Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1982-1983)

              PURDUE-INDIANA THEATRE
INDIANA UNIVERSITY - PURDUE UNIVERSITY AT FORT WAYNE
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
November 26, 27, December 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 at 8 p.m. 1982
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THE DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE
INDIANA UNIVERSITY-PURDUE UNIVERSITY AT FORT WAYNE
presents a PURDUE-INDIANA THEATRE production of
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Scenery and Lighting Designed by Stuart Sweet, Jr
Costumes Designed by Patricia DeAlteris Sweet
Directed by JEFFREY HUBERMAN
Produced by Special Arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
Cast of Characters IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE
Rosencrantz … James Hodgin
Guildenstern … Ron Bolinger
The Player … Dana N. Charette
Alfred … Eric Archer
Tragedians … John Ade, Max Lydy, Calvin Swangin, John Swinehart
Hamlet … Scott Aurand
Ophelia … Gwen Auld
Claudius … Larry W. Hunter
Gertrude … Tamara Treesh
Polonius … J. Kim Kelly
Horatio … John Ade
Courtiers, Ambassadors, Soldiers and Attendants … Lynne Pouliot, Cassandra Jones, Becky Dorrill, John Swinehart, Calvin Swangin, Max Lydy
There will be two ten-minute intermissions.
The taking of pictures or the sound recording of any portion of this performance without the written permission of the Department of Theatre is prohibited. Smoking, eating, or drinking in the theatre are prohibited.
Production Staff
Stage Manager … Mark F. Nida
Student Technical Directors … Max Lydy Rita D. Neher
Master Carpenters … Calvin Swangin James Hodgin
Master Electrician … Max Lydy
Set Construction … Eric Archer, Gwen Auld, Scott Bernard, Rebecca Dorrill, Tamara Treesh, Parviz Hudda, Dan Kauffman, Tom Stringfellow, Jim Sweetland, Bill Harp, Rick Monroe
Costume Cutter/Construction Head … Mark-Anthony Summers*
Costume Construction … Erica Tobolski, Denise Brandenburg, Mark-Anthony Summers
Lighting Operator … Sharon Seabold
Sound Operator … Bruce Mercer
Properties Master … James Sweetland
Floor Manager … Cassandra Jones
Publicity … Calvin Swangin, J. Kim Kelly
Program/Publicity Layout and Design … Mel Stewart, LRC
Hair Styles Designed by … CRYSTAL OASIS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Coopers Fixery Steve Hollander LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER
*In partial fulfillment of the requirements of Theatre 590.
INDIANA UNIVERSITY -PURDUE UNIVERSITY AT FORT WAYNE
THE DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE
Joseph P. Giusti … Chancellor
Edward A. Nicholson … Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty
John R. Carnaghi … Vice Chancellor for Financial Affairs
James E. Bundschuh … Dean of the School of Science and Humanities
John P. Ulmer … Dean of Student Services
DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE
Jeffrey Huberman … Associate Professor and Chairman
Larry L. Life … Assistant Professor, Acting and Movement
Stuart Sweet, Jr … Assistant Professor, Technical Theatre and Design
Donald Grose … Assistant Professor, Theatre History and Criticism
O. F. Kenworthy … Associate Professor, Theatre History and Management
Patricia D. Sweet … Associate Faculty, Costume Design
Marjorie Siebold … Department Secretary
HAMLET BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
HAMLET, KING OF DENMARK, HAS BEEN MURDERED BY HIS BROTHER, CLAUDIUS, WHO HAS SEDUCED GERTRUDE, THE KING'S WIFE. CLAUDIUS HAS SUPPLANTED ON THE THRONE THE DEAD MAN'S SON--ALSO NAMED HAMLET--AND MARRIED THE WIDOW WITH INDECENT HASTE. YOUNG HAMLET MEETS THE GHOST OF HIS DEAD FATHER, WHO RELATES THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HIS MURDER AND DEMANDS VENGEANCE. HAMLET VOWS OBEDIENCE, AND COUNTERFITS MADNESS TO ESCAPE THE SUSPICION THAT HE IS THREATENING DANGER TO THE KING.
SUMMONED BY CLAUDIUS, ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN (R & G)--TWO FRIENDS OF HAMLET'S FROM UNIVERSITY DAYS--ARRIVE AT COURT TO KEEP AN EYE ON HIS BEHAVIOR AND REPORT BACK TO THE KING. HAMLET REALIZES THAT THEY HAVE COME TO SPY ON HIM AND RUNS VERBAL RINGS AROUND THEM (III, ii).
HIS BEHAVIOR IS ATTRIBUTED TO LOVE FOR OPHELIA (DAUGHTER OF POLONIUS, THE COURT CHAMBERLAIN), WHOM HE HAS PREVIOUSLY COURTED BUT NOW TREATS RUDELY.
R & G REPORT THEIR FAILURE TO MAKE HAMLET EXPLAIN HIMSELF. THEY ADD THAT HE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN CHEERED BY THE ARRIVAL OF A TROUPE OF STROLLING PLAYERS, WHO ARE TO GIVE A PERFORMANCE BEFORE THE COURT (III, ii).
HAMLET TESTS THE GHOST'S STORY BY HAVING A PLAY ACTED BEFORE THE KING REPRODUCING THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE MURDER. THE KING BETRAYS HIMSELF.
AFTER THE PLAY, R & G AGAIN TRY TO PUMP HAMLET. THEY GET NO CHANGE OUT OF HIM. HE LIKENS HIMSELF TO A PIPE ON WHICH THEY ARE VAINLY TRYING TO PLAY (III, ii).
