The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-10-22
THE NOTEBOOK

We hope that you will enjoy
turning The page o. our notebook
every week. The Notebook. appear
INK ,or The first time . not a so
cisi blue hook hu' series q
weekly chsrs ahou, the rhea'er
books old snd new. music and
ar l, Is our aim 70 encourage me
endeavors ~ local Negroes IN any
~ he. sris although Ne shall not
.ini, ourselves % strictly racial
point ~ view and shall not spare
10 rcd when ne feel hat Grill
al eysluaron viii hs more help
M han psrdering and .alse praise
?. Goldsn Boy
Two Important pays claimed our
af'en.ion las, week The hrs' o'
A~e li'ford Cre's Golden Boy
~ he ass ihestAf Wsss viz ro4s.
Is sc'-d ws;l-moun'ed and frsi,
erred Group Thea proddc.'o'
hs nfs' Ne have had he privilege
az seeing here
IN Golden Boy Ode'- perhaps
~ iros' ar'irrisis p'ayNrigh, Of
ne Ter has again maic,ed me
spl-a ~ ~ EN- nss shown 10
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80 -pfia prder Upon sensitive
,na Ha- sp.fi' ~ hss done 4 ~
rpinsiior however. ana hss NOT
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~ me'hod has oeeu 20 sgb;ie and
oh.iqHe mar ngouo'edly many who
~ ne. r'sy missed VI message
er'irsiy Geid4r Roy no'
: "a PLAY tor ils emphsss j. 100
much apon mere sr'airment
e4' saeqEa'e y y endowed
IN VAIN ,,rrsn humanity
cna Alterations insfy
and .aiof'g ajsiosu- ode's has
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ri -ons fins no~ AMI ne Hol'v-
WOOD nf eDfs SHOWS though
n rte4ls "a the a4gh-linss
\ one Third ~ NATHAN
one Third ~ Nation he
'rtrsr' Fede,@i Thesfs' offering az
no i.sfatef's IL living News
rspe- aAor' hogsirg Interesting
oo'h "a social aacnmer' and 2
reW slnc ~ 'hes'r'csl experience
= f-afes he origin ~ mo housing
?-oh en- h America me history o.
> ms and 80 developments NJ
for netter housing Tor
he rssses AfnoHgh mis- PLAY
aes pc incally with New Works
honsna pfoplem i' is neve iheles<
pertinent 20 ne problem In De-
roi' md has timely significance
nov ma ne Brevstfr and Park
SIDE tois,'. nsec h.en comple'ed
ne l.if'pe News aper is now
q rama'ic 'ohnique re- emily develop
N NJ he American fhesier Brieflv
dos rihed is 4 series ~ drama
'3e episodes and scenes hased upon
49, IA facts and hound Together
pv he commentaries OF All unseen
speaker me VOICE ~ the Living
Ne~spaper There are magma
'ive fouchee throughout and fre-
qnenflt ingenious Invention In
yolv,nE In The Ease of one Third. "
s'yllzed sc'ins an impressioristlc
So and kind OF functional sym
bolism
There arc moments of hitter
beauty and pognance in "One
Third" William Hathcoc / and or
rim Tolliver, negro members ~ Tho
cast have The advantage ~ erene
written with poetic overionas ~n.l
lmsginati,eN presented Hs'hcock
IA me Harlem hooihlack whom
mental and bodily pain lash inio
sfavisiic frenzy confrihuies = dvna-
mic moment physically and emo.
'ionallv living NJ 80 The demands
~ 4 role 'hai is ~ once hrief. dif.
hcul' and memorable. rollivef. who
ls appearing on The sage for the
flrs time. does an adequate iol
hui needs 10 moiiyate his charac
terizaiiou more strongly.
Faulty diction marred Saturda,
afternoons performance. of this
plsy. and INC acting a. whole
lacked hnish and surenees How.
ever The Fedora Thea'er il doins
: memorable production ~ really
stirring pls, and 'hcte 40 50
Many hne moments in IL that the,
more than compensate for tho had
shots One Third ~ NATION il
worthy ~ Your support.
l. tole's Recital
Monday evening we attended Tho
recital Of Joseph ,ole. baritone. in
me Arr institute auditorium. MIR
'ole offered 4 generous progra m
10 an andiencc lameniablv small
an audienee whnse sparseness must
have been discouraginr ~ the sine
or hui which made M for hs small
size hy rs enihusiasm and apprs-
citation.
Mr cole has ba~icslly fine voice
maj IS often suprrbly smooth. re-
Sonani aud glowing. particularly
IN The high aud middle registers
His program Included operstic
arlas. German Iieder songs bv
Colefidge- Taylor Del Riego. and
LA Foree. and Negro spiriiusls
Cesti's Inlorno All'ldol Mo" in