Starring in 'Royal Family'
Frid:
"My face lends itself , to horror,"
says actor Jonathan Frid with a
laugh. Frid is currently playing the
role of the flamboyant actor Tony
Cavendish in the Penn State Festival
Theatre production of "The Royal
Family."
"So, it's both refreshing and
challenging to do d-comedy role as
I'm doing in this play," he says.
"The Royal Family" marks the
Canadian-born Frid's first ap
pearance in a Festival Theatre
production since the 1965 season. That
year he appeared in three produc
tions "Skin of Our Teeth," the
comedy "Room Service" and the title
role in ShakesPeare'p "Richard III."
Frid says lie considers the last to be
the artistic highlight of his career and
a role that he would definitely enjoy
playing again.
Of the Penn State campus, Frid
says he is very impressed. "It's one of
I he nicest that I've performed at," he
comments. "The elm trees here are
the crown jewels of the American
landscape."
Frid's other 'credits include stage
productions of "Macbeth," Marc
Antony in "Julius Caesar" and "Wait
Until Dark."
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He is best remembered, though, for
his role as Barnabas Collins in the
Gothic soap opera "Dark Shadows,"
a role he played from 1967 until the
show's end in 1971.
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In speaking of his role of the
vampire on that memorable series,
Frid says that he never played it
simply for pure evil. "I played
Barnabas as a man with a problem,"
he says. "He was a man with a
strange affliction and, as an actor, I
played him for his objectives."
Frid says that he feels sinister-type
roles, such as Barnabas Collins or
Richard 111 are much more in
teresting to do than purely good
characters. "God is simple to play,
the devil is complex," he says.
"There is more challenge for an actor
in portraying a villain."
To be.a successful working actor or
actress, Frid says you are ahead of
the game if you follow three rules: be
on time for 'rehearsals, know your
lines and listen to the director.
"These are three goals that I'm still
working towards," he says. Frid says
that there was an actress on "Dark
Shadows" that he particularly
remembers for following these three
rules. Her name was Kate Jackson
and she is doing rather well these
days in "Charlie's Angels."
What are his acting plans when he's
done here? "None really." he says.
"I'll go back to New York or Canada."
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'Star Wars' best since '2oool'
By TOM MARCINKO
Collegian Staff Writer
"Star Wars" is a film that demands a
rave review. It's easily the best film of
the year so far, one of the best ad
ventures ever brought to the screen, and
in the genre of science fiction is the
finest since "2001.'.'
Director George Lucas has put
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For all its futuristic hardware and
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mosphere" about it, owing as much to
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destroy a planet.• He's not nice.
Leia is carrying the plans to Vader's
weapon, a giant space station called the
Death Star. She entrusts them to two
amusing robots and sends them on their
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