,-Ectitonar~~- ·. , ?·~\ Feb. 8, 1962 Page 2B ! · Arts Festival Serves ~;"All-· A series of events in . the. second annual_, ptterbein Col­ I lege Festival of Arts will get underwa;r t~1~ Sunday. All J'!Jl.fical Star Hacks events will center around . _the theme Cr1sJB. ap,:t,, E;xpr~s- sions· the Civil War." ·' ·· •· "· ·, : ·· ,Upon looking at ,the schedule .'we fin~ three •lect_u~es, 1 .Biographical Sketch · t' hib'it the showing of a silent f.ilm. · wlth, cr1hcal Own ,an--.,ar ex • ·, , , · · · f commentary,· a .folk song progra_m,. 11n«:1, th~ Pr. · a narraii'(e drama w~th chor,_l}l singing. ~. ·tt, · A yet closer,. &xaminatlbn · of the Festl up reveals th'at the't-~llege. ~as ob!ained known,personali~to,?arti.c1p. ate ~n .the among these i11 P1Uffzer Prize. winning aut and>: Hans Co~~ied;. comedy and drama* , fil:aui"~d tele'V'i!-lcin. .. · · . , tw.··1eet that the College has performed ,quit4! f~ t)l.e c~~*Y .iii: presenting thi~ Fest~v11l · that.there ls al least one event on the.pr .. appeal'to every resident of the Westervlllit The answer came in the form of a biography prepared by Cori- . ·· pus. ri\,'11• a1"!nt: Throughout· the [ ·,; · A whole gallery of char- biography are script notations c·· acters and sections nar­ written by the star himself. The f;., ." I rating' and setting the scene following are excerpts from the [Z · ; of the great American sec­ paper, with Conried's comments f •, 'l tional conflict will be ren­ written in parenthises: t:., ·· ' dered by a ~ast of three "REAL NAME - Hans Conried l, .. :<'·1· actors, Hans Conried and 1 (! would have changed it to this?) f,,~. ·. h".'o Otter. pe.in student. s, ... Hair - brown (also gray and/,:,· .. ' with 16,.mernbers of ·_the Ot- thinning).' I' . : terbei,n ''·-'N Cape,Ila :'' Choir " . I : ·: supplying battle songs, love _Hans Conned has_ (usually) I.:' .· :: songs, chants and sound ef- enJoyed a career spanning several r ·: !'' fects,s,r!:t . , · theatrical med!a, ;1"r~m Holly-[:'< · j •'ri~~~ 1 will be availab~jl wood's standpoint it is unusual! , I at .c~an Hall' box ·office that during these 25 years he has 1 · , from,·111:o' 4:30 p.rn, Reser- never been under contract (maybe; vat ions :,-may,, be made by this isn't anything to brag about)./, . calling TU 2-3611. "It was in a succession of uncutf\ .--~, -, Shakespearean plays that he en-/-·,,:: tered Hollywood radio in 1936. ~;\; He had (the temerity to play)[".,: ·· ! second leads in support of the t~.-.­ late John Barrymore in a broad- :. cast series of 'Streamlined Shake- .·., speare' the following year but, f-------~-- with the Bard's works so rarely -----. 1 presented, Conried (took the first "TWICE THE NAME oi Hans I of many steps downward and) Conried has appeared on Broad­ developed less classical facets to way. First in Cole Porter's 'Can- . his repertoire . , . Can' as W,e ~ulgaritm sculptor, Boris .