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Page 10 PHOENIX April 25,1974Redgrave & RoyaiTake on the British MonarchyThe Hollow Crown' at BAM:Wry, Witty, IrreverentBY FRANCES FREEDGOODIn TV parlance, performers engaging principally in discussion, discourse or debate are %u201c talkingheads.%u201dLast week, Sir Michael Redgrave led a Royal Shakespeare Company composed of five %u201ctalking heads,%u201d in %u201c The Hollow Crown,%u201d an %u201c entertainment by and about the Kings and Queens of England; music, poetry, speeches, letters and other writing from the chronicles, from plays, and in the monarchs%u2019 own words. Also music concerning and by them.%u201d The entertainment is the latest round of works in the Brooklyn Academy of Music%u2019s British Theater Season.The Hollow Crown skims lightly across almost a millenium of British history in a swift succession of wry, witty, irreverent, and sometimes remarkably timely comments on the monarchy. The five-person British company was composed, more exactly, of only four \In addition to Michael Redgrave, the company included Sara Kestelman, Paul Hardwick and James Grout -- augmented and abetted by one %u201c singing head,%u201d a sweet-voiced minstrel in the person of Martin Best, who accompanies himself on the guitar or lute, and who is at times backed by the vocal efforts of the entire ensemble.Eschews pomp and pagentry,neither trumpeting calls to glory, nor beating drumrolls of Churchiilian rhetoric. The players lounged - indeed from time to time, they lolled - at their ease in highbacked chairs, informally garbed in open-necked shirts and comfortably casual cardigans. The words they spoke were coolly acerbic; their portraits of Queens and Kings underscored the human far more than the hallowed.The contemporary accounts and voices lend startling immediacy to history. Henry VI1, asking his Ambassador about the charms of the Queen of Naples wanted to know about her demeanor (modest); the shape of her face (fat); and her breasts (full). Jane Seymour, in labor for six days, has %u201c her side pierced.%u201d Dying, she urges the King to marry again, but he protests. He vows that %u201c no, never will he take another wife - only mistresses.%u201d In this rough, rude world, the incumbent Vicar of Bray complacently reviews the succession, comfortably aware that no matter which King occupies the throne of England, the Vicar of Bray will continue in office uninterrupted. The aunt of young E, M. Forster urges him to write to her, and tells him of mad King George III. Fifteen year-old Jane Austen pens a wickedly partisan account of various Henrys and Edwards and assorted other monarchs. Eighteen-year-oldSpanish Restaurant121 A tlantic Ave. 6 2 5 -8 5 3 9Authentic CuisineFrom Spainfeaturing:TAPAS (Spanish Snacks) Served at Bar Sat S, Sun Noon 4 P M OPEN FOR LUNCH A N D DINNER SEVEN DAYSI C abaret%u2019s Wonderful! :%u25a0o%u25a0%u25a0%u25a0%u25a0Va%u2022aea%u2022aa%u2022aea%u2022Mr. Ronny Whyte and Miss Travis Hudson (both piano, vocals) make a very special appearance in our Cabaret, Friday and Saturday, April 26 and 27, 9 to 1. %u201c Stereo Review%u201d voted their record album (%u201c We Like a Gershwin Tune%u201d ) Best-of-the-Month in December, and Rex Reed hailed the album as a taste thrill not to be missed. We%u2019ve heard the album and we%u2019re speechless. But just wait %u2019ti! you hoar them in nerson in our Cabaret!!!By the way, we are the Michel%u2019s Restaurant at 346 Flatbush Avenue, in operation since 1910; and, yes, we still provide very gracious and beautiful banquet facilities, lovely luncheons, delicious dinners and cooling cocktails in our Lounge.Remember, too, there's no cover or minimum in our Cabaret. For information, NE 8-4552.%u25a0 Michel%u2019s%u2022aam9%u25a0%u25a0aa9aaaaaaaaat%u00ab a%u00ab B %u00ab B %u00ab a* a* a%u00ab a%u00ab ai%u00bb aaB * B * B * a* B * B %u00ab aaaaa%u00bb B aa%u00ab n aaaOpening Night at the Academy, with Sir Michael Redgrave and daughter Lynn flanking Evelyn Ortner, president of the Friends of BAM.Victoria on her Coronation Day, noting in her diary that very few Viscounts were in evidence at the ceremony, learns that %u2019Viscount' is not really a terribly British title. The really British titles are Duke and Earl.May there always be an England, with proper Dukes and Earls, and may the Royal Shakespeare Company continue to send us such fine companies as this one is to twit and de-mythologize those proper royal peer.The %u201c Crown%u201d is playing in repertory with %u201c Pleasure and Repentance,%u201d through April 28 at the Academy, 30 Lafayette Avenue. Box office phone is 636-4100.Plymouth Steak& Lobster House78 CLARK STREET(Opp. St. George Hotel)Brooklyn Heights%u2019 OnlyFresh Fish RestaurantLobster Fiown inDaily from MaineSelect Your OwnFrom Our TankCall MA4-5263for ReservationsEstablished 1933Heights Players to DoMusical Oliver'Take 41 exceptionally talented people, a rousing musical score, add an able Director (John Bourne) a giften choreographer (Linda Murphy) a knowledgeable musical director (Andi Stryker-Rodda), inventive sets, clever costumes, lots of dedicated work and you have one heck of a musical%u2014%u201c Oliver%u201d , the next major production of the Heights Players.If you remember your Dickens, Oliver was the chap who asked for more...and we have a feeling you will too..! (Not being a terribly %u201ccoy%u201d bunch, these kids%u2019ll probably respond to a call for More! Morel More! with a few encores!), says a Players spokesman.Ths cast of this new production includes many regulars: Andy Krawitz as Fagin, Karen Richter asSpecializing in Yemenand International CuisineFine Food at Good Prices144 Atlantic Ave.Open Daily lla .m .-llp .m858-7732Nancy, Ed Healy as Sykes, Ken Fuchs as Mr. Brownlee, Billy Howells as Mr. Bumble, Jill Fuchs as the Widow Corney and Bobby Rodriguez as the Artful Dodger. In addition, you%u2019ll meet thirteen year old Jon Fogler, making his Heights Players debut in the title role of Oliver.Since this musical is such a favorite with grown-ups and children, there will be two special children%u2019s matinees at 2:30 p.m. on May 12 and 19. (Children%u2019s tickets are only $1 for these performances!) Evening curtains are at 8:30 p.m. on May 3,4,5 -10, 11, 12 and 17, 18 and 19. 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