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TnE MONTREAL STAR MONDAY JUNE 1 1171 15 Entertainments i Humor original personalised i Cong force slips Saigon ring Jest Society spoofs anything Thailand volunteer troops will join Cambodia fighting comedian the jesters relied on their ability to create characters to make the evening satisfying and relaxing And they had to because there was no songs dances sets or costumes The cast of five male and one female comedians had a tremendous easy going attitude on stage never taking themselves too seriously but always delivering the goods with precision I would go and sec Don Scanlan anywhere with his sensuous voice and Ms warm characters that he creates on All the scripts for the eve-nlng are Improvised and much of the charm of the evening comes from the ra sourceftdness of the actors who venture to ask the audi- ence for themes to improvise on The line is pauses and the lack of a strong sense of direction caused by the not-yetdown-pst improvised material stood out as flaws These will undoubtably be rectified by the next performance Since there were no spontaneous belly laughs sod no performer was a superb Gem potpourri dismissed music to strangle audience men -Conduct joint air reconnaissance along the common border with Cambodia These moves were announced Thursday by the interior i 1 and army chief Gen Praphas Charusa-thien when he returned to Bangkok at the head of a Thai delegation to Phnom Penh Informed sources today said thq gunboats manned by Thai sailors would move to Cambodia early this month Air reconnaissance along the land and coastal border was expected to start in a few days Thanom said Thailand also has agreed to train non-commissioned officers for the Cambodian armed forces The prime minister conceded there was some opposition to sending troops into Cambodia but said the majority of Thais were in favor of the move Thanom emphasized that Thailand was raising the volunteer force st the request of the Cambodian government but added that it was better for Thailand to fight the enemy away from home Veng 35 miles west of Kra-sang i ACambodlan military spokesman said the Viet Cong mortared the provincial capital of Kompong Thom SO miles north of Phnom Penh and controlled portions of the highway of Angkor Wat north of Baray 55 miles north of Phnom Penh In South Vietnam US officers were trying to find out how the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese force that occupied part of the provincial capital of Dalat 160 miles northeast of Saigon escaped Saturday night even though hundreds of South Vietnamese troops were supposed to have encircled the North Vietnamese positions In Saigon 500 Buddhist monks and nuns began a 48-hour hunger strike for peace in the An Quang Buddhist Pagoda headquarters of a militant Buddhist faction One of the monks cut his wrist and wrote a letter in blood to president Nguyen Van Thieu demanding an end to genocidal The Soviet ambassador to Cambodia has left for Moscow an embassy spokesman said for his routine annual vacation and would return to the Cambodian capital in six or right time Diplomatic observers here believe the Soviet Union wants to retain its standing in Phnom Penh as a foothold in an Asian country which no longer has diplomatic ties with Peking rather than wait for him to arrive at one's He said the volunteers would serve in Phnom Penh and the provincial capitals of Scam Reap Battambang and Kompong Cham thus releasing Cambodian troops to fight the enemy in other areas Thanom said the Thai gov- eminent would call for the volunteers as soon as possible The announcement came as martial law went into effect today in Cambodia amid signs that the government bf Gen Lon Nol was beginning to crack down on its critics Troops and police are already searching homes without warning or warrants and military patrols are enforcing a nightly curfew Diplomats said the chief effect of the proclamation was to formalize what is already being done and to warn critics to keep quiet In the i i United States artillerymen lined up 20 big howitzers and fired more than 2000 shells into a suspected North Vietnamese staging area across the Cambodia border yesterday in (me of the biggest artillery attacks of the Vietnam war must have looked like the Russian front in the Second World one US officer said of the five-hour attack made from a reopened firebasein War Zone about 70 miles northwest of Saigon The artillery attack coincided with a new operation launched inside Cambodia by South Vietnamese forces near the provincial capital of Prey Montreal mime Claude St Denis opened the potpourri He was followed by a pianist who entered from the audience Dressed in red blue and white striped pants and gneakers the man KemeA to for the first time However he managed to coax some passionately atonal sounds and disturbing rhythms from an obviously tired battered piano A long recording then took over It consisted of elec-tronlc music that most closely resembled music to strangle an audience by Many of the less than a hundred spectators apparently got the same message for they fled long before the selection finally expired There were more goodies but to get back to Claude St Denis He chose a most interesting