Viking 1965

macbeth Audiences packed the house for all four per- formances as the Portland State players scored a drarnatic triumph with Ma,cbeth. Despite one bitter review everyone agreed that actors, set and costume designers, and director Asher Wilson had outdone them- selves in staging an exciting and first-rate Shakespearean presentation. What made it all the more exciting was the appearance of Arnold Moss, a leading actor with the American Shakespeare festival at Stratford, Conn., and an internationally ac- claimed interpreter of Shakespearean roles. Moss, as the ambitious Macbeth, played his way superbly through witchcraft, blood, murders, and Macbeth's ultimate self-de- struction. The applause was not all for Moss, however. Lady Macbeth's sleep-watking scene, as played by Marcia Wilson, was mas- terful. The applause was also for the performances of Douglas Coleman as Duncan, and for Ralph Zusrnan as Malcolm, Gary Adams as Macduff, Mark Wheeler as Donalbain, Doris Alexander as Lady Macduff, Richard Tracy as Banquo. And for the bewitching trio, I{ancy Drew, Ronna Loewen, and Mary Hale. Adding a new dirnension to the stage was Kermit Shafer's unusual 16-foot high re- volving set. Mary Collins achieved her usual excellence in costumery.