November 20, 1970 "A Vision And A Prayer The Hallie Flanagan Davis Theatre, fondly known as the Arena Theatre, opened its doors Thursday night to a previously unproduced pair of one acts. The two one-act plays, united under the one title of "A Vision andAPray‘ er", were adapted by junior David Hechier from two of Anton Chekhov's short stor- ies: ”()1 the Way" and “A _ Story Without an End”. The first exclusively student produced program ofthesem' - ester, it is directed by senior ‘Larry Grimm as a theatre independent. Grimm has cho- sen to work with an unprodu- ced student's adaptations be- cause he wishes to capture the impact of Chekhov‘s short stories on the stage and to offer the audience an alterna- tive perspective of Chekhov. , Hechler feels he was able to gain invaluable experience in writing as well as benefiting from an association with the art of drama. Both Grimmand Hechler are experiencing their first productions here "Bo” says: NOW IS Tl-E TIME FOR ALL GOOD MENTOCOME TO THE AID OF THEIR AUTOMOBILES AND HAVE THEM MADE READY FOR WINTER. (Tune up ~/ Winterize \/Service "Bo" Iamy Texaco 6_th.& West St. Ph. 236-7205, Suede and . . . more suede now . . . hats, belts, Chokers, and vests Plus . . . the traditional skirts, jackets,and coats Swing into suede at 9 at Grinnell in these Russian plays. The two casts are young but most have been seen before on Grinnell's stages or havewor ked in some capacity in thear trical productions. The ”Vis- ion", with Rob Sackett, jenny Gordon, Janet Oppenheimer, Martha Lewin, Marty Sachs, Pam Schalk, Earl Crecelius, and Lee Edmunds, concerns the relationship of two people THE» 5 CAR LET AND-BLACK during a chance encounter at an inn. Doug Cloud and Steve Polkow are the cast of “A Prayer", which deals with an attempted suicide. The play will be presented agin at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the Arena. There will be an open discussion at 4:15 p.m. November 30, ofthe ideas of the play and the as- pects of production in the Ar- ena Theatre. (continued from page 4) ing by anyone, since those who Stayed for the entire perfor‘ mance andstillhave eardrums may feel that they won’t be as , lucky the second time. I have been able to ascertain that the money available to bring talent to Grinnell is ap- proximately the same as last year, so the question is: how come last year we could get B.B., Pete, Doc, the TSUTor— FLO “Made Mistake" lnIAeriIor (Continued from page 5) The infamous "Bill 63,"whc ich provided for the use of English in Quebec schools, triggered the separatist drive when Parliament passed it over heavy French protest. Seeing that Anglor Canada of- fered only “assimilation and exploitation," as Dixon said, the French formed a separa- tist-socialist party that re ceived 26% of the province vote in its first election. Al— armed, several liberals joins ed the party and tried to kill the separation issue. DisgusV ted students then left to form the Front du Liberation de Quebec. The Front devised a manir festo which Dixon said ”talks the people's language. It deals with specifics, not rhetoric. And the university people and workers agree with the grief Vances and demands of the manifesto . that’s the beauti- ful thing - even though they don‘t always buy the violent tactics of the FLQ.” About the Front’s murder of IAPorte, Dixon said, "The FLQ made a horrible mis- take. It really believed the Anglo-Canadian government would exchange prisoners, but the government decided la- Porte was not important enr ough. It preferred making the FLQ look like monsters."Al~ so, LaPorte's murderpermitr ted the government to invoke the War Measures Act, sus— pending the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Dixon contend- PREGNA N T? NEED HELP? PREGNANT? NEED HELP? Abortions are now legal in New York City up to 24 weeks. 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"You see," Dixon explained, "if Quebec goes separate, in— dustry may benationalizedand Amerlmn and Anglo-Canad- ians will be driven out. Even if Quebec doesn't nationalize, it will certainly vote in social democracy. The increasedta- xes to pay forpublicmedicine, etc. will be hard on private corporations." Quebec's de~ parture would set a bad ex- ample for other dissatisfied provinces in the federation. Returning to the American government's interest in Que- bec, Dixon declared, ”An in‘ dependent socialist Quebec: would directly threaten Ame erioan control of the contin- ent . . . like a Chiba across the Vermont border." The Quebecseparatistmove- ment is threatened from two quarters and mnnot survive without the support of some Americans. And for Dixon the most sobering discovery to come out of the Canadian cri— sis was: "If neo-fiascist tac- tics . like the War Measures Act - can be used in Canada, they can be used anywhere._" The Mill on 80 REDICHIX OUR SPECIALTY Fried chicken orders to go. Home style prepared dinners on Sunday- DR. DUANE L. TOWN OPTOMETRIST PHONE 236-4002 Office Hours: 9 to 12, l to 5 Closed Thursday and Saturday afternoons CONTACT LENSES 719 Fifth Avenue 506 505 d PAGE 7 ” Premieres Where Are BB, Polo, Doc Now? onado, and several North Lounge concerts per semes— ter, and this year we have Big Mama, Enoch Smoky (direcr from Waukon, Iowa), and only one or two N. L. jams? Columns such as this can be legimateiy criticizedas bitch* ing after the fact, and perfor' ming little constructive fun- ction. I would therefore like to encourage anyone reading this far to make known your sentiments on the subject. It is your money and my money that is being spent. We are talking about our social actir vities. The social coordinator is Pete Keepnews (ext. 219). Make Icnown your opinions to him. One of the saddest ex- amples of responsible opinion being or not being expressed was two years ago Cary Gid- dins brought the Cecil Taylor group here and much critic cism resulted - even evoking irate letters in the S and E. Cary called a meeting for all those who had complaints,and about nine people showed up, and most of them said that they would give Cecil a 42 because they couldn’t dance to it. One final word - the same people who brought you Enoeh Smoky are considering Sha- NarNa for second semester. Iwould like to see them here, because even though the mus sic is not great, it would be one FFO concert. For school or typewriter supplies ' GRINNELI orncc sumv GRINNELL, IOWA Across from the Post Office 5' H ElP SOME ENTERPRISING STUDENTS WORK THEIR WAY THROUGH COLLEGE. CALL CHANDlEBAUM’S 236-3074 506 GQBBLE up A THANKSGIVING msr AT PAGlIAI’S 2365331 “