Trinity College School - Record Yearbook (Port Hope, Ontario Canada)

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i It f p 5 Rusenckant f s 1 , ann tliullbenstelm I alle Dean ' BEST PLAY 'N 5 by TOM STOPPARD ' ,.1:':g,1:':,1:g-'D L MON. OCT. 20 thru SAT. ocr. 235 Til Eves. tExc. Thurs.l at 8:30 p.m. lvtfthsat. at 2:02.-ELT. --an-Q tw,,,.-' '---......f' ' Shakespeare only briefly hints at the lives of these most unfortunate characters in Hamlet. Tom Stoppard, however, tries to resolve the mystery that surrounds their lives by offering them as the major characters in his play. Vk'ithin the framework of his play they are portrayed as bumbling fools who question everything. but accomplish nothing. So absurd is their intellect that they are not even sure which of them is Rosencrantz and which is Guildenstern. By merit of the play's humour. Stoppard is immediately able tocapture audience approval. lf this audience approval B to be considered as a measure of success. the play was thenoutstand- hug. Even though humour was the keynote of the play. its relation to dialogue and action seemed to be of a very superficial nature. Beneath the wit. there appeared to be serious ideas that point to Stoppards existentialist views. He achievesthis end through Constant repetition ofjokes that he- come less funny as theplay progresses. Eventually one is able to see how serious are the implica- tions of the humour. This paradox is not resolved until the very end of the play when Rosencrantz. or is it Guildenstern, manages to find his own death slightly amusing. Stoppard does not: he fmds it pathetic. The most forceful character. a llayer, ap- pears to be Stoppard's voice on Stage. Through him all action is judged and weighed. Inter- pretation is then given. Action is a bit slow. but is made up for by fast dialogue and brilliant wit that combine to form a Contemporary play of outstanding enter- tahunentvalue l -- fl. liourlct' Page 2l

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AIice's Restaurant Alice's Restaurant, the movie based on Arlo tluthrit-'s satiric narrative, goes beyond sardonic humour to serve as a eulogy for a generation of flower children. Those who go to see Alioe's Restaurant expecting a razor-sharp satire asin the song will be disappointed. The highlights of the song are contained in the film but they takea back seat to the social comment it offers. The film opens with the familiar folk chords nf Arlo's famous song, but soon the viewer forgets the humour and becomes involved in the trials and tribulations of Alice and Ray Brock trying to operate their restaurant in quaint Stock- bridge. Massachusetts. There is beauty and joy in their church-turned-restaurant, which serves as it commune for hippie. But it loses its beautiful people and becomes infested with groupies and dupe addicts. The breakdown of hippies is ex- emplitied in the reversion of Shelly, adope addict, In speed. Eventually he kills himselfin amotor- cycle afxident. At his funeral, there is widespread mourning as Joni Mitchell's 'Songs to Aging Children Love' serves as an epitaph. The words are sung as a small group congregates around Shelly's grave in the snow. - I. Pearson Alan MacRae Well, you win some and lose some and some get rained out . . . The school was very 'lucky' to get 1VIr. MacRae and Co., for only half price 65001 as he was on his way to make a tour of the west. fprobably in search of employmentj. What was advertised as a good folk group' turned out to be a rather pitiful country and western hoe-down. Amid the yee-ha's and hoots of a moderately critical audience, fconsisting mainly ofthosefrom Boulden House who weren't allowed to leave! Alan MacRae Night reached a climax when he did some vaguely amusing impersonations of famous characters with a background of 'This Land is Your Land . All in all, it was deemed as a total failure, and the only thing Mr. Gordon had to say was that there will be no charge for last Saturday's 'concert '. - S. C. Pearl Page 22