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Rhodes College The Harry B. McCoy, Jr. Visiting Artists Program

Presents The Harry B. McCoy, Jr. Visiting Artists Program

The Harry B. McCoy, Jr. Visiting Artists Program wel- comes as Lillian. Established in 1978, the McCoy Visiting Artists Program has brought to Rhodes an impressive variety of performing artists. Among those who have shared their talent and time with Rhodes students are opera's dramatic soprano, Nancy Tatum; noted dancer and choreographer ; Swedish baritone Hakan Hagegard; The New Shake- speare Company of San Francisco; actresses and Siobhan McKenna; the Tokyo String Quartet; pianists Paul Badura-Skoda and Alicia de Larrocha; theatre director Gavin Cameron-Webb; the Woodwind Quintet; pianist Gail Niwa; and The Chicago Chamber Brass. Endowed by the late Harry McCoy, a Memphis real es- tate developer who died in 1966, the purpose of the pro- gram is to introduce Rhodes students to various art forms and to the performing artists themselves. Such an oppor- tunity is seen as an enriching adjunct of the college's liberal arts experience. ANN SHANKS. THE KENNEDY CENTER & RONALD S. LEE PRESENT LOF CAIDWFtI U WAN WILLIAM LUCC LILLIAN HCLLMAN SET DESIGN BY COSTUME DESIGN DY UGHTING DESIGN DY MUSIC & SOUND DESIGN DY DEN EDWARDS THOMAS SKELTON DAVID GOODING

CO-PRODUCERS DOD SHANKS AND KENNETH FELD r) DIRECTED BY

Lillian was first performed at the Cleveland Play House, October 11, 1985 Additional material from "Profile: " through courtesy of KERA-TV, Dallas -Fort Worth. CAST Lillian Hellman ...... ZOE CALDWELL

Voices at HUAC Meeting : Committee Chairman: Dudley Swetland; Committee Counsel: Allen Leatherman; Joseph Rauh: John Buck, Jr.; Reporter: William Rhys.

The scene is a hospital in New York, January 10, 1961.

THERE WILL BE ONE INTERMISSION.

