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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1978-08-10, Page 22, THE HURON EXPOSITOR, AUGUST 1978 Actot is in Canada 1)0cctue. there's more work 'here Terence. Durrant Iii SEAFORTH - AYR - CAMBRIDGE Iii NOW! a Complete 2 Year Warranty This IH Warranty covers every part on -the 86 series for a full 2 years or 1500 hrs.. , whichever comes first. __:-NO--0T-HER WARRANTY EVEN .CO-M-ESCLOSE!• • FIX YOUR COSTS . with a Tractor Service Policy Available on IH Tractors covering all normal wear and tear repairs (not normally covered by warranty). This includes clutches, brakes, lights, etc. Take advantage of this policy in planning your tractor repair costs. Pay only your daily maintenance: e.g. on a 105 h.o. Tractor 1986), 2 Year Coverage $272, --ALSO EXUNDABLE FOR A Ord YEAR— We are one of the few IH " CERTIFIED.' Dealers that can make you this offer. 40SEAFORTH 5.27-0120 di ARNOLD J. 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Sheer economics was one reason Tereance Durrant, who plays Tiger Dunlop in the Blyth.. Festival's production of The Huron Tiger moved to Canada from his native England. But eVEri making the move to greener pastures here, hasn't exactly made .the actor a wealthy man. Durrant 'said, "The.only actors 'maki ng anything like _ decent money are those people working consistently in TV or radio commercials." Durrant considers an annual salary of $20,00,0 very good for an actor in Canada and said most are making $10,000 a year or less. Freedom But money wasn't the trnajor consider- ation in Purrant's decision to pursue acting as acareer. "I like being an actor--I not only like the work but also the freedom it gives me," he said. • Durrant and other members of the Blyth company are spending the summer in a beautiful old brick farmhouse on first concession north of town, where they're Sampling same of the joys of country living. Before coming to. Blyth at the request of artistic director. :James Roy, Durrant had spent part of last -year on the west coast. While some might find the instability ,of an actor's life disconcerting, Durrant. said, "1 enjoy the mobility and social intercourse and the mental stimulation," One problem Durrant has found in making the move to Canada is that many Canadian directOrs won't hire him since they're concerned about his English accent. This has proved paticularly true in the Canadian movie industry, where British actors tend to be hired only if they're already estaT3'lishecr stars. But Durrant has already had a taste of the Canadian movie industry when he appeared in Leopard In The Snow, an Anglo-Canadian production starring Keir Dullea, and Alien Encounters, with Christopher Lee and Robert Vaughan. First Movie Although working in, the first • movie, made in Collingwood and northern England, was a pleasant eXperience, Durrant doesn't mince words about Alien Encounters, a science fiction picture eventually released under another name. Encounter was a movie "with a bad script, badly handled by a bad director" and "made by a group a amateurs," 'Durrant's work in Canadian theatres has tended to be more in regional theatres across the eJuntry rather than on the Toronto 'stage, although for a time he ran his own Toronto Repertoire Theatre in the city. When -James Roy invited Durrant to tackle the role of the fiery Scot Tiger Dunlop, the first thing the actor did was to bone up on the period of Canadian history covered in the play. Durrant started his research by reading a general, history on the growth o,f Upper Canada and then turned to The Tiger of Upper Canada by Graham, the book, which formed the > basis for playwright Peter Colley's research on Dunlop. From the biography of Dunlop, the actor progressed to a ,collection of the fiery Scotsman's own writings and letters, including a collection Dunlop wrote while serving as a medical officer in the War of 181.2. Useful Durrant found his research useful, since the play was still being re-written during rehearsals and the actor waSable to provide Colley 'with a number of Dunlop quotes he =didn't have. g+.