The Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-07-29, Page 21Harry J Boyle h b told thet d' t
many firings. He has been,a at theplay send above, he has written '"A act. stated broadcasting .Television• and Telecom=
'no v e 1 is t , pia y w r i g h t , although :`,,the . play find. a , ''lMemories of. a catholic . artistic effort and following He was rueful,"I'll hang en
broadcasting exec-utive and smaller budget than one' put. Boyhood", , "Luck - of the ,hirou' h with this is one of the for another. year or so : '11'11
no'W is. chairman of the on in. Halifax, also bpsed on•- Irish:"; "The Great Canadian mandates orthe CRTC, -It was . stay •until everything's set -
Canadian Radio -Television his writings, he preferred the . Novel" .,and .a. play, "The the CRTC .that 'app led tied, but I've ben saing that
Commission; •ane of the top° less costly Blyth show. Inheritance".
bureauerats:in'C 1� __ Canadjian .content rulings Orr-
-,forfive years. . r;
,nada. -He said; They have caught
as 'coil o actors
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Boyle still loves area in which he wos bo'rn
an ac resses . B,esides 'the books mentioned act; `One of 'the clauses to the called Canadian • RacJi0
journalist, sports .l writer, He later commented that Summer " B u r n i n `' , munications C • "
g would support "Canadian and
ommission.
;.The easiest work to write what gets..on television and As with .mo't government
was "The Luck of the .L`,lsh" radio air waves.. departments, the ;C -RTC has
and the most' difficult was < been affected by the cut=
"The. Great Canadian . When Mr. Boyle was - in backs in budget„ When Mr,
:Novel -He is: presently'" Ottawa attending Carleton,. Boyle was . promoted he.
working ;on a •no•vel.based on University ..,and; busy with° . immediately cut back on
"Thelnheritance"work" at the, Canadian employees,,. •The telecom-.
• Mr: Boyle worked at CKNX". Institute' •of' Studies, „ Hpi5. muriications divi'sio'n for
and as a prod -nee - at CBC, Judy . LaMarsh telephoned example, ' is now Clow*, to a
While""controversy`, veil the and asked him. to,•be vice= • skeleton staff, ., , *. '
place ,of culture En, Broad- chairman of committee. '
a skeleton
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casting•, was •Still in its .•iii-: ••which was being 'formed. Mast of Mr: Boyles writing.
fancy, he was one of the Chairman of the CRTC was has tinges of autobiography.
forceWedns behind the CB,C'Pte.rre Juneau, who loft the 14eexplained,"'The older I.
. esday Night series, an post some time ago to tlry, to, gat, the more Ihad the feeling
international award winner: enter federal politics, When you have' to get back where'.
` `Later, he was'a consultant he left, Mr: Boyle was_asked _you_sam 'frog '
tt5 "the "Board.. of -Broadcast -lo fill his past.. • • , To attend '• the. play Mr; •.
Boyle :drove from Toronto to
Blyth,.As he was driving pint.
Melton he -began, being
reminded of la.miliar`locales.
He said he wouldn't mind
living in•this region again, '"I
• love it here" _
Ldol'cirig -back gave him
much, .material'••- for his only
play, The Inheritance". In
1950 Dora Mavin Moore of the
well known musical and
. dramatic family inn Toronto,
called several writers. Mr.
Boyle
called.
of_thetn.
