UpDate - Vol. 14, No. 2, Page 4
September 8, 1994
Up and coming

Film series begins in Smith Sept. 11
     The 1994 International Film Series will open Sunday, Sept. 11,
with a screening of Blue, a 1993 French film from the director of The
Double Life of Veronique.
     The film tells the story of a composer's wife who rebuilds her
life after the deaths of her husband and daughter. Blue and other
films in the series will be shown at 7:30 p.m. in 140 Smith Hall. All
screenings are free and open to the public.
     Other films in the series include:
     The Scent of Green Papaya (France, 1993) will be screened on
Sept. 18. The film shows a decade of Vietnamese history as seen
through the eyes of a young servant.
     Ivan and Abraham (Poland, 1993) will be shown on Sept. 25. The
film tells the story of the friendship of two boys, one Jewish, one
Christian, in a Polish village in the 1930s.
     Snapper (United Kingdom, 1992) continues the series Oct. 2. It is
a comic story of Irish parents coping with their daughter's pregnancy.
     The Blue Kite (China, 1993) will be shown on Oct. 9. The film
tells the story of a Beijing family from 1953 to the late 1960s, the
height of the cultural revolution.
     The Slingshot (Sweden, 1993) will be shown on Oct. 16. It
chronicles a boy's coming of age in 1920s Sweden.
     A Tale of Winter (France, 1992) is scheduled to be shown on Oct.
23. The films tells of a woman who gives her lover the wrong address
and, as a result, he disappears from her life.
     Cronos (Mexico, 1993) concludes the series on Oct. 30. Winner of
the Grand Prize at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival Critics' Week, the
film chronicles the search for Cronos, a device that grants eternal
life.
     The film series is sponsored by the Faculty Senate Committee on
Cultural Activities and Public Events, the University Honors Program
and the Department of English's Film Program.

PTTP announces season schedule
     The Professional Theatre Training Program (PTTP), a graduate
theatre conservatory, has announced a new season that features some of
the world's greatest plays.
     The series begins the weekend of Sept. 16 with revival
performances of famous plays by George Bernard Shaw.
     Opening on Friday, Sept. 16, is Heartbreak House which runs
through Sunday, Sept. 25, in rotating repertory with Major Barbara.,
Heartbreak House, Shaw's profoundly perceptive comedy/drama focuses on
an eccentric retired sea captain and a bizarre collection of
characters who provide the background for a series of hilarious and
poignant social arguments. Major Barbara, Shaw's scintillating comedy
of ideas and social satire, tells the story on an idealistic major in
the Salvation Army who confronts her pragmatic and capitalistic father
on issues such as religion, the family, war, crime, poverty, romance
and more.
     The series continues from October to January with rotating rep
productions of Moliere's The Learned Ladies, Agamemnon by Aeschylus,
Chekhov's The Three Sisters and The Insect Comedy (The World We Live
In) by Josef and Karel Capek, adapted by James Cunningham, associate
professor of theatre at the University.
     Spring semester offerings include Mother Courage and Her Children
by Bertolt Brecht, Dancing at Laughnasa by Brian Friel, Way of the
World by William Congreve, The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan,
Shakespeare's As You Like It and two American classics, yet to be
announced.
     A variety of ticket packages are available in a six-, nine- or 14-
show series, and there is a flexible voucher plan. Plays will be
presented in Hartshorn Hall.
     For more information or a brochure describing the season, call
the Hartshorn box office at 831-2204.

Music gala set in Loudis hall
     The annual Gala Concert opening the 1994-95 season of the
Department of Music will be presented at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 13,
in Loudis Recital Hall of the Amy E. du Pont Music Building.
     The concert features the debut of the department's newest faculty
member, baritone Patrick Evans, who will sing Prince Yeletsky's aria
from Tchiakovsky's opera Pikovaia Dama (Queen of Spades). With soprano
Marie Robinson, he will perform a duet from Puccini's La Boheme.
Robinson also will sing Rosalinde's aria from Strauss' Die Fledermaus.
     Also on the program are the Mendelssohn String Quartet performing
a movement from Debussy's String Quartet in g minor; and duo pianists
Christine Delbeau and Julie Nishimura, who will play Scaramouche by
Milhaud. The Taggart-Grycky Duo, joined by Lloyd Shorter on English
horn, will play Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Eclogues. Pianist Michael
Steinberg will play Beethoven's 32 Variations in c minor. The Delaware
Brass will present a jazz set featuring tunes by Duke Ellington and
Fats Waller, and Julie Nishimura will perform Poulenc's Sextuor.
     A meet-the-artists reception will follow the concert, which is
free and open to the public on a first-come, first-seated basis.
     For information, call 831-2577.