“The Crucible”, written by Arthur Miller, produced in 1953 and revived off-Broadway in 1958, drew acclaim because of its relevancy at the time of the McCarthy hearings--a time when fear and name calling were prevalent in American life. Indeed, Miller himself suffered frome the effects of name calling, as have many authors and artists who had put themselves in league with what they thought were progressive forces, without quite realizing (or perhaps they did) just what it was they were getting into. When fear runs rampant in a community, sanity disappears. “The Crucible” is about the Salem Witchcraft trials during 1692 «when 19 persons were hanged as witches on the hearsay of hysterical accusers, some of whom were hyperac- tive and imaginative children. It seems almost impossible these 300 years later in our “civilized’’ society that such a thing can happen, but a more recent play entitled ‘The Children’s Hour” tells of two young women accused of fear of being punished for a infraction. Hysteria ‘resulted, there too. ~~ The; lay was done about a go by Little Theatre, reviewer and of Al° Groh, director of Theatre of Wilkes (where - the play is being presented this weekend) “it was a finely done production, “with great feeling, great sensiti- “pact. “It seems to be to be timely now..” says Mr. Groh, ‘highly relevant...as it deals with irrational fears in a community, with forces unleashed that can’t be controlled, which propel people into actions that cause tragedy.” A student cast with a good deal of theatrical experience will portray the varied roles in the play, and direction is in the hands of Jay 'E. Fields, a newcomer at the Theatre who had been teaching in West Virginia, and who worked with Al this past summer in the Summer Theatre Workshop. All of the productions at the Center for the Performing Arts that T have seen have been done with great eclat, with style and with sensitivity, and Al's penchant for producing great drama is well known. A more sensitive presentation of “Raisin in the Sun’’ and “Qthello’” I have never seen, and various ethnic plays he has directed and-or produced have been equally as moving. I look forward to ‘The Crucible”. Listen to Al just speak of the play and you get the emana- tions. To the south of us lies the friendly community of Hazleton, where my family and I spent 10 or 11 months after the flood. The warmth of that community and its nice people made it a second home for me, especially that little corner of the world, the Conyngham Valley, where we were welcomed into a lovely and beautiful place. Madeleine Pecora, our youngster’s teacher at the 18-19—Theatre, 8: 30 p.m. ‘Host Inn, Wilkes-Barre. S21 Caspeips p-m. Kingston, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. 28-29—Film Series, Misericordia, 7:30 p.m. “DINNER 5-9 - 675-9639 SUNDAY 12-7 5:00 5:00 Sunday 1 Drums Elementary School, has sent us information on Hazleton Area events. The annual barbershop concert takes place at Hazleton High, Oct. 20. Susie Wass Thompson displays water colors at thew Hazleton Art League from Oct. 20 to Nov. 2. Theatre of the Nine Muses presents ‘‘Never Too Late’ at the Hazleton Art League, Oct. 25, 26 and 27. The Rev. Joseph Ferrara’s Philharmonic Workshop benefits from a Band Sound Oct. 27. Ciro and His Ballet Espagnol appears for the Hazleton Community Concert series at the Hazleton _High School Oct, 30. ‘The ‘Boyfriend’’ will be presented at West Hazleton High School Nov. 15, 16 and 17. The Great Books Society of Greater Hazleton had their meeting at the Hazleton Public Library where they discussed a book of essays by Virginia Woolf: Other inferes- ting books will be discussed in the future. Featured in the barbershop concert will be some well known people--Debora Slusser, first runner-up in the Luzerne County Junior Miss pageant, and Bob Sacco of Radio Station WLSH, Lansford. Bob used to be with WAZL., and has done many commercials seen on our local stations. The show is directed by Robert Brubaker of Hazleton. Keep in mind that we in Northeastern Pennsylvania should be ‘‘one big family’’, and that community divisions keep us from enjoying many pleasures and many friends. Let’s share our cultural heritage and our cultural treasures! 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The show will be held at the Dallas Junior High School auditorium, Nov. 1, at 8 p.m. Interspersed with the best of American-made ready-to-wear fashions, the show will feature the first complete collection of trend-setting fashions from the Orient brought to this country by Hess’ Department Store of Allentown. Fashion designers in Asian countries whose names may soon become as well known as Dior, Valentino, Rudi Gern- reich, Marita, LaMendola, Geoffrey Beene and other fash- ion greats are represented in this international fashion show. These designers, whose fashions are so distinctive and innovative that they are being given to the Fashion Wing of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, include Kansai Yamamoto of Tokyo, Bonnie Wong, Joseph Wong and Phillip Au-Yeung of Hong Kong, Jose Marion of Dallas Store Broken Into The White Appliance and Club, Nov. 1. 2 (J Dallas, was burglarized last weekend, sometime = between 5:30 p.m. Saturday, and noon Monday, when the break-in was discovered, a thief or thieves entered the building through a $2.15 7 U.S.A. $2.15 side door. A quick inventory revealed that a 19” TV set was missing. The side door had been vio- lently broken open. The screws had been knocked out of the lock as a result of the blows. Dallas Borough police chief Ray Titus is investigating, and has called in the Pennsylvania State Police for fingerprinting, and other assistance. OZ ATOR ROR TO lS ® 5 i 0»! Sie OOS o Tirpak Controller cases. kok, and Ann Loo of Singapore. 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