When I first came to New York in the last half of the 1930s, The Children's Hour had already been produced and Lillian Hellman was considered one of the most important- if not the most important-young writers of the time. She had yet to write and Watch on the Rhine (written before World War II), and The Searching Wind, Another Part of the Forest, The Autumn Garden and (written during and shortly after it). Later she wrote the operetta and Toys in the Attic. For someone who had said since childhood that she had. always wanted to write novels or nonfiction books, she certainly made an explosive impact on the American theatre. It was not until the last 18 years of her life that she turned to writing prose. She came up with three extraordinary books: An Unfinished Woman, Pentimento and Scoundrel Time, and then a fourth called Maybe. They are remarkably personal books about her life and our history. It is on these autobiographies that this material called Lillian is based. Her plays, her books, her constant and quoted reactions to life around her, and indeed her statement before the House Un-American Activities Committee have turned her into something of a cult figure. But beyond these facts, it is the forces and influ- ences of her childhood in New Orleans, her strange and long relationship to Dashiell Hammett, and certain unexpected events of her life that and the play, Lillian, seek in the hope of revealing the conditions that in some way shaped her life. -Robert Whitehead WHO'S WHO and^COMPANY ZOE CALDWELL (Lillian Hellman) is Fontanne ; A Man for All Seasons; and an Australian who has worked with some Harold Pinter's Betrayal. Among his of the great talents in the theatre: Dame other notable productions are Crime and , Dame , Punishment, starring and , , Sir Ty- ; Bus Stop with ; rone Guthrie and Harold Clurman. She Mrs. McThing, A Touch'of the Poet (orig- has performed in most of the important inal production ) and The Skin of Our companies of the English-speaking world. Teeth, all starring ; The Prime i In 1970, she received the Order of the of Miss Jean Brodie; Sheep on the Run- British Empire from Queen Elizabeth II. way; Finishing Touches; Old Times; Sep- On Broadway, Miss Caldwell has won three arate Tables; The Time of the Cuckoo; : for ' The Confidential Clerk with Ina Claire; Slapstick Tragedy, The Prime of Miss Jean and A Matter of Gravity and The West Brodie and . She appeared Off- Side Waltz, both of which starred Katha- Broadway in Colette. She played Emma rine Hepburn. His productions of A View Hamilton in Terence Rattigan's A Bequest from the Bridge, After the Fall, Incident to the Nation at the Haymarket Theatre at Vichy, The Price, The Creation of the in ; opposite Christo- World and Other Business, The Arch- pher Plummer's Antony in Stratford, On- bishop's Ceiling and, more recently, the tario; and Mary Tyrone in Long Day's revival of Death of a Salesman were all Journey into Night with at by . Other Broadway pro- the Kennedy Center and BAM. Her por- ductions include A Texas Trilogy; No trayals on television include Medea, Sarah Man's Land, Pinter's play starring Sir John Bernhardt, Mme. Arkadina in The Sea- Gielgud and Sir Ralph Richardson; Bed- gull and Carlotta Monterey O'Neill in the room Farce; and Jean Kerr's Lunch Hour. soon-to-be-aired "Eugene O'Neill, A Glory Mr. Whitehead directed the acclamied of Ghosts." She was recently seen in 1982 revival of Medea with Zoe Caldwell 's film The Purple Rose of in the title role and Dame Judith Ander- Cairo. Miss Caldwell directed Colleen son as The Nurse. On Broadway he most Dewhurst in An Almost Perfect Person; recently produced (with the Shubert Organi- Richard II in Stratford, Ontario; and for zation) Brian Clark's The Petition, co-star- student audiences at the American Shake- ring and . speare Theatre in Stratford, , The Taming ofthe Shrew in 1985 and Ham- let in 1986. She and her husband, Robert WILLIAM LUCE ( Author) is a California Whitehead, live in Pound Ridge, NY, with writer. Lillian, written for Zoe Caldwell, is their two sons, Sam and Charlie. his most recent , Broadway play. It had its premiere at the Cleveland Play House in the ROBERT WHITEHEAD (Director), in fall of 1985, went on to Washington's Ken- over 35 years on Broadway, has produced nedy Center and opened on Broadway at a substantial number of memorable plays, the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on January 16, including his first, which was Robinson 1986. His earlier Broadway success, The Jeffers' Medea, starring Judith Anderson Bette of Amherst, starred , and and John Gielgud, and five New York was directed by . Miss Drama Critics' Award-winners: The Mem- Harris won her fifth Tony Award for this ber of the Wedding, with and portrayal of the poet . The Julie Harris; The Waltz of the Toreadors; IBM Television Special of Miss Harris perfor- , starring and Lynn mance won three Christopher Awards. The record album received a Grammy Award. logy. His film credits include Lovers and Miss Harris also performed The Belle at the Other Strangers; Last of the Red Hot Lovers; Edinburgh Festival. Mr. Luce received the Class of '44; Fort Apache, ; and Peabody Award, the Ohio State Award and Hanky Panky. Television credits include Columbia University's Armstrong Award for "Harvey" with and Helen his radio play on the life of Charlotte Bronte. Hayes, "All the Way Home" with Joanne It was performed by Julie Harris on Master- Woodward, and the mini-series"`Blind Am- piece Radio Theatre, for