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UpDate - Vol. 16, No. 20, Feb. 20, 1997

            Danny Glover to appear Friday in Trabant Center
                                   
  Hear the ironic poetry of Langston Hughes and the
stirring speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. presented by
veteran actors, Lethal Weapon star Danny Glover and Felix
Justice, founder of California's Fellowship Theatre Guild,
at 8 p.m., Friday, Feb. 21, in the Trabant University Center
  An Evening with Langston and Martin is a living history
of black America told by these two award-winning performers.
Glover reads the poetry of Langston Hughes and Justice
presents selections from the speeches of Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr.
  Tickets for the Feb. 21 program, at $10 for the general
public and $5 for full-time UD undergraduate students, are
now on sale at box offices at the Trabant University Center
and the Bob Carpenter Center. They also are available
through Ticketmaster by calling 984-2000. A service charge
may apply.
  Now in its fourth year, An Evening with Martin and
Langston is such a crossover hit that the agency, which
originally booked it only during Black History Month, now
schedules performances throughout the year.
  During the performance, Glover reads about two dozen
poems by Hughes, whom Justice describes as "the poet
laureate of the Negro people-back when we were Negroes."
  The bulk of Justice's presentation comes from King's
prophetic "Promised Land" speech, delivered in Memphis the
night before his 1968 assassination.
  Glover, whose career breakthrough came in the New York
production of Master Harold and the Boys, is known for his
stirring portrayals in Places in the Heart and The Color
Purple, as well as his portrayal of Mel Gibson's partner,
police detective Roger Murtaugh, in the Lethal Weapon films.
  One of Hollywood's most versatile and respected actors,
Glover was recently seen in two Disney films, Operation
Dumbo Drop and Angels in the Outfield.
  Other notable film roles include the murderous cop out to
silence Harrison Ford in Witness; Detective Mike Harrigan in
the action-thriller Predator 2; and the villain, Easy Money,
in A Rage in Harlem. He also appeared with Kevin Kline, Mary
McDonnell and Alfre Woodard in the contemporary drama, Grand
Canyon, and starred in Bopha!
  Glover made his directing debut in Showtime's 1994
futuristic story, Override, starring Lou Diamond Phillps,
and was executive producer for two HBO projects-America's
Dream, based on short stories by Richard Wright, and Deadly
Voyage, the true story of eight African stowaways aboard a
cargo ship in search of a better life.
  A native of San Francisco, Glover attended San Francisco
State College and trained at the Black Actors' Workshop of
the American Conservatory Theatre.
  He was presented the NAACP's Image Award for his work in
Lethal Weapon and received a second Image Award and an ACE
Award for his performance in HBO's Mandela in 1987. He went
on to star in the television miniseries, Lonesome Dove,
which earned him an Emmy nomination.
  Performing since 1961, Justice has appeared in scores of
plays, including Oscar Wilde's Salome, James Baldwin's Blues
for Mister Charlie, Antigone, The Curious Savage, I'm Not
Rappaport and Henry V.
  He is well-known for his one-man show, Prophecy in
America, which highlights the key writings of Dr. King and
was the forerunner of An Evening with Langston and Martin.
  Justice grew up in Florence, S.C., and was graduated from
the University of California at Berkeley. His theatre
teachers included Robert Johnson, John Collins and Julie
Bovasso.
  An interest in African drama prompted Justice to direct
Glover and Bennet Guillory in The Blood Knot, a South
African play written by Athol Fugard. Justice also directed
the dark comedy, Luv, Companions of the Fire and The Trials
of Brother Jero.
  In San Francisco, Justice serves on the board of trustees
at the Church for the Fellowship of All People, an
interdenominational institution.
  The performance is presented by the Student Center
Programs Advisory Board and cosponsored by UD Cultural
Programming Advisory Board, the Office of Affirmative Action
and Multicultural Programs, the Visiting Minority Scholars
Program and the Department of Theatre. 
                                                -Beth Thomas