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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-07-26, Page 6PAGE 6—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1979 Hamhocks Police Chief Ezekial McGillicuddy (Layne Coleman) applies some first aid to Town Councillor Sally Hemple (Angie Gel) after she is. almost torn apart while trying to break up a strip show at a Local bar in McGillicuddy's Lost Weekend, the Blyth Summer Festival's third play of the season. (Photo courtesy of the Blyth Festival for the Arts) McGillicuddy worth seeing BY JOANNE BUCHANAN McGillicuddy's Lost Weekend, the Blyth Summer Festival's 'third offering of the season, once again shows Keith Roulston's special insight into life in a small town. The play opened Tuesday night and will run until August 17. Roulston., a native of Lucknow and publisher of the Village Squire magazine, adapted the play from a regular feature entitled "McGillicuddy's 'Diary" which, appears in his, magazine. Ezekial McGillicuddy, portrayed by Layne Coleman, is a police chief in Hamhocks, Ontario beset with problems from •la tight-fisted town Council, high-pressuring rich citizens, juvenile delinquents and ec- centrics. After nine years of papery work, directing traffic at fall fairs, rescuing cats from trees, breaking up brawls at the local bar and writing endless parking tickets, McGillicuddy finally gets an exciting case to work on -when the- banker's son is kidnapped. The kidnapping in- cident spoils McGillicuddy's long awaited weekend holiday but provides the nucleus around which plenty of hilarity unfolds. Coleman is a good McGillicuddy with the exception that his voice is son1etimes projected too loudly in 'the Blyth Memorial Hall. Anne Anglin is also. Smile It's great, to he great, but it's greater to be human. + ++ The world has so many problems, if Moses had 'come down from Mt. $inai ..today._ the t.wo.. tablets he carried would be aspirin. +++ The small boy cried bitterly after a large friendly dog bounced up to him and -licked his face and hands. "What is it?" asked his Mother,. "Did he bite you?" "No," sobbed the child, ".but he tasted me!" + + + Many college students are graduating this year in time to build the computer that will replace them. good . as Mrs. Moneybanks, the banker's wife. She puts the pressure on •Mayor Lumpy (Peter Elliott) who in turn puts the pressure on McGillicuddy to give up his• .long weekend and find the Moneybanks' kidnapped teenager. Peter Elliott plays his role as a harrassed but unreasonable mayor to perfection. Angei Gei is a depen- dable actress. You can -always—count on "her to play her role to the fullest, whether that role be as a nervous wife in Midnight or a besp.eckled self-righteous town councillor in McGillicuddy. As Town Councillor Sally Hample, Gei is excellent. She goes around trying to save a society which doesn't 'want to be saved, spouting off about morals, corruption and decency. Meanwhile her husband has run off with a waitress from the local bar and her young son -is running wild with a gang of juvenile delinquents. The real delight of this most recent play however is Mary Ann Coles as Cindy l Lou, McGillicuddy's next- door -neighbour. Cindy Lou is a thoroughly charming and bubbly woman whose morals may he somewhat questionable. She tries to use her feminine wiles on McGilliccudy but never has too much luck, The play ends rather abruptly but ap- propriately for a con- tinuing saga. . Janet Amos is to he congratulated on some fine directing for a play which received a stan- ding ovation from the, opening nigh t audience. The set` of the play, designed. by Tony Abrams, is versatile in its combination police office and home. Lighting by John C. Hughes is right on. Costumes are quite good, especially the loud outfits • (complete with dangling earrings) worn yCindy Lou: Anyone who lives in a small town or who has even spent some time in one, will appreciate the ,exaggered humor provided by McGillicuddy's Lost Weekend. It is funny, entertaining and well - worth seeing. .4:) YOUR LIM GIFTED AST CHANCE *IVU‘'‘'‘,This is the last r_°Ver 600 week you can get 4vmo Ih Recipes Plus a $10.95 gift for learning to lose weight. W'i,1liHl Menus Every member of Weight Watchers (in participating areas) can qualify for a hardcover gift copy of the Weight Watchers° New Program Cookbook, by Jean Nidetch. 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