Clinton News-Record, 1983-06-29, Page 21Blyth's Michael Cronyn, left, made his stage debut in dian farmer, willing to offer a new home to the Barnardo
Nobody's Child. Layne Coleman, right, played the Cana- boy.
Nobody's Child opens season
Another hit for the Festival
By Shelley McPhee
The success story for the
Blyth Summer Festival
continues a new chapter
every season.
For the past eight years
the Festival has brought
new, delightful, award
winning Canadian plays to
the stage. The ninth semen
at Blyth is no exception. The
newest play to make its
debut at the Festival,
Nobody's Child is a winner
and the start of yet another
exciting chapter in the Blyth
Festival story.
The opening night per-
formance on June 24 easily
, brought the audience to its
feet in applause and praise
for the writer, the cast, the
set designer, costume
designer and all the behind
the scenes workers who
helped to create Nobody's
Child.
The season opener was
commissioned by Festival
Artistic•Director Janet Amos
from Janice Wiseman, a
Guelph playwright.
Set in 1910, the play takes
place on the farm of Tom and
Agnes Cunningham near the
mythical Ramsey, Ontario.
Agnes trained as a
veterinary nurse and came
to Canada to further her
career. She married Tom
Cunningham, the son of an
travelling blacksmith and
taught him to read. Agnes'
mother Mrs. Parson, having
lost her home and com-
fortable life in England, has
just come to live in their log
cabin.
Unable to manage all the
chores on the farm the
Cunninghams apply for a
boy from the Bernardo
Homes in England to help.
The Bernardo Homes took
orphans and waifs from the
streets of England, and
attempted to find new homes
for them.
The arrival of Jack and
Winnie Fairburn change the
lives of the Cunningmans as
well as their own. The
homesick pair, along in a
strange country, act as a
catalyst in the estrangement
and reconciliation of the
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plans
expansion
A major expansion to its
Davidson Rubber Company
subsidiary plant in Port
Hope, was announced today
by E. Paul Casey, president
and chief executive officer of
Ex -Cell -0 Corporation.
Mr. Casey said, "The ex-
pansion reflects the increas-
ing demand for the com-
pany's automotive interior
trim products, especially
Davidson's proprietary pro-
cess for distinctive in-
strument panels. In-
stallation of state-of-the-art
production equipment is
planned to enhance the
quality and productivity
capabilities of the Port Hope
plant."
According to Mr. Casey,
the 16,000 square -foot addi-
tion and associated produc-
tion equipment represents a
potential investment over
the next three years of $5.3
million (U.S. Funds).
Ex -Cell -0 Corporation is a
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tools, ordinance equipment,
packaging systems and
other precision industrial
products.
other characters as they
come to terms with their
lives in rural Ontario.
Acting by all cast mem-
bers in Nobody's Child is
excellent, but the one actor
who was most highly praised •
by the opening night
audience was young Michael
Cronyn, 10, of Blyth.
Michael takes on the role
of Jack Fairburn with all the
enthusiasm of a seasoned
professional. He credibly
makes his mark on the Blyth
Festival stage in his debut
performance. More
familiarly, Michael is known
as the catcher of his squirt
ball team and minor hockey
player. He is the 10 -year-old
son of John and Yvonne
Cronyn of Blyth.
Dawn McNeil played Jack
Fairburn's older sister Win-
nie. The Nobody's Child
sweetheart, Winnie is old
beyond her 15 years in her
responsible caring of her
brother, but still carries the
sweet innocence of
childhood.
The children are
warmly welcomed to the
Cunningham home by Tom.
Layne Coleman, a familiar
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face in Blyth, plays the role
of the warmhearted Cana-
dian farmer. A personality
that has come naturally to
Coleman in other Blyth
plays, he offers hurrior,
understanding and patience
to the sometimes tense
household.
In contrast his wife Agnes,
superbly acted by Terry
Tweed, is a woman driven by
ambition but hampered by
emotional guilts.
Agnes devotes all her
energies to her veterinary
nursing in an effort to bring
back to life her happy
childhood memories. Emo-
tionally distraught, this
same woman wants to bury
all memories of her dead
son.
