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Page 24 The Huron Expositor • November 21, 2007
News
Blyth Festival to showcase four original
The Blyth Festival recently
announced its 2008 season of
drama and comedy.
Artistic director Eric Coates
describes the upcoming plays as
"stories that truly reflect life in
this region - on the farm and in
the small communities that
make Huron County such a fas-
cinating place. It's always been
a great joy for our audience to
identify with the characters
onstage, and this season is a
salute to the ongoing relation-
ship of life and art."
The 2008 season includes
four world premieres.
In Against the Grain by
Carolyn Hay, Henry Jamieson
has a dream. Where some peo-
ple see barren land, Henry only
sees opportunity. After a life-
time of hard work, Henry
Jamieson has built himself an
empire of Manitoba grain.
But who will take the reins of
the family business if his son
David doesn't wake up and
seize the opportunity?
Seen through the eyes of his
young granddaughter, the story
of Henry's life is distilled into
one fateful and unforgettable
moment.
This family drama provides
lots of laughs to balance the epic
struggle between father and
son. Based on the playwright's
family history, Against the
Grain follows one man's rise to
power as he sacrifices every-
thing for the sake of the
almighty dollar.
In Ken Cameron's Harvest,
Allan and Charlotte have
retired from farming, and even
though they've sold the land
and moved to a tidy little condo
in town, they can't bear to part
with the old farmhouse itself.
So, they rent it to Ron, a nice
young man who seems too good
to be true.
Ron's behavior soon starts to
make them uneasy - he pays
his rent in cash, he has no furni-
ture, and his roommate is a
very businesslike Rottweiler.
When Ron suddenly disap-
pears, Allan and Charlotte dis-
cover that their old house is still
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