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...BEST WAY to see Hali is to go unprepared. Unlike most plays, it works directly on all your senses. The stage juts into the audience. Most of the impact of the drama is not put across through the lines and the plot, but through the beat of the music, the motions of the players, the colors swirling on the stage...
...Hali was written in 1950 by G.V. Desani in India. The drama is set in ancient India, and centers around a sort of demi-god, Hali(Steve Bonsey). The play is derived from a novel, but the tale is not unravelled through dialogue and conventional blocking. Rather, Hali tells his story to the audience with the help of a narrator, and as he talks dancers and players sweep onto the stage and act out many of the adventures around him and with him. The music consists of nothing but a very primitive recorder and a drum, but along with...
...slow, calming atmosphere of ritual and myth pervades the Loeb Ex this weekend. Hali by G.V. Desani, a four character play that is perhaps more like a quiet reading than a show, is the traditional Hindu story of a beautiful nature boy and his representations of family, love, and emotional life. With a voice reminiscent of Kahil Gibran, Desani quiets the emotions and stills the action to bring to the audience that famous peace. Performances are tonight through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee Saturday at 3. Free tickets are available at noon the day before the performance...
Rounding out the highlights for the Crimson were sweeps in the high jump, led by co-captain Mel Embree's 6 ft. 10 in. hop, and the triple jump, in which Hali Kayali paced the event with an effort of 46 ft. 10 1/2 in. Other Crimson first place honors went to Geoffrey Stiles in the pole vault and to the mile relay team...
...fail and I commit Hali-Kali!" sputtered the dragon...