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40 THE RURAL VOICE
RURAL LIVING
POPULAR FARM
PLAY RETURNS TO
BLYTH FESTIVAL
The Blyth Festival Theatre is now
well into its 13th season, and returning
to the stage is Another Season's
Promise.
Written by Anne Chislett and Keith
Roulston, the play was first performed
at the Blyth Festival in 1986. This year
it goes on tour and will also be the final
production of the season in Blyth, open-
ing there o.: August 25 and running
through to September 12 before starting
its tour.
Another Season's Promise is a warm
and humorous drama about the mem-
bers of the Purves family, who have
been farming their land for more than a
century. They're a close-knit, hard-
working family, but farming in the
1980s has proven to be a struggle and the
strain is beginning to show. The play is
a poignant and personal look at how four
generations find renewal and joy in the
face of adversity.
Doug Whitmore, a local printer and
honorary Festival board member, first
suggested that a play be written on the
farm crisis in the county. The Blyth the-
atre group agreed that the community
deserved to have the story told.
A large portion of the credit for the
play's success goes to the farmers who
took the time to participate in inter-
views to share their experiences of see-
ing a century of family history lost in a
few short years.
Writers Anne Chislett, author of
Quiet in the Land and The Tomorrow
Box, and Keith Roulston, a Festival co-
founder, researched their material well.
"Local farm organizations were asked
for input," Roulston says, "We talked to
farm leaders who had a kind of com-
passion for the farm scene today."
Roulston also notes that various
chapters of Concerned Farm Women
and their spouses attended rehearsals
during the week prior to opening night
and met with cast and crew. "Theircom-
ments were well taken," Roulston says.
Both he and Anne Chislett are com-
mitted to the welfare of the farm com-
munity, Roulston adds. "We both live
(Cont'd)