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Nov. 6,1963 THE SKYSCRAPER Page Three by Janice Jearas Stop the World, I Want to Get Off premiered on Broadway, Oct. 3, 1962, after a triumphant year in London. Now, a year later, the play is still a sell-out success. Evi dently this British answer to How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying has some attrac tion that keeps the theater filled every night. Allegory Depicts Stages Stop the World is a British Everyman allegory depicting the seven stages of man. Anthony Newley progresses from Little Chap, the shy obsequious teaboy for the president of the organiza tion, right up the rocky ladder of success to Big Chap, knighted by the queen, and of course becomes more selfish with each step he takes. Marrying the boss' daugh ter (Anna Quayle) and side trips to Moscow, an English factory town and a New York night club don't harm Little Chap's chances and also serve as marvelous opportu nities for Newley to burst into song. Carrying out the Everyman analogy, the stage of the Ambas sador Theater remains almost bare. Only the bleachers and the circus tent can be seen. Newley, Miss Quayle, the Baker twins and a leo tarded chorus make effective use of the bare stage for the several striking visual symbols carried through the play such as Newley's dance when he meets a new woman and his knocking at his father-in- law's door which precedes his every step up the ladder of success. The tent wall also provides a convenient backdrop for the two pervading symbojs of the play the hawk of death which carries Newley's new-born son away and the gay ferris wheel for the more pleasant moments in life. 'Fool* Stops Show The show's closing What Kind of Fool Am I is the musical stop per of the night. But the catchy strains of Lumbered, Gonna Build a Mountain, Melinki Meli- chick and Once in a Lifetime are also hummable tunes. The play doesn't always soar like an eagle as advertised, but Anthony Newley and Anna Quayle make a valiant effort to make sure the audience gets their 7 worth. Miss Quayle, who won a Tony award for her rendition of the four women in Little Chap's life, steals the show. She possesses a sponta neous delivery and a flexible ex pressive face that makes her every move and speech a joy to watch. She seems to have an inborn joy and enthusiasm which easily car ries across the footlights and makes all four of her characterizations unique individuals illustrating an other facet of Little Chap's life. In addition, her Welsh-tinged dic tion is clear and melodious so that not one of her lines can be missed, even up in the fourth balcony. Newley, on the other hand, seems almost over-burdened with his tasks as co-author, star and director of th-j play. His motto seems to be a quip a minute, never let your luft-waffe know what your right- waffe is doing so that his excellent movements almost creak with too much organization. However his voice and inimitable rendition of What Kind of Fool Am I make up for his faults and add one more reason to be glad we braved the New York ticket sellers. Jewish Council Holds Symposium, Praises John as 'Pope of Action' Festival Offers 'Stop the World' Rolls On, On, On 'Rest Is Silence' Mundelein's Foreign Film Fes tival will present The Rest Is Si lence, a German adaptation of the Hamlet theme, at 6:30 p.m., Nov. 19, in the auditorium. Directed by Helmut Kautner, the black-and-white movie won the San Sebastian Film Festival Award in 1959. It stars Hardy Kruger as John H. Claudius and Ingrid An- dree as Fee von Pohl. Peter Van Ecyk and Adelheid Seeck play the supporting roles. Set in post-war Germany, The Rest Is Silence is a Freudian drama based on Shakespeare's Hamlet. The old king's modern counterpart, a German industrial ist, is murdered by his brother (Peter Van Eyck), who seeks complete control of the family's highly successful iron foundry. The crime is skillfully executed and the dead man made to look like an air raid fatality. Almost immediately afterward, the mur derer marries his sister-in-law. As the movie opens, Claudius' only son has just returned from studying at Harvard, prompted by a transmission of thought waves from his murdered father. Young Claudius senses that something is Wrong with the so-called accidental death and his suspicion greatly dis turbs his mother (Adelheid Seeck) and stepfather. Because he has no definite proof, the young man is reluctant to ac cuse his uncle of the deed. In ad dition to this, the girl he is in love with, Fee von Pohl, is an extremely sensitive person and Claudius is afraid the shock and scandal of such an exposure will bring on a nervous breakdown. Claudius' di lemma continues through the play until he discovers his father's old diary which contains the proof needed for definite action. Time magazine, praising the film, remarked that . . . the in tensity, the passion, and even a little of the noble soaring of 'Hamlet' manages to come through. Seek peace in the city where you live; seek peace in every other part of the world. With these words, Paul Vishny, president of the Chicago Council of the Ameri can Jewish Congress, opened the Oct. 19 symposium at the Morrison Hotel. The symposium examined Pope John XXIII's encyclicals, his phi losophy and its effect on social relations today. A panel repre senting the Catholic, Protestant and Jewish viewpoints gave a comprehensive concept of John as the Pope of Peace and of his encyclicals as important social texts. Panel members included Dr. Rus sell Barta, professor of political science at Mundelein, Dr. Franklin