'Family' pleasant start
for Festival's season
By TOM MARCINKO
Collegian Staff Writer
"The, Royal Family" opened the 20th
year of Festival Theatre last night at the
Pavilion. With a strong script and cast, it
'was a fine start.
The play by George S. Kaufman and
Edna Ferber concerns the clashes of
enormous egos among the Cavendishes, a
'family of actors to whom the theater is
'only,' slightly less important than
breathing.
play review
The'light comedy is distinguished by an
' almost breakneck pace, and at times
resembles a three-ring circus. Director
Richard Edelman must have had to double
as a • choreographer, especially for the
amusingly chaotic opening scene.
Plots and subplots abound, but the
major complication is underlined by the
dilenima of Gwen Cavendish (Sheila
!'Walsh). She has to decide whether to
follow her mother and grandmother onto
the stage, or to become, as she puts it, "a
normal person."
This is sacrilege to mother Julie, played
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with all due style and grace by Lydia
Bruce, and Fanny (Kate Wilkinson), who
is something of a grand old dame of the
theater and is determined to stay on the
road until she drops dead, jtigt like her late
husband.
Enter into Julie's life Gil Marshall
(Gerald Richards), an old flame who
couldn't care less about acting— unless it
consists of getting on his knees and
proposing five minutes after he gets in the
door after a 20-year absence. She's
tempted, not at all put off by his recent
platinum discovery.
Jonathan Frid is a formidable scene
stealer as brother Tony, the wild man of
the family who leaves a trail of broken
hearts and faces wherever he goes. He just
dropped in for the day, because by
tomorrow he's got to be out of the country.
Leon Stevens is suitably pompous as
Herbert Dean, a once-great actor still a
great actor, and don't forget it for a second
who can't seem to find the right parts
these days. They're all written for younger
men.
"The Royal Family" plays June 23-26
and 28, through July 3, 5-9. It's recom
mended as a diverting evening of light
entertainment.
Next time
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point
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Friday, June 24
Pass-fail deadline ( 10 week summer term)
College of Health, Physical Education and Recreation fly fishing workshop, all
day. For information or registration, telephone 865-3443.
Food Science-Dairy and Animal Science Seminar. Matti Kreula, University of
Helsinki, on "Aspects of the Metabolism of 14C-labelled Compounds by Cows on a
Protein-free Feed with Urea and Ammonium Salts as the Sole Source of
Nitrogen," 11 a.m., Room 111 Animal Industries Bldg.
Behind the Scenes with The Royal Family, 3 p.m., Pavilion Theatre. Free admission.
Festival Theatre, Kauffman and Ferber, The Royal Family, 8 p.m., Pavilion
Theatre.
G.S.A. Coffeehouse, 8 p.m., Room 102 Kern.
Shaver's Creek Nature Center, "ghoulies and beasties and things that go bump in the
night," 8:30 p.m., Stone Valley
Saturday, June 25
Terrace Room closed.
Lion's Den, open 7 a.m.-1 p.m., limited menu.
College of Health, Physical Education and Recreation fly fishing workshop, all day
For information or registration, telephone 865-3443.
Penn State Wargaming Club meeting, 9 a.m., Room 101 EE East.
• Festival Theatre, The Royal Family, 8 p.m., Pavilion Theatre.
Shaver's Creek Nature Center, nature movies, 9 p.m., Stone Valley. _
Sunday, June 26
Penn State Wargaming Club meeting, 9 a.m., Room 101 EE East.
P.S.O.C. Hiking Division, Build bridge on Mid State Trail with picnic supper, 9 a.m.,
HUB parking lot.
Opening reception for M.F.A. exhibit by Stephanie Knopp and Tom Lane, 3
p.m., Zoller Gallery.
Shaver's Creek Nature Center, wildflower discovery walk, 3 p.m., Stone Valley.
Festival Theatre, The Royal Family, 7:30 p.m., Pavilion Theatre.
