w Friday. February 4. mo SCARLET AND BLACK Dona/toe Stages a Living Drama By SUE BAUMER The audience sat waiting for the play to begin, while the cast milled around, as if it tau was waiting for something to happen— perhaps the entrance of the main actor. A casually dressed, bearded man, holding a cigarette, saun~ tered in and then began the drama nf the drama. The bearded mali, none other than Ned Donahoe (speech and theater) brought to us, an aiidie enoe of reporters for the Sim, dur- ing a rehearsal of the. coming play, Antigone, not only the drama of the play itself, but also the drama of director and actors working together. able time searching for words as does a person when trying to ex- plain something accurately, The plot at Antigone by Jean Amourlh is adapted from the Greek play or the same name by Sophocles. it has the same char- acters as the Greek play, but the language and dress is modern. The problem or resolving one’s individual conscience with the dice tates of the state or society forms the core of the play. This problem is obvtously a universal one, dwelt with by Thoreau in "Civil Disn- bedience,” Plato in his “Diae logues,". and applicable to Civil Rights and the viet Nain situa- tion today. The ancient Greek play Anti- gone involves two sons and two and Ihe cast. Donahoe alternated between talking to us, playing a role, and actually directing the scenes. The problem that came up during a rehearsal were to us, very nontheater-orientated people, ones that we have never consider- ed. For example, she Monto, who plays Antigone, and Ken Hicks, who plays Haeinon, the son of Cre- on, must embrace in one scene for a Considerable lime (as em— braces go) and the problem arises as to what they are to do during that time, so that they appear natural and so that the right ento- Iion is Created, but there is a limit to what one can do on the stage. .. Although the set for this play is very simple, consisting oi tour THE SISTERS ANYIGONE AND ISMENE {Sue Manic. Becky Hill] run through rehearsals oi Jean Anhouil's Antigone with director Ned Donahoe (speech and theatre]. Antigone opens in Robert; Theatre Saturday. February 12. Rehearsals for Antigone are be- ing held in Arena Theater, which is a square-shaped room, very self-'contairied and smug. it a room can be that. Most rooms are con- nected to other rooms or halls, hut Arena Theatre appears to the person inside to be “self-suffi» Clem." Donahue came in five or ten minutes after we did, but while we were outsiders in the room, he was very much a part ofit. Before the rehearsal started, Donahoe tried to explain the meaning of the play to us, and how the scenes we would see dur« ing the rehearsal would relate to this meaning. He was very earnest in his explanation. as if the play were his "baby” and he wanted to see it treated right by the press, but also because we were part ot that great mass called au- dience that a director is always trying tn reach, He spent consider- Headquarters For: DRESSES SKIRTS SLACKS ILOLISES SWEAYERS W51 A P PA '1 El. GIIXNNELL rehearsals slowness and rough- daughters of Oedipus and his brother-in-law Green, who is now king of Thebes. The two brothers have killed each other as a result of civil war. Creon, supposedly tor the sake ot justice and order, but actually for political reasons has ordaitiéd that one of the brothers be left unburied—Carrion tor dogs and vultures, Antigone, one of the sisters, defies the edict and Duties the corpse because she believes it must be done for re- ligious reasons. As we watched the play, Dona- hoe pointed out to us the impor- tant lines and cmcial scenes. He was so involved in the play him- self, that we were led. almost dragged into involvment also. Al- though it was a rehearsal, with a ness and interruptions, the power at the play did come through both generally and in the important lines. perhaps the key line of the play is the statement by Antigone: “And what a person can do. a person must do." But even more “grabbing" than the play itselt was the rehearsal. The rehearsal started late be- cause Max Heltgott, who is the Chorus, neglected to wake up in time fui‘ if. It is possible that he never did wake up completely. When the rehearsal started we found ourselves watching the play itself and another play created by the exchanges between Donahoe chairs, a table and a bench, the actors must still get around it, rather than walking through it (although they did try this). Bruce McConachie, who as Creun has a rather villainess role, was forced to jump straight over the bench at one point and you could almost see the sword flashing and his eyes glinting—if you can im- agine Bruce McConachie's eyes glinting. Antigone will be presented Feb- ruary 12 and 13. GLASSES Made and Repaired in Our Laboratory Contact Lenses Cases and Solutions Eyes Examined Phone 236-3779 E. J.Jensen, O.D. OFTOMETRIS‘I‘ Across from Post Office Closed I'Iiilts, RM. and Sat, EM. t 'Synihesis of (Continued from Page 1) idence hall legulations to reside in the COIHP and AWS. Bucks explained that the sug- gestions were not merely his own ideas, but “a synthesis of ideas from many people inside and out side or student government." Senator Bob Barrow yielded to Steve Shender who said he JERRY GODDARD lpipel a Senate meeting Wednesday. amendment and now chairs organisation. wished to speak as a disinter- ested student “ill an appeal to the floaling vote.” Shender felt that under Gori- datd’s proposal, the hall presi— dents would be heavily burdened with added responsibility and would have' more difficulty in functioning in their roles as liall leaders. He also expressed tear that the presidents would be forced to speak the language oi those with whom they would be more closely associated—the ad- ministration. He then gave his evaluation of the role of student government. “SGA is really a game, its value lies not so much in its effectiveness but ln the vigor With which the game is played. If we restrict sni- dent government to a small group of wellspaid individuals we are re- Pago Five ldeas' stricting the number of people who can play the game." “1 supported the change be- cause of ineffectiveness of the Senate and a lack of )‘uIe-en- forcement on North Campus,” ex- plained Senator Rick Heilhron. “However, at this time it ap pears to me that the change is being considered without regard to ultimate goals” is nd Dan Bucks met otter the Bucks opposed the proposed, a committee studying sea Heiibron explained his change of heart with the View that “People who support abolition of student government are those who are ig- nurant of its functions and those who break the rules most often. If the new proposal is adopted, it will alienate good people iiom student government, and I think the Senate is a place where tal- ented, cieative people can provide their services.” Before the proposal was defeat» ed, Goddard said he was very gratiiied that people inside and out- side of the Senate have been moved to giving some serious thought to the future of student government, “I think if we culi- sider ourselves a governmental association, we must realize that there is a job to be due, rather than a game to he played.” BATES FLOWERS I012 Broad St. 6-3I97 JutlwlwtflipidQ/idmd! R Valentine With A Gift Of MUSIC OM FR emember Your LEEPER MllSIG 60.