' "Hey, you. shou'Id .write »a
'play,`'tie wa's told,
There appear. -to be two •the esserice »T it,'"' and
patterns inhis life, one, the referred to the tug-of-war in
artistic and creative and the his nature. "Things like this
other the official. Despite his .:.keep, on pulling -ale. When I
important position he admits won the StephenLeacock
he 'is,' often drawn'' back to Medal for Humor (in .1963) it'
artistic activities: ' set ire off again
Mr. Boyle was born at St
- Mr. Boyle' went to seed Augustine, Huron County
opening night; of "Mostly in For a-tim,e,, he Worked as -a
Clover" at the Blyth Summer , journalist and sports writer'
Theatre recently,' a play for the The • Telegram in
adapted from his book,;;, Toronto While - there, he
"Mostly in Clover",_""With-a- bet -AT -Writing •a-- weekly
Pinch • • of •Sin'' • and column about his experiences
"Homeb'rew end Patches". ' • of growing up. •..ic •
He :was- enthusiastic 'about Later;. -the -hest--of- -th-ese
columns were published as
sketches in several books.
the production.
• "That was. lots of fun,". he
The Mumberly Inheritance
was .:goad ton
reat as t
Governors :and helped• = to Mt. 'Boyle, commented,
draw up the Broadcasting "The commission is now
°
Evans
v.II.aigous
was banished.'from the manor
By' Shirley`1. Keller, . forever, Daphne. ' married
The. :audience • at ' Huron . Rodney, Jack found: his •long.
Country'Playho-use really got lost love,„ in :Polly num-
.- into the production of •The pling(Nancy 'Palk), Sir
Mumberly .Inheritance, last • Roger's nurse, and Crispin
;week, and made this musical .. Cringe found his niche with
melodrama one of the "most'. •Dotty,. the Mumberly raid
refreshing ,evenings 'theatre • (Trulie MacLeod). Everyone
• • goers in this part of Ontario .:lived happily - and richly•=
haye-•eerienced- in __s.ome:.' ever more,y__
time. xp• • The enjoyment ,'in• the
' - About halfway through the production came clWarly from
first act, the.audience began 'the great lines- in the °script,,
booing and hissing the ,villain, and the professional acting
Marmaduke: Mayhem '(M E.:''ability'of. the cast. Every,.
:Evans) in the most en member of that cast
•-•:•-''-'ti a i-osti ".==f'A-5iY'1'iFFtr ,incl e 't1 i"1 Td'Is •I t, Mei mow*
moaning and lamenting with , sonality of the.pla•y. Everyone
the tousle -headed • heroine,. appeared to be having just as
' Daphne. Munnberly (Kathy much fun•astheaudience, :
i ar. '. at . a t e proper. • • op•a'cting- award ••must to to
times.. °' M.E. Ev'ans:for ht.§ portrayal •
• • The plot centered 'around of Marmaduke Mayhem.
Mumberly . Manor and Seldom has there 'been a
Daphne,. daughter of . Sir . villain so -scorned by so many.
'- • Roger. , Muimberly (Stan' In. his black . suit, his -black
Lacey). The.fair Daphne Was cape, his: black'. hat and his
in love. with' • Rodney stark': 'white ` gloves, 'Evans
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more .excited as' the per-. ':Douglas were especially good
formance ran on, in their supporting roles
Evans is not a new face at •• Douglas gets.special plaudits '• •• He thought very little about
Huron Country.Playhouse, for his rendition 'of.Waste Milt," _the conversation.unt9Cone day
'but he is a favorite • per: Want Net. The audience loved he was going past the New
former. He' was' truly .at :his . it. • Play Society in
` y e y. -Theatre
best last week •. and,: the: . Rob . Craig provided Toronto and saw printed on
resounding • applause of a sparkling piano backup for ,the: .playbill "The
satisfied house crowned ,that • the performance, -and; made•-. Inheritance"' .by Harry. J.
aachievement. • a surprise appearance , on o_yle ' :t -.
The -best musical per -stage at The. end of the per ..:He related, -"It was black
formance was turned in by . for�mance. as he, too, tried t.o mail, 'but r Wrote ,the play
Kathy Millard: Ms. Millard sneak into the tunnel for his.. during the. summer at the
has. a beautiful voice, strong • share of the Mumberly' loot. cottage,''
and clear. Her heart-rending The . set •• designer'for 'The Mr. ' Boyle _ said,
version of No,1Vo A Thousand..