Ballyhooed 'Star Wars' invades State College
In Town
"Star Wars," George
Lucas' hybrid of Flash
Gordon and "2001," opens at
the Garden today. Time
Magazine and others have
called it the year's best
movie, and. it's already the
biggest hit film since "javiis."..
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To be reviewed Mond,,y 4ron „, I . and a stolen drug shipment
"A Bridge Too Fp t r" , r 7 -1 An interesting cast includes
Huge World War II .11, , ,gnture, Robert Shaw, Nick Nolte,
featuring, among others, Jacqueline Bisset and Eli
Robert Redford, ; Sean Con- Wallach. State Theatre
nery, Elliot Gould, Gene "Exorcist H: The Heretic"
Hackman and Maximillian This sequel to "The
Schell. A film far too long. Exorcist" is a turkey.
Cinema Oneßichard Burton, in one of his
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"The Deep" Exciting
thriller involving sea divers
Daltrey disc trys to
ONE OF THE BOYS by Roger Daltrey (MCA)
"I came from the streets and a street gang,"
Roger Daltrey is quoted as saying in .an MCA press
release. "Every argument was always solved with
a punch-up, That was the rule I lived by." .
Daltrey, taking a break from being the Who's
vocalist, is trying to prove he's still working class.
According to a recent, interview in Rolling Stone,
"One of the Boys" is supposed to be his way of
showing that he's not the least bit worried about
being upstaged by bands like Johnny Rotten and the
Sex Pistols.
For an album that's supposed to show that
Daltrey is still an angry young man, "One of the
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battle with demons, aided by
Regan (Linda Blair) and
psychiatrist Louise Fletcher.
Pretty poor. Cinema Two
"The Other Side of Mid
night" Long (165 min.) and
sudsy drama about romance
in Europe.. Fans of soap
operas or Harold Robbins
novels may enjoy it. The
Movies
"Rocky" If you haven't
be tough, comes out tame
Boys" is strangely subdued. The title cut is the
hardest rock here, and it's distinctly non-Whoish
rock. When I heard the title I hoped that Daltrey
was covering lan Hunter's composition of the same
title, a better expression of the adolescent mentality
that Daltrey's trying to hold onto.
Daltrey's third solo album is mostly ballads,
most of them pretty good. His voice works on laid
back numbers as well as it does with Pete Town
shend's hard rock. Daltrey has 'improved greatly
since the Who first recorded "Tommy," executing
full-bodied and sometimes lilting vocals with a
growling edge and undertones of honest angst in the
more indignant cuts.
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The Daily Collegian Friday, June 24, 1977-
seen this Oscar-winning
drama, about an underdog
Philadelphia boxer, get a
move on. Sylvester Stallone
stars. Screening Room
On Campus
"The Four Musketeers"
Sequel to "The Three
Musketeers." The same fine
cast returns from the first
Oliver Reed, Faye Dunaway,
Like the other Who solo albums, this is Daltrey's
chance to be heard without the almost overbearing
influence of Townshend.
What "One of the Boys" does well is to show, by
the absence of the rest of the Who, just what he
contributes to that band. His voice is one of the best
in rock, and the open exuberance of his personalisty
acts to balance Townshend's cerebral cynicism or
Keith Moon's lunacy.
"One of the Boys" confirms Daltrey's importance
to rock by the fact that he sings for the Who. He's
really one of those boys.
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Well, Calder Square is nestled
away between Beaver and College
Avenues, on Calder Way in the
new heart of town.
If you're driving along either
College or Beaver Avenues, just
take a left•onto McAllister
Street. A block later and you're
there at Calder Square.
Back on College Avenue, just look
for an attractive grey stone
church and.a modern bank with a
mechanical teller named "Rosy".
McAllister Street is between them
and the Square is one block behind
them.
So, now that you know, you can
Turn Back To the Good Times .
Turn Back To Calder Square.
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Recommended. Findlay Rec
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"Serpico" Absorbing
film about real-life New York.
City policeman Frank Serpico
(Al Pacino, in a terrific
portrayal). Sidney Lumet
( "Network") directed. 121
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