Tweed wins sympathetic
heards and audience tears in
her dramatic and sensitive
portrayal of Agnes Cunn-
ingham as she comes to
grips with her past and
future.
Tweed and Coleman share
the most moving scene in the
play when Agnes' emotional
armor is broken and all the
guilts, carried for her dead
son are exposed_ The scene
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is one of the most intense
moments that has been stag-
ed at the Festival.
A smile, a feelin of
familiarity and love go t to
Mrs. Pion. -fin C sson
plays the role of th ive-in
grandmother, a fine English
lady who has difficulty cop-
ing with uncivilized Cana-
dian wilderness. An ac-
complished English actress
Casson has little difficulty
creating the role of the wise
mother.
A bittersweet tale,
Nobody's Child cast is com-
pleted with one typical,
mean villain.
John C. Rutter, who
played Abby Rose in last
year's Country Hearts is
back on the Blyth stage as
George Bailey, a smooth
talking, smart dressing,
sharp meany. When it comes
to the villain department,
Rutter is the best of the
nasties.
TNebedy'aCAlild istventhe
believeable authenticy of a
detailed set created by Gwen
Keatley. From the pressed
back chairs to the granite
ware, from the old wood
stove to the reproduced
wallpaper, great lengths
have been taken to re-create
the scene from a 1910 coun-
try kitchen.
Harry Frehner completes
the set with lighting design.
Focussed from the kitchen
window the various inten-
sities of lighting clearly in-
dicate the time of day.
Nobody's Child plays July
1, 6, 7 (at 2 p.m.), 9 (at 2 p.m.
and 8:30 p.m.), 11, 14, 15, 28
(at 2 p.m.), August 5, 9, 18.
The play is a strong begin-
ning for another chapter in
the Blyth Festival saga.
It's CCircus ti e in
From the pre -dawn mist
will roll truckload after
truckload of tents, animals,
personnel and equipment.
All to be combined to form
an incredibly large but
graceful big top for the one
day visit of the Martin and
Downs Circus, Canada's
touring tent circus.
Minor Sports in Blyth are
presenting the circus on July
3 with one performance at 2
p.m. at Lions Park.
Each morning in over 120
communities across Canada
the circus erects the big top
feeds the circus animals,
and personnel, and prepares
for performances, rain or
shine. In our fast paced liv-
ing of today you will find the
circus a refreshing change.
A world that still respects
tradition and prides itself in
a performance that has
never been censored.
Martins and Downs Circus
presents a traditional circus
performance: 90 minutes of
thrills and chills under the
big top. You will see pranc-
ing liberty ponies, trained
llama, aerial trapeze and
Spanish wab stars, educated
mule and clever canines,
wizards of balancing and
juggling, circus funny men
in bombasts of buffoonery,
and of course the Circus
Elephant. All the enjoyable
ingredients to keep your
children dreaming pleasant
dreams for weeks to come.
The best part about Martin
and Downs Circus is that
they care about families.
That is why there are no
reserved seats and one low
admission price admits you
to the main circus perfor-
mance. Also on the circus
grounds and open before and
after each main show perfor-
mance are the giant killer
python snake exhibit,
children's pony ride and
other midway attractions.
All these attractions will be
available at a separate
nominal cost.
When you buy advance dis-
count circus not only will you
be supporting Canadian
entertainment but also the
projects of your local minor
Controversial film
opens in Blyth
The controversial film, "If
You Love This Planet", will
open the Friday night film
series that runs throughout
the summer in Blyth.
The film made the
headlines this spring when it
and a film about acid rain
were not allowed into the
United States from Canada.
In "If You Love This
Planet", Dr. Helen Caldicott
discusses the dangers of
nuclear warfare and claims
that we do not have the
medical skills to deal with
the survivors of a nuclear
holocaust. The film shows
some of the horrors of
nuclear warfare but it is
more a documentary than a
horror story.
During July and August
films will t shown every
Friday night at 7 p.m. as
part of the visual arts
program of the Blyth
Summer Festival. Come to
the movies one half block
east of the main intersection
• in Blyth. Movies of special
interest to children will be
shown on July 8 and 15.
Admission is free to all
movies but a silver collection
will be taken to cover the
cost of refreshments.
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