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A history-making visit took place last week when the entire cast and crew of the Blyth Festival’s final play
of the season, “Fires in the Night”, travelled to Clinton’s historic SchooI-on-Wheels to meet Cela Sloman,
whose life story, along with that of her late husband Fred’s, is told as the new play unfolds their 40 years on
the travelling school in northern Ontario. Mrs. Sloman was especially delighted with the children who will
star in the play, seen with her above. Seated, from left, are Sarah Johnston of RR 2, Seaforth; Earl
Thomson of RR 1, Auburn; Wesley Huizinga of RR 1, Blyth; [kneeling] Jerrod Button of Blyth; Marie
CronynofRR2,Blyth; Wendy Thompson of Goderich; Ben Thomson of RR 1, Auburn; [standing] Jeremy
Henry and Therese Bressette, both of Kettle Point; and Michael Cronyn of RR 2, Blyth. Fires in the Night
opens on July 27.
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6. 1988. PAGE 23.
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Festival seeks
mail order brides
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spells well; her grammar is good,
means a good education” or
“Sounds like a sensible woman”
were reasons enough to encourage
correspondence and exchanges of
more personal details. Still it was
”... harder than picking a new
coyote rifle out of the Eaton’s
catalogue...”
The new bride finally arrives and
the eagerly awaiting husband
describes, ‘ ‘Mary as small, not
quite as good-looking as her
photograph and she might not see
30 again, but she had a nice smile
and she wasn’t self-conscious.”
The stories of the mail order
brides at the turn of the century
bring many questions to mind -
what about love, sharing, family
relationships? What about inti
macy, small deceits, embellish
ments and what about the marri
ages that failed? “The Mail Order
Bride” answers some of these
questions in an entertaining way
and brings to mind others, about
relationships eighty years old and
also about family relationships
today.
Blyth Festival is interested in
making contact with any Mail
Order Brides that are alive today or
hearing about mothers, grand
mothers or aunts who experienced
this unusual type of courtship. If
you know of anyone who fits this
category or if you yourself are a
Mail Order Bride, please contact
the Blyth Festival P.O. Box 10,
Blyth N0M 1H0 or (519) 523-4345
and ask for Publicitv.
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'Lucien' to Blyth stage
Who could predict that in 1988 a
factory worker, Lucien would be
the popular star of a one-man
comedy opening at the Blyth
Festival tonight. “Lucien,” direc
ted by Ted Johns, has toured
across Canada drawing sold-out
crowds from British Columbia to
the Maritimes.
Lucien stars Ron Gabriel and is
written by Marshall Button. This
comical character has lots to say
about everything - some call him
the Archie Bunker of the east coast
or a close relation of Charlie
Farquharson. In fact, Lucien
seems to have an opinion on
everything from forest conserva-
ion, free trade, technology,
unions, religion and politics to sex.
Ted Johns is no stranger to the
Blyth Festival (star performer and
writer of favourite shows such as
“The School Show”, “He Won’t
Come In From The Barn,” “St.
Sam and the Nukes” to “Country
Hearts” and “Garrison’s Gar
age.” I’m looking forward to
seeing one of my favourite charac
ters come to life on the Blyth
stage”, says director, Ted Johns.
“New Brunswick, where ’i’ve lived
with Janet Amos and my family for
the last four years, is a small
province (population 750,000), 40
per cent of which is French
speaking. Much of the province is
covered with forests and rivers so
the pulp and paper industry has a
huge impact. Lucien is a product of
that culture. Too french for Nova
Scotia, too English for Quebec - he
could only come from the north
shore of New Brunswick.”
Lucien is the type of worker
everyoneknows, especially in a
factory town. The audience be
comes Lucien’s helper for the shift
- a university student to whom
Lucien teaches the way of the
world. “You see something you
need, just pick it up and bring it
home”, says Lucien. “Everybody
does it’ ’. Actor Ron Gabriel has
been a popular performer at the
Blyth Festival for four years now.
His previous roles have included
‘Boomer’ in “Country Hearts”,
‘Sam’ in “Drift”, ‘Alf’ in “Polder
land,” ‘Butter’ in “Blue City” and
‘Bert’ in “Garrison’s Garage”. He
is also Associate Artistic Director
attheBlythFestivalthis season
with responsibilities for youth
workshops, playwright workshops
and many other administrational
duties.
“The play originated at Theatre
New Brunswick in 1986” said
Janet Amos. “When it toured to
towns in New Brunswick, it sold out
nearly everywhere it went, draw
ing a record 13,000 people to see it
in three weeks. In some places on
the north shore of New Brunswick,
some people without tickets were
offering extra money and scalping
tickets for a chance to see Lucien.
One of my favorite stores was at a
performance lastyear of Lucien
when a woman scolded someone in
the audience for laughing too
loudly. The man in the audience
quickly responded saying, ‘don’t
tell me to be quiet lady - that’s me
I’m laughing at’. I know Blyth
audiences, especially the men, will
love this play.”
Lucien is generously sponsored
by Champion Road Machinery
with set design by Pat Flood and
lighting design by Kevin Fraser.
Lucien opens on July 6, 1988 with
performances until September 10,
1988. Good seats are still available
by calling the Blyth Festival Box
Office at (519) 523-9300/9225.
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