HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1987-09-02, Page 23THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1987. PAGE 23.
Play's set
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killed himself rather than face the
lossofhis farm, takes a job with
foreign investors who are buying
up local property, and is key to the
play’s subtle study of community
divisions. John O’Krancy as Ro
bert Purves, playing a difficult role
as the prodigal son come home,
isn’t quite convincing when he
sheds his turquoise shirt and
yellow tie, but his change of heart
hasn’t much chance todevelop on a
stage. And Peter Smith playing
Pete Ryder, who heats tempers
when he joins the Farm Survi
valists, does a good job of
portraying both the anger and
embarrassed concern of a young
neighbour and relative.
The set perhaps deserves spe
cial mention, from the pigeon
holed roll-top desk that is such a
centre of attention to the trophy
apparently won at a cattle show.
Designer Allan Stichbury has been
innovative given a play that takes
placeentirelyinone house. The
interior of the Purves home has
been intriguingly incorporated
into a backdrop of the house’s
exterior, so that inside and outside
are, appropriately, fused. This is a
play, after all, that gives its
audience an intensely personal
portrayal of a family in crisis and at
the same time reaches into all the
homes of Canada’s rural commun
ity. It won ’ t be surprising, in fact, if
a number of local viewers come
back again this year. For many,
watching Another Season’s Pro
mise is like looking into a mirror,
and it is likely that they will want to
take another look, to see how much
has changed and how much has
stayed the same inthis, another
season.
On tour, the play will be reaching
out to a wider audience yet. It is an
audience well-deserved by a
superbly written and finely exe
cuted piece of Canadian theatre at
its best.
Despite a commonly-held view
there are tickets still available for
many performances of Another
Season’s Promise.
Lise Gunby is editor of The Rural
Voice magazine.
Minimum wage
increases Oct. 1
Ontario Labour Minister Wil
liam Wry has announced that the
general minimum wage will rise to
$4.55 per hour, from $4.35 per
hour, beginning in the work week
in which October 1, 1987 falls.
The 20 cents per hour revision
represents an increase of 4.6 per
cent over the minimum wage which
was last adjusted in October, 1986.
Mr. Wry said that there will also
be a 20 cents per hour increase
effective in the work week in which
October 1 fails for students under
18 (to $3.70); domestic workers (to
$4.55); and liquor servers (to
$4.05). A similar increase for fruit,
vegetable and tobacco harvesters
(to $4.55) will become effective
January 1, 1988.
The minister also said that the
standard which now permits em
ployers to pay learners 10 cents per
hour less than the minimum wage
rate during their first month on the
job will be revoked on October 1,
1987.________________________
The fruit of the tomato plant may
be delicious and a favorite addition
to many a recipe, but the plant’s
leaves and stems are quite toxic
and have been known to kill
livestock which unwisely graze on
them.
Puppeteer Marian Doucette entertained youngsters at a puppet show
at the Blyth Library on Thursday afternoon. Puppets were combined
with popular children’s poetry to keep a full-house of youngsters
enthralled.
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