~nadze/ lie claims "HE WAS STILL in high school it was Jot 80 mooh for ·the criti- when he played his first stock, cal · · ("helpful -and ade- Famed Broa.dway, .. TV and in 1935 moved to Los Angeles quat · received for'1iis char- with. his family and launched his acterization but forCCflfs '\,lnerring successful career ($15 a week·?) ability. to pro~Uoni,e the name Star To Appear ·,\H~re as a radio actor. During the be- that gained Mm the· opportunity The Otterbein College ;Theatre also has been a ftequent guest . ginning he sought .work in allied to portray the role, which he an111ounced today that, after1 sev- on the Jack Paar.show. fields where he could learn by created in Broadway. Early in ' "' .. ' ' ' :. ' . ',I!!! .• observing huma1(''.nilture (sold 1959 he was starred in tae How­ Elral mon°!S of negotiation, ~ , , ACCORDINq/ .T(). ~fOf , Do- basketballs and '' demonstrated Conried, st&- . of ~ttrge, screen; drill, Conried ~ill arrive on the ard Lindsay and Russel Crouse punching bags). .. comedy ''Tall Story.'' ... · radio and b!Je'(_ision, eas .. been Otterbein c~tis · onc;'Jr,eb. 24 to "He has appeared in over 100 "On the personal side, the lack, secllil'l..~ to .' !iue~t -star ; ~ the participate in1 df~al',~ :teJiearsals · March 1, 2 and 3 production of for 'tlie : produdil:ln:'.,'H~?will, ap­ motion pictures including '3 for of privacy an actor faces seems Stephen Vincent Benet's ''John the ··narrator' in. 1lhis- ·· Bedroom C,' 'Big Jim McLain,' to be the one aversion Conried 'Bus Stop' and 'Mee,t Me in Las has to the theatrical profession. ~1".>wn's B~y.':. Final . conf·i·rm_".... _a.. - Pu., ,litzei;: P:[:r'. · w&inll.:' epic . hon of Conr1ed s a~~, , . ,pbem, •',9. - , .· turned into a Vegas.' Recently he was the He owns a comfortable home in .. received a few,diays ago, ·lfcOr- p)ay that hail: termed' ten- ' voice of both Captain Hook and the Hollywood hills with a mag­ Mr. Darling in Walt Disney's 'Pe- nifi.cent view of Lake Hollywood ';;J ding . to ProGi\~les , Dodrill, moving/ roimantic, (heroic . 'c1er, ter Pan' and .will likewise be ,!sometimes there's sm l)ifector of Thea~ . , 'and; dra,matically _excitin heard as the voice of the Grand "'He is an incurable · , Conried,b,as 'sta_rred k !n.•.. :.. ~· '~Ti~k.ets 'Will, go ;i:(i' · Wazier in UPA's first full length' postage stamps; Jap Broadway" production 9-1•:•C:ote .. · ·:~ , · . · .. , ,. ·," . .., "C C ., d. th. 're. _19 _for this production, . cartoon ·'feature,' 'Magoo's Ara- guards, {iny, ,{:complica -Porte,-~ ,an- an an,,,, ... e,.,.:. '·· ·:_.:iveir, 9f· bian Nights.' , and figurln~~om n( . cent hit, · 'Tall .Story. •, Dunnif ~io" cstar.'l::"in: His enactment of the '.:title role and other Oriental .objEICts the past Wl/0 years he . has a,p- • · . peared as.' "Uncle Toon~se" on, bem in. ~e. 5000:'.F4ngers· '.of Doctor ('Plus four children)."