Littell, professor of church history at Chicago Theological Seminary, and Rabbi David Polish of the Beth Emet Free Synagogue. Dr. Barta, opening the discus sion, stressed that John, a man of the modern world, was deeply con cerned with freedom. And the heart of Christianity, based on the dig nity of human beings, is freedom. The problem, said Dr. Barta, is how to make freedom opera tional in human society. Pope John said that it is the Dr. Barta Ernie Rides Again - toward 'Gletch Gulch' Ernest Gletch once again proved his ability to bowl students over when the junior class sponsored an Ernie Gletch night at Mr. Albert Krieter's Grand Bowl, Oct. 20. Last year, the pantomime of the juniors introduced Mr. Gletch to the college as the win ning class act in the Potpourri Va riety Show. The Gletch night inaugurated the juniors' campaign to elevate Ernest Gletch, famed elevated CTA operator, to his deserved position in Mundelein folklore. With a 5,600 memorial fund, the class plans to purchase a street in Mundelein's lake-side Utopia, which will be called Ernest Gletch Gulch. The drive will culminate in a benefit dance in McCormick Lounge, Nov. 22. Skyscraper Photo by Mickey Parent RARE WAS THE SPARE, strikes were the fare at the Ernest Gletch bowling party sponsored by the junior class. Tabulating the score are Mary Fran Kapche and Loretta Mozdzen, at Krieter's Grand Bowl. by Mary O'Malley obligation of public authorities to defend human rights. Another view found in the en cyclical, Pacem in Terris, is that of freedom of conscience. The late Pope said that anyone defending human rights, whether they be rights of society or rights of con science, is contributing to peace. John also called for an interna tional authority to solve prob lems for the common good. Dr. Barta added: We must take the phrase, 'citizen of the world' and make it operational. We must accept the evolution of human history and destiny just as John did and look forward to the re newal of the true human family. Dr. Littell, re-emphasized the fact that the encyclicals stressed free dom and peace but he applied John's influence to his own work. The World Council of Churches expounded the view that world problems should be solved by diplo macy and other peaceful means, when Pacem in Terris came out in support of peace. The power of a rather simple goodness in the right place at the right time is amazing, he said. Up until now the world has had a rather romantic idea of 'der stadt' but John gives im portance to the person. He talks about government as they' rather than It'. Dr. Littell feels that Pope John's time was the time of the breaking down of the walls, in which people began to share their problems and prespects. Rabbi Polish was the final speaker. He, too, concentrated on the universal aspects of John's ap peal for the recognition of the dig nity of man. Referring to the fact that John had addressed Pacem in Terris to the faithful of the whole world and to all men of good will, Rabbi Polish stated that the differ ence in attitude towards the Jews at the time of the Fourth Lateran Council and towards the Jews at the time of Vatican II is very sig nificant. The world has seen an Eichmann created; the world has seen injus tice to the minorities; the world has seen genocide and the atom bomb. It is to this world that John speaks, says Rabbi Polish. His declaration of the duty of countries to accept immigrants is applicable to a world with a Berlin Wall. His declaration that the in terests and welfare of human be ings is nothing short of a magnifi cent revolt within the realm of the human spirit. In proposing the possibility of the Vatican Council's new look at the role of the Jewish people in the life and fate of Jesus Christ, Rabbi Polish asked who could speak for the Jews. The views of John XXIII have created a new atmosphere of dialogue. This atmosphere presents a chal lenge to the Jewish people. Perhaps it is the catalyst, long overdue in Jewish life, which will help establish within the commu nity a new ecumenical sense. In answer to the questions that followed, Does freedom of con science apply to non-believers too? in terms of idealism Isn't self- determination stressed too much? ; How will the Vatican Council help in questions of divorce, birth control? Dr. Littell said that we can't expect the encyclicals to do their work in the next few months when it took men 2,000 years to progress this far. The church is grappling with difficult problems but she is hon estly grappling with them, said Rabbi Polish. The idea is to accept our differ ences without making them walls, concluded Dr. Barta. Theater Offers Student Rates The Studebaker Theater, 410 S. Michigan Ave., is offering special rate tickets to college students to enable them to see Chicago theater at a reduced rate. The student rate is 1 off the regular price and is good for second balcony seats only. Special rates are: Friday evening, 2.25, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday evening, 1.75 and Wednesday and Saturday matinee, 1.50. Currently playing until Nov. 30 is Beyond the Fringe. Tentative performance dates are, Seidman and Son with Sam Levine, Jan. 8; Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? with the New York Company starring Nancy Kelly, Feb. 24; and A Thousand Clowns with Dane Clark and Margaret O'Brien in March. Student-rate tickets are available in 204 and must be presented at the box office.
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1963-11-06 (3)
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