National Public bition," "Kennedy" and "" Radio. Elinor Stout directed. Mr. Luce with . adapted this play into the movie, Bronte. It JANE GREENWOOD (Costume Design- was filmed in Ireland by Irish Television and er) is a native of Liverpool, England. again starred Miss Harris. Delbert Mann Broadway credits include last season's The directed. Miss Harris will bring Bronte to Iceman Cometh ; Ballad of the Sad Cafe; the stage in 1986-87, under the direction of 's ; More Stately Charles Nelson Reilly, in its American stage Mansions; The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie; premiere. Mr. Luce's play, Zelda, produced A Moon for the Misbegotten; Same Time, in 1984 at off-Broadway's American Place Next Year; California Suite; A Touch of Theatre, based on the correspondence of the Poet; The West Side Waltz; Anna Mrs. F. Scott Fitzgerald, starred Olga Bellin Christie; Medea; Plenty and Heartbreak and was directed by Paul Roebling. A new House. She has designed for the New production of Zelda, starring actress Piper York Shakespeare Festival's La Boheme Laurie and directed by Charles Nelson Reilly, with Linda Ronstadt , the American Shake- will tour following its opening at The Burt speare Festival , the Tyrone Guthrie Thea- Reynolds Theatre in Jupiter, Florida. The tre, the Hartman Theatre, the Metropoli- music-theatre piece, The Divine Orlando, is tan Opera, the San Francisco Opera, the his latest off-Broadway show which opened Houston Opera, the Dance at CSC Repertory on May 15, 1986. It is Company and the Joffrey Ballet. Televi- about the life and music of Orlando di Lasso, sion credits include the mini-series "Ken- the great composer of the late Renaissance nedy." Her films include The Four. Sea- and was directed by Paul Lazarus. George sons, Arthur, Wetherby with Vanessa Red- C. Scott and star in his grave, and Sweet Liberty. Nominated four television movie , "The Last Days of Patton," times for a Tony, she won her first Maharam which premiered in September, 1986, on Award for her Tartuffe costumes at the CBS. It was directed by Delbert Mann. Also Repertory Theatre at Lincoln Center. Ms. premiering the fall of 1986 in England was Greenwood is on the faculty of the Graduate the Thames Television production of "The School of Yale University. Belle of Amherst," starring actress and directed by Adrian Brown. THOMAS SKELTON (Lighting Designer) has a rich background in ballet , musical BEN EDWARDS (Scenic Designer) has comedy and the legitimate theatre. Recent provided the settings , lighting and cos- credits include Lena Home, The West Side tumes for scores of productions, including Waltz; Camelot, Brigadoon, Peter Pan, last season's revival of Oklahoma!, Richard 111, Filumena and for which he received two Tony nominations, Absurd Person Singular, and both the Dus- as both scenic designer and co -producer; tin Hoffman and George C. Scott revivals 's Death of a Salesman; of Death of a Salesman. He also has de- both Judith Anderson's and Zoe Caldwell's signed ballets for Robert Joffrey, Heinz Medea; The Waltz of the Toreadors; A Poll, Eliot Feld, , Sir Ken- Touch of the Poet (the original with Helen neth McMillan and Paul Taylor. Mr. Skel- Hayes and the revival with Jason Robards); ton is associate director of the Ohio Ballet Purlie Victorious; A Moon for the Misbe- and teaches at New York's Studio and gotten; Ages of Man with John Gielgud, A Forum of Stage Design. Matter of Gravity and The West Side Waltz with ; and A Texas Tri- DAVID GOODING (Music and Sound tion that receives no government support Designer) is the resident music director/ for its performing arts programming, the composer/consultant of the Cleveland Kennedy Center has not only served as a Play House. Prior to joining the Play House national arts showcase , but it has also pro- staff, he had been the organist for the duced and funded numerous productions, Cleveland Orchestra and a faculty mem- including 's Mass; Tom ber of the Lake Erie College. He has an Stoppard's Travesties, Jumpers and Night evergrowing list of credits as composer, and Day; Arthur Kopit's Wings; Medea; arranger and lyricist , in addition to log- First Monday in October; A Texas Tril- ging credits for the musical direction of ogy; Annie; and Bedroom Farce. Under well over 100 shows. He is music director the chairmanship of Roger L . Stevens, the of NBC television's soon-to-be-syndicated Kennedy Center has become a catalyst for children's show "Hickory Hideout." He the arts in America , reaching far beyond maintains a state -of-the-art electronic mu- Washington , D.C., to enrich the lives of sic lab, is engaged in a number of record- millions of Americans through touring ing projects and is decidedly partial to productions , free performances for young long-coat Chihuahuas. audiences, television, radio and Friends membership in every state. ANN SHANKS (Producer) has numerous producing and directing television and film RONALD S. LEE (Producer) is president credits, including CBS-TV Movies-of-the- of Theatre Party Associates and of Group Week "Drop-Out Father," starring Dick Sales Box Office, both of which he founded Van Dyke and Mariette Hartley, and "He's in New York and London and both of Fired, She's Hired," starring Wayne Rog- which are major organizations in the sale ers, , of Broadway and London theatre tickets. and Howard Rollins . "The Avant-Garde He is also the publisher of Stubs, the seat- in Russia, 1910-1930: New Perspectives," ing plan and information guide to New a