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A review of Tom Stoppard’s
‘'Travesties," produced by
the 1 University Theater.
Runs through Sunday in the
Fine Arts Cellar Theater. All
performances are sold out.
By RICHARD LENZ
RkI and Black Stall Writer
Ever waited at a bus stop
and overheard two students
arguing over the finer points
of something about which
you know nothing — like
nuclear physics or the
historical significance
“Beowulf”? Feel uninform
ed and confused?
Despite shining per
formances by Richard
Smith, Johnny Walsh, David
Boos and Larry Dilday, the
University Theater’s pro
duction of Tom Stoppard's
"Travesties" soundly con
fused the audience with its
story of dueling intellectuals
in Zurich in 1917.
The audience Saturday
night was unprepared to
follow the play's action
because of the structure of
the plot. The play, which
tries to take the form of an
80- year-old man's memory,
distorted, hallucinated,
started and stopped,
bewildering the audience.
The content of the play
went over the heads of the
audience, which was
oblivious to the wordplay of
the characters and the
historical references and
allusions. Unless one was
familiar with Dadaism,
Marxism, Russian and
British history, James
Joyce, Oscar Wilde and
World War I, much of the
play was as confusing as
nuclear physics is to a PE
major.
Richard Smith's demand
ing portrayal of Henry Carr,
the semi-senile main
character, is right on target
and is chillingly touching.
The inebriated and blustery
Carr, who imagines himself
as the center of the intellec
tual renaissance in Zurich
shows a vulnerability that
sparks concern for his ego
Anyone who has sat at the
family dinner table and
listened to his parents argue
about events far in the past
can relate to contradictions
that old Carr conjures up
only to be disputed by his
wife Smith makes Carr
British from head to toe —
from the way he smokes his
cigar and jiggles the ice in
his glass, to the earnest
reverence he holds for
Gilbert and Sullivan
students
Audrey Jacques' Gwendo
lyn, the perfect measure of
sweet and bitter charm, and
Denise Brubaker's sly Cecily
almost stole the show in a
scene where they are
delicately arguing Tzara's
true intentions.
The play did not let the au
dience take any of the
characters seriously, and so
one perceived that their art
should also not be taken
seriously. "Art" is the most
repeated word in the play,
and its relationship with
society is the most repeated
theme Stoppard seems to be
saying that art does not
mean a damn, but he fails to
tell us what does
Crista Carvajal, the direc
tor, added certain elements
to the play, helping to clear
up some of the confusion by
showing that it is in fact
hallucinatory. But more was
needed to help the audience
along, like an introduction
with historical notes and an
explanation of the action.
The fine acting and steady
direction make the play a
talented and curious beast of
uncertain dimensions. With
such talent, it is too bad the
University Theater didn't
produce a different.play.
savings days
(special hours Wednesday: lOa.m.1ollp.m.
everything here is for juniors
Richard Smith, Audrey Jacques
Robert Redford Class of 1959 n
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