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Tomorrow Box never boring
BY JOANNE
11['CFIANAN
I have seen The Toniurrow
Box at the Blyth Summer
Festival a total of three
tittles now and haven't been
bored yet. I could see this
excellent production three
more tithes and still love it !
1 first saw The Tomorrow
Box when the Festival
staged it in 1981. 1 went to
review it for the newspaper
and enjoyed it so much that 1
went back a second time
strictly for pleasure, taking
a friend whom 1 also knew
would like it.
The Tomorrow Box is that
kind of a play–the kind you
want to share with friends. It
is theatre at its best.
Written by Anne Chislett
( better know as Anne Hoy,
wife of the Festival's
founding artistic director
James Roy is The Tomorrow
Box is back this year on the
Festival stage by popular
demand and indications are
that it will play to sold -out
audiences once again.
Aside from the skillful
writing by Chislett ( also the
author of the award-winning
Quiet in the (,and), much of
the success of the play is due
to the amazing Anne Anglin
who portrays the central
character of Maureen
Cooper, a 60 -year-old farm
wife who is stunned into
independence after her
domineering husband of 40
years tries to sell their home
out from wider her with the
idea of retiring to Florida.
Without even being con-
sulted about the decision,
Maureen is being asked to
give up her friends and dubs
and Royal Boulton figurines
by a husband who sees her
not as individual but simply
as 'the wife', or an extension
of himself.
M Maureen begins to
stand up for her rights, she
gets spontaneous bursts of
applause and cheers from
the audience. It is quite
obvious that a kit of women
can identify with her.
Anglin is backed up by a
strong supporting cast. bean
Hawes plays her boorish
male chauvinistic husband,
Jack Cooper and, Archie
Bunker has nothing on him
But, in the end, he softens as
his male pride is humbled.
Anglin and Hawes were
both in the 1981roduction of
The Tomorrow Box as well.
Pierre Tetrault plays Joe
Cooper, the couple's newly -
married sort who plans to
take over their farm.
Although protective of his
mother, he tries to placate
his farther by getting her to
go along with his plan
whether they are right for
her or not.
Deborah Grover and
Nancy Reatty (who both also
play in the Festival's
production of The Innocent
and the Just Y round out the
cast.
(rover portrays Joe's wife
Mice who, while studying for
her bar -examinations, lets
household duties slide with
the contention that Joe can
do them just as well as she
('an. A much mote modern
wife than Maureen'
Alice's liberated views are
somewhat softened by her
love for .he but her older
sister Lisa (played by
Fealty ), arfso a lawyer, is a
full-fledged feminist with a
somewhat harsher edge
The set. designed by Tony
Abrams, is a ciyt away of a
trailer. the temporary home
of .Ire and Ah('p Action
takes place faith ,nsrde and
outside thy trailer and as
.a;
1:
i
usual, the set is detailed and
effective
(ice, Anglin
herself even got caught tip in
the hilarity. It reminded nee
of a Carol Burnett sketch but
Anglin regained her coni.
poSUI'e at bit more quickly
than Burnett ever Could.
The Tomorrow Box is the
best theatre 1've seen all
year, Take uii word fur it
and didn't miss it' It will play
in repertur\ at 11) th until
September 14 and will then
tour Suuthwesta rn Ontario
Iuttil October 1.
kinlough news
Murray's enjoy working at store
Hy May Hoyle
Mr. and Mrs. W. Allen,
Steve, Carrie and Scott M-
ien, and Paul Murray, were
guests at the Stever - Ken-
nard wedding at St. Clem-
ents.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mur-
ray enjoyed being behind the
counter at the Holyrood Store
while the Aliens were away.
Visitors with Mrs. Mar-
retta Hodgins on Wednesday
were Mrs. Ray Stanley,
Heather and Jennifer. Mr.
and Mrs. T. Edgar, who
spent a few clays at the same
home, returned to London.
Mr. and Mrs. George Hal-
denby of Echo day visited
with Mr. Arthur Haldenby
and Mr. and Mrs. William E.
Haldenby. On Monday they
visited at drucelea Haven,
Walkerton, with George Hal-
denby, it being the occasion
of Geordies 86th birthday.
They also visited with Grace
Graham and Dorothy Thomp-
son.
Miss Michele Hodgins was
a bridesmaid at the Culbert -
Duren wedding at Mildmay
on Saturday.
Mrs. Alice Shambough of
Portland, Oregon and Mrs.
Mitty Trackwell of Fairfield,
Montana spent last week
with Mrs. Frank Mauiden
and Keith. Over the weekend
they also had Mr, and Mrs.
James Hartnett of Scarbor-
ough and on Sunday Mr. and
Mrs. Ernie Hanna.
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