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ginal Globe to bum to the ground in 1616
The attempt to build the Globe Centre is not the
first of its kind, but earlier attempts have floundered
because of economic problems, the lack of information,
and the contradictions between existing sources.
Wanamaker’s attempt began in 1971, and there has
been a substantial amount of information discovered
since then, said Franklin Hildy, associate professor of
theater history at the University and the South
eastern regional director of the Shakespeare Globe
Centre-North America.
“Between 1971 and 1989 a great deal was worked
out, and we feel like we really know more than we’ve
ever known before about Shakespeare’s theater. And
we can trust the information we know now more than
we ever could before. But it’s been still educated
guess- work, because we didn’t have any actual hard
evidence to deal with. We’ve always had to make edu
cated guesses from bits and pieces of evidence that
were hard to work with,” Hildy said.
This changed in 1989 when the foundation of the
Rose Theatre, a theater with a design similar to that
of the Globe, was found.
“From that excavation, they’ve finally got some
hard factual information to deal with, and it’s con
firming some things we believed. It’s changing our
minds about other things we have believed,” he said.
On October 12, 1989, part of the foundation of the
Globe was discovered, but unfortunately, a large part
of the foundation runs underneath a Georgian
building, which is on the British national registry,
and another part runs underneath the Southwerk
Bridge Road, making excavation difficult.
Support for the Shakespeare Globe Centre has been
broad, and many important figures have assisted in
fund-raising efforts.
Sir Lawrence Oliver was the London Centre’s hon
orary president until his death in July, and Sir John
Gielgud is the honorary president of the Shakespeare
Globe Trust.
Prince Phillip is another important supporter, as is
Ronald Reagan, who is the honorary chairman of the
North American wing of the Globe Centre.
Twenty-four nations, including the Soviet Union,
China, Hungary and Nigeria, have donated 40-foot
structural posts, which will support the new Globe.
The international support for the Globe Centre is
due in part to the popularity of Shakespeare’s work,
Hildy said.
“Shakespeare is the most-translated playwright
anywhere and Shakeapeare is probably the most ad
mired playwright anywhere, and so everyone has a
kind of affinity for Shakespeare and wants to support
that,” he said.
The UGA Shakespeare Conference is expected to
increase the amount of attention the Globe Centre
will receive and provide a focus for new support.
Christy Desmet, an associate professor of English
whose specialty is Shakespeare, said she was excited
about the conference.
‘This is a major conference. It’s probably one of the
biggest ones we’ve had here, in my tenure here
anyway, the last six years,” she said. “And it’s going to
mean a lot to Shakespeare Studies, because it's the
first time in a long time that there’s been new concrete
information about what the theater looked like.”
The UGA Shakespeare Conference will be an oppor
tunity for Shakespearean scholars to meet with ex
perts in the various fields of theater reconstruction.
"That’s a whole different discipline. I mean it’s a
very specialized specialty, the people who work on
theaters, deal with records and stuff, they really don’t
deal with the plays, they deal with local records and
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‘Noises Off’ has slapstick quality
Sam Wanamaker: Famous actor turned
founder of Shakespeare Globe Trust is
leader in restoration of the Globe Theatre
Twenty-four nations, including the
Soviet Union, China, Hungary and
Nigeria, have donated 40-foot
structural posts, which will support
the new Globe.
documents and stuff like that,” Desmet said.
“Its just something that normal critics don’t have
access to the information, and they provide a lot of
raw information that we wouldn’t be able to have
otherwise,” she said.
The conference will run from Friday to Sunday and
will conclude with a national teleconference on
Monday.
The teleconference is being produced by the
Georgia Center for Continuing Education and will be
transmitted to more than 60 sites in the United States
and Canada.
It will be possible for the satellite audience to call in
with questions and comments for the experts.
Dorothy Parker, director of the teleconference, said
conferences of this nature are an important way for
information to be distributed.
“Well, it’s a good way of opening it up to many more
people who would be interested; otherwise, these
things just happen in little comers, and nobody hears
about them,” she said.
By ANDREW LAWLER
Entertainment Writer
“Noises Off” is an extremely en
tertaining farce that is given a
competent production by the Uni
versity’s Drama Department.
“Noises Off” tells the story of a
hapless British acting company
struggling to put on a play called
“Nothing On.” The company is seen
in three stages of production; the
final rehearsal, a performance a
month later (viewed from
backstage), and a production a
month beyond that, where every
thing seems to go wrong.