A SCENE FOLLOWS IN WHICH HAMLET VIOLENTLY UPBRAIDS THE QUEEN. THINKING HE HEARS THE KING LISTENING BEHIND THE ARRAS, HE DRAWS HIS SWORD AND KILLS INSTEAD POLONIUS.
CLAUDIUS TELLS R & G ABOUT THE MURDER OF POLONIUS. HE ORDERS THEM TO GET HOLD OF HAMLET AND DISCOVER WHERE HE HAS HIDDEN THE BODY (IV, i). THEY QUESTION HAMLET AND DISCOVER NOTHING. HE DESCRIBES THEM AS THE KING'S SPONGES, AND WHEN THEY TRY TO DETAIN HIM, ESCAPES WITH CONTEMPTUOUS EASE (IV, ii).
THE KING NOW DETERMINES TO DESTROY HAMLET. HE SENDS HIM ON A MISSION TO ENGLAND, WITH THE INTENT OF HAVING HIM KILLED THERE.
R & G, WHO HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO ACCOMPANY HAMLET ON HIS VOYAGE TO ENGLAND, ESCORT HIM TO THE SHIP (IV,iv) THEY BEAR WITH THEM A LETTER FROM CLAUDIUS TO THE ENGLISH KING. UNKNOWN TO THEM, IT CONTAINS INSTRUCTIONS THAT HAMLET BE EXECUTED IMMEDIATELY ON HIS ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND.
Continued
ON THE EXPLOSION OF QUASARS*
PLAYER: It costs little to watch, and little more if you happen to get caught up in the action, if that's your taste and times being what they are.
ROSENCRANTZ: What are they?
PLAYER: Indifferent.
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*The most powerful energy sources in the universe.
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BUT PIRATES CAPTURE HAMLET AT SEA AND SEND HIM BACK TO DENMARK. HE ARRIVES TO FIND THAT OPHELIA, CRAZED BY GRIEF, HAS PERISHED BY DROWNING. HER BROTHER, LAERTES, HAS HURRIED HOME FROM PARIS TO TAKE VENGEANCE FOR THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER.
HAMLET REVEALS TO HIS CONFIDANT, HORATIO, THAT HE STOLE CLAUDIUS' LETTER DURING THE VOYAGE TO LONDON, WHILE R & G WERE ASLEEP AND REPLACED IT WITH ANOTHER, COMMANDING THE ENGLISH KING TO PUT R & G TO DEATH AS
SOON AS THEY DELIVER IT (V, ii).
THE KING CONTRIVES A FENCING MATCH BETWEEN HAMLET AND LAERTES, IN WHICH THE LATTER USES A POISONED SWORD AND KILLS HAMLET, BUT NOT BEFORE HAMLET HAS MORTALLY WOUNDED LAERTES AND STABBED THE KING WHILE GERTRUDE HAS DRUNK A POISON CUP INTENDED FOR HER SON. IN HIS DYING WORDS, HAMLET CHOSES FORTINBRAS, A MILITANT YOUNG NORWEGIAN AS HIS SUCCESSOR.
AMBASSADORS FROM ENGLAND BRING WORD THAT THE ORDER CONTAINED IN HAMLET'S LETTER (WHICH THEY ASSUME TO HAVE COME FROM CLAUDIUS) HAS BEEN DULY CARRIED OUT, AND THAT "ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD (V, ii).
A BRIEF HISTORY OF PIT
It all began nearly 20 years ago. Small theatre programs were operated on the academic level by both Purdue and Indiana, yet neither program could mount a major production due to its size and the lack of a performance facility. In 1964, the faculty (1 in each program) decided to produce jointly the first play at the new regional-campus setting, and PURDUE-INDIANA THEATRE was born. The first production that October was Moliere's The Imaginary Invalid. The play was rehearsed in the space where you are now sitting, but because the wiring for the new light board and the stage and audience risers were not yet installed, the production itself took place in the Kettler Hall student lounge, currently the area occupied on the first floor by Academic Services. The next year, Pit was fully functional in its new home, and a full season of four plays was offered. The four-play season became standard in the late 1960's, and was supplemented by two other productions, one each from the graduate touring companies of IU, Bloomington, and Purdue, West Lafayette. By 1970, the professional level of PIT was such that the faculty (then numbering 3 and in a single department) dropped the parent campus support and accented more student productions. In 1972, summer theatre was added to PIT's schedule, thus creating a year-long operation. Throughout the 1970's, PIT's professionalism contiued to grow, perhaps most clearly recognized by its selection as winner of two American College Theatre Festivals, with Dames at Sea in 1973 and Hair in 1976, as well as its selection as national alternate in 1975 and as regional winner in 1980. By the late 1970's, PIT's philosophy and scope were set: To offer year-'round, high-quality productions that would serve as excellent training for the students and would be a complement to, not a duplication of, other plays and production methods seen in the Fort Wayne area. As our twentieth year approaches, PIT is proud to have had its part in the cultural life of the campus and the community. by O. Franklin Kenworthy
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FOR OUR 1982-83 SEASON OF EXCITING THEATRE PIT PRESENTS
AN INNOVATIVE DANCE-DRAMA SPECTACULAR DARK OF THE MOON October 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23
Tony Award Winner Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead November 26, 27, December 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11
a spellbinding one-man show CLARENCE DARROW february 17, 18, 19, 20
The RAZZLE-DAZZLE Bob Fosse Musical Chicago March 25, 26, 31 April 1, 2, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23
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