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The Donnelly.s are back!
"The Donnellys are
here!" Although that state-
ment might have struck fear
into the hearts of the
residents of Lucan, Ontario
one hundred years ago, it has,
a different meaning in Blyth,
Ontario today. Rehearsals for
"The Death of the
Donellys" began at the Blyth
Summer Festival this week,
and writer Ted Johns,
director Paul Thompson and
Theatre Passe Muraille are
busy putting together their
spectacular version of the
The Huron Country Play-
house winds up a most
successful season with a
family favourite, The Sound
of Music. The Rodgers and
Hammerstein musical tells
the true story of the von
Trapp family, who fled from
Germany during Hitler's re-
gime to the safety of
America, where they became
famous folk singers. It
begins in the abbey of
Nonnberg, Austria, where a
young postulant Maria,
played by Deirdre Van
Winkle, is more intersted in
singing than doing her
assigned chores. She is sent
off to become governess to
Great Blue Heron
A giant grey bird, rising
with a startled cronk to flap
slowly across the evening
sky, can only have one
identity - Great Blue Heron.
Anyone who has watched the
ungainly flight of Ontario's
largest bird can hardly help
but be touched by its air of
mystery.
That mystery is fitting, for
until recently, relatively little
was known about herons.
Surprisingly, herons usually
nest in trees, often as high as
ninety feet, in colonies of
bulky nests used repeatedly
for many years. Herons
generally feed within a ten-
mile radius of their colonies,
especially favouring marshes
or sluggish streams' where
small fish, frogs, and crust-
aceans are available. They
will also take mice, voles, or
small snakes on occasion,
and must eat considerable
vegetable matter to help in
pellet formation. Like owls,
herons form indigestable
food into small pellets.
Donnellys saga. The
Donneflys family has given
grist to the mill of many
writers and playwrights over
the past few years, and small
wonder, for their exploits
and' misadventures contain
some of the most dramatic
and controversial incidents in
Canadian history. Theatre
Passe Muraille's version of
the legend poses a dilemma--
were the Donnellys really
true villains who terrorized
the countryside, or were they
scapegoats for every mishap
the seven children of wealthy
widower, Captain von Trapp,
played by Peter J. McCon-
nell. Eventually, the Captain
and Maria marry and escape
from war torn Germany over
the mountains to
Switzerland.
Cast in the roles of the
children are seven local
youngsters, Douglas Wood-
burn, Lisa Cain, Jeff Green-
wood, Mary Margaret
Murphy, Jennifer
McCrindle, Myvonney God-
win and Catherine Inculet.
Also in the cast are Trudy
Mason, Sister Barbara Ianni,
Lynda Maxwell, Nnacy Kerr,
Philip Street, Kimberley
McCaffrey, Mark Bolton,
Patty Gail, John Heath,
Mark Flear, Joseph Vayda,
Celia Punter, Elaine Allen,
Jillian Brown and Kathy
Kaszas.
The Sound of Music is
directed by James Murphy,
in BicIdulph township? No
matter what side of the fence
you stand on, the music and
action will keep you stepping
lively until the final curtain.
Familiar names populate
this production. Writer Ted
Johns is best known in this
area for his appearances on
stage in "The School Show "
and "He Won't Come In
From the Barn".
Director
Paul Tompson and Theatre
Passe Muraille are well.
musical direction is by Erna
Van Daele with
choreography by Jillian
Brown. The show opens on
August 22 and plays through
September 1, except August
28, Two preview perform-
ances will be held on
Tuesday, August 21 at 8:30
p.m. and Wednesday,
August 22 at 2:30 p.m.
known for the many
productions they have toured
or produced in this area.
Festival veterans Janet
Amos, Layne Coleman, Peter
Snell, Sam Malkin and Karen
Wiens are joined by William.
Dunlop, David Fox, Bob
Collins, John Jarvis, Hardee
Linham and Paul Kelman to
re-create the events of one
hundred years ago.
The play opens August 21
and runs until September 1.
Tickets are available at the
Festival box office (phone
523-9300) or at any ticket
outlet.
As the country suppers
before the theatre have
proved so popular, more
suppers have been added on
Friday nights. There will be a
supper served on August 10
(performance of McGill-
icuddy; and on August 17
and 24 (performances_ of
"Donnellys"). A Saturday
supper on Sept. 1 has also
been added. Numbers are
limited, so patrons are
advised to make their
reservations through the box
office promptly.
The Sound of Music provides a
harmonious finish to season
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10 — THE BRUSSELS POST p AUGUST 15, 1979 Benefit scheduled
of Blyth Festival's
This Foreign Land
Patrons will have one last
chance to see This Foreign
Land at the Blyth Summer
Festival this year. A benefit
performance of the play has
been scheduled for Saturday,
August 18 at 2 p.m. All
proceeds from the per-
formance will be donated to
the Actors' Fund of the
Canadian Actors Equity
Association.
Actors, technicians and
administrative staff will be
volunteering their time and
services, over and above
their regular duties, in order
to make this performance a
success. The total
of all admissions paid to the
performance will be used to
aid those actors who,
through illness or misfor-
tune, have become unable to
practise their craft.
Admission to this perform-
ance is at regular Festival
prices -- $4.25 for adults,
$3.50 for senior citizens, and
$2.50 for children. Re-
servations for the perform-
ance must be made through
the Festival's main box office
(phone 523-9300),
The final performance of
This Foreign. Land will be
that evening, August 18, at
8:30 p.m.
People
We Know
Donelda and Irma McLean
of Saskatchewan were recent
visitors with Mrs. George
Evans. They are the
daughters of the late Marion
(McKay) McLean of the 4th
concession of Grey
Township.