The cast itself goes through hell,
not only having to deal with the
play, but among other things, a
philandering director and some in
sanely jealous actors.
The play is excellent. The play
wright has taken a great idea,
showing the guts of a play; i.e.,
what happens backstage, during
rehearsal, and when things go
wrong, and used it to create a
comic masterpiece. The second act,
set backstage during a perfor
mance, has almost no dialogue.
Rather, it’s almost exclusively
movement. He creates chaos in
quietude, and shows people who
end up trying to kill each other in
almost total silence. The comic pos-
pring break. ..
hifts in Communism,
cintillating fiction. . .
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sibilities are endless, and the play
wright milks them for all they’re
worth.
The cast is, for the most part,
quite good. However, they are
strongest when dealing with the
slapstick aspects of the play. Their
movements are consistently excel
lent and extremely energetic.
Movement is probably the most dif
ficult part of this play, especially
during the second act, and these
actors carry it off handsomely.
Standouts include the beautiful
Tonray Ho, who’s bimbette char
acter was repeatedly crisp and con
fident. Also worth mentioning is
Phil Simmons, who may very well
have been the busiest man on
stage. At times, he seemed to be ev
erywhere - falling down stairs,
going after people with an ax. You
name it, he seems to be doing it,
and with considerable comic skill
as well.
The production is a tad weaker
when the slapstick dies down. Sev
eral of the performances are less
well-rounded than they might be.
It may be that the concentration on
slapstick in the production caused
character development to be some
what neglected.
However, with the energy and
frantic pace of “Noises Off,” this is
less of a problem then it might be.
Indeed, the production boasts an
excellent performance by Deadra
Moore, whose portrayal of Dotty
Otley was consistently interesting
and well done.
Other noteworthy performances
were from Sam Word and Mary
Ambrosavage. Ambrosavage’s
character’s attempts to be the glue
that holds the play together were
as delightful as the playwright un-
doubtably meant them to be.
The direction is quite good.
Judging from the continual action,
director John Am merman must
have felt like a circus ringmaster
at times.
However, he has produced a
tight, fast moving comedy that is
very entertaining.
The set is excellent. The two-
story, reversible set meshes per
fectly with the needs of the actors.
Excellent lighting and sound make
this an extremely professional
looking show.
‘Little Sports’ isn’t worth bucks
to learn well-known time-wasters
By JEFF WOHL
Contributing Writer
"Little Sports” by Dan Carlinsky
and Ed Goodgold. McGraw-Hill
paperbacks. Available for $7.95 at
a bookstore near you.
This self-proclaimed “Gospel for
those who like to goof off,” is inter
esting but not really worth eight
greenbacks.
It gives tongue-in-cheek rules
for games like finger football, coin
swooping, ruler catapult, volley
paper, cafeteria blow darts and
thumb wrestling.
Just what the world needed, a
book to tell you how to play high
school games. If you screw off sit
ting in the library, you know the
intricacies of finger football played
with a paper football. No spitting
on the table, don’t hit a moving
football and don’t hit the teacher in
the neck on a point after a touch
down attempt. Why should you buy
a book?
As for coin swooping, a “Happy
Days” episode where the gang at
Arnold’s try to get in the Guinness
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Book of World Records reveals the
facts about this amazing trick.
Some goofy friend of Richie stacks
half-dollars on his elbow and
catches them with his hand.
Presto. No money spent, and I
began honing my skill then.
The press release announces
that the author team was the same
pair who wrote the best-selling
book “Trivia” that spawned the
“trivia craze”. While hating to nit
pick, I thought the "trivia craze”
started with nostalgic “baby
boomers."
The release also decrees the
book will be “the final authority for
the 1989 Intercollegiate Little
Sports Olympics on Dec. 2." Ah-ha,
now the picture comes clear. A
money-making venture sparked
the book.
If you need this book to tell you
It gives tongue-in-
cheek rules for games
like finger football, coin
swooping, ruler
catapult, volley paper,
cafeteria blow darts
and thumb wrestling.
how to waste time, you have more
serious problems than Carlinsky
and Goodgold. This is like pub
lishing the rules to stickball,
Whiffleball or street football. To
really learn the rules, visit people
and play the games.
It’s cheaper.
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