Middle Tennessee State University - Midlander Yearbook (Murfreesboro, TN)

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HAMLET Bringing Shakespeare back to the people, is the intention of the troupe of the New Shakespeare Company. And that is what they did when they appeared in Octo- ber in the DA auditorium. We are all trying to bring forth the most concrete human conditions, the real, the now, which lie and underly, like roots of trees, at the bottom of Shakespeare ' s plays, according to Margrit Roma, director of the com- pany. A very unique departure from the traditional pre- sentations of Shakespeare was the use of a recorder and an acoustic guitar. It made the evening truly unique. 19

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DETLEF KRAUS One of the world ' s foremost pianists, Detlef Kraus, appeared in concert at the Dramatic Arts auditorium in October. Making his debut at age 16 in Hamburg, Germany, he performed Bach ' s complete Well-Tempered Clavier. As he grew in his musical knowledge, he built a large repertoire including the complete works of Brahms and Beethoven. Kraus has been guest soloist with such orchestras as the Czech Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, the Pittsburg Symphony and the Paris Conservatory. In addition to his extensive concert activities, he has been professor of Master Classes for Piano at the Folkwang Hockschule of Essen, Germany for the past 13 years. VISIONS OF POWER For all those who attended, the night was spent totally enthralled with the presenta- tion on the DA stage — nothing was flashy or elaborate — just two men with simple props who presented through the blending of music and drama the writings of Carlos Castaneda in the program Visions of Power. ' Actor Burgess Meredith and composer musician Charles Lloyd presented the pro- gram capturing the terrors, bafflements and exultations of the non-ordinary ' world of sorcerer don Juan Matus and Castaneda. The captive audience had to rely upon their mind to actually see what was happen- ing. And, as in don Juan ' s world, lack of illusion became the best illusion of all. 18

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WHO KILLED JFK? Nov. 22, 1963 was a beautiful sunny day in Dallas, Texas. A particularly good turnout of people have come to watch the motorcade of President John Kennedy as it passes downtown. The motorcade enters the area of Dealy Plaza and suddenly the beginning of a national nightmare occurs — shots ring out — the President is hit — mass confusion everywhere. Thanks to the medium of television, Americans know in moments that something has shattered their Camelot — they know something drastic has happened to their President — and they know that Lee Harvey Oswald has been arrested for the murder of Kennedy. They see before their very eyes a man named Jack Ruby shoot and kill Oswald before he had a chance to defend himself. Months later, the Warren Commission comes out with their official report of what happened that terrible day — Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assassin — three bullets were fired — and Jack Ruby as a fanatic who thought his duty was to kill Oswald. Harvey Yazijian of the Assassination Information Bureau put some doubts, as well as some spine chills, into the minds of those who attended the fascinating Ideas and Issues Committee presentation of Who Killed JFK . Flashing hundreds of slides to present his case, Yazijian narrarated facts accumulated through eleven years of AIB research. Also included was a showing of the Andrew Zapruder film, which according to Yazijian, was suppressed by the FBI, along with other evidence, until recently. Yazijian contests the film shows Kennedy jerking backwards — thereby destroying the theory that all the shots came from behind. The program is presented on the foundation that the Kennedy assassination was a conspiracy and though Yazijian never came out and said who he believes was behind the killing, he did make some suggestions which are indeed food for thought.