The Huron Expositor, 1985-07-31, Page 9ENTERTAINMENT
Mrs. Markham an English farce
BYJUUEMgeDONAIBI
Move Over Mrs. Markham currently
playing at the Huron Country Playhouse,
Grand Bend, can be best described as an
English farce. Just like a glorified "Man
About the House" episode, misunderstand-
ing builds on misunderstanding. Take a love
letter...and put it in the hands of the wrong
husband...and the fun begins. Throw in a
melange of both real and imagined infideli-
ties with innuendoes and double entendres
and stir.
The action --and there is plenty of it --takes
place in the top floor London flat of Philip and
Joanna Markham (Ian D. Clark and Marcia
Mash) on a summer evening, and involves
the intertwining of their lives with those of
their friends Henry and Linda Lodge (Colin
Miller and Judy Leigh -Johnson), a flamboy-
ant interior designer Alistair Spenlow (Ian
Deakin) and their maid Sylvie (Heather Dick).
"The comedy is one that audiences will
love," says director Ron Ulrich, and that was
certainly the case with the near capacity
crowd opening night. Some of the jokes are
predictable, and some are rather tired
slapstick humor, but much of what happens
on the stage is so ridiculous it evokes
laughter.
W hen an important business contact, Olive
Harriet Smythe (Jenny Turner), appears on
the scene, to find Mrs. Markham and Alistair
in a compromising position, everyone pulls
together to secure the contract for the Lodge
and Markham frim, by taking on various
identities to validate the ever changing
situation.
Ian Deakin makes a perfect Alistair,
backed by an impressive list of credentials
including the role of Ariel in The Tempest at
the Stratford Festival for several seasons. In
fact, the entire cast is superb, even down to
the small roles of Donnie Bowes (Walter - the
man with whom Mrs. Lodge is trying to have
an affair) and Pat Yeatman (Miss Wilkinson -
the telephone operator Mr. Lodge has
arranged to meet for the night).
The characters are shallow and the ending
pulls together quickly, as the ending of any
TV situation comedy, but anything else would
be unsuitable with the rapid pace of the
hilarity, the nine actors 4ontinually moving
through the six doorways on stage.
Inciden-
tally, the set, designed by Andrew M. Stearn,
works extremely well and is visually interest-
ing, the loud patterns and color choices
attributed to the expert taste of Alistair's
interior design.
In mixup after mixup, the script's pande-
monium builds to a frenzy, resolves itself
almost instantly and ends with the best line of
the evening.
It can readily be understood why Move
Over Mrs. Markham has been billed "the
laughter hit of the year." It runs in Grand
Bend until August 3.
Western fair seeks hostess
ants must be single and residents of the area.
Entries will be received at the Administration
Building, Western Fair grounds until August
16, 1985.
Preliminary judging is 'Thursday, August
22 at 7 p.m., and 10 semi-finalists will be
judged on Thursday evening, August 29. The
winner will be selected on the basis of charm,
poise, personality and appearance.
The 1984 "Fairest of the Fair", 21 -year-old
Catherine Bogaert, a dance instructor from
Dresden, Ontario, will be on hand at a news
reception on Wednesday, Sept. 4 to pass her
crown to her successor.
The official hostess for Western Fair '85
will be chosen on Wednesday, Sept. 4 from
among southwestern Ontario residents ages
19 to 23. The "Fairest of the Fair" receives a
$1,500 travel prize, a wardrobe from Suzy
Shier, London and a colors or styles
consultation from Colours, London. The
winner will also have the opportunity to
represent Western Fair at the C.N.E. Queen
of the Fairs competition in 1986. The
runner-up receives a set of matched luggage
from The Traveller Leather Merchants,
London.
In addition to age requirements, contest -
Workshop slated for Blyth
The children and youths of the Blyth
Festival summer workshops will give per-
formances of their '85 production, "Book of
Miracles", by Peter Moss and Robert
Morgan.
Described as a compilation of Star W ars,
Lord of the Rings and Arthurian Legends, the
play encourages the imagination of each child
to reach into a fantasy world and build up the
characters as they rehearse the play.
Book of Miracles will be performed in the
lions Park on: August 15 at 4:30 p.m.,
August 16 at 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., August
17 at 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Essential to the production of new plays is
the workshopping of scripts and the Festival
has run a Writers' Workshop program for a
number of years. This summer, the following
workshops will take place:
W eek of July 29 - Enemy Graces by Sharon
Stearns, directed by Kim McCaw.
W eek of August 5 - Discovery by Peter
Desbarats, directed by Diana Beishaw.
Week of August 12 - On Thursdays, They
Don't Collect Garbage by Uwe Meyer,
directed by Ronalda Jones.
Legion to receive tulips
A meeting of the Diamond Jubilee
Committee was held recently with George
Miller as chairman. It was learned that 8,000
tulips have been ordered through Command
to be delivered in September, about 3,000
more than most had hoped for. A report on
the lottery that was held will be in the hands
of our Secretary, no later than August 15.
A Diamond Jubilee Banquet will be held
Friday August 23 to commemorate the
Legion's 60 years as a Service Club. The
"Articles of Faith" will also be read and
signed by the members present. This is an
oath of Allegiance whereby our Sons and
Daughters dedicate themselves to uphold the
traditions and standards of the Legion and
work to ensure the continuation of the Legion
itself, preserving its original goals of
LEGION
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Patriotism, Loyalty and Remembrance.
LOT GRADED
Our parking lot is now graded and ready for
the hard top to be laid down possibly this
week. Parking will be inconvenient the day
the work is done but should only be a couple
of days. The floor in the upstairs hall has now
been refinished and is ready for use again.
Ken Coombs and George Case have done a
good job.
TERRY
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