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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1964-04-30, Page 19r BLACK ' LABEL" • 4 Newest Spring Styles FOR ALL THE FAMILY —AT— Reasonable Prices 'Tis Show Biz April 23, 1564, Stratford - On -Avon, England - William Shakespeare was born to John and Mary Shakespeare. His father was a prosperous citizen of Stratford; his mother a far- • mer's daughter from near Strat- ford. William attended school in Stratford, and at 18 married Anne Hathaway, who waseight years his senior. In 1590, ha- ving moved to London and working with London Theatres, • he wrote his first play. During the next 20 years he produced many plays. In about 1610 he left London and returned to his home town, planning to live there in retirement, but a few years later, in April of 1616, ▪ he died at the age of 52. Shakespeare's plays ate no doubt the best known in the world, even today, 400 years after his birth. Among his most popular are "Romeo and Juliet, "Love's Labour's Lost", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", • "The Merchant of Venice", "As You Like It", "Julius Cae- sar" "Hamlet; , "Othello", "King Lear", "MacBeth", "Antony and Cleopatra", and "Twelfth Night". There are • of course, many lesser known works in his total of 36. Celebrations are being held throughout the world this month to commemorate his 400th birthday. Here in Canada, CBC -Television is doing its part in keeping his memory alive. Highlights of the pro- ductions have been the presen- tation of " Twelfth Night" star- ring our own Canadian actors and actresses; a BBC production of "Hamlet" starring Christo- • pher Plummer; and last week's repeat of Verki's opera "Oth- ello". Festival's "Twelfth Night", produced and directed by George McCowan, was written by Shakespeare in 1601. It is • a comedy with many funny sit- uations and strange mixups. The Canadian performers who are accustomed to doing Shake- r By Vonni Lee speare at Stratford, were excel lent in their roles. Douglas Rain as Malvolio, Douglas Campbell as Sir Toby Belch, and Martha Henry as Viola, were especially impressive. Michael Learned was no more than adequate as Olivia, and Deborah Turnbull spoke much too quickly in her role as Mar- ia, the maid. Many of her words were not even under- standable, thanks either to her manner of speech or that end- less giggling that accompanied her appearances. Young actor Gordon Pinsent as Viola's bro- ther Sebastian, showed a great deal of promise and the resem- blance between the two was striking. The climatic scene in which they recognize each other was skilfully handled by McCowan, and was definitely the highlight of the production. A week later, on the same show, a three-hour production of "Hamlet" was shown as part of Shakespeare's birthday cele- brations. This was the special presentation made by the Bri- tish Broadcasting Corporation in co-operation with Danish Tele- vision Services. It was filmed at Kronburg Castle at Elsinore in Denmark, the actual setting for the tragedy. It was a mag- nificent three hours of enter- tainment, but most of all, it once again proved that we should all be very proud of our native son, Christopher Plum- mer who played the title role, the same role he played at our Stratford in 1957. Though he is growing older, he is still per- fect as the young nephew of the King of Denmark. His per- formance was natural, yet sen- sitive and exciting. His pre- tence of madness in the scene with Polonius, his scene with Ophelia in the Castle, the con- versation with his father's ghost aroused the viewer's humour, yet also his sympathy and under- standing, as no other performer could have. Scenery in the cas- tle and in the Danish country- CALLAN SHOES YOUR FAMILY SHOE STORE Wingham Advance -Times, Thursday, April 30, 1964 - Page 11 JOSEPHINE STREET PHONE WINGHAM 357-1840 side was breathtaking and added much to the show's beauty. Mr. Plummer's supporting players also deserve credit for their ef- forts. Robert Shaw as the King, June Tobin as the Queen, Jo Maxwell Muller as Ophelia, and Michael Caine as Iloratid, were especially good. Canada had the good fortune to be the first to see this presentation which was filmed in Denmark last year at a cost of $120, 000. Some who do not try to under- stand Shakespeare may have considered the evening a waste of time. As far as many of us are concerned, however, it was a masterpiece -an excel- lent tribute to the talented bard. While CBC was showing a tribute to Shakespeare's mem- ory, our Canadian players were receiving rave notices in Chi- chester, England, in part of that country's celebrations. The Canadian cast, which included Eric House, Frances Hyland, Diana Maddox, Douglas Rain, John Colicos, William Hutt, Martha Henry, and many oth- ers, opened in the southern town on April 6th and have re- ceived nothing but praise for all their performances. Their 41, 600 VI' Mil e. 004".00"/Oil`s' COMMERCIAL LIAGI'ii Tonight saw the battle of the year with the Iroquois and the Hurons fighting tar first place. Neither team ,;avc an inch, and it wasn't wird tae last bowl was thrown that the outcome was definity , Con- gratulations to the Iii quois for a mighty fine game. They came through to talg. the play- offs, and I don't think I have ever seen six happier bowlers. The final standing E are as follows, Iroquois l ,:i'i5;1lurons, 12,833; Crees 11, 8u'; Sioux 11, 809; Mohawks 11,4:33; Ap- three plays have been " Timon of Athens" starring Colicos, "Love's Labour's Lost", with William Hutt and Miss Hyland, and "Le Bourgeois Cientilhom- me" by Moliere, with Douglas Rain and Diana Maddox. They celebrated Shakespeare's birth- day on the 23rd with a perfor- mance of 'LLL', closed on the 25th, and are now hack at re- hearsals for the four plays to be seen here at Stratford this year. BIG NowShowing APR6 . 27 toDAYS MAY 2 Explains ... WHAT PARENTS CANT! 1 Vt1QSTAGE in personi the ylotta *A oat Film t Th SecrU T SORBS Sex' BOLD! AMAZING!. "VITAL! See FACTS' Learn TRUTH! IGNORANCE is a SIN! NOW ! ... FOR THE FIRST TIME ... SHOWN TO ADULT MALE AND FEMALE AUDIENCES TOGETHER: SEE IT, DISCUSS IT t .. In the Complete Privacy of Your Automobile!!! LISTOWEL °EAT E FIRST SHOW AT DUSK aches 10, 956. At present, I am unable to give the names of any other trophy winners, but will do so when reporting our final get- together at our banquet. This is to be held at the Legion on May 16th at 7 p.m. Keep this date in mind and we'll see you all then. 0--0--u MEN'S TOWN LEAGUE Lee's have won the Town League playoffs with a total pin fall of 16, 711 for five nights. They are followed by the Rock- ets 16, 448; Hydro 15,930; CK NX 15, 753; Burkes 15, 683; Mus tangs 15,506. CKNX won the regular season trophy. Trophy winners are Mac Rit- chie, high average; Ken Saxton Save your Papers for the CUB PAPER DRIVE Pick-up on May 2 TERRA FIRMA? A recent analysis by seismo- logists has given us some idea of the number of earthquakes 'occurring during a year, We may expect every year, on the average, one great earthquake, 10 major earthquakes, lou des- tructive shocks, 1000 damag- ing shocks, 10 thousand minor strong shocks and 100 thousand shocks which are generally felt over a fairly wide area. high triple; Lynn Finnigan, high single; Terry McCornh, most improved howler and Bill Robin- son won the ? (low score). 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