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Page 6 PHOENIX January 3,1974British Season Opens at BAMRoyal Shakespeare Beginning with Richard II'The British Theatre Season at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the first such theatrical endeavor of its kind on the part of any performing arts institution in the United States, will open with a benefit performance of %u201cRichard 11,%u201d by the Royal Shakespeare Company, Jan. 9. The thetre event will be preceded by a buffet-reception. The performance will benefit the Academy%u2019s Perform ing Arts Program.The Earl of Cromer, the British Ambassador to the United States, Sir Donald Maitland, the British Ambassador to the United Nations, John Ford, C.B.E., the British Consul General in New York, form er Governor Nelson Rockefeller, Honorable Walter Annenberg, Honorable John V. Lindsay and Honorable Abraham D Beame are Honorary CoChairmen.The production of %u201cRichard 11%u201d has been hailed by London critics as %u201c stunning,%u201d %u201c brillian,%u201d %u201cfascinating,%u201d %u201cone of the Royal Shakespeare's greatest triumphs%u201d and the performances of Richard Pasco and Ian Richardson who alternate as Richard and Bolingbroke. as well as the direction of John Barton, have been reported in unanimous superlatives.In addition to the Royal Shakespeare Company presentation. the three-month British Theatre Season will include performances by the Actors Company and the Young Vic. In another unusual collaboration on the part of the Academy, many members ofthe Royal Shakespeare Company will participate in seminars and informal workshops at Brooklyn College in an international symposium coordinated by Sir Rudolf Bing.The production, directed by John Barton and featuring the full Stratford RSC, has played to capacity audiences this season at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Britain. Unique %u2014 and central to Barton%u2019s interpretation of the play %u2014 is the alternation of actors Richard Pasco and Ian Richardson in the roles of rivals, Richard and Bolingbroke. There is a long history of role-sharing in Shakespeare, dating back at least as far as 1854 when a London playbill announced the doubling of Othello and lago; however, this will be the first time alternation has been used in a production of %u201cRichard 11%u201d .The opening night performance will feature lan Richardson as Richard. In addition to portraying roles in over 30 RSC productions, including Marat in Weiss%u2019 %u201cMaratSade\tensively on British television. Richard Pasco (Bolingbroke for the opening night performance) is also well known to British theatre and television audiences, appearing in RSC productions ranging from W ebster%u2019s %u201c The Dutchess of Malfi%u201d, to Shaw%u2019s %u201cMajor Barbara%u201d.Director John Barton has devised some of the RSC%u2019s most noted anthology productions, including %u201c The Hollow Crown%u201d (opening here in April as part of the BAM British Theatre Season).REACHOUT...EVENING AND WEEKEND NON-CREDIT CLASSES BEGINNING JANUARY 30th.GED INSTITUTEMathematics Social Studies EnglishCOLLEGE PREPARATORYCommunication Skills Reading Comprehension Foundations fo rScience College Math$50-per course $90-per courseBUSINESS SKILLSPersonnel Skills $60 IBM Key Punch $75Accounting $65 Intro-DataTyping $85 Processing $75Stenography $85 Income Tax $60SPECIAL INTERESTSSpeed Reading $65 Accent Improvement $90Photography $65 Creative Writing $85Guitar $85 English as 2nd Lang. $90Yoga $30 Radio Broadcasting $65Living Spanish $60 Beginning Tennis $30Modern Dance $30 Elementary Karate $50Skiing $30 Drawing & Painting $80FOR DETAILS. 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STATE, ZIP ________________ ____________Tony Church as John of Gaunt inRichard II\He has also directed many RSC productions including %u201c The Tempest%u201d , %u201cTwelfth Night%u201d , and %u201cWhen Thou Art King.%u201dIn addition to %u201cRichard II%u201d thePlymouth Steak& Lobster House78 CLARK STREET(Opp. St. George Hotel)Brooklyn Heights%u2019 OnlyFresh Fish RestaurantLobster Flown in Daily from MaineSelect Your Own From Our TankCall MA4-5263for ReservationsEstablished 1933RSC will also present (opening January 15 at 8:30 pm) %u201cSylvia Plath%u201d , a dramatization of Plath%u2019s works including her one act play %u201cThree Women.%u201d Also upcoming are %u201cThe Hollow Crown%u201d and %u201cPleasure and Repentance%u201d, two noted RSC anthology productions (opening in April). The BritishTheatre Season will also feature three plays by the Actors Com pany, as well as three productions by the Young Vic.Tickets for all productions art) available at the BAM Box Office, 30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn. N.Y. 11217, A&S, Bloomingdalesl and Ticketron. Prices range fronl $8.50 to $3.50 depending upon production and date selected! Special discounts are available foj groups and benefits.Chairpersons for the Brooklyi Academy British Theatre benefi are Barbaralee Diamonstein am Richard C. Sachs. Co-Chairperson; are Alexander H. Cohen, John T DePalma, Mrs. Henry Epstein Andrew M. Hay, C.B.E., Paul A Lepercq, David Picker, Richard son Pratt, Jr., Major Max L Shulman and Allan R. Tessler.The Benefit Committee include; Princess Luciana Pignatell Avedon, Sybil Christopher Honorable Richard M. Clurman Aaron Copland, Joan Crawford Joan Fontaine, Lukas Foss, Ritil Gam, Mr. and Mrs. David Gibbs Brenden Gill, Paulette Goddard Joseph Heller, Jules Irving, Annt Jackson, Honorable Jacob K Javits, Glynis Johns, Jaspei Johns, Alfred Kazin, Louis Nevelson, Estelle Parsons Eleanor Perry, Richard Rodgers Eli Wallach and others.Tickets for the opening nigh benefit performance are priced a $100, $50, $25, and $10. The $100 am the $50 tickets include the dinne preceding the performance. Th buffet-reception commences a 7:00 p.m.; the curtain rises at 8:3 p.m.C ancer N ursing 70 s 1A special conference entitlec %u201cCancer Nursing in the %u201970%u2019s%u201d wil be held at The Methodist Hospita Wed., Jan. 16, from 9 a.m. to %u2018p.m., sponsored by The Methodis Hospital and Brooklyn Unit American Cancer Society, ir cooperation with the Visiting Nurse Association of Brooklyn anc Nursing Sisters%u2019 Home Visiting Service.John M. 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