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Private Lives needed too many cues
BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER
Last weeks offering at
Huron Country Playhouse was
Noe'1 ''Cd`var.d's Private I.,ivfs,
often. called Coward's master
pied.._ Unfortunately,' the
Coward masterpiece lost' Much
of•i•ts lustre and a good deal of
its• ptinchy comedy as actors
and actresses flubbed 1ineti and
had to frequently (and loudly) .
be prompted from the wings.
• Part of the problem, no
• doubt, is the absence of suf-
ficient time to properly
rehearse lines in a 'tight
scheduling of performance..
That(, seems to .be a problem of
all. summer stock thtltre efforts
from time to,time, and it is to
.be hoped the Huron Country
Playhouse cast has' gotten back
on track by the time this
weekend rolls round with The
Last of the Red Hot Lavers.
Nevertheless-, Private Lives
was an .enjoyable, -evening of
light theatre entertainment'.
. The audience. chuckled • often
and occasionally roared with
hearty laughter as the Chases
and ,,,the Prynries, two 'married
(or were they. unmarried?)
couples went through their
paces on stage.
The story took place in
France and told of Elyot Chase
and Amanda,Prynne (formerly
•
Mr. and+Mrs. E:l•vot Chase) who
met once again after their
.divore'e, at a .honeymoon hotel
in••'neighbtiring suites with their
newly ' ccauired spouses. The
new Mrs. Chase and Victor
Prynne, groom' of the former
Mrs. Chase, are left, alone to
sort 'out' their ,own difficulties
'as Elyot and' Amanda realize
they.are still in, love aod• leave
the hotel together to take tip
residence, in Amanda's flat in
Paris.
But Elyot (Thom Hayes) and
Amanda (Ann deVilliers) find
the course of "true love is still
not smooth. And one evening
during a 'violent quarrel, they
are..visiced .by,Sybil (Rosemary
Donnelly) and Victor (Alexan-
der ,.Pearse ...who are . deter-
mined to cl ttr tip •the terrible
mess of who , is .married to
. whom.
By far th.e strongest actor on
stage was Thom Hayes who
-gave a• credible performance in
the role of a” somewhat mixed
up, love struck Englishman. Tci''
be fair, Mx.. Hayes .missed less
lines •thari his fellow players
And remained calm and .un-
• flustered through.sev'eral tense
moments of forgotten senten-
ces. ,
•
Ann de Villiers sparkled on
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youngsters swimming and 'on
nature hikes.. -
They have enjoyed fishing
together. .
They have prepared snacks m'ent• can conte when the girls
together. The children' have a find themselves a little,short on •
snack in themorning which patience because the children
they wash down with freshie„, are slow'” learner, and when the
The project can't afford milk." children don't talk and whew
The girls instruct the. thinks' just don't move quickly,
youngsters in arts and crafts. enough.
Although the girls aren't But the girls are overcoming
teaching the children anything the frustrations and disenchant
r nevi academically, they ‘are tmerits and learning to love
reviewing lessons of the last' I and respect the children.'
past,,; year linarithmetic.and The girl~' begin their day at
phonetics, 8:9!) a.m. with preparation for
They recently began lessons activities which start, with the
"in personal hygiene. The -,children's,.arrival at 9:00 a.rh.
children practise . brushing The children ;leave at :3:00
teeth, washing hair 'and other ' p.m- giving the''girhh an. hour t
basics that people do when they clean and log their progress in
rise, iii ,the morning. ,,y," a report which will bet.seny to"
The girls want; the' chiT(ren the federal' government as r the
to have pride in their ap- end of August.
•
pearances. ' % yv v • • They don't measure progress
Pride in " appearance, they in -terms of how much the:
feel, .would bring tyle children a children learn but in how much,
step closer to integrat'ign -with n. the children . gain.
other: youngsters in the main-
stream of .society: One of the
project's goals is- to involve the
youngsters ofroin Queen
Elizabeth School in regular
summer, programs.
Q Other children have to be
educated, hovvever•,''about'men•
tai retardation, the girls say.
'Nit only children, but ,people in
Goderich' as a whole.
The girls say it is surprising
the number of people who ,don't
know that. Queeai Elizabeth
School exists or that there are
mentally retarded. children .in
town: • -'
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'They add that Open Doors
should not be an OF?' project_,,
in the future but,,•a regular
program . :supported by t e,
town.
Carola, Nina, . Cheryl .and
Lisa and•Debbie advarit:ed their
own reasons fol -.wanting to be
in Open Doors and the reasons
are similar.
They all hold a keen interest
'in doing what they can ' for
these children because: of the.
lack of activiti which 'would'
otherwise be offered during the
9 summer. • / •
Carol speaks earn.es,tlybout
beingt interested in°f the special
,tag and was at her best when .reasonable
facial 'expressions and,
° rlrllicic rig action were. the .or-
der ,
wh „
Rosemary Donnelly 6�, catty„
played .Jean 'Mjitland in Stage
1)oor.. took on an entirely dif-
ferent rolu and summoned .a
tally retarded or not and when
a withdrawn youngster opens,
up and when they: see the sin- •
cerity in these 'special children.
Frustration and disenchant-
•
amount of
believability. -
Alexander Pearse, the slow
and plodding butler in Stage
Door, was not we'll prepared for
the' role and seemed to be
uneasy and uncertain as he ap-
pearea before thc~" 'audiences,_.
Top performance ince, again
last week had to be' awarded to
Joan Hanna, tat rernr;?rkable
lads' of Huron Country
Playhouse, who gave the minO
role of Louise, the French
maid, , everything she had.
While not sneaking a word of
English, she delighted the
audience with her bounce and
her flair for - the co;medy�
situation. She 'stole- the show •in
her brief'monlents ori stage and
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earned even greater admiration
°from among theatre goers.
The sets for •Private Lives
were gait and James Steers
.can take a • bow for their
authenticity. Rarely are plays
attempted ,at the Playhouse'
z:swhich 'require two different
stage settings and the audience
responded to the.change with '•
well-deserved ;apr)lause..
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(staff photo)
-'-,.,problems retarded, ' children
face.
Nina was in a •play called
"Therm" which.'was written by
Warren Robinson; `an English
,ane' dram teacher at Goderich
District- Collegiate Institute.
The'play depicted the role of
retarded people in society'and
how society reacts to them.
Cheryl Was also in the play.
The two girls; along with others
the GDCI drama club went
• -k'to• an institute in Palmerston
for " the tnentally retarded _ to
learn about them..
Lisa intends to' take a course
in college . about counselling
retarded children. She says the
experience in Open Doors is in-
valuable.
Debbie 4ias the same aim. ail
Lisa. •,
Ali-. five have "worked as
volunteers at Queen Elizabeth'
during' reguiat 'schod'1 months.
• • They', find .their work Both'
satisfying and frustrating.
They a • find themselves
satisfied when the children hug
them' and kiss them. and when
the children respotJd'to having.
chats n because few p^ople seem
• to talk to them and when they
find' that kids are kids, men-..
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