HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1986-07-23, Page 7L, & w Sentiraei9 Wednesday, July 239 1986—Page 7
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Araby Lockhart [left] as Lulu and Margaret Burton as Winnie perform a scene from the.
Blyth Festival play Gone to Glory. The comedy written_ by British Columbia playwright
Suzanne Finlay opened at the Festival on July 15. [James Hockings photo]
Festival play Gone. to Glory
both humorous and sad
By Alan Rivett
It was a laugh a minute for .the audience
who took in Gone to Glory at the Blyth
Festival. But, the underlying message of
the play was anything but funny.
Gone to Glory, wirtten. by British Colm-
bia playwright Suzanne Finlay, which
opened at the theatre on July 15,,was
almost like watching a theatre version of
TV's The Golden Girls with their character-
istic geritol-set wit permeating throughout.
In the Blyth production, the "golden
girls" are Winnie (played by Margaret
Barton), an old, dottering spinster with a
razor-sharp wit, and Lulu (played by Araby
Lockhart), an ever -optimistic senior who
goes to great lengths to care for her -ailing-
siser,
Grinding poverty
What becomes distressingly apparent
over and above the relentless one-liners,
the funny quirks and Winnie's hilarious
bathrom humor, is the grinding povery the
two old ladies have to contend with. Living
in a rustic, one -room cabin in the interior of
B.C., the two seniors are barely managing
to subsist with ken -L -ration sometimes
being the only food between • them and
starvation.
The misery is suddenly compounded by
the arrival of a new landlord. a dim-witted
divorcee named Gooeie, (played by Anne
Anglin), who plans to sell thecabin in
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order to move to a condominium.
The down -on -the -luck ladies receive a
visit from their long -lost friend Bakpack
(played by. David L. Gordon) who brings
some of the cheer back into their lives.
Accompanying him to the cabin is an, over-
zealous film maker called Teddi (played by
Lynn Woodman) who had picked up
Bakpak while hitchhiking."
Teddy, who has made movies in the past
about the terminally ill, immediately wants
Winnie and Lulu to be a part of -a movie
about the elderly poor. And, the pair
willingly accept.
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some extremely bittersweet and . send- •
mental revelations about the two women •
and their pasts. The filmmaker, in the •
midst of her movie, discovers she has •
found more than she bargained for. •
Thinking originally that the two old ladies •
would signify nothing more than another •
feather in her movie making cap, she •
personally finds out the hardships, the •
hard choices, and the dignity of These two •
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senior citizens.
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The, humor in the play, while at times •
undermines the seriousness of the subject •
of growing old, provided s necessary •
: amount of levity which keeps the play from
being mired in the sombre subject matter, „ amass.
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Country Fair upcoming at ilyth
The Blyth Festival's annual Country Fair
will be held Saturday, July 26, 10 a.m. - 5
p.m. on the lawn of .Blyth Memorial Hall.
All the traditional stalls - fresh produce,
home -baked goods, ` books, plants, good
used clothing, etc. - will be there. Visitors
will have an opportunity to soak Artistic
Director Katherine Kaszas, and other
members of the company, in the dunking
tank! Or steal a kiss frim members of the
Young Company at the kissing. booth. A
`cake -walk' will be held again this year,
starting at 11.30 a.m., .withthe cakes being
auctioned at 1 p.m. to the highest bidders.
There will also be clowns, fortune-tellers,
and street artists.
Special activities for children include
puppet shows by Marian Doucette (at 10.30
a.m. and . 2 p.m.); lots of contests,
including paper gliders, watermelon seed
spitting, and frog jumping; fish pond; and
many other exciting events.
Anyone wishing to donate items for any
of the stalls may do so between 9 a.m. and
8.30 p.m.. at the Festival's offices. All
proceeds from the • Country • Fair will
towards Blyth Festical capital projects. For
further information, please call the Box
Office at 523-9300/9225.
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TrinityUCW hold meeting for July
The Trinity UCW held their July meeting
at the home of Mrs, Steve Andrew
recently.
Mrs. Blake Alton opened the meeting
with a reading. The devotions were led by
Mrs. William \Andrew Sr. and Mrs. Cliff
Kilpatrick. A hymn was sung by all. The
scripture lessons were. from Luke and Acts.
Mrs. Kilpatrick led the devotions and
another hymn was sung. Mrs. Andrew
closed with prayer.
The roll call was answered by A visit 1
made to a shut-in. The service of the least
coin was observed with everyone repeating
the prayer. Mrs. Livingston Menary and
Mrs. Jerry Cranston gave readings.
The Study Book on Indians was led by
Mrs. Don Alton and Mrs. Larry Wilkins.
Mrs. Fred Phillips conducted the Bible
Study on "Human Dignity". Mrs. Chester
Hackett gave a summary on her weekend
at Westminster.
Singing of a hymn brought the meeting
to a close. A delicious lunch was served by
the hostess and her committee.
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