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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen-Blyth Festival 2001, 2001-06-13, Page 46Holistic Pork Pigs raised using Homeopathy Frozen pork products available by the pound, the cut or bulk. More than 40 cuts to choose from Great for the BBQ Open by chance Ron & Trudy Kassies or appointment. 519-523-9484 Your source for pork. Londesboro GRAYHURST Panasonic. BUSINESS SUPPLIES LTD. Serving Huron, Bruce & Perth Counties Since 1980 Digital Copiers, Colour Copiers, Fax Machines, Colour Printers, Mailing Equipment, Office Furniture and Supplies 38 East Street Goderich, Ontario (519) 524-2647 Fax (519) 524-8924 1-800-265-5191 W01210 0' 130 750 latata ice ele114 cum and Attelie4 L CH C HRYS L ER s/P). Jeep PAGE 22. BLYTH FESTIVAL SALUTE, WEDNESDA Y, JUNE 13, 2001. Norah Harding goes back to life story for new play By Mark Nonkes Citizen sr" Sometime. Never,: playwright Norah Harding hail `—unfinished business after she wrote the autobiographical hit This Year Ne.vt Year in 1975. This Year. Next Year was a story that didn't give the whole picture of her life and her marriage, the 78- year-old Harding said. "It kept gnawing at me," Harding said in a phone interview from her home in London. Ontario. Sometime. Never is the sequel to This Year, Next Year. It is a story of Harding, her two sisters and their mother during the Second World War. The war years in England were an exciting time, Harding said. For every female there were 20 service men. "They never had so much attention paid to them," Harding said softly. Audiences took the family in This Year Next Year to heart. After it was first produced in Blyth and then in several other locations people kept coming up to Harding and asking what became of her mother and sisters. Sometime, Never was written to answer the questions. With This Year Next Year the play ended happily. But Harding said it was too happy. The first show didn't reflect Harding's marriage. This is a story that is close to Harding's heart, a story that is based her life and the people she was closest to in her youth. The charabters the audience meets in Sometime, Never and This Year Next Year are written exactly as they Norah Harding: remembering the tough times. were, Harding said. Harding's marriage had its ups and downs, there were things that Harding didn't want to write about. In writing Sometime, Never Harding forced' herself to write about some of the more difficult timesin her marriage. It was a story that she waited on for a long time after This Year, Next Year because she didn't want to face the pain of the past. However, by last year Harding Sometime, Never had matured enough to write the play. She realized that she shoulcifl't be so shy about telling the story. There were some parts that Harding forced herself to write, even though she didn't want to: It's a story that a lot of people will be able to relate to, especially war brides, Harding said. The type of problems Harding and her husband had were problems that a lot of other people had. Harding is the only character in the plays still living. After her husband died in 1975 Harding, in her early sixties, enrolled in - acting courses at Fanshawe College. After taking a few classes, she became involved in London Community Theatre as an actor and later as a director. The story of Harding and her family during the war years was written in book format for quite a while. When she started to get into theatre she realized it would make a good play. With the help of Anne Chislett, Harding prepared the script for the 1995 season. This time Chislett is again assisting Harding. Harding plans to attend rehearsals starting at the beginning of August. As for exact details to Sometime, Never Harding isn't giving anything away. LISTOWEL CAR CITY • LISTOWEL CAR CITY • LISTOWEL CAR CITY C) .J I- 0 0 CY. C) LU 0 co FIVE STAR 00000 • SALES • SERVICE • PARTS DODGE • JEEP 754 Main St. E., Listowel (519) 291-4350 or 1-800-820-2725 www.listowelchrysler.com LISTOWEL CAR CITY LISTOWEL CAR CITY • LISTOWEL CAR CITY