Scenes like the one Qf the oar9 ""ritten, but she does a ' generally good job wilh cessful as a vebicle for summer stock I :lnd com­ .Moscow, both Mr. Khrushchev and his colleague ~il(rilai .1. them logically and thoroughly decided by the game work nicely witbin the framework of the the role in spite of discrepancy between her actual munity players. Podgomy runted at the need for closing Soviet-Chinese ranks. Both stressed that only the "capitalist and imperialist Ieoemy" stood to gain from the split between the two centers Bill meets with general s/cepticism- «If 9q'tnll)unist power. And both made the pOint that top priority for the world Communist movement remained the furthering of the Communist cause. Since then, there have been no virulent attacks on the Chinese Communists from Iowa Congressmen, fight Corps the Soviet side. By DAROLD POWERS DW, and Victor Reuther. Con­ be dealt with. Administration weI' e generally But the Chinfse have made virtually no reciprocal WriH.n for T,he Dailv Illwan tributions mav be sent to the If legislative proposals for some recognized by both Republicans gestUre toward Mr. Khrushchev. Inqeed, their retort to him (Second of Two) Citilen Committee's offic. at type of service corps were to and Democrats, but Republicans 1426 G. St. N.W .• Washington was proIJlpt and almost brutal, They called him a "Bible­ WASHINGTON, D.C. - The arise from a conference of ex­ tended to doubt whether ao NSC legislative proposal for the Na­ 5. Additional infllrmation on the reading, psalm-singing buffoon." Then came the mee~ng ' of tional Service Corps was devel­ Citil.n's Committee and the perts representing grass-root at­ was the best way to meet them . the World Council for Peace (WCP) - one of the most oped by n abine't-Iev'll ', ~tudy HSe is also available from that titudes then, s:lid Schwengcl. Witnesses for the Administra· addreu. important Communist-front organizations - in Warsaw,' group appOinted by Prlisid~nt CQngress would be much more at­ tion did not make it entirely clear Kenn cd yon Nov.,I 17,' 1962 . 0. n. May\ --~--~----------- tentive. He said the extensive to skeptics whether the main There the CWnese representatives inveighed against M, ~. , . 6 of t~is year, Qllp~. ' ~jJltatn R. Despite the Study Group'S work, hearings held by both the House purpose of th e Corps would be Khrushchev and his supporters on two issues thnt are cur­ Anderson was 'appoInted con's ult ~ , SclYwengel told this reporter in an and Senate could not substitute to dramatize problems which need rently the symbols (in Chines.e eyes). of the Soviet ,Prem­ ant to the President and staff di­ interview, 'he NSC idea was for such an approach. more attention {rom local organ­ rector of the stUdy group. wilt "pOorly thought out" before its iZations and governments, to re­ ier's heresy: the test-ban treaty and expressions of' cjisrpay ~\! Schwengel is particularly inter­ probably bead tbe Corps if It gets presentation to Congress. He felt ested in problems of young peo­ cruit additional local parl-time at the;.assassination of President Kennedy. a green light from Congress. Still there are needs of the type point­ ple, especially unemployed drop­ volunteers. or to provide full-time ed out by the Administration, but Corpsmen and women to work 1 another IOWa Congressman lias outs. Many youth pl'ogl'!lms are 'couple of days later the National People's Co: gress : I' directly with people in need. .t., been active on the NSC s~n~ : that "Tptry to resolve them from now in operation, he pointed out; '?rj;-p'a~H~p1ent) in. Peking was sweeping - if indirect - in I Thel Study broup -.as dissolveU ,tile top without getting the grass but he said some may need S 0 m e Congressmen wondered roots involved 1S a sad mistake." whetl1er the NSC would inhihit ~t another denunciation of the Soviet leadership. The in August, following completion strengthening, while new pro­ of its task and action hy econ­ Rather than have the NSC local initiative r:lther than en­ )j:pngre~ adopted a statement which contained the follow­ grams are probably needed, tOI'. omy-minded Rep. n. R. Gross formed in response to a political In Disldct of Columbia schools, couruge it, . lng paragrapll: "We have overcome economic difficulties (HI to cut off its funds . proposal by the Administration for example, he sees the need for Bul :I reading of the hearings ~. clh~sed -hY-,threEl. successive years of na tura! calamities and and after study by people who many more services which could makes it obvious that only a Following the dl'$Olution of are not aU experts in the field, the action of those who unilaterally withdrew be provided by private agencies very broad ouUine of the actual ,.by p'~ifidious the study group, a private Citl­ Schwengel suggested that the and organizations.

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