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Village Squire, 1979-08, Page 38Aug. 8 (8 pm), 11 (8 pm), 15 (8 pm), 18 (8 pm), 22 (2 pm), 25 (2 pm), 31 (8 pm), Sept. 2 (7:30 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 father, the troubled monarch, and constantly challenged by the example of his own rival contemporary, the gallant Hotspur, Hal lives among low-lifes and criminals. The play examines the education of a king. Al Festival Theatre. Continues •Aug. (2 pm), 11 (8 pm), 15 (8 pm), 19 (7:30 pm), 22 (8 pm), 26 (2 pm), 28 (8 pm), Sept. 1 (8 pm), 5 (2 pm). OTHELLO. This tragedy of a noble and • courageous man destroyed by jealousy commands a shattering emotional intens- ity. Shakespeare brings together the positive forces of intense love and passion and the negative powers of hate and envy in this extraordinary glimpse into the innermost chambers of the human heart. At the Festival Theatre. Previews Aug. 7 at 8 pm and opens Aug. 8 at 7:30 pm. Continues Aug. 11 (2 pm), 14 (8 pm), 17 (8 pm), 18 (8 pm), 21 (8 pm), 22 (2 pm), 24 (8 pm), 25 (2 pm), 29 (8 pm), 30 (2 pm), 31 (8 pm), Sept. 2 (7:30 pm), 4 (8 pm), 7 (8 pm), 8 (2 pm). HAPPY NEW YEAR A new musical based on the play Holiday by Philip Barry with musics and lyrics by Cole Porter. The world of American high finance and high society is disrupted by a brash young man who wants to marry a daughter of one of its oldest and wealthiest families. His irreverent attitude to money and work, however, makes him a more natural ally of her spirited, uncnnventional sister. At the Avon Theatre. Continues Aug. 8 (2 pm), 11 (2 pm), 12 (7:30 pm), 14 (8 pm), 16 (8 pm), 17 (8 pm), 19 (2 pm), 21 (8 pm), 23 (8 pm), 24 (8 pm), 25 (8 pm), 29 (8 pm), 30 (2 pm), Sept. 1(2 pm), 4 (8 pm), 6 (8 pm), 8 (2 pm). VICTORIA. A group from Canada have all come to clear away the family's possessions from a cabin they once built by the sea on the American -Mexican border. An atmosphere of menace surrounds this disparate group as they recall the past and try to reconstruct some sense of -family feeling among them. At Third Stage. Opens Aug. 8 at 2 pm. Continues Aug. 9 (2 pm), 11 (2 pm), 14 (8 pm), 17. (8 pm), 21 (8 pm). 24 (8 pm), 29 (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. Continues Aug. 9 (2 pm), 10 (8 pm), 15 (2 pm), 19 (7:30 pm), 22 (8 pm), 26 (2 pm), 28 (8 pm), 29 (2 pm), Sept. 1 (8 pm), 5 (2 pm), 8 (8 pm). THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST A revival of the ever -popular comedy by Oscar Wilde that proved a highlight of the 1975 and 1976 seasons. At Avon Theatre. Continues Aug. 9 (8 pm), 12 (2 pm), 16 (2 pm), 18 (2 pm), 23 (2 pm), 26 (7:30 pm), 30 (8 pm), Sept. 2 (2 pm), 5 (8 pm), 9 (7:30 pm). THE SECOND PART OF HENRY IV The uncontrollable comic exploits of Sir John Falstaff colour this continuing exploration of the final years of King Henry IV's stricken reign. Prince Hal completes his unorthodox education with Falstaff and prepares himself for the inhuman demands of monarchy. At Festival Theatre. Continues Aug. 9 (8 pm), 12 (2 pm), 16 (2 pm), 18 (2 pm), 23 (2 pm), 26 (7:30 pm), 30 (8 pm), Sept. 2 (2 pm), 5 (8 pm), 9 (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 >:omanticism in this early comedy by Shakespeare. At Festival Theatre. Continues Aug. 10 (8 pm), 12 (7:30 pm), 15 (2 pm), 16 (8 pm). 19 (2 pm). 23 (8 pm), 25 (8 pm), 29 (2 pm), Sept. 1 (2 pm), 6 (8 pm). 8 (8 pm). THE TAMING OF THE SHREW A man who needs a wife chooses a shrew who has come to hate men. Their courtship and marriage provide Shakespeare's most violent and alarming examination of the clash between men and women. At Third Stage. Continues Aug. 12 (7:30 pm). 16 (8 pm). 30 (2 pm), Sept. 4 (8 pm), 8 (2 pm). YERMA. Set in the closed. often cruel world of a rural Spanish community, in which the urgings of desire clash with the power -of traditional roles. Yerma is an overwhelming story of sexual struggle. At Third Stage. Previews Aug. 23 at 8 pm and opens Aug. 25 at 7:30 pm. Continues Aug. 31 (2 pm), Sept. 1 (2 pm). 6 (8 pm), Sept. 9 (2 pm). HEAT by William Hauptman, a tense atmospheric drama of teenage frustration which explodes in violence in the heat of one western summer at the end of the fifties. At Centre Stage Theatre, City Centre Mall. 380 Wellington St., London from Aug. 1-11 Wed. thru Sat. at 8 p.m. Reservations call 433-4700. THE MURDER ROOM -- a mystery comedy presented by The Road Show •Theatre, Guelph, Young Actors Theatre. Aug. 30-31, Sept. 1, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14. 15 at 8 p.m. RHYTHM, BLUES & ALL THAT JAZZ -- an Eck Talent Associates production runs DARIiNq STudio ART GALLERY & CRAFT SHOP For portraits, landscapes, etc. Oils, Acrylics, Pastels, Watercolours, Ink Sketches. WROXETER 11 block west of main intersection] HOURS: Tues. -Sat. 1 p.m. -8 p.m. Other times by chance or appointment. Phone 335-6362 36 Village Squire, August 1979