Mumberly Inheritance. -can "Characters have a- 'life of
as was in*-T_Lmcs. :. . • artr:44k? A 13p,i8r, tin Thio stag- thPi.>• - -Wil.,_ :.: ,a:t's the .
a i Ar .- - _ r r hir;'i a'etblis' _''arl't bttatit4tVrVkrtit_etxt"rr-- .
�es►tertainmg. Yi was, sk5�u''�l'y �" � � p � Y.�
carried out by an actress who .attractive. • He ' went on; `,`A . Corn,
at all; tiifies • was the _frail, The Mu-mberly•Inheritance, bination. of; fact !.and fiction
an. woeu ai•Y In ii' CreSr 'by a e. create§ 'the writing---df--these.:,-
,, an
• ' McConnell will likely. emerge things.
• ' • ' for. many Huron Country • In an introduction to one of '
• Stoutheart (Stanley `Coles)
had complete command of his
but just- minutes before role from start to"finish. His
Rodney asked Daphne to be : little•• asides to the audience
his bride, Sir Roger hadbeen were particularly polished;
foreed-t•o-•-•--••p etnise : his and he managed to draw,just
daughter's hand • to • .the-- the, right reactions from the
dastardly Mayhem.. It seems :crowd which grew more and
that Mayhem had paid up all . '
Sir Roger's gambling debts, ilii•
and was' now poised •to take
Mumberly: .IVIanor. and
Daphne' for his own since 'Sir
Roger was 'penniless' - and
powerless; '
But -Daphne had .faith•- faith
thather brother Jack
•Mum•berly.,;who". had gone .to
."Tile Canadas" ' in search of
the secret • ter the fortune
which was . suppow"ed to .lie``
somelOere.within Mumberly
Manor. And her faith was not
in vain. '
Just as. everything ap-
peared its -blackest, Jack-
Mumberly returr�ned : .but
without the seet.` It was
Crispin • ci?Cringe (David
Douglas) who finally 'un;
covered the fortune in -a
tunnel behind. the fireplace.
Cringe had been tossed into a
well on. Mumberly Marcor by
Mayhe the `villain,• and" it
turned of thewell was -at-
tached too,orthe--••jeweti flfled
tunnel with its exit 'in, the
manor'singroom..
• So as Marmaduke Mayhem
Stan Lacey gets honorable Playhouse. regulars
mention .for his work as Sir season's favorite. For anyone
Roger,' a misguided old,man who enjoys. light . en -
who had obviously lived a, tertainment cleverly staged,
rather explosive youth. He t`• it will•be hard to beat.
was especially good . as' he,.
cowered under thetirade of
.the villain. When Stan La-cey
quivers- and quakes, crying
out in anguish, an audience
can almost feel -the 'pain- of it
all.
- Trulie MacLeod arid David ,
oronto.ad y
Pro -fife
Panda
A., Pro Life information
booth was set up in Goderich
on Saturday, July 17 in • the
Court House Square as part of
the Festival of Arts events:..'
TGie Fetal Model Display,
using figures . of .a pre -born
child in -different stages of
deve•lopm•ent_,was an' at-
traction to every age group..
The purpose sof the display is
an educational ane, proving
that this is a tiny, human
being„ liying;_but notyet born.
Photographic displays
were used as well, and free
literature available for those
,interested in learni•
ore
• about the subject of abo do .`
_-V-o-l-iinteer•s-•. -from t e
Goderich and District Pro•
Life Group put the booth in
Government Assisted
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Sale; . Price ;34,323.
Doirn Payment- $1,700.
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place, manned it during the ••
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evening.' • -
Free chances'Werre_given on
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Toronto;. -the draw .was made
by Joe Judge of Michigan.
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Mr. Boyle is•: tly t, but he"
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Linda ' Bur -nett, ' wife of
Lawrence Burnett, Goderich;
received` her diploma in
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