Pride Oulob r II I905 ICARLET AND BLACK Nin! Arena Sees American Premier By MARY MALCOLM "In Search of Happiness,” a ' contemporary play by the Rus sian, Viktor Rozov, opened to its first American audience last night in the Arena Theater. ( The performance marks Max Heligott’s first direction of u play at Grinnell. Friday and ' Saturday a v e n i n g performs MAx HELFGOTT inslruch his actors during a rehear- sol at ”In search at Hap- piness." ances, at 7:30 and 9:15 both nights, are open to the public, but tickets must be obtained at the Alumni Offices in advance, due to the limited size of the Arena Theater. Although written in the typi- cal realistic mode of the con- temporary Russian th e ate r. which necessarily retlects cer- tain Socialistic tenets, “In Search oi Happiness" contains “a certain universal depth and humanness to the characters,” according to director Heligott. Except for references to the Communist Youth Organization, which could make an easy tran- sition to a Western counterpart like the Boy Scouts, the play in tact has very little to contine it to its locality, and still less that can be construed as pmpa< ganda. In his introduction, the play- wright expresses his intention® as “to sound an alarm, to warn people against rash steps in liie, for when all is said and done we all want happiness in While Devil Coffee Malcolm Nelson, Department of English, Will Chair a coffee hour discussion of The White Devil at 4 P.M., October 25, in the South Lounge of the Forum. The While Devil is a drama about a sixteenth century law case involving a series of com- plex murders. it will be pre- sented on a modern stage in modern dress. Performance is scheduled for 4 PM. and 9:30, October 29, in Roberts Theater. Mr. Nelson expressed belief that a discussion in advance might enhance a student’s ap- preciation oi the play. The un- , derstanding motivation or some of the characters is especially important in the understanding of the play, he said. life. it is our heritage.” in an attempt to dramatize the dis- tinction between pleasure and happiness, Ruzov presents a range of characters whose at- " ”’i The main conflict of the play, at the end or the lirst act, is dramatized by a rather violent quarrel between Helen. ob- sessed with a love of furniture, HELFGOTT looks on while Tanya Havenesslan and Tom Murray rehearse a Icene. tltudes represent vazying de- grees oi understanding oi hap- piness. Considering that the play in— troduces a cast of 14 in its hour and a half span, the charac- ters are remarkably clear and interesting. Heligm has angli- cizetl some of the names to cut down on the contusion in iden- tilying so many characters in so short a time. As a prelude to the play, a panel discussion on the Russian theater took place Tuesday alt- ernoon in South Lounge. Some concern was expressed then about audience reaction to the @ alien vocabulary that crops up occasionally in the script. Since the play is not blatant political propaganda but a serious drama at human values, it is important that the audience not be put oit by such phrases as “When communism is estab- lished . ” Richard D. Meyer, director of the Grinnell Thea- ter, reiterated his confidence in the Sophistication of the Grin— nell audience. The play centers around a family in Moscow, consisting of three sons and a daughteri The eldest son, Theodore (Frederick Schwaller) and his Wife Helen (Deborah Abbott) are living temporarily with the iamily un- til they find Iheit‘ own “Hat." and the adolescent son Victor (Dick Hertz), who writes poetry and loves fish. At the end of the second act Helen and Theo- dore move away [rpm the fam- ily Theodore. once a promis— lng young scientist, has been corrupted by his Wife's domi- nance and materialism. 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