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Martha Henry as Mary Tyrone reminds her husband James, played by William Hutt, of the
strength of love in one of her more calm and lucid moments in this scene from Eugene
O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night, an autobiographical play now appearing at Stratford's
Tom Patterson Theatre.
Theatre Review
‘Long Day’s end a relief
By Bonnie Gropp
It was indeed a Long Day's Jour
ney Into Night.
The Stratford production of
Eugene O'Neill's acclaimed auto
biographical play, now appearing at
the Tom Patterson Theatre is three
hours of angst, torment and recrim
inations.
The story centres around the
Tyrone family on the morning after
a foggy evening. James, portrayed
by William Hutt, is a stem Irish
patriarch, with a love of drink and
money. A former acclaimed actor,
he is constantly antagonized by the
presence of his eldest son Jamie,
whom he views as lazy. A drunkard
with a penchant for cheap women,
Jamie also became an actor, but
seems unable to hold a job. Though
father and son have learned that
neither can "change the leopard's
spots", they, along with the sensi
tive 'baby' of the family, Edmund
are united in their devotion to their
wife and mother, Mary.
As the day unfolds, the three men
watch warily as Mary slides back
into her morphine addiction, just
two months after returning home
from a sanitarium.
While the men accuse and battle,
Mary complains over the past, the
rootlcssness of living with an actor,
her dissatisfaction over the summer
residence, the rheumatism that has
crippled her hands, the guilt over
the death of a son and the fear of
losing another. She denies
Edmund's consumption, putting it
down to a "summer cold".
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Her relapse is the climax to a day
fraught with trials and tribulations.
Based on his family, O'Neill's
characters, their strengths and
weaknesses are human. But, he
belabours them. While writing
Journey may have been cathartic
for him such dark, dismal elo
quence is not always pleasant to
behold. Though hailed as a master
piece, as each scene wore on, I
found myself becoming less sym
pathetic and more impatient with
the whining of Mary through her
reiteration of past wrongs.
By the end of Act one I had a
good handle on the characters so
anticipated some further develop
ment which never really happened.
While the final scenes provided a
little more input into the character
of the men, I found I no longer
cared. With all the restless stirring
going on around me, I knew I was
n't alone, either.
Diana LeBlanc directs with a
heavy hand, downplaying the
lighter moments while over drama
tizing the heavier ones. This, when
added to the many lengthy pauses,
slows down the pace so that the
intensity never gains momentum.
Martha Henry as Mary has an
ethereal fragility which begs for
compassion in the early scenes.
Unfortunately, by the end I had
become so weary of her puling and
biller reminiscences that I dreaded
her appearance on stage.
Conversely, Hull's James arouses
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empathy for putting up with her,
while the drunken ne'er-do-well
Jamie, played by Peter Donaldson,
who is perpetually reproached for
his cynicism, seems the most cen
tred of them all.
Tom McManus is an heroic
Edmund, battling his illness and the
family demons.
Martha Burns’ downplaying or
what could have been the stereo
typical Irish maid is good.
The voyeuristic flavour of Jour
ney makes it a perfect vehicle for
the intimate Tom Patterson The
atre. However, rather than drawing
the audience in, it leaves them sit
ting on the edge, so that while this
glimpse of family is titillating
early, its end was unfortunately a
relief.
Happy 35th
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Love - Your Family
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Love Colleen & T.J.
As part of the Festival By The
Bay, Big Band concert on Sunday,
Aug. 21 at 2 p.m., the Huron
Country Playhouse Ladies Guild
will be hosting the Second Annual
Open Art Exhibition beginning at
1 p.m. on the Playhouse grounds.
"Last year's Open Art Exhibition
was a great success," said Shirley
Platt, Guild President. "We sold
about $2,200 worth of art, which
made the Guild about $500 in
commission."
This year's Open Art Exhibition
is limited to the first 50 appli
cations. Interested artists should
reply to: Mrs. Eileen Pullen, Open
Art Exhibition Chair, Box 1242,
Grand Bend, Ontario N0M 1T0,
(519) 238-8306.
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Salary:
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Purpose of
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tracts with families, students, school
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Duties:
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3. Assist in developing resource materi
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