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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria University, Wellington N.Z. Vol. 22, No. 10. September 14, 1959

With or Without Jackets?

With or Without Jackets?

Jacques, played by Simon Hart, wants his fiancee to have three noses, but execrates potatoes in their jackets. The erotic dialogue between him and the tri-nasal Roberta (Margaret Blaylock) is characteristic of the play's emotive content, conveyed by words, meaningless normally, but which derive meaning from their sound and give the audience a phonetic impression of heightened emotions.

Simon Hart, as Jacques, had a small speaking part, but played it well, giving [unclear: good] support to Margaret Blaylock, who [unclear: andled] her part sincerely. Her invita[unclear: ion] to love was particularly well pre[unclear: sented], despite Ionesco's difficult style. [unclear: Producer] Gabriel Prendergast is to be [unclear: congratulated] on his courageous and [unclear: intelligent] production.