The nationally acclaimed
American Conservatory
Theatre will bring its high
spirited, lusty interpretation
of William Shakespeare’s
“The Taming of the Shrew”
to Theater in America. This
tremendously ‘successful
television adaptation can be
seen Wednesday, January
My at 9:30 p.m. on Public TV

A.C.T. under the direction
of William Ball, originally
performed “The Taming of
The Shrew” at San Fran-
cisco’s Geary Theatre.
Reviewers overwhelmingly
praised the company's
innovative, contemporary
rendering of Shakespeare’s
classic comedy, declaring
thai the production “would
have delighted the
Blizabethans’’ and

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“Taming of the Shrew"

displayed ‘“‘the visceral
impact of a rock concert,”

Their presentation, a two-
hour extravaganza of un-
bridled merriment, tells the
tale of a young man’s

raucous campaign to gain-

the hand of the un-
cooperative woman he has
decided to marry for her
dowry. Petruchio is gustily
played by Mare Singer who
is a graduate of the
Professional Actors
Program at the University
of Washington and a past
performer. at Seattle's
A.C.T.
Theatre. He and the ili-
tempered Katherina, lively
performed by Fredi Olster,
fight the ‘universal’ battle
between the sexes.
William Ball, general

director of A.C.T. has in-

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‘(rebroadcast

corporated elements of

traditional “commedia dell,

’arte”, using a troupe of
clowns dressed with face
masks. A percussion section
at the back of the stage
accents the bread physical
action of the players, The
distinctive style is further
enhanced by Ralph
Funicello’s single set

design, Jeff Engel’s diverse

lighting effects, Robert
Fletcher's  Italian-
Renaissance style costumes
and the powerful music of
Lee  Hoiby. :

This Great Performance
production was produced by
Ken Campbell and directed
by William Ball and Kirk
Browning. Theater’ in

America is a presentation of
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Exxon. Corporation and
member stations of the
Public Broadcasting Ser-
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Its presentation on

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a special grant from Pacific
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The lure of the dolphins

Lure of the Dolphins, a
documentary film focusing
on the mammal that chose
to return to the sea, will be
broadcast Wednesday,
January 12 at & p.m.
Saturday,
January 15 at 6:05 p.m.) on
Public TV 9.

Although the film touches
on the popularity of the
doiphin as an entertainer
with grace, power, beauty
and intelligence, it basically
is a serious study of a

| mammal which has at-

tracted the attention of
civilian and military
scientists.

As Dr. David Taylor,
leading European
veterinarian and dolphin
admirer notes: “There are
two great mountain peaks in
intelligence in the animal
kingdom; man sits on top of
one, and the dolphin sits on
top of the other.”

It has become in-
creasingly important for
human beings to understand

- the dolphin Producer-Writer

Anthony Grey explains:
“Clearly the secrets of this
superb adaptation of a
mammal’s ‘body are
becoming more important

tous as we move towards an’

undersea age in our search
for oil, new food-growing
areas, and new methods of
waging warfare.”

In fact, military research

stations in the U.S. have

at the

been training dolphins and
whales for military tasks for
years and although the
whole subject is cloaked in
secrecy, the most
significant admission to
date -has come from the
Navy, which has released’
for use in the program a
remarkable official film
showing how they suc-
cessfully have trained pilot
and killer. whales for un-
dersea recovery tasks.

The consensus of scien-
tific opinion is that an
animal which can be trained
to jump through hoops or
toss balls back and forth can
be trained to kill. As one

expert remarks, ‘travelling
at speeds exceeding 30 mph
underwater they can cause
a lot of damage.”

However, the dolphin
story may have an unex-
pected ending. Research
now is being conducted
stemming from a long-term
suspicion by two trainers
that their dolphins might be
trying to take control of
them.

Lure of the Dolphins is an
ATV Color Production,
distributed by ITC,
photographed by Charles
Lagus and Jan Morgan. It is
a special Membership Drive
presentation on Public TV 9.

Top actors named

- Nor-
wegian actress Liv Ullman was
named best actress of 1976 by
the National Board of Review of
Motion Pictures on Tuesday for
her performance in the Ingmar
Bergman-directed film Face to
Face. ‘

The board, the first organ-
zation to begin selections of
best actor, actress and films of
the year 57 years ago, named
David Carradine best actor of
1976 for his work in Bound for
Glory. ,

Winning the supporting role
honors were Talia Shire for her
rele in Rocky and Jason Rob-
ards fer his performance in All
the President's Men.

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topped the board's list of the 10
best English-language films of
the year. Others on the List, in
descending order, were; Net-
work, Rocky, The Last Tycoon,

The Seven Per Cent Solution, -

The Front, TheShootist, Family
Plot, Silent Movie, and Obses-

sion.

The board placed the Eric
Rohmer-directed The Marquise
of D on the top of its list of five-
best foreign-language films of
1976. Second was Face to Face,
followed by Smal! Chenge,
Cousin, Cousine, and The Clock-
maker,

Alan Pakula was named best
director for All the President's
Men,