selection sans parole" by Samuel Beckett KARPIN bridge KARPIN stands out as an excellent play- (C)1970 Newsday Inc Directory By GUY SPRUNG When the summer heat and humidity have softened your bones do you suffer from an cial night dub packages inability to get up and face1 the week on Monday mornings? If so 1 would prescribe a dose of the titillating pin-pricking humor which Martin Jest Society Company provides at the Revue Theatre on Sunday evenings 1 smooth the proclaims and light the skits were in material smooth in delivery and enjoyable a to aotne very talented acting Much of the humor is delightfully original The company seems well on it way to a i its own personal style while attempting to squeeze out the sterile punchline 'blackout commer-When they succeed they create an honest pace with the i emphatis on the warmblooded human feeling rather than cold-blooded lines Material such as the silent movie spoof the take-off of i the Montreal Star radio ad or the dance duets were invigorating and new When they did fall back on the more common TV quiz shows (Front Page Pollution) or 1 the pilots speaking to their passengers or the patient in the office they introduced a new twist on an old -feeling for the irrational If the skits did not stand on -their own (which was rare) the group tried the old ruse a punchline recipe (Middle American Airway Obscene Phone Call) but they were -unable to come up with knock-outs Whether it was 'the timing of the line the lights or their inability to be I know TONIGHT AT 7:45 SUNDAYS AT 2: 00 PJL (no ness Thursdays) Bonnets 4 ADDITIONAL PERFOREURGES tHURSw FRIp SAL till PM JULY 1 10 11 JMTINEEl SUN JULY It IlM mm SINGERS UNGERS AND MUSICIANS! 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Perhaps for those of us who are also prone to midweek doldrums they might see fit to perform more than jest once a week Beckett composed it in 1930 I was told that it was the only such work Beckett ever wrote and that it was being done for the first time to America The Character of the old man tired out and defeated by life closely resembles those later creations which made Beckett famous the Malloy of his novels and Lucky in for Mr St Denis is to be congratulated for bringing the piece to public attention He does not though evoke more than the outline of the character What he portrays in silent movement and gesture is no more than a sketch for a finished interpretation He postures rather than articulates the role This piece was postponed from an earlier drawing on the grounds that it was not ready It still last night 2:20 Alice's Reatau- IPS Tuesday 9:35 PALME A NuaAt The Cress- rend: 8:40 11:45 2:55 Nemenai-La Mart On VH: 12:8 4:20 7:8 Duel Dane La PecfflaMi 2:25 5:55 9:25 PARISIEN L'lidtiatlen: 10:00 dWBlWBns- Kite Me Qukfcl LaashUr In lha gUBSrftustt SAINT DENIS Deux Femmes sa 'TM two UH Sweat Charity: 2:33 7:00 Sun from the thou mXTL 1:00 7:8 9:45 VERDI SL- VERSAILLES (Blee I OMd WESTMOUNT Leytas: 12:45 2:8 Festival: Sun Frl: 1:8 5:45: Sat 12:00 Israel told the Arabs He said Israel's minimal demands should include an end to the state of war United Nations mediation on the Israeli-occupied territories unification of Jerusalem freedom of shipping in the Suez canal and the Gulf of Aqaba and an arms-limita-tion agreement Goldmann said the present coalition government in Israel get together on such a list and suggested elections to install a more unified government After a peace settlement Goldmann said Israel should become a neutral nation with its neutrality guaranteed by the great powers Salle Bonaventure The Queen Elizabeth BANGKOK Thailand Thailand will send volunteer 1 i to defend Phnom Penh foom attack and to enable Cambodian troops to go into action against Communist forces Prime Minister a Kittikachorn said today The premier's announcement to reporters follows the resumption of diplomatic relations between Phnom Penh and Bangkok May 13 and a Cambodian request for military aid The Thai volunteers will be trained in battalion-size groups over a period of eight weeks Thanom said Unlike 12000 Thai troops in South Vietnam financed by Bangkok the volunteers will be equipped armed and paid by the Cambodian government Thanom did not say how many men to be chosen from among army reservists and Thai citizens of Cambodian origin would be sent Thailand has already announced that it will: -Send 20 gunboats to take part in anti-Communist patrols along the Mekong River uniforms and other equipment for 50000 The deal diagrammed today features a gorgeous safety-play by our South declarer Sitting South was Victor Mbllo of London England Moilo is not only one of Europe's finest bridge writers but he is also one of that continent's great players Boik aidea vulnerable South deals NORTH 752 9654 OAQ962 J3 VEST 43 9 9 7 2 0843 10 7 SOUTH AKQ6 9AK83 0KJ10 34 Tke bidding: Soalk Teat North 1 Paao 1 NT 3 Paao 3 4 Paaa Paaa EAST 10 9 8 9 10 075 A96 5 2 Eaat Paaa Pi Paaa Opening lend: King of Both rides vulnerable South deals After the king of clubs had qaptured trick one West continued with the seven of dubs ace winring East then shifted to the jack of hearts Moilo taking the trick with his ace The unthinking play at this point would be to cash the ace of trumps and then follow