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| Title | Houstonian, 1976 |
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| Date | 1976 |
| Description | This edition of the Houstonian, published by the students of the university in 1976, is the official yearbook of the University of Houston. |
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| Language | English |
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| Original Item Location | LD2281.H745 H6 v. 42 1976 |
| Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b1158762~S11 |
| Digital Collection | Houstonian Yearbook Collection |
| Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/yearb |
| Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
| Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/special-collections |
| Use and Reproduction | In Copyright |
| File Name | index.cpd |
| Title | Campus Life |
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| File Name | yearb_1976_056.jpg |
| Transcript | Department creates unique spring season Life's absurdities, Nazi persecutions and silent worlds were all brilliantly portrayed in the UH Drama Department's three spring productions. Although "Waiting for Godot" was obviously a vehicle for playwright Samuel Beckett's theory that man's purpose is to wait, few of the viewers were sure as to what he was to wait for. Because "Godot" and its absurdist meanings demanded constant attention and mental awareness, some of the student audience left without an awareness of the underlying theme. But those who stayed with the exceedingly long staging were well rewarded with its messages. "The Fall and Rise of Bertolt Brecht" was a satire and criticism by Brecht of Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler's threatening command. Brecht's philosophies were carefully depicted in his songs and skits. Leading in the roles of a villainous, unmerciful slave master in "Godot" and that of Bertolt Brecht himself, UHer Robert Bruce Linn dove into his characters to deliver stunning performances in both. Introducing a new mode in dramatics, UH Drama Department presented "A Piece of Our Mime," a series of quite moving mimetic performances. The seven-man troupe abstractly recreated both comic and tragic real-life situations. Above left Bob Leeds, Fred Greelee, Fran Bag- gett and Mike Nulik in an elevator sketch from the mime show. Far left Cyndi Scarr and Fran Baggett perform the first UH Drama Department mime show, "A Piece of Our Mime." Left Brad Buelterman and Brick Hartney, as Vla- dimir and Estragon, portray two roadside hoboes in "Godot." Drama Productions 63 |