HDC Offers Varied Fare with Odets, Saroyan Drama in Sanders Tonight

"Waiting for Lefty," the controversial drama by Clifford Odets suppressed in Boston 12 years ago, and "The Ping Pong Players," by William Saroyan, will open the Harvard Dramatic Club's 1947 winter season at 8:30 o'clock tonight at Sanders Theater.

The first double bill in the HDC's history will be given for two evening performances tonight and Saturday at 8:30 o'clock, and for one matinee on Friday at 3 o'clock. Seats for the matinee will be unreserved, and a first come, first served seating policy will be observed.

The cast of 12 of "Waiting for Lefty," a social drama of the labor movement, includes Theodore P. Allegretti '47, who played the title role in the HDC fall production of "Adam the Creator," Teaching Fellow James A. Walker, Anthony A, Piano '47, Mrs. Helen McCloskey, Miss Ronni Feldman, Ralph P. Katz '48, Michael Kahn '46, Martin Deutsch '49, Arlene Prigoff, Radcliffe '48, Palmer Dixon '50, Robert L. Wechsler '49, and John Mann '49.

"The Ping Pong Players," a light love story written by Saroyan to illustrate the lengths to which people are driven by boredom, will be the HDC's curtain raiser. Allegretti and Miss Frances Coombs, Radcliffe '48, who portray the two main characters in the play, will engage in a ping pong game all through the dialogue. The HDC announced on Tuesday that eight winners of the PBH ping pong tournament have been given tickets to see the play.

Following the three-day run at Sanders Theater, the Club will take the production on a short road tour to Smith and Wellesley.