• Although Durrant had to master a Scottish accent for his part, he said he tried to' find a balance between an accent that would be accurate for the character and one which would be intelligible for the audience. The opening night of The Huron Tiger isn't one which the actor is likely to forget. With warm temperatures, the lack of air conditioning in the theatre and swathed in yards of Scotch plaid; Durrant said he was "soaked", by the end of his performance. The Huron Tiger, the festival's opening production, has won consistently good reviews from the critics. The second role Durrant is tackling this summer is in the play Gwendoline, a drama about an eccentric woman who liv'es in a small Ontario town in 1907. In Gwendoline, Durrant has-a chance to play a Canadian character - the middle- aged, stout Pork Easton, a lonely man who runs the towns dry goods store. Durrant said, "James (Roy) has trusted me enough as an actor to say you can do a Canadian accent." Deserted. In the play, Pork, deserted by his wife the Bayfield Cemetery. Donoations to the Goshen Unied Church or charities of your choice gratefully, ac- cepted. The pallbearers were her 6 grandsons and the flower bearers were her 6 grand- daughters. She was a member of the Goshen United Church - and the U.C.W. years before, is the only character in the town of 'Kingsforks who supports Gwendoline in her right to a life of her own. Durrant said, the play, which deals, with serious human passions and contains some explicit language, may cause some adverse reactions from audience members who expect a play full of laughs. But the actor has been pleased with the reaction to Duhuron Tiger and said Blyth patrons make- up • "one of the nicest audiences I have ever encountered.." The actor said while they may not be as sophisticated in the sense of a theatre audience and tend to take things on a more open level, "they're just as critical as anyone else." In Toronto, where audiences are more sophisticated, Durrant said they tend to challenge actors with "okay, come and entertain me!" Although Durrant feels some of Canada's best theatre is being produced by smaller companies like Theatre Passe Muraille and the Tarragon. Theatre, he • admits he would like to work at Stratford eventually partly because it's the only Canadian theatre doing a consistently classic repertoire. The actor said he hasn't worked in a Shakespearean play since coming to , Canada and he feels classical plays have an important role in ' our culture. Unfortunately, most regional theatres just don't have the. budget to hire and costume the large cast required in, classical • productions. When Durrant first came to Canada for a visit in 1967, he said Toronto was still full of men in two-piece suits and ties, and there was little theatre but the O'Keefe Centre--"an artistic wilderness. Today, theatre is much healthier--a fact indicated by 'the number of new theatres which have started in western Ontario alone and Terence Durrant is one actor who welcomes the growth of homegrown theatre. (Contit ed from Page 1 .) Arthur Anders() would attend a two-cloy municipal finances seminar in London September 28-29. Drain Loans Five tile drain loans amounting to $35,100 were approved; Passed for payment were road accounts of $75,514.53 and general accounts of 353,348.05. Road superintendent William Campbell received an award for successfully com- pleting a three-day course at the C.S. Anderson road school at University of Guelph last May. Petition Council accepted a petition for repair or improvement of the Nash Municipal drain (A-drain), subject to approval of the Ausable:Bayfield Conservation Authority. Following many Complaints council repealed the by-Jaw calling for a 10 foot enclosure to 'be built around* open liquid Every time there's an International Plowing Match in ,an area, there's a home improvement contest to coin- cide with the match. Betty Stafford, secretary of the Huron County Federation of Aericul ure's farm and home improvement commit- tee said the idea is to adorn the area for the thousands of plowing match visitors. This year, the contest to spruce up farm and urban homes in Huron County has drawn 139 entries, includine four from McKillop Township and 'line from Tuckersmith Township. Grey Township has the most entries in Hilron — 17. Unfortuately, the response from Urban home owners has been poor, and Mrs. Stafford said there is likely only one contest entrant who could be classed as an. urban 'dweller. Ther reason for the poor response froni people in towns in the county maybe that federation officials found' the best way to get people to enter the contest was to phone them personal- ly. Mrs. Stafford said al- though the committee tried using media advertising first, they decided they had' to get down to the personal level and phone people in- dividually. Since federation people are rural-oriented, they tended to call people in their immediate area about the competition. The prizes for 'the corn- petition will be awarded at the match banquet in Brussels on Sept. There will, also be cash prizes manure storage area, the fence made Ole titbit too expensive,- the owners said. Standing When asked whether they would seek re; election in NriCember for soothe term a office council responded 'as follows; Reeve Allan Campbell afte r18 years on council, ten as reeve, said he was undecided at this time; Deputy-reeve Ralph McNichol after 18 years, said he will seeking re-election as also will Cow-tailor William Leming who bas been on council 12 years. Councillor Arthur Anderson