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Carol Erb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon Erb of RR 2, Zurich who works in
Kabul, Afghanistan as an executive secre-
tary to one of the senior doctors of the
N.O.O.R. Eye Institute of Kabul recently
sent word to her parents that she was safe
and well.
The Soviet Union recently invaded
Afghanistan at the time of a coup that
deposed president Hafizul Amin and put,
Russian -backed Babrak Karmal into pow-
er.
Her parents are now awaiting another
letter from Carol to let them know if she
can remain in that country.
Stratford, the Festival city is starting a
new endeavour --the Stratford Musical
Theatre.
Fens got under way for this theatre over
a year ago—According to Jamie_Byatt,
Publicity Chairman for the Theatre, co-
founders of the project James Storms a
locally renowned! pianist. organist, and
musical arranger and James Finan (Vete-
ran of Hamilton Theatre Incorporated,
Queen's Summer Players and a versatile
guitarist), realized the common desire to
produce top quality amateur musical
theatre for and by the people of Stratford.
With the support of author James
Reaney and director Jerry Franken, ideas
became meetings and meetings became
rehearsals, and now the theatre is looking
at long range plans that include works by
Gilbert and Sullivan, Marvin Hamlish, and
Stephen Sondheim.
The 1980 schedule of opening nights
includes Godspell, City Hall. February 21,
The Fantastiks!, City Hall, June 12, The
Wizard of Oz, mid-November, Avon Thea-
tre (tentative location).
William Hutt and Jessica Tandy will
team together as James and Mary Tyrone
in Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey
Into Night. at this Year's Stratford Festival
production which will be held in the Avon
theatre. Artistic Director Robin Phillips
will direct the production.
A new name to this play will be Brent
Carver, a young Canadian actor who
played the role of Rafe in the CBC -TV
adaptation of Carol Boleis One Night
Stand, a role he first played on stage in the
Tarragon Theatre production in Toronto.
In Long Day's Journey Into Night, Mr.
Carver will play the role of Edmund
Tyrone.
Eric Donkin who performed. in The
Wonderful World of Sara Binks adapted
from Paul Hiebert's Sarah Binks, played to
107 per cent capacity during his week at
the McManus Theatre of Theatre London
establishing a box office record.
Another McManus Theatre box office
breaker was the play Ichabod Crane (based
on the Legend of Sleepy Hollow), by Rob
Wellan, directed by Jack Roberts which
played to 2815 people or 110 per cent
capacity.
Graeme Campbell who is .marking his
seventh season with the company will
repeat his Theatre London role of James
Tyrone Jr. and Barbara Budd, also a
member of the original Theatre London
cast, will appear as Cathleen.
Susan Luther, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Eric Luther of Hensall, was one of two
undercover police officers who helped to
break one of the most successful drug
operations in the Waterloo region.
In the raid, uniformed police arrested or
issued warrants for 42 people after
extensive investigation by Susan Luther
and another officer Frank Monteiro. Last
fall, Susan and an unidentified officer had
collected evidence that resulted in 40
arrests in nearby Cambridge. Susan is a
three year veteran of the Waterloo regional
police force.
The 82 charged with 115 counts of drug
trafficking , make it the largest drug
roundup in the history of the force.
The two officers had to melt into the
drug culture by learning the slang of the
streets and looking like addicts and once
they gained the confidence of the drug
crowd, bought small quantities of
marijana, hashish, LSD, speed, mescaline,
PCP and THC on 115 occasions.
When they figured most traffickers had
been fingered, uniformed police raided
their homes.
Peter Shaffer's Equus which closed a
3 -week run in the Grand Theatre on
Saturday February 2, was the largest
single ticket box office in Theatre London's
history according to Artistic Director
William Hutt.
The play which was directed by Bernard
Hopkins and starred Wililam Hutt as
Martin Dysart and Stephen Oubliette as
Alan Strang played to an average 807.45
nightly attendance, for a total audience of
16,149 or 101 per cent capacity.
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