Village Squire, 1979-07, Page 6Blyth
Summer
Festival
'79
June 29 to September 1, 1979
Blyth Memorial Hall, Blyth, Ontario
(519)523-9300
Air Conditioned
4 Village Squire, July 1979
PLAYS
This Foreign Land
This compelling and entertaining collection of
songs and stories celebrates the courage and
vitality of the new. new Canadians We share the tri-
umphs and tribulations of immigrants whom recent
years have traded the security of their homeland for
life in a new cultureand a new language The joys.
the hilaritythe traumas of all who throw over the
past for a fresh beginning are chronicled in these
adventures of new families who have settled the
farms. towns and cities of Western Ontario The
warmth and humour of these experiences will
appeal to people of all ages and all backgrounds
111 Be Back For You Before Midnight
How do you scream and laugh at the same time/
Hilarity and terror combine in this screamingly land
we do mean it) funny new comedy thriller Peter
Colley of Huron Tiger lamepokes good-natured
fun at the naivete of many back to the lenders who
seek the imagined tranquillity of rural hyingbut find
instead that then idyllic farm house 1S inhabited by
evil things that go bump in the night Adults as well
as children will giggle and wriggle as one ghostly
event Vollows another to an ending that no one will
expect
McGill cuddy's Lost Weekend
Folhw the•misadventures 01 Ezekiel McGillicuddy
as he seeks to escape from the pressures of his
duties as sole guardian of the law in Hamhocks.
Ontario Keith ROuISIOO, author of His Own Boss
and The Shortest Distance Between Two Points.
has done it again' Join us for more of the ingenious
antics and light-hearted satire that. for two seasons.
has left audiences helpless with laughter Ever
championing the cause of the small man. Mr
Roulston Continues to aim his sharp -edged wit at
the absurdities of human nature He emerges with
play that is sure to leave you and your family
nodding with wry smile of recognition
Child
James W Nichol. author of last season's
Gwendohnehas written an emotional anc
appealing drama that will strike a responsive chorc
in the head of every parent Everyone who has
known the awesome responsibility and fear that
comes with the love of a son or daughter will
understand the trauma of a couple whose Six year
Old has disappeared The play focuses On the
efforts of a young husband and wife to overcome
their bitterness and guilt to comfort each other. and
to restore the meaning of their lives together
The Death of the Donnelly.
Horrible' Murder and Arson at Lucan The
Donnelly Family Exterminated' So ran the
headline in the Advertiser Feb 4 1880 Theatre
Passe Mura ile. Ted Johns and the Festival joie
forces to bring you this heroic saga of an outlaw
Irish family establishing itself in an alien land
Whether the Donneliyswere high-spirited funloving
boys made scapegoats 1or every misadventure in
Blddulph township - or were they violent and
malevolent monstrrs wiped out by good men driven
to desperate means Choose a side. and step to the
fiddle as the devil calls the tune in this spectacular
retelling of the Donnelly legend
Note ine Death of tee Oonneuys is in addthon to the
reguW season and will trot be included in the Festivals
Su tSC•iptinn Admission for this play i5 - Adults
S4 rp Children 5300
Still A Bargain In Theatre
Adults $4.25
Senior Cltlzans 93.50
Children (Under 14) 92.50
For Further Information Contact:
Blyth Summer Festival
Plyth Memorial Hall
Boa 291
Blyth, Ontario, NOM 1H0
(519) 523-9300