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'PACT 4A•40ODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBE 2, 1976
.auiclitothim. SpQ1ted lb? 'effect.
Anne in
GodericM was well receive
13Y SHIRLEY J: KELLER ' Barry,. Anne' -s best • friend, In fact, it appeared as powering for the vocalists.
also gave an especially strong though director Don -f ckS.er When the whir of the portable
performance•. Anne and worked overtime to introduce rights was added,, to, e n i ..
,Diana's duet Kindred Spirits a little modern-day smut` into,. made it extremely difficult to
was show stopper.. •' .. the play thinking perhaps •fully• appreciate_. ' Anne of
She •Best musical numbers in this.innprovisationwould'held G,rgen Gables •as it was:
theE - h•ew•--'�v-e-lr-E"' all-e=so---a . CUL' a in se-ginen of _n s—G re.e. e ahlrre;---__._
Just •.before . the Huron
.Country Playhouse's version
of Anne of Green Gables
ralXle '1� Grzfierroh, :I :.read
Canadian–
.
s e- " eCes a a
e t ttm s
h
favorite • by, Lucy 'Maude
'Montgomery. .I was. ,glad I
had; for ' with that. recent
acquaintance, with this.
beloved children's classic -I
was better able.to enjoy the
show �- and; I hope, to write a
fair and s.ontewhat
knowledgeable review of it.
The .b.00k, se-tin--•t?.rince
Edward Island, is' a pure
delight from start to finish,
For' children,. particularly
girls between the ages .. of.
eight and 12 I'd estimate, it
should be required reading. •
Anne Shirley is an orphan
girl who goes to live wilt a
bachelor and a spinster at
Green Gables, not too- far
• from Charlottetown: Matthey✓ '
• and 'Marilla "clearly
requested a boy, but due'to an.
error Anne comes, to'them
-from. Nova Scotia.' Although
they consider sending. her
back, Anne wins their. hearts
In short .order — in. fact,.
Matthew is smitten by her
almost as soon as. he sees her.
Anne isn't an ordinary, girl.
'. She's bright, she's
imaginative, she's hard
working, she's perceptive and
honest; she's wise beyond her
years. She isn't a particularly
pretty girl she is very thin
having orange -red hair and
freckles and an • extremely
pale complexion - but there'.s.
something about her . that
makes her 'stand out in a
• crowd.. She's most sensitive
•about her appearance, too,
and, , when she . loses her
' 'temper - and Anne' can really.
have tantrums it is Usually
after. some remark .involving
• her hair or her freckles.
1Raising ' Anne is; " a
challenge, yet , as. the
book ends it is evident that
Anne has' been worth all the
difficulty.. she'brought to
Matthew and Marina,.
proves she is the. "smartest.
girl id the Island". However,
when Matthew dies of a heart,
•
ailment,, she givesit all up to
stay on at Green Gables with
Marilla.. At the conclusion,
the reader wants it to go on
and on . . .for by this -time,
Anne seems'•_like a real and
dear friend too precious..to
close the covers.
The Playhouse Anne,
�Marylu Moyer, conveyed this
bubbl.hi.g,:. babbling, barn-
storming bundle of bo,Unce
that .was- -Anne of •. Green
Gables. Moyer was sofull of
enthusiasm i4l--t11-e partthe
stage seemed to "come
alive" each tine she st'ep'ped •
on it. She was the star of the
show - anda deserving star at
that: •
Also turning in a simply
great . performance was
Patricia Carroll Brown as
Marilla. Brown was properly
stiff and awkward as the
unwilling guardian for an
energetic young lady like
Anne, but as the production
' wore on, the audience could.
feel : he.r warning ° up and
"breaking down .under Anne's
spell.
George Murray gave 'a,
commendable performance
as Matthew. Sonie'of the most.
beautiful numbers • in the
show were .those •Murray did
with . Anne, for . he seemed
genuinely charmed by ' her.
'His-:. rendition of The Words
was mernora.ble. •
' Specialmention` goes to
Alicia Jeffery as Miss Stacy;
the school mistress. She, .
displayed, just the right mix'of
teacher temperament - stern
yet soft, firm yet flexible.`
Charlene. Shipp as Diana
Apology' and• the overture' by • audience a little better. Not so Even so; several hundred
the title song.. Those scenes carne. off persetts of all ages braved the
.the chorus, -
Best scenes were the ctErraitt. cheap and frumpy, detracting •
hot, humid evening to see
Anne in Goderich. Judging
fromthe comments •omm nts of
playgoers following. the show,
most. people enjoyed it and,
they were completely cap-
tivated b:y IVIaryla Moyerand
t e wonderful story
of Anne of
Green Gables. ,. •
wine episode when Diana was: 'from- another wise e'xcellent,.
the victim of circumstances show:
'unknown -to Anne; and.. the ' Also ••d'etracting iromthe
scene in w sponsored here by the
pouring g Rotary Club, � p
his lovely Anne; . acoustics of the GDCI
1 h audrtorEum and the un "Fully Licensed"
"1 d h f the
which Matthew died 'show, •
after ' ourin out his• heart to ' vv the • � oor
The schoo' house scenes. •• '
s:poi e the perfection o'. satisfactory seating -.un-
spoiled
for this writer. In ' the ', commodation. It all would
'book, there was no hint of the have been so. much more.
sometimes vulgar behaviour enjoyable• if the .entire
of the school 'children. The audience could have heard
Playhouse version left the
irnpressien'that the school in
_ the story wab filled with'
badly behaved, immature
students and unsuccessful
teaching staff. The ' very
Edmund Fitzerald
immortalized in •
Lightfoot ballad.
Turn on your radiothese
days and within five minutes
you're bound to hear Gordon
Lightfoot doing what he does
best, singing one : of hr
ballads: These days it will be
the best seller, "The Wreck of
the;EdmundFitzgerald".
Th1e ballad tells the story' of
the sinking of the. bulk. ore
carrier Edxnund:Fitzgerald iris
Lake Superior .last 'Novem--.
.ber. .
The ship went doyen during
a storm on November 10 and
. took with her..all, 29 hands.
Response to the record has
. amazed everyone including
Lightfoot himself. Sales have
rocketed since . it was • first -
released as one cut on an
album. Since then it has been
released as . a single and- air
play has increased.steadily a's
-well.
Warner Brother. • Record
promotion manager Mike
Stone claims to have never
seen a Canadian record take.
off in such a fashion.
"In just six ;weeks it has
become , a, Gordon Lightfoot
ciassic•,.'..' he sa•
ys,;
Reaction to the recording
has not been restricted to the
radio charts and sales figures
though. Wives and children of
crew members who died have
written letters to... Lightfoot
since the album canie .but,
and he has made it a point - to
reply to each• according to
Warner Brothers.
pregnant presence of Prissy,
Andrews at the concert was in
bad taste.
the lines, upderstood' all the
words of the songs and had a
better view of all parts of the
stage. '
There were timeswhen the
pit band -. incidentally a
tremendous addition to the
show was a little • over-,,
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