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beth’? and Marlowe's

"/“Bidward II, two dark
tragedies which combine:

murder, intrigue, sadism
_ and sexuality, are the first
presentations on Classic
Theatre: The Humanities |n
Drama, returning to Public
eg 9 Mondays at 3 p-m.
inning February.21. —
Of all of Shakespeare's
tragedies, Macbeth” is one
of the richest in ‘super-
stitious theatrical lore — a
tale of witchcraft and
murder set in the dark mists
of Scotland and served up
complete with walking
- nightmares and avenging
ghosts. Eric Porter, star of
the immensely popular

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Forsyte Saga series, creates
a_ chilling portrait of
history's most famous
murderer. Janet Suzman
also stars in this February
21 presentation.

The following week,
February 28 at 9 p.m.,
Classic Theatre presents
“Edward II’ — the story of
a young homosexual king
whose choice of lover led to
wars, intrigue, royal purges
and ultimately to his own
hideous murder at the hands
of a professional sadist.

One of the most stunning
and disturbing plays ever
written, ‘Edward If’ was
also one of the theater’s
most rarely performed
works. But its recent per-

Black Church in’

America

This Far by Faith, an
hour-long film exploring the
evolution of the black
church in America, will be
broadcast
February 22 at 8 p.m. on
Public TV 9.

- This sensitive. mapping of.
provides an ;

black hist

" excellent follow-up to the

recent monomental
television adaptation of Alex
Haley’s ‘‘Roots”.

This Far by Faith follows
the American black church
from its roots on the African
continent, through the
slavery era, Reconstruction
and into the 20th century.

Historical transitions are -

accomplished through a
central narrator (Brock
Peters), who is joined in the
film by such noted black
artists as Roscoe Lee
Browne, Beah Richards,
Glynn Thurman and the
Edwin Hawkins Singers.
Author James Baldwin and
Broadway director Geoffrey
Holder (The Wiz”) are
interviewed.

Production was super-
vised by Peters and
Belkin, based on a concept

-developed by Byron Lewis,
President of Uniworld, co-
producer of the documen-
tary. The film’s objective,
Lewis observed, “is to
illustrate not only how the
black church has served as
the Bedrock of the black
‘community ~ in preserving
‘its strength and heritage
and in producing its leaders
— but also to show how the
church has benefitted the
entire country. :
_ This Far by Faith, which
paints a provocative
illustration of how the black
church has nutured and
fostered Afro-American
cultural traditions, was
made possible by a grant
from the American
Telephone and Telegraph
Company. It was produced
by KCET-Los Angeles in
conjunction. with Uniworld,
New York and The Peterson
Com any, - LA.,
directed by Eric Karson.

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formance. at the Edinburgh
Festival made “Edward IT”
a celebrated event, and
made Ian McKellen a star in
the title role. It is this land-
mark performance which
Classic Theatre presents as
television cameras go right
on stage to capture the
Edinburgh production, as it
was recreated at London’s
Piccadilly theatre.
Although based on actual
events, ‘Edward II’’ is
deeply textured both by
Marlowe's own
homosexuality ‘and by the
violence of the period in
which it was written.
Presented during’ Queen
Elizabeth the First's reign
(when sodomy was a
hanging offense), the play
softens cruelty with com-
assion and __ reflects
lowe's manifesto that
“all they that not love

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