‘house of Sholem

Country-wide protests continue to come in toExternal Affairs Minister Howard Green at
Ottawa, condemning the policy of his department which barred the Girls’ Bandurist
Trio of Kiev (above) from coming to Canada under sponsorship of The Ukrainian Cana-
dian newspaper. Editors of the paper have challenged the ruling as “harmful and dis-
criminatory” and called for a review of the decision. The Bandurist Trio has perform-
ed in France, England, Scotland, the People’s .Democracies, Egypt and India.

UJPO Drama Workshop displays
falent in Sholem Aleichem play

Joining in what has become
a great world-wide celebration
marking the 100th anniversary
of the birth of Sholem Aleich-
em, Jewish folk writer and
deep humanist, the Drama
Workshop of the Vancouver
Jewish Peoples Order honored
the occasion with a fine pres-
entation of Tevya and His
Daughters in two performan-
es in the York Theatre over
the past weekend.

One of the most charming
stories from the great treasure
Aleichem’s
dramatic writings on the lives
and struggles of his people in
Old Russia, the story of Tevya

-the milkman, his wife Golde,

their household of beautiful
and marriageable daughters,
and the folks of his commun-
ity, was no small undertaking
for the UJPO drama group.

Nevertheless, and _ despite
many handicaps ‘in staging,
“props”, etc., the UJPO drama
group came back, after nearly
two years of theatre inactiv-
ity with a highly commend-
able performance, heartily ap-
plauded by an _ appreciative
‘audience at both performan-
ces.

While the whole cast in
Tevya and His Daughters de-
serve high praise for their
performance, the heaviest role
was carried by Searle Fried-
man as Tevya, with Sylvia
Friedman as his wife Golde,
both doing a splendid job in
interpreting the homely folk
warmth, humor and humanity
of the immortal Sholem AI-
eichem.

Tim Buck’s
mew tract

A 24-page tract entitled
Peace Through Disarmament,
by Tim Buck will be off the
presses this month.

It will be filled with facts
and arguments to drive home
the need for an all-out united
drive by Canadians on this
central issue. It will be inval-
uable in combatting the dan-
gerously mistaken idea that
disarmament will lead to mass
unemployment.

The tract will sell for five
cents. '

Specal praise is also due
Arleen Jackson as Tevya’s
oldest daughter Tzeitl, to Rick-
ie Zuker as second daughter
Hodel, who follows her newly-
wed revolutionary husband in-
to Siberian exile — an episode
in which the great humanity
and understanding of Tevya is
brilliantly displayed.

Stu Kennedy in the role of
Lazar Wolfe, the well-to-do
community butcher, who
drove a hard bargain with
Tevya for the heart and hand
of daughter Tzeitl (but with-
out success when wife Golde
put her Tevya straight on such
matters) did a fine job.

There were flaws in the ov-
erall presentation, but none to
the discredit of the UJPO
drama group which preserved
the deep social contest, homely
wit and humor, and the close
kinsnip with his people in
their joys and ageless strug-
gles, which characterize the
great works of Sholem Aleich-
em. That abiding essence was
well illustrated in the UJPO
Drama Workshop presentation
of Tevya and His Daughters.

TOM McEWEN

BILL PHILIPOVICH's ™

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RADIO-TV_

Sounds of the City
evokes discussion

Readers of the Pacific rather than the radio station.

Tribune may well have missed
a thoughtful, unusual and
sometimes provocative radio
program which has been on
CKWX at 9:05 p.m. Sundays
for the past two months.

Called Sounds of the City,
this 55-minute .program”™ is
sponsored by the UBC Exten-
sion Department and will con-
tinue until next spring.

It originated in a discussion
held by Alan Thomas (head
of Communications at UBC)
with former CKWX manager,
the late “Tiny” Elphicke, who
agreed to advance a sum of
money for the “creative use”
of radio. A further sum was
added to this from the Koerner
Foundation. The  program’s
policy is determined by a spe-

cial faculty committee at UBC

Under the guidance of pro-
ducer Bill Ballentine, Sounds
of the City has extended into
many facets of city life with
the creative use of tape record-
ing in the field, panels, inter-
views, etc.

Recent subjects have in-
cluded organized charity, com-
mercial radio, Remembrance
Day, children’s ideas about
Santa Claus and teenagers’ ap-
proach to sex.

This coming Sunday, Dec-
ember 6, will be devoted to
civic politics. -

Among contributors to the
series are Barbara Green, Bill
McCarthy, Laurence Nowry,
Alan Thomas and Jack Wass-
erman.

N. E. STORY.

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