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()\/7 7IE1 ISLEHvQUILLDenuHFreedomOIhioHod Cham pilioII illioms*The Baylor Theatre, n its fi st production of the season, will tonight make .t a:-:. ;al t ntrd .•.••n !• hie university's Conference ; on American Ideals. But Ramsey Yelvington's three-act I he Seeker, the storv of Roger Williams wk • n seeking the truth which lie cautioned must net he sold cheap, founded a great religious denomi-nation and established a bedrock principle of democracy. tin of m in fo w rsi n or ■ t * * w ♦-rightship v\ thout interference by tinstate, is something more than aconference feature.a? labor and worship in a cold, strange land peopled by savages.ttAs the theatre did last yearTiftw:th his N?orv of the Alamo, “ACloud of Witnesses.” it w I offeiFINAL section, in livt set nes and an epilogue, recites Williams founding of Rhode Island,his averting a disastrous warhe Seeker to the public, be- through humane treatment of theginning Monday. And it is safe to Indians, the establishment of theBaptist Church in America lt;thoughpredict that the public, as it didlastseason, w S! accept tin* Yel-vmgton eft rt and accord it athemdeser\’ed and profitable run.thI NI IKE 1HS p. ‘tic drama o' the Alamo. The Seeker” is rotpoetic in form even partly so. but at times there is a poetic flow to h s prose account of a man who is not so well known as he should be. one whose impact on democracy and religion has been of thefihasreligionstrongest sort. It is not a play plays are conventionally constructed Rather.is a series oiepisodes in three natural divisions:\e„ of ideasf!» is no mention of his leaving it a year or so later*, the first of his two visits to England to plead -cause of his colons. during \ wt tii ne meets John Milton, and |3the subsequent granting of a full charter by Charles II to Rhode Island.It is a powerful story, powerfullyits strength augmented by a tieatment which accommo-itself handsomely to its very special atmosphere Mr. ESaker and his cohorts have put all their imagination ard technical sagacity into its development Theall of them, have been fin?imv, taste and telling efstoneespptn the smooth and )\\ of Elizabethan language in the cumulative effects of Direc-cer's fertile, creativeimagination.‘lashwitheeoneasv ifeet.the fandimagmat isetstor PaulHis first act. in which the fivebeing long, col-cloth hangings crossed w ith laths, and a few whitesquares, a suggested house, a docka d benches foi* two gripping trialnsrlt;scenes move swiftly into eachother, without a break and from one stage to another, introduces the vouthful Williams, studious, in*f. - dBg. - *■quisitive and deeply religious, already st’rred to question the right of the King ?o d -*ate m spiritual matters, profoundly impressed by the preachings of the dissenting Borthoi mew Legate and deep moved by the burning of Legate atthe stake.cftnhThe second devoid ofdivision, almostscenes,Olu Culager. as the adult RogerV. ii.ams. has his strongest role inmanv at Bavlor and d'^es muchw*’h it And though there is afreon dous cast, few of the speaking mU s a re minor except in pro-p«• •■fi n to his Among those outstanding are Jane Rogers as his wife Marv Dawn Johnson as his mother. David Martin as Legate.Bob Pearson as Henry Vane, Davis£ #Sikes as the vacillating John Cot-j s and Ivan Rider as John Hum- hwhwt.ina two-growth as re-phrevmovement, is scene exposition of the of Williams to maturity, counted in his own words as he prepares to leave England forPuritan America, and. in conversation hptupfn the liberal JohnSi
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Waco News Tribune
Waco, Texas, US
Thu, Nov 03, 1955
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