Kansas Wesleyan University - Coyote Yearbook (Salina, KS)

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C assic Challeng Eighteenth Century English in Fitzpatrick She Stoops to Conquer brought a fresh view to the Qansas Wesleyan stage, as well as a challenge. This Oliver Goldsmith comedy, written in 1773, hallenged the actors and actresses with language and leas typical of eighteenth century England. In my plays before I could ad lib, I could always b.s. ty way through it, but not here. I had to know exactly 'hat to say because there were lines you just had to say arrectly, otherwise the next one wouldn't make sense. tid freshman Chally Matte. Other actors agreed with Matte, Getting off the script 'as probably the hardest part, as a cast. said Jenard urks. He also felt like the key to conveying his lines to ne audience was understanding the language and anic and distress cross the face of Chally Matte as she artrays Mrs. Hardcastle trying to tell her son, Tony, that her :wells have been stolen. Tony is portrayed by Boby Jones. Photo by Cindy Wunder letting used to the costumes, Keri Roberts, Steve Novich, and :nard Burks rehearse a scene together. -Photo by Cindy Vimder roper greetingd are in order as Miss Neville, portrayed by ontessa Lee, pays a call on Miss Hardcastle, portrayed by Keri oberts. -Photo by Cindy Wunder delivering the lines with the right timing. After several rehearsals and reading the lines over and over again, after a while you start to get a feel for your character and the meaning. The play was billed as a piece that Goldsmith wrote as a new approach to comedy in response to the prevalent 'sentimental comedy' that, to him, had become boring. He wrote in a style 'more comparable to today's situational comedy' and very different from the 'melodramatic and romantically overblown' comedies of the era. Senior Bob Davis said it was different from the run-of-the-mill Kansas Wesleyan production, as Dr. Marshall refers to it: a period piece. Despite it's 'new' style, the fact remains it's an uncommon approach to comedy for the twentieth century college student. Matte recalls, ...one person came up to me after the first acl and said, 'I'm not sure what happened, you were funny, but I don't know what happened the rest of the time.' But they sat through it and loved it. I was shocked at how well it was received ,... usually, with period pieces, people are like, 'ho, hum.' - which they did in the first act. But it seemed to come off really well. I think it was an experience for them. said Matte. 2' Cindy Wunder HI was shocked at how well it was r e c i e v e d ,... i t seemed to come off really well.', Chally Matte Eavesdropping fathers await 'the question' as Young Marlow, portrayed by Steve Novich, talks with Miss Hardcastle. Sir Charles Marlow and Mr. Hardcastle are portrayed by Brenda Harris and Bob Davis. -Photo by Cindy Wunder She Stoops To Conquer