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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-11-21, Page 17Trigon BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER .Trigon '75 provided a first evening of drama this com- munity has seen since summer and it was a refreshing change of pace for those who attended the Thursday evening perfor- mance. Best of all •was the en- thusiasm of the G'DCI student body who attended in large numbers to support their school drama club, involved in three of the four plays performed that evening. The fourth play was done by the Bradford District High School drama club, guests of the GDCI club for the two night stand. ° . • Best play of the evening was undoubtedly Reunion At Glows Hill directed by Warren Robinson, GDCI dra a coach. This play featu ed an all -girl cast in - 7 5 h�d'plenty allows. Hill eluding eight witches - Wanda Linner, Cathy Westlake, Cheryl Doak, Carol Chapman, Wendy Thompson,. Laurie Pentland Brenda McClinchey and Deb- bie Hamilton - and nine girls, Mary Burps, Anne Marie Mur- phy, Lucie Turcotte, Cheryl Munroe, Debbie Dustow, Brenda Yule, Marva Jackson, Judy Fisher and Anita Robin- son. The story revolved •around youth - the witches all young when they were put to death, the girls also all young as they visited Gallows Hill on a kind of lark to test the' thegry. of a -haunted barn there. Mary4 Burns as Nancy gave a great performance.' She was caughrup in the 'role of the young girls whose ancestor had sentenced the witches to death. She moved from light comedy to deep drama with ease. It was a most believable portrayal and a credit to the young actress. Special mention must go to Anne Marie: Murphy as Elizabeth and Cheryl Munroe aK Jessica. Both these girls, were strong supporting ac- tresses who vied for the scene - stealing award. Makeup on the witches was excellent, their eyes having a sinister glare to them even as they were viewed from the very back rows of the auditorium. Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew , was handled excep- tionally well despite the dif- ficult dialogue and the staging problems., It was a real challenge to the youthful GDCI drama club and t10 carried „it off to the delight ,of their audience. Of special interest was the BI Cesents.... variety est technique of casting a shadow on the wall of the gymnasium .between each Beene (there were many, many scenes) to tell the audience exactly where the 'ac- tion was taking place. Earl Salter is always good and is now one of the most ex- perienced members of the local drama club. As Baptista, father of the Shrew and the younger sister Bianca, he gave a steady strong performance. Mike Donnelly made a pleasing Lucentio. Not too bold, .not too shy, Donnelly ap- peared thoroughly at home on the stage and completely happy in his role. He gave the perfor- mance an extra bit of polish with his controlled manner. This tall young actor iscertain to be an asset to the club this year. Surprise performance, of the lay of the night production came by way, of Pat Carter as Grumio, servant to Pertruchio, t`he man,w,ho tamed the Shrew Carter,• frolicked through the entire play and stole the show each time•he set, foot on the stage. Though his lines were few kid his ap- pearances were limited, he was eagerly received by" the audience. ( Cheryl Hoy made a better tamed Kate than a wild and uncontrollable Shrew...but she turned in a good performance in a difficult role. Rob McEwan as. Pertruchio seemed a little :slight for the part of the rirhust ruffian who tarried Kate irntc'r a devoted, obedient wife, but he to gave his hest and • pleased the audience with his. efforts. Joanne Thompson as 'the tit- tering maid who described ,the wedding bet v‘• evil l'ertruchro and. Kate was excellent. Other actors, and actresses in the play were".,Dave Ross as Hortensia, also a fine young 'performer; Nora Donnelly who -- made a winsome Bianca; -Pat Conlon a,s Trani(); Graham Royal al; Biondello: Cathy McPhee was the second maid; - Glen Tigert as' the handsome Cambio who wins the heart 'and the hand of :Bianca from Lucentio and Hortensio; Susan Feagan as the third maid;. Dave Smith as ; the servant . and Penny Bl .isdale as the widow who caught Hoite.nsio 6n tte rebound, ' •• br{ The costume department of Kim Wilkinson, Brenda -Thom- pson, Linda Hoffineyer and Anita Robinson should take a how. These girls were'in charge of costuming for all, the plays. Tor those who • like their drama light and a bit different, Plot to Assassinate The Chase Manhattan Bank filled the bill. Rob McEwan and Earl Salter directed the production and did it well. There were only four planers in the production, but top honours must certainly go to Rob Bundy as..,Mr. Dickenson; the cool-headed hank manager who- went about filling out ,*proper loan papers for , the would -he hank robber Mr. Fud- , dle, played by +Dan Donnelly.. Other )Mayers were Marianne Top marks go to the young troupe for- this pla`, It was a fun -type, story performed in a fun -type way.' Claude Turcotte was technical director for all three Goderich plays. Lighting was handled by John Reinhart. Stage managers for the Shrew were Margo Moore .and Martha Robertson. ' • The fourth lilaj• last Thur- sday evening was the .North American Dream Out on by the Bradford drama -club. The actors and actresses were' simply great = the play-- . , Katbfleish lay- Kalbfleish and Judy Tigert as ;.was utterly depressing and bank clerks. The' lTin,al line in thoroughly unentertaining. the play, a piercing 'Nr. Although it started out Dickenson.' -screamed by Judy Tigert as she tried to call atten- tion to the„ bon}b she had just been handed, was just the right conclusion. strong and at a good pce, . rt slowed down to a boring"';dra.g about the middle. By the end of (continued un page 4A). ,Q ...eel uays 01 Your I.i •, Rob Bundy, left, plays the cunning' student bent on mischief, and Garwood Russell right, plays the stubborn , Old caretaker in Goderich Little Theatre's first production of , he season. Here Bundy uses son�,e persuasion. and money , .o convince Russell to steal the girls' 'clothes from the ', Shower,: (staff -photo) L J. - • Art -nwood plays the nervous bachelor type and Beth Marks•'nx the dimwitspinster who falls in I,ove with hrm.. Beth m- es her intentions obvious to Art but he manages to fend off ,'er 'assaults on his heart. (staff -photo) The three leading males in the Goderich Little Theatre production The Happiest Days of your Life are Greg Lawrence, left, Art Henwood, centre, and Pat King, right. (staff photo)' Photo a story b� Jeff Seddon ,O} • When the three males discover that a girls' school has been given the same premises asthe boys, they have mixed feelings. The headmaster, Pond;. played by Pat Ring, is amazed; Billings (Art Henwood), is beside himself; and. Tassel, (Greg Lawrence) is happy after he sees one. of the girls' mistresses. (staff photo) dC The whole staff of the°',girls' and boys' schools are thunder- struck when they find out the students' parents are visiting the school and will see the co-ed a•moSphere. The cast is from left Garwood Russell, Art - Henwood , (partially hidden), Greg Lawrence, Pat' King, Kathy Jenkins, Beth Markson and Nancy Flynn. (staff photo)