Harpur College 1966 Yearbook (Binghamton, NY) - Full Access

tin ll,.,.,,,u. Slllfl '' Ca ti c.jng'Ro m r hohn' Tl:e unr:!vt-li11g of Henrik Ib rn's lengthy and complex tragedy about t'' o people who un:inrgo prr. onai metamor– pho es whirh evcutually lead tu th!'ir destruction came off in hi.~h<•st form last night en 1hc flarpur College tage. on tage, it gavr him ju t enough time to make hi per– formance a. Peter Morten.– gaard, editor of a radical newspaper, one of the mo t creditable He \\a: the only actor who eemcd to over– come the di advantage of be- 110 the meaning of lhe difficult play. TilE 1'.\HT of l\fr . Hcl cth, the housekeeper, played by Susan Wachs, gave to the tory the only touch of folk– i m. The last lines of t h e tragedy were hers, and were done with much feeling. As the careless intellectual t.:Jr,k B r e n d e I, Richard chaeffer provided the o n 1 y moments for humor in an oth– "rwi e humorless play. High praise should go to Dr. Don A. Walter for his direc– tion, and to the production ta£f for stage furnishings. If the six actors made any miStakes. they were unnotice– able. And surprisir4gly enough, none fell into the trap of over– :"t<' ing the part. but in– :-"•'acl , '"ced emphasis in the -1 1 p...(" s.