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Village Squire, 1977-09, Page 33AROUND TOWN THEATRE STRATFORD FESTIVAL: On the Festival Stage: ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL is being performed on the Festival Stage for the first time since the beginning of the Festival in 1953. It is a comedy which examines the workings of love and pride in human nature against a background of royal courts and battlefields. Sept. 7, 10 (2 p.m.), 14 (2 p.m. school performance), 22. RICHARD III: The play which opened the Festival's first year in 1953. Shakespeare gives frankness, psychological insight and wit into the character of Richard III. It is a play in which the workings of power and. corruption are explored. Sept. 7 (2p.m.), Sept. 10, 13(2 p.m. school performance), 15 (2 p.m. school performance), Oct. 5(2 p.m. school performance), 8, 12(2 p.m. school performance), 15(2 p.m.). On the Avon Stage: ROMEO AND JULIET: The famous story of two lovers caught up in a tale of passion, violence and fate and destroyed by their love for one another. Sept. 7, 10, 13 (2 p.m. school performance), 15(2 p.m. school performance), 17, 19 (2 p.m. school performance). 20(2 n.m. scl ool perfor- mance). 24 (2 p.m.). 28 (2 p.m. school pertormance), 30, Oct. 4(2 p.m. school performance). 5(2 p.m. school perfor- mance), 6, 8, 11(2 p.m. school perform- a^ce). 12 (2 p.m. school performance) 14. 15. GHOSTS: This play by Henrik Ibsen is still a powerful drama today as an account of the sometimes tragic hold the past has on the present. Sept. 8, 14, 17(2 p.m.) 21, 24, Oct. 1. MISS JULIE: August Strindberg's tale of a powerful struggle of will between the aristocratic Miss Julie and her manservant, a tale in which victory and defeat are equally ambivalent. This drama probes the dark of the mind, Sept. 6, 9, 16(2 p.m. school performance), 22. THE GUARDSMAN: A comedy of jealousy and obsessiveness as an actor tries to discover the faithfulness of his actress wife with unexpected results. Set in Vienna at the turn of the century the play subtly explores emotional needs and responses. NIGHTLIFE SUTTON PARK INN, Kincardine The Stewart Bros. Band, Sept. 5-10. Shadowfax, Sept. 12-17. Subway Elvis, Sept. 19-24. London, Sept. 26-30. Percy and the Teardrops, Oct. 3-8. CLOUD 9 LOUNGE, Clinton Andy Kozaries, week of Sept. 12. Will Hawks, week of Sept. 19. Will Hawks, week of Sept. 26. A.K. Leach, week of Oct. 3. BLYTH INN HOTEL, Blyth Howard Smith, Sept. 9-10. Lesperance Trio, Sept. 16-17. Howard Smith, Sept. 23-24. , Trackmen, Sept. 30 -Oct. 1. Lesperance Trio, Oct. 7-8. CLIFTON ARMS HOTEL, 332 Richmond St., London John Ballone, week of Sept.. S. Paul Langille, starting Sept. 12 for two weeks. Peter Thompson, week of Sept. 26. Gerry Nontel, starting Oct. 3 for two weeks. FRYFOGLES, 253 Dundas St., London John Lee Hooker, Sept. 20-21. Papa John Creach, Sept. 22-24. • These are both blues bands. At Uncle Billies, downstairs - Willie P. Bennett, Sept. 8-10. Terry Jones, Sept. 15-17. SPECIALS CIDERFEST:the annual fundraising event Ciderfest will be held at Van Egmond House, Egmondville near Seaforth on Sunday, Oct. 2. Deomonstrations of cider making, honey extraction, butter churning, rug making and violin making. Displays of antique quilts, Egmondville pottery. Sale of apple cider and homemade jams, jellies and candles and fresh produce. For over forty years Welcome Wagon hostesses have been making calls on newcomers - whether they be within our own nation or in a foreign country. 1f you are a newcomer, know of one, or are a businessman desiring representation. in the newcomer's home, call your local representative listed below for WELCOME WAGON LIMITED. 9fir FL.o Call your Welcome Wagon Hostess now. WINGHAM 357-3275 EXETER 135-2870 MITCHELL 348-8925 GODERICH 524-6654 STRATFORD 271-5856 VILLAGE SQUIRE/SEPTEMBER 1977, 31.