· , the Danny Thomas TV show.. Ht1 ~c>n. T' is. ·-R~f/l,a).lij. /itJ.i:ls.t r.emember¢d The Cowan Hall box of (mcist!x~.Ji..Ki.,fl~}lywood .. It. was open Feb. 19 for "John . i;;', the ou1stan'11ing. mqney loser of Body.'' Box office hours ~ate all time). • · ",.,.. ·· · · · :, from 1-4:30 p.n'( weekdays · Arts Program Moves Into Final Week The final week of the 01 ter­ bein College Fest iv al of Arts program will fcal11re a thealer production; lectures and lwo musical events. Complete sched- ule is as follows: , March I, 2, 3-Theater produc­ tion of "John Brown's Body" bv Stephen Vincent Bene!, si'a;.rin~ Hans Conri_ed, professinnn 1 _g,w;t star a n d well-known stage, screen and TV actor, The plaY also will feature the Otterbei;, : College A Capella Choir under ' the direction of Prof. Richard I Chamberlain at 8:30 p.111. in Cowan l!a!L March 5-Two lecturr•s h,· 1 Bruce Catton, noted Ci\'il \\'ar histori.:u1 aµd, senior editor. "Am~rican·- :•lieritage,' n:30 a.m, lecture in Cq_~~~'.Hall will be 011 the subject "Aiiie'i-ica's Tragedy," }F9~~,,d Rehearses With Student Actors ·:. 3:30 p.m. lecture in Cowan Hall Glies~~~ii';,, H'.~: Conried (center) rehear8811 with Otterbein College stud,e,itts Rich­ will be, "The Ordinary Soldier ard BerrYJ.'~891'. Cumberlan(J, Pa.: and J11dy Stone, Dayton: for the Otterbein J~!IJ:re pre­ in lhe Civil War." sentation,, ;"john''Brown's Body" scheduled for today, Friday and Saturday 'In: Cowan MARCH 7-"Folk Songs of Hall. t!inie,i!I 8:30 p.m.Jc: . ' . ' the Civil War Period," by Grace Creswell. one of America's fa­ I ,,<t~,' \; .,' . , ,, ~\d, ,, a vorite , folk singers. 8:30 p.m., Cowart Hall. March 11-"An Evening with Ve·rsatlle SlioWman :DisCussesf Stephen Foster and ,Ben Hanby,'' feat1,1.rjng, a di~ssion by Fletch- , er Hodges, noted · aut~ority on Stepllen Fo~ter and a d' , Th8iter and Its Effect .. Today, by Jt.tdge_ Earl, R. Hoo I authority on Ben H By Sarah Skaates With , , the· Ottei,bei!l',\, Cappell.,;oheir ano, '' Actor, lecturer,- niirrator 8 p:m./ Cdwari. Hall. ~ personality and· philoiioph~r ~ Hans Conried i~ ,,an tti~e and more. , , ··· ·, ' , , 'l!aking .aJhJ.'riklJletvveen Mon­ day night ,,febeiujals of' "John t. a Brown's Body," :-~nlng t'od11y ac was:1tl\./i'; n · uest on, on the CoW'11n- 0 HaJ.i' Stage,· the "Oniy to::'tth~ ~!!'Ht tall actor with :the. penetrating everyone it_',~7~the ;,,jiN!nber, dark eyes· r~ected\on the ?10:i-ld banker, assumes a: character, No of show ql:!9iiµln·.. ~)iich has been one; ever really sho'Jf:~ himself his ,life. _,,i., ,.;,.; :; \:~i to othens. )3ut this' mask he Reaffin.nfug;:ati;~arlier, sta~e- wears must~6f"'be too, far from ment, Cllntied ed the. pur- the truth;.~ it'1'\'mus '', 1:;~·, close pose of ~e , . "The busi- enough for hifri;;i:tt> slip~ easi- ness of ·~l ·primarily to ly," ,"<'i entertai~\.,_'' also educate Conried admits he enjoys the after it 'h~, ined; all w~ll perso~~t:Y aspec'tS of his pre­ and good/ I· too, that. thea- sent work,' feeling that:, it ad­ ter had a strong moral obiiga- ded to<his already achievird sta­ tion to the pubiic.'' , ' ture at en actor, 'gives new di­ ON. CHILDREN'S, THEATER­ mensiort to his · career. "Another "It is hard., to. ·say :what -preci~e-< 'Stri~ · the· bow" as h~ put it. 1y is children's ·theater: We did a, '"Jliins!" came the Rummons big production 'of' .'Hansel ahd of director Charles Dodill ·from Gretel' irt' \\'.hich I., i>l~y;ed: 'the the stage.