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...Score Nov. 13 at Brown 3-0 Nov. 14 at Yale 7-2 Nov. 20 PRINCETON (ot) 4-3 Nov. 21 ARMY 6-2 Nov. 25 at Dartmouth 3-3 Dec. 4 at Cornell 3-1 Dec. 6 at Colgate 1-4 Dec. 12 DARTMOUTH 6-1 Dec. 27 UI-Chicago* 2-3 Dec. 28 Mn.-Duluth* 3-6 Jan. 2 at Vermont (ot) 3-4 Jan. 3 at RPI 3-4 Jan. 8 ST. LAWRENCE 4-3 Jan. 9 CLARKSON 5-3 Jan. 15 BROWN 5-2 Jan. 17 YALE 8-1 Feb. 1 Boston Univ...
...Ui does have force, treachery and charisma on his side. There is a funny scene in which a Shakespearean actor (Richard Howells) coaches Ui in speech and movement by running him through Marc Antony's speech in Julius Caesar. At first Raphael's imitation of Howells' already exaggerated enunciation and movement makes him look like John Cleese's Minister of Silly Walks. But the walk soon becomes an obscene goosestep, the speech a guttural shout. Raphael must have watched films of old Hitler speeches, because he has der Fuhrer's mannerisms, voice and gestures down pat. He is truly frightening...
There are other allusions to Shakespeare. Besides the glib Marc Antony, Ui is also supposed to remind us, we are told at the beginning, of Richard III. Moreover, the entire play is written in blank verse, with rhymed couplets at the end of each scene...
Many of the performances are good imitations of old gangster film types. Schrag is the little tough guy, like Edward G. Robinson or James Cagney. Hatch is slimy and smooth-talking. Alexander shows Roma's fierce loyalty to Ui, even when Ui betrays him, but he is also believably vengeful when he returns as a ghost to haunt Ui, a la Banquo...
...Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui is a daunting play, more because of its length (two hours and 45 minutes), its large cast of characters, its blank verse and its strange music, rather than its theme. Still, it is worth seeing for its acting. And it proves the old adage: You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word...