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
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Phone 335-6362
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