Clinton News-Record, 1986-08-06, Page 20Fano 90-C1 11vrr(1N NWS -RECORD. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 6, 1986
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By Shelley McPhee-HaiSt
GRAND BEND - "Well, what did you think
of the play?" I asked my companion.
"It was fine," she hesitated. "It took me a
while to get into it, but it was okay."
"It'sn award winner - you know," I
pondered. -
As so, my friend and I left the Huron Coun-
try Playhouse on July 30 wondering what we
had missed in Salt -Water Moon.
It is an award winner, a coast to coast hit,
the runner-up of the prestigious Chalmer's
Canadian Play Award. •
Salt -Water Moon comes from one of
Canada's foremost playwrights, David
French, French has seen his plays produced
around the.world and has been the winner's
circle for the Chalmers- on several
occasions. •
The Grand Bend production of Salt -Water
Moon featured two fine young actors, Laurie
Paton and Steven Sutcliffe and the
Playhouse's new artistic director Steven
Schipper was behind the reins for the direc-
tion of this production.
The play itself is a nice little piece, an enter-
taining evening out. However, it seems -that
Salt -Water Moon could have been more.
Despite its award winning status Salt -Water
Moon lacked the strength and appeal that
makes for an exceptional play.
The story of Salt -Water Moon is both roman-"
tic and dramatic, comic and tragic. The bit-
tersweet tale is set in August 1926 at Coley's
Point, Newfoundland.
Eighteen -year-old Jacob Mercer (Steven
Sutcliffe) has returned from Toronto to the
tiny Newfoundland outporth-hoping to win
back his former sweetheart, Mary .Snow
(
Laurie Patton). Mary, however, has become
engaged to the wealthy Jerome McKenzie,
and she is still hurt and bewildered by Jacob's
abrupt departure a year earlier. She will not
be easily wooed.
The story that unfolds tells both of Mary
and Jacob's difficult lives and that of their
parents, as well as their dreams and hopes
for the future.
Mary seeks to find a husband who can pro-
vide her with a nice home, where she won't
have to work as a service girl. She seeks a life
that will allow her children good education as
well as freedom for her younger sisiter who
must endure the hardships of life in the or-
phanage home.
Young -Jacob, dressed so fine in his Toron-
to store-bought suit, is a drearier, a poet, a
romantic youth. He fights for. Mary's place
in his heart with his tall tales, his humor and
his gifts - fine silk stockings.
Salt -Water Moon has a good story to tell and
Melville boys
GRAND BEND - The Melville Boys is a
very funny, yet moving story which runs at
Playhouse II from August 5-16. The Melville
brothers have planned a relaxing weekend
at the cottage; but, the unexpected arrival
of two attractive sisters causes a hilarious
chain of events which changes their rela-
tionship forever.
The play is set in a lake -side cottage
where the Melville brothers ( Murray Oliver
and James Haworth) are unexpectedly
launched into a fun -filled weekend with a
pair of sisters (Nancy Palk and Jackie
l`Wray ). Author, Norm Foster, treads a
tightrope in creating a comedy out of what is
essentially a family crisis. It's On Golden
Pond and Terms of Endearment mixed
together.
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Jacob Mercer (Steven Sutcliffe) feigns interest as Mary Snow (Laurie Paton) points out
the stars in David French's Salt -Water Moon through to August 9 at the Huron Country
Playhouse in Grand Bend.
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the audience enjoyed the love banterings of
the two starstruek youths. More time should
have been spent with these comic portions of
the script, and less with the historic
monologues that delved into the past, both of
the region and the characters' families.
It is here, in the seemingly long explana-
tions of the past that interest in Salt -Water
Moon wanes. The regional history is too in-
volved for someone other than a native to
grasp, and much of the story is lost to the
Newfoundland dialect used in the play.
The actors here are at their best, both in
script and accent, when they are involved in
a love battle, Mary Snow showing her firey
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spirit, Jacob Mercer showing his lovauie ap-
peal as a clown.
The play itself seems slow moving through
the first half, finally picking up in action and
interest by the second portion. Of course, in
the tradition of a good romantic tale, all's well
that end's well with the young lovers.
Salt -Water Moon provides an enjoyable
evening's entertainment, and yet it does not
make for the award winning status that is pre-
sent as its claim to fame.
Salt -Water Moon will be featured on the
Main Stage of the Huron Country Playhouse
until August 9.
touching and comical
It was during a 14 hour drive, without a
radio, from New Brunswick to Toronto three
years ago the author Norm Foster thought
oft the plot to The Melville Boys. He is well
on his way to becoming one of Canada's
most popular playwrights. His plays Sin-
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been successes everywhere they've played
across Canada.
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