Village Squire, 1979-06, Page 30AROUND TOWN
Jim McQueen stars as Edward Sheldon and Alan Scarfe as John Barrymore in SI•eldon
Rosen's play Ned and Jack back for a second season at the Stratford Festival.
THEATRE
BLYTH SUMMER FESTIVAL
Phone 523-9300 for reservations.
THIS FOREIGN LAND This compelling
and entertaining collection of songs and
stories celebrates the courage and vitality
of the new, new Canadians. We share the
triumphs and tribulations of immigrants
who in recent years have traded the
security of their homeland for life in a new
culture, and a new language. Opens
Friday, June 29 at 8:30 p.m. and continues
June 30, July 5, 6.
25 Village Squire, June 1979
I'LL OE BACK FOR YOU BEFORE
MIDNIGHT Hilarity and terror combine in
this screamingly funny new comedy
thriller. Peter Colley pokes good-natured
fun at the naivete of many "back to the
landers" who seek the imagined tranquill-
ity of rural living, but find instead that
their idyllic farm house is inhabited by evil
things. Opens Tuesday, July 3 at 8:30 p.m.
and continues July 4, 5 (2 pm), and 7.
HURON COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE,
GRAND BEND
For reservations phone 238-8451.
POOLS PARADISE The wacky characters
from Philip King's See How They Run
return to plunge the Playhouse into
madcap chaos once again. A delightful
British farce from a grand master. Opens
June 27 at 8:30 p.m. through July 7.
Matinees on June 30, July 4, 7 at 2:30 p.m.
STRATFORD FESTIVAL
Phone 273-1600 for reservations.
GALA PERFORMANCE at Festival Thea-
tre at 7:30 p.m. on June 4. The Stratford
Festival helps to celebrate the Internation-
al Year of the Child in a Gala evening of
performances based on the works of
Shakespeare by members of: The Stratford
Festival Acting Company. Les Grands
Ballets Canadiens and Friends. One
performance only.
NED AND JACK A revival of the 1978
production of Vancouver playwright
Sheldon Rosen's treatment of the unique
relationship between John Barrymore and
Edward Sheldon. two of the most
flamboyant figures on the Broadway scene
in the early part of this century. At Avon
Theatre. Opens on June 5 (2 pm), and
continues on June 13 (8 pm). 17 (7:30 pm),
20 (8 pm). 23 (8 pm), 27 (8 pm). July 8 (7:30
pm).
LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST Four young men
resolve to devote themselves to study and
forsake the company of the opposite sex.
Their idealistic resolution is almost
immediately challenged by the arrival of
four desirable young women. Extraordin-
ary lyric romanticism in this early comedy
by Shakespeare. At Festival Theatre.
Opens on June 5 (7:30 pm) and continues
on June 9 (8 pm), 14 (2 pm). 15 (8 pm). 16
(2 pm), 21 (8 pm), 23 (2 pm), 26 (8 pm), 29
(8 pm), 30 (2 pm). July 4 (8 pm), 6 (8 pm), 7
(8 pm).
RICHARD II Shakespeare shapes the
events of a tumultuous period of British
history into a penetrating examination of
the nature of kingship. King Richard
himself becomes one of the most haunting
of Shakespeare's tragic heroes, caught
between the demands made by the role of
the monarch and his own personal identity.
The production will feature three actors
alternating in the title role: Frank
Maraden, Nicholas Pennell and Stephen
Russell. At the Avon Theatre. Opens on
June 6 (2 pm) and continues on June 8 (2
pm), 9 (7:30 pm), 13 (2 pm), 14 (2 pm), 15
(8 pm), 19 (8 pm), 21 (8 pm), 23 (2 pm), 24
(7:30 pm), 27 (2 pm), 29 (8 pm), 30 (2 pm),
July 3 (8 pm), 5 (8 pm), 7 (8 pm).
THE FIRST PART OF HENRY IV Prince
Hal, heir to the throne of King Henry IV.
scarcely seems competent to assume the
role of kingship. Mistrusted by his own