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Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - Page 9
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Bootblack Orator at Blyth Festival a
To celebrate the
35th season of the
Blyth Festival,
Mitchell native
Ted Johns returns
with his wife
Janet Amos to
perform his new
comedy The
Bootblack Orator.
As Blyth's most
prolific play-
wright, Mr. Johns
is best known for
He Won't Come
In From The
Barn, Garrison's
Garage, Country
Hearts, and Naked
on the North
Shore.
His new play
was inspired by
John R. Clarke
who toured Huron
County in 1886
entertaining peo-
ple with jokes and
homilies while
presenting illus-
trated lectures
with a magic
lantern.
Clarke called
himself the
Bootblack Orator.
Rev. John Grayof
Clinton who also
toured at this
time, called him-
self the
Sledgehammer
Orator.
Using newspa-
per excerpts from
the time, the play
recreates an
evening in 1886.
Canada was not
quite 20 -years -
old. Sixty years
previous there
was one settler in
all the lands west
of Guelph. His
name was_-
Sabestian
Fryfogel.
In 1886 Blyth
boasted eight
trains a day and
had seven taverns.
Rather than ban
pigs and cows
from the streets,
council proposed
a law . requiring
everyone build a
picket fence.
The scourge of
drinking was
attacked by
Bootblack in his
lecture The Moral
Heroism of the
Temperance
Movement.
Other . lectures
were entitled,
Representative
Canadians, To and
Fro in London,
Famous Boys and
Girls, and Hits
and Misses
(apparently an
evening of jokes).
While Johns
takes . on the title
role and his wife,
nominated
actress and former
artistic director
Janet Amos also
assumes four
other: roles rang-
ing from the eld-
erly Witch of
Marnoch to 17-
year-old
7-year-old Susie
Twentycents.
The magic
lantern is
enhanced by mod-
ern computer
effects to create a
stunning , sound
and light show
and the frequent
costume and
mood changes
make the evening
play like the
wind.
"A 'two fisted
triumph" says
Robert Reid of the
Kitchener:;.
Waterloo Record.
"Takes us into the
heart of an era,"
says , Kathy
Rumleski of the
London Free
press.
The play has
been running
since June 24 and
will end on Aug.
15. For mor ein-
formation call the
Blyth' Festival at
519-523-9300 or
1-877;862-5984.
You can also
email to
info@blythfesti-
val.com.
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Hu*band and wife team Ted johns and Janet Amos star in The Bootblack Orator, which opened the Blyth Festival's 35th season two
weeks ago.
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