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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-07-16, Page 5ESTATE BROKER Lueknow Sentinel, Wednesday, July 10, 1980-4 age ohn s in fit. vironmental damage, or remaining oil supplies, the Scene than es Weil. subject. miclear Power, "St, Sam Had , actor-writer- are we willing to give up which would eventually Although the play has a As is the set • the explains It well. Producer-director Ted our. present materialistic lead to all-but nuclear few, rough spotsedirector directing and sets, the The PlaY is staged Johns been born in,. lifestyle and go back to. war that would be far . Miles Potter keeps the lighting under James ;intermittently with the another time, he would. :living simpler liveS, worse thart.a few Three- play moving swiftly Boudreau is highlY. other three Blyth1/4 . likelY have become a Sam thinks net. The Milelilandaccitients,,. without it getting bogged • .professional. AlthoUgh ferings— until the end of philosopher,:.maybe world 'will' only end .up Pat Flood's set is very down• in a lot of the average "joe" may August and .reserVed ....___aven_al3rophet. warring over---the,--few—fUnctianal„.ana.ser3,ces:.ali—technipaiitles_about—the_cnmpletely mystified by tickets are advised. . But becattie he lives in the 20th century, he'likes • to get messages across on the stage and he is very good at it. No matter what. situation in life Johns tackles, he is always , able to give us a tactfkil yet insightful look into it. •Whether .it be the education system, a furnier'S life, or the long- dead Donnellysi Johns always: stioeeeds in carefully ;interweaving a theme in his works and: leaves the audience to make up their minds on ." how'to take the message. St. Sam of the Nuke Pile, which opened last week at the Bry- SUmmer Festival, carries on with John tradition, but you don't feel like you were bombarded with a ser- mon, in, fact the whole play is meant to:be highly entertaining' and , hilarious in places. St. Sam is based on the past, present and future of nuclear energy.. in Canada and iri-particular examines the huge Bruce Nuclear electrical generating station near Kincardine. In the two- act 'play, johns tries 'to explain the cornplekitY and technicalities of nuclear power, its great mystery and dangers and its many benefits to our society. Each side of the By Am Fitzgerald "-T-Waile4 ,k,rfin.4A U.) Inflation saves money. Properly inflated tires im- prove fuel economy by up to five percent. Ontino Ministry of Transportation and Cornrnuocations c Engegy 0 r,1 a I, kr is Your Farm For Sale? • HE WE WOULD LIKE TO MAR FROM YOU Small or Large Acreages •Beef *Dairy *Cash Crop Local .children are enjoyhig the.activities at the summer playground,being held,at St. Joseph's' CoMmunity:School, Kingsbridge . In this picture, local Children, Josle den Boer, front, Denise Barn, behind Josie and Heather Priestap, right, take part In an activity under the supervision of PlaYground supervisor, • Joanne Agnew, Lucknow, standing. The children are participating‘ in a Program of urt, crafts, Sports, Swimming, water safety And. field trips. [Photo, by Jason Ainslie] Call 395-3545 Mortgage Funds_ Available Holyrood, Ontario NOG 2B0, - argurra ent is taken by-one Thisweek in-of the five characters in Lu the play, with the pro- nukes OlOnumbering the anti-nukes three to two. William riunlop plays a convincing Howard, one of the managers of the Bruce power station, who is beset at home and a work by his wife (Diana Belshaw) and niece Holly (Seana McKenna) both strong anti-nukes who almost drive him into the nut house with their constant nagging. His only defense comes from a underling at work Paul (John Jarvis)' and a visonary businessman, Sam played Tom Arnott who delivers a strong impression of Kincardine entrepreneur Sam McGregor, They want to take the waste heat from the Bruce plant and use it to heat greenhouses, factories and even towns. - Th,..Magic word . is Sam's argument that we must use nuclear npVERTISG. power as a substitute for our declining fossil fuels until other energy, sources are, available, becomes the focal point of the play. 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