did,' not give a definite answer, saying that while ,10 years was quite- a long-time to serve he was giving the matter serious consideration. Councillor Harvey Craig on council 10 years said he was in the same position. He. said he thought a younger person with quite a bit of education was needed to handle the complex business faced by councils these days. Try our great Submarines and pizza snacks (Continued from Page 1 3 ) The boys' basketball team also met defeat in both their ganics, ,losing to • West Branch by a score of 60-49 in the first game, and 66-43 in' the, second. The girls' basketball team *also went down to defeat- by a score of 61-27. The girls volleyball, team fared better. losing their first game • to West Branch by a score of 15-1 but coming back to defeat the Michigan team in the second game, with a score of 15-9. The final match was won by West Branch. who de- feated the Seaforth girls with a score of 15-13. Seaforth Swimmers at West Branch Seaforth swimmers brought home a number of hiMors after competing. in swimming competitions held in West Branch, Michigan on the weekend, lit the freestyle class of boys aged eight to 10 years old, Mike Betties of Seaforth finished first and Dwayne Osborn with Denise Morey taking first in the same event for girls' and Allyson Scott placing second. The same .event for boys 11.12 years old was won by Rob Core with Rob Glew finishing in second place. Cheryl Cook finished first in the girls' event and Marijo Kale took second place. In the event for boys 13 and 14 years old, Paul Stewart finished in first place. Christine Knetsch won the girls' event', with Cathy Lynn Vandervelden placing second. The freestyle competition • for senior boys swimming 50 yards, saw Terry Morey ii, second place. Mike Betties placed first in the-50 yard freestyle event for boys eight to 10 years old, and Mary Jane Eisler finished in first in the girls' ' class of the same event. Rob Core won first in the 50 yard freestyle for bdys 11,12 years old and Julie Knetsch won first for the girls, with Sharon Wilson finishing in second place. Paul Stewart took first place for boys awl_ 13, 14 years in toe a0 yard free- style and Mary Lynn Giew won first in the girls' class of th4., same event. 100 Yard Freestyle Teiry Morey took first place in the 100 yard free- style competition for senior boys. The backstroke event for boys eight to 10 years old, .Sister ,y was won by Dwayne Osborn. Barry Campbell placed first in the same event . for boysil and 12 years.old, and Julie Knetsch finished in first place in the girls' event. Judy Nigh took top honors in the , breastroke for girls eight to 10 years old. Rob Glew was the 'winner in the breastroke event for boys. 11,12 years old. Paul Stewart won first in the event for . boys 13. 14 years of age. Terry Morey won first for the breastroke event. for senior boys. Freestyle Relay • The freestyle relay event kir girls eight to 10 years, %vas . won by -the. Seaford) team of Kendra Papple, Allyson Scott: Judy Nigh and Mary Jane Eisler. The Seaforth girls also won the same .event in the class k-n' 11. 12 yea rolds with team members Marijo Kale. Cheryl Cook, Julie Knetsch and Susan Ball. (Continued from Page 4) late Richard Robinson. 'Mother of William R.E. Robinson, London, John E.O. . Robinson, CI intohp Mrs. Elmer (Ethel Norenc) Hayter, R.R.1, Varna, Twelve grandchildren. fifteen great-granchildren. sister of John Emerson •of McGregor, Manitoba. One brother and: three sisters predeceased. Thel':funeral services for Mrs. Robinson were held on Sunday fro Westlakefuneral Home, Zurich. Burial was in Local men win at Kincardine pull. Seaforth area tractor pullers pretty well swept the classes at Kincardine's first tractor pull on Saturday. Local first place winners include Bill Henderson, Kippen, 7,000 pound modified class; Harvey Holland, Clinton, 9,000 pound open class; Fred Dutot, Clinton, 10,000 pound stock class and Paul Murray, Dublin, 16,000 pound stock. Obituary Reg, $38.00 Some Selby & Joyce Something to say by Susan White (Continued `From Page 3) just next door to the west own plowing inatth (and I'd you'll know we're offering .a recommend your go and take baby • sitting service. part in some of •the many And that, in just about contests, not all requiring tnybody's terms, would be a plowing), and you hear a lotof -;ontribution,• not a cashing whooping and hollering, and n! 'See you ' in McKillop see frisbees and kites flying, September 1 or 2. All Summer Shoes To make way for new fall arrivals Women's Summer Dress Shoes _ & Sandals $3.00 $5.00 CHILDRENS SANDALS $3.00 SALE STARTS MON. AUG. 14 Store closed Aug. 10, 11, 12 for Holidays Main Street Seaforth Phone 527-1'110 BEE JAYS VALENTI SAVAGE 139 homes in competition Crunchable Crust SEAFORTH FREEZE 527-0034 ' infants, Childrens, Teens and Ladies q1