up by leading the king and queen If the six outstanding trumps are divided 3-3 then declarer will make the rest of the tricks (his two losing hearts bring discarded on fourth and fifth diamonds) Had Moilo chased his three top frumps East would now possess the high jack of trumps And if declarer next cashed diamonds East would niff the third lead of that suit South would now be compelled to lose two heart tricks and Jiis contract But Moilo knew that the six outstanding trumps figure to be divided 3-3 And be certainly was not going to jeopardize his contract in order to fry for an overtrick And so to guard against the expected 4-2 division of the six sdverseiy held trumps at trick four Moilo led the six of spade away from his A-K-Q4I East won this trick with his eight-spot East was now powerless to prevent South from fulfilling Ms contract If he returned a club dummy would ruff it ace king and queen of trumps would then gather In the outstanding pieces And if Instead East played back a heart (as he actually did) South would win it with his king Once again 'trumps would be drawn after which South would clqim Ms contract In retrospect and removed from the table Moilo did nothing extraordinary in playing the hand as he did But at the table in actual combat Ms a -p I a on By FRED By LAWRENCE SABBATH AS already reported on by others some mighty strange things have been going on all week at the Gesh in connection with the la MUDnifaaA7h Me (In fierman) 130 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DANCERS FAST! FANTASTIC! FABULOUS! Company of 100 Symphony orchestra Jobs II II 20 21 2324 25 1:30 p8 astiRM: SaziaH 21 2:30 ML IVIV: sv sv Sr $vs MATlSltVSMSVSr THn aa lata Place dar Arts CCA 1IH Shan Me OaianaaS CHAAOiX Id Antra had NC AnCadwriaa Make Pdd laasaaed MrM MaHn CakM Npetalia Aden NalahiSItaa Met Hrihiaa I aea lI Nalj ChadaSaSb fill I few IHD I Itaara Adaadc9aratl ItM bead Wa Na Nir laaaar SA ftdarOa Nadia Na kanl Hap Caaka Sr Nnal Rase rvaftens at CCA 932-21T1 Ml Me Im lee Pne Ml 8 EhN FmO Ml dMMMMa I mb ftNeet faHWA Semalne popu aire de mu- sique qudbdcoise contempo- rame The final show last night was no exception Proceedings resembled the singie-sheet program which was so blurred that you make anything out Maybe the producer was smarter in this respect Sum he has been given credit for Hie idea of a musical bouillabaisse is an intriguing one provided the chef has feeling and taste for all the tilings put in and that the whole is finally edible But to end up with a concoction that looks as though it were wMpped together by Lucille Ball in one of her wilder Lucy moments well a bit much Theatre (NSlMAs'fMOUNT SOUARI (Lane Claeeta) Petita! can: 1:00 1:10 7:8 9:8 Cinema Msnieuo: 1:15 1:15 The Adventurers: 1:20 4:8 1:8 CINEMA 2 ntheriy Loire: 1:05 m7 7:20 RLYSi Salle McLaren) :8 Baiy Rider: SEE (Rlseniteln Hall): 7:8 0:45 (RlMMtaia Haiti La lamps de vtvrs: 7:8 9:45 PRANCAIS Heneymeen Killers: BRANADA Ramonas-Le Mart oc Vif: 1:55 4:8 9:45 DuS Dans La I Law Sff'iWfcSNU and Allen: 10:20712:25 1:45 7:8 1272k 4:25 OHIO (2): Ban Her: 12:8 4:15 1:01 LOEWS A Man CiBed Hene: Moik-Sat tram 7:8: Sun tram Talk peace inn WASHINGTON President of the World Jewish Congress Nahum Goldman) said yesterday the Israeli government should be more flexible in seeking peace with the Arabs and should formulate minimal demands so friends can know how far they can go in support Goldmann 75 said he ia convinced the Soviet Union wants a political settlement in the Middle East and that he thinks there is a chance the Arabs will go along Goldmann frequently a odda with Israeli political leaders said on a television program that Israel should not Insist oh direct talks with Hig tells of most memorable rescue Starting tonight! Chanteuse Daniele Dorice The scene: a local dog show While awaiting her award' for gallantry above and beyond the call of duty Big Bertha the St Bernard was reminiscing with her canine pals Pepi a prize-winning Chihuahua end lifelong admirer of the canine queen said "You must remember many rescues Big which one was the most exciting?" Bertha looked down at the little fellow thought for a few moments then growled "The most exciting one of all was when Star Action Ads came to my rescue" Suddenly all ears pointed sharply Big Bertha was not in the habit of passing out accolades freely especially to someone outside the canine world She went on "It was back in J65 I'd ust had a handsome litter of pups and was concerned about finding homes for them My master ran a Classified Action Ad in The Star's Pets For Sale column That ad saved the day We found good homes for every one of my pups" The wagging tails told the story Big Bertha had obviously delighted her audience with her Classified Action Ad success story Bow-WOWI The Star's Classified Action Ad offer a wide selection of pets every day If you're looking for a pet turn to the Pets For Sale column And if you have an animal to sell sell it quickly with your own Action Ad Just phone 842-7131 to reach more prospects faster and save time and money Appearing until June 13th along with Nick Martin's orchestra for dancing No entertainment charge Monday through Friday Saturdays only $4-00 Call 861-3511 for your reservations THE MONTREAL SFAR foi-.