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By .G. Atkinson -
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Those who were at G..D.C.I.
on the evenings of 'May. 26 and
27 were fortunate; those who
weren't therecertainly .missed
something. , • ,
"Trigon 70" was aprogramme
of three- one -act plays. The first
,play, ".l -low "He' Lied to Her
Husband" by George, Bernard
•Shaw, was a Vftorlan period
piece with a slight variation on
the eternal triangle.
Greg Marksbn played the
poet, Henry, who had been
smitten by the coquettish
Aurora `(Margg'. Bettger), wife
and beautiful ' possession of
'mhddy (Alistair Pirie'.
These three young people
ra'sresolid, credible
performances. They •put across
the situation, the problem and
the required emotions but they.
did not• achieve the level of
comedy . typical of a Shaw play.
This was probably the result of
inexperience with comedy and
particularly with farce irt which
timing and pace are so
important. •
Still they made the attempt
and it was a good one since some
flashes of the comedic came
through, particularly from •
_Henry..
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• program -was - •a" 'modem. ,one;
"The World Tipped Over and
Laying on Its Side" by Mary
Feldhaws—Weber ' It chronicles
the life of a war named Muck
(John ,Lodge)_ from childhood to
death—or is it life?
The • story is. begun,
commented upon and ended in of
somewhat Greek manner by an
Old Man (Lawrence Cox).
Assistance in the unfolding' .of
the tale is tendered by A Friend
(F`rarik Lynn) and
Woman (Ann Russell).
On the whole this cast, More.
than ably directed by Gail Sully
provided ,an excellent
performance. John Lodge and
Ann "° Russell 'were quite credible
in their roles; both possessing
enough concentration to carry.:
the difficult line sequences that
were integral to the play.
The other two actors, Frank
Lynn and Lawrence Cox, were
uneven in their performances,
nervousness seemed to affect
them—or was it embarassrnent.
over having to wear tights? •
"Overtones", the third play,
was also a modern play and was
written by Alice Girsterberger.
Sue Dunlop and Trudy
Kernighan played' two different
but interdependent aspects of
- one character, Harriet or Hetty.
Debby MacDonald and .Sherry
Moore played the two aspects of
the second cliaratter, Margaret
pr Maggie.
These young ladies adequately
portrayed the public and private
faces of two women in love with
the, same man. A. Their
p`'erformances were
immeasurably- aided, however,
by the use of half masks which
made them similar in appearance
and thus distanced them from
the audience.
_In addition to .all of this good
^awn'.eW#eye"°Wuv.as�pleased-�iy
•:sets' _ which -» --increased— -the.
effectiveness of each play. The
first play, made good use of what
one would call an impressionistic
set while the second used stark,
grey wooden boxes. The third.
play . used severe modern
functional which could not help
but 'emphasize the sterility of
the situation.
My hat is .off to Warren
Robinson and"his drama club as
well as Mrs. Sully. I'ni looking
forward to more enjoyable
evenings.
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i "Trigon 70" a program of three one -act plays was held at Goderich District Collegiate Institute on M.
May 26 and 27 and reports claim .it to be the best production ever put on at the school. Shown '
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Awards presenfed at GDCI
Jan Palmer was winner of the staff leadership award at
Goderich District Collegiate Institute this year. She was
convenor for social events for the school, a rpember of the
student council and very active in school activities. —staff
photo.
The coaches at Goderich District Collegiate Institute are, from physical education. Coach Prank MacDonald and Publicity
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Jim Redmond was presented with the Arthur Peachey Award
which is 'presented to the student who, in four or five
consecutive years at GDCI attains outstanding athletic and
academic achievement. •—staff photo.
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