The Wingham Advance-Times, 1965-12-16, Page 16age '^ Wingharn Advance -Times, Thursday, Dec. 16, 1965
"An intensely personal play
about a universal problem —
loneliness -- these were the
words used by producer -director
IEric Till when describing "Si-
lent Night, "Lonely Night", last
week's 90 -minute production on
, "Festival" . Written by Broad-
way playwright and husband of
actress Teresa Wright, Robert
Anderson, it was a good play,
but could have been more dra-
matically powerful with a few
lines otnitted, a few added.
The two stars, Frances Hy-
land and Paul Harding, were
sincere and sympathetic in their
roles. Miss Hyland played the
part of Katherine, a lonely
young woman on the verge of a
divorce. On Christmas Eve,
,she meets John (Mr. Harding) at
a charming and almost deserted 1' ittle inn in New England. He
I as come to spend Christmas
ay with his wife who is a pa-
t lent in a nearby mental insti-
tition. On what they describe
'the worst night of the year'
for the lonely, they go to a
movie, walk through the streets
and the park, and talk about
their lives.
"Silent Night, Lonely Night"
was written during the winter of
1958 while the author was in
London after completing the
screenplay for "The Nun's Story.'
It opened as a stage play in
1059 with Henry Fonda and Bar-
bara Bel Geddes starred, and
ran for 124 performances. Most
of the outside scenes„i r this pro-
duction were filmed in Oak-
ville, _ e &rio'.
'Far viewers who could not
identify with the leading play-
ers, the production was boring
and repetitive in places. But it
was not the fault of the stars; it
was the writing of the play that
could have been smoother. For
those w#ro have experienced the
same .. e lings, the same doubts,
as Kati -le -rine and John, it was
reality screaming at them —
but new hope in the happy end-
ing that drew each of them
back to face his own problems
with a smile.
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No doubt, a name eligible
for many honors and awards
again this year will be the name
of producer Beryl Fox, who was
responsible for last Sunday eve-
ning's report on Viet Nam, "The
Mills of The Gods". Perhaps
some of us could not bear to
watch the horror, and of course,
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all children would be ushered
away before such a production
could give thein nightmares.
But children and adults alike
aree living this nightmare every
day in Viet Nam, and we are
too busy to notice, It took a
top-notch producer like Miss
Fox to send it home to us, and
her film and no doubt, the
inany problems encountered to
obtain it, should win her noth-
ing but praise. She and photo-
grapher Erik Durschmeid spent
several weeks in Viet Nam ear-
lier this year, photographing
the Vietnamese peasants who
represent 85 percent of the pop-
ulation. After watching the
people during this time she
says, " ...They are exhausted
by war, but afraid to complain.
There is... a feeling of enor-
mous sorrow and resignation,
and a firm belief in the saying
'the mills of the gods grind
slowly, and they grind woe'.
Miss Fox joined the CBC in
1960 as a script assistant. In
1963 she began working with
producer Douglas Leiterman on
public affairs shows. They
worked together on "One More
River", a story of racial equal-
ity in the South, and it was
named the best film of the year.
While working on it, she spent
time in an Alabama jail. Last
year she was responsible for
"Summer in Mississippi", a re-
port on the murder of three
civil rights workers in the South.
It won five top awards.
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Christmas greetings come
from the office of the Stratford
Shakespearean Festival, and
with them publicity about next
year's plays. The 1966 season
will be two weeks longer than
last year's, opening on June
6th, and closing on October8th.
Four directors will be present-
ing five plays and one opera in
the Festival and Avon Theatres.
Following on the heels of the
historical 'Henry IV' plays of
last year, the company will
present "Henry V" and "Henry
VI" in the Festival Theatre. An
old favourite, Michael Lang -
ham, will be returning after a
year's absence, to direct 'Hen-
ry V', while from the Mani-
toba Theatre Centre, comes
John Ilirsch, to direct the other
historical play. The third
Shakespearean play to be seen
will be "Twelfth Night", to be
directed by a newcomer to
JACK BOWMAN'S BRUSSELS rink won the Kaufman, bonspiel chairman. Others on
late draw at the annual Western Foundry the rink are Jack McDonald, Sam Sweeney
bonspiel. Presenting the trophy is Rolly and Jim Bowman.—A-T Photo.