special for ABC Video Enterprises, Inc., York and London theatres . Mr. Lee began which she co-produced with Bob Shanks, his Broadway career first as a performer was the winner of the ACE Award for and in his youth appeared in nine Broad- cable excellence . Together they also have way shows, including the original produc- produced and directed a number of tele- tions of the musicals Peter Pan starring vision pilots, including "Stages ," an arts , The King and I with Yul and leisure magazine for CBS Cable. For Brynner and Gertrude Lawrence and West PBS, Ms. Shanks co-produced and directed Side Story . He entered the theatre party A Day in the Country: Impressionism and field over 25 years ago and subsequently the French Landscape , an Emmy Award became involved in the promotion and the nominee, featuring . She is financing of Broadway and London pro- also co-producer of ABC-TV New York's ductions. In addition to Lillian , he is cur- "The Morning Show " and ABC-TV De- rently the producer in England of the road troit's "Good Afternoon Detroit." Ms. company of The Sound of Music. He is Shanks is the winner of many film festival especially proud that his first Broadway awards and the author and photographer producing venture, Steaming, enabled Ju- of three books published by Viking Press dith Ivey to win her first Tony Award. and Delacorte Press. BOB SHANKS ( Co-Producer ) is the win- THE KENNEDY CENTER ( Producer), ner of two . As an ABC operating since 1971 and dedicated as a programming vice-president he created "living memorial" to our 35th president, and developed "Good Morning America," has been a mecca for 45 million visitors "20/20" and "The Wide World of Enter- and host to some 13 ,000 performances. tainment." Mr. Shanks' development cred- An independent, self-supporting institu- its as vice-president of specials for ABC include "The Barbara Walters Special," THE ACTORS AND STAGE MANAGERS EMPLOYED IN THIS PRODUCTION ARE MEMAERS OF ACTORS ' EQUITY ASSOCIATION. THE UNION OF PRO. "Eleanor and Franklin: The White House FESSIONAL ACTORS AND STAGE MANAGERS IN THE UNITED STATES. Years" and "The Gathering" Other cred- STAFF FOR "LILLIAN" its include producing "," GENERAL MANAGEMENT .. DOUGLAS C. BAKER ALAN C . WASSER "The Merv Griffin Show" and "Candid TOUR DIRECTION ...... KOLMAR/LUTH Camera" for CBS. He wrote the award- ENTERTAINMENT, INC. PRODUCTION STAGE winning series "American Life Style" and MANAGER ...... DIANNE TRULOCK for PBS wrote, produced and directed sev- Assistants to the General Managers ...... Mitzi Harder, eral programs in the landmark series "The Beth Riedmann, Teresa Hagar Stage Manager ...... David Malvin Great American Dream Machine:' Mr. Assistant to Mr. Whitehead ...... Doris Blum Assistant to Mr. Lee ...... Vivian Dreifuss Shanks is the author of The Cool Fire- Assistant to Miss Greenwood ... Candice Donelly How to Make It in Television, a novel, Love Assistant to Mr. Skelton .... Mary Jo Dondlinger Associate Sound Designer ...... Alan Steib Is Not Enough, and The Primal Screen: Wardrobe Supervisor ...... Robert Cybula Photography ...... Joan Marcus How to Write, Produce and Sell Movies for Advertising Agency ...... Norman Weiner Television, all three published by W.W. Legal Counsel ...... Paul Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison Norton and Co., Inc. Mr. Shanks has recent- Accountants ...... Pinto, Winokur & Pagano Insurance ... DeWitt Stern , Gutmann & Co., Inc. ly been named producer of CBS Television's "Morning News:" Lillian Hell man's favorite perfume was Tea Rose. Miss Cald- well is wearing Parfum Tea Rose , courtesy of The Perfumer's Workshop Ltd. Miss Caldwell 's costume executed by Michael -Jon Costumes, KENNETH FELD (Co-Producer) is Inc.; Wig by Paul Huntley ; Sound by Sound Associates, Inc. president and producer of the world's WARNING greatest and largest live, family entertain- The photographing or sound recording of any performance or the possession of any device for ment attractions, including two mammoth such photographing or sound recording inside units of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & , ,this theatre , without the written permission of the management , is prohibited by law . Violations Bailey Circus, Beyond Belief starring may be punished by ejection and may render the Superstars of Magic Siegfried & Roy at offender liable for money damages. the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas, Walt Dis- ney's Magic Kingdom on Ice and Walt Disney's World on Ice. At 37, Mr. Feld has an established reputation as a fore- most innovator in the live entertainment industry. In each new annual edition of The Greatest Show on , Mr. Feld pre- sents astounding attractions for the enjoy- ment of audiences. In 1985 he created a "controversy of fascination" by introduc- ing The Living Unicorn and this year he presents the American circus debut of the Shanghai Acrobatic Troupe from the Peo- ple's Republic of China. He is expanding the horizons of his entertainment opera- tions by sending a unit of Walt Disney's World on Ice on an international tour this year. A Broadway veteran, Mr. Feld pro- duced the Tony Award-winning produc- tion of Barnum in 1980 and is currently developing other Broadway projects.

Information in "Who's Who in the Cast" is provided by the production. Where opinions are expressed, they are those of the players, not necessarily those Of Magazine. OPENING NIGHT, JANUARY 16, 1986

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