Bridge Results
The Howell system was used
last week. Winners were, first,
A. M. Forbes and W. Laidlaw;
second, Mrs. W. Wharry and
O. Haselgrove; tied for third,
Mrs. G. Gannett and C. Hod-
gins; Mrs. F. Forgie and Mrs.
G. Godkin; W. Wharry and Mrs.
C. Hodgins.
FIRST CARDS SOLD
Christmas cards were first
offered "to the trade" by an
English publishing house in
the 1860's. They carried such
designs as jolly old gentlemen
(who might have been San-
ta's forebears) , plum pud-
dings, holly and mistletoe.
Stratford, David William, who
comes from a Glasgow theatre
for his debut here.
The two remaining plays are
"Nicholas Romanoff', a new
play about the late Czar of Rus-
sia, by William Kinsolving, to
be directed by Michael Lang -
ham in the Avon Theatre; and
Strindberg's "The Dance of
Death”, another Avon Theatre
production in charge of Jean
Gascon. Gascon will also dir-
ect the Stratford Festival Opera
Company in Mozart's "Don Gio-
vanni",
io-
vanni", opening on July 8th in
the Avon. Musical concerts
will be presented on six Satur-
day mornings and eight Sunday
afternoons in the Festival Thea-
tre, beginning on July 10th,
and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet
will perform in the Avon, open-
ing on August 17th. Tickets
will be on sale on February 28;
Festival Theatre prices have
risen to $5.50 and $4.50 for the
best seats in the house.
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Home Schedule for
Minor Hockey Teams
All games listed will be play-
ed in Wingham. The Midget
games open at 7.00 p.m. and
Juvenile games at 9 p. m. Please
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Special Newscasts
To Recreate
First Christmas
Listeners to CKNX Radio will
hear a unique concept ofbroad-
casting on Christmas Day when
the station presents "The First
Christmas - This Is the Day that
Was". Beginning at nine o'clock
in the morning and continuing
every hour on the hour through-
out the day, CKNX will broad-
cast fifteen special newscasts
re-creating what a radio station
would have broadcast if it had
been on the air the day Christ
was born.
Reporters will be located in
Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Rome,
Athens and other important
cities. Listeners will hear spe-
cial interviews with King Herod,
Emperor Augustus, Elizabeth,
the shepherds as well as Mary
and Joseph.
In addition to the actual
news of the birth of Christ there
will be reports on other events
of the time. These will include
the results of the games at the
Olympic Stadium in Athens, a
major tenement fire in Rome,
a political battle, the sinking
of a large ship and a student
riot in Athens. Every story is
historically accurate and has
been researched by Professor Al-
fred C. Andrews, chairman of
the Classics Department at the
University of Miami.
CKNX Radio believes that
"The First Christmas - This is
the Day that Was" will be a
truly rewarding listening ex-
perience and invites your com-
ments.
Think of Safety
On the Highway
December is a busy month
with Christmas festivities and
family gatherings around the
traditional festive board. On top
of shopping, partying, visiting
and preparations, we have
heavy traffic to contend with.
Weather is unpredictable. Snow,
ice, sleet and rain make the
roads treacherous.
Then, New Year's celebra-
tions and the same traffic con-
ditions prevail. The accident
toll is already frightening and
always the same story. Lives
snuffed out or casualties left
with crippled bodies because
someone was thoughtless, lack-
ed courtesy for other drivers or
pedestrians, or his driving abil-
ity was impaired.
Are you going to add to the
toll? Must December be too
busy a month for safety? Slow
down and think about SAFETY
on the highway.
Dec. 17 — Paisley Midgets
Mitchell Juveniles
January 7 -- Kincardine Midgets
Mitchell Juveniles
January 14 -- Durham Midgets
Zurich Juveniles
January 21— Clinton Juveniles
January 28 — Walkerton Midgets
Seaforth Juveniles
February 4 — Clinton Juveniles
NIGHTIE NIGHTS
LAKELET—The fifth meet-
ing of the Nightie Nights was
attended by nine girls.
Demonstrations were given
of facing and understitching and
notes taken on them.
The girls exchanged names
for buying Christmas gifts. Each
member then worked on her
nightie or pyjamas.
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