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Summer°Festival begins, the audience, ill "The phone and the yellow pages are my
see the cnitnination of months of planni g best friends," She notes,Stefere heading
, and preparation. • out to see a collection of, blue granite ware,
Tho; Festival season More accessories which Will give Nobody s
opened with a new Canadian`p lay "No • Child" itS,helievable authentic look a
body's Child." Set in 1010, the play written the Next
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t Elaine'se iled-high office is'i
by • Janice' Wiseman tells the story Of
two Resident costume designer and cutter:,,
poor English children. Jack and Winnie,
sent from the Barnard(" Homes hi'England Kerry ;Hackett and het assistagt Karen
to ' find work and a new beginning in McVey spent their days creating and':
Canada. altering the impressive display of outfits;
Young Jack is sent to work on a farm worn by Fast members.
owned by Tom and Agnes Cunningham. For' Nobody's Child" the costuming due
Mrs. Cunningham too- has an ambitious have altered and prepared 18 outfits,
goal for the future. One of the first including 10 period costumes, fashioned
veterinarian nurses in Canada, her dream is from Kerry's own drawings•
to succeed at her work in an effort to buy Before creating the' costumes, Kerry
back-her,grandfather's farm in England. meets with the director to establish what
Audiences at Blyth will see the story will best suit the play. They discuss the time
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unfold on the stage. However whet period, the setting, the characters' roles
audience, does . not see is how plays like and personalities. Kerry ' then begins
"N,obody's Child" are created and devel- researching her project by studying old.
oped-• photos and catalogues and her impressions
It takes the talent, imagination and hard and ideas are put to paper. After drawings'
work of playwrights, directors, producers, are approved by the director, Kerry starts
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lighting and sound technicians, scenic shopping for material, costumes that can be
painters, costume designers, carpenters, altered, shoes, hats and all the accessories
the property mistress, and of course the , needed to completeA HALLENGE meS.
actors and actresses, to bring Blyth Festival Costuming for "Nobody's Child" has
been a particular challenge for Kerry and
Karen. The time 1910, was an indistinct
fashion period. Still the Blyth Summer
Festival costuming department has created
an array of special outfits.
Amongst the lumber, tools and sawdust
are two of the Summer Festival's happiest
employees, 19 -year-old Susan Klabunde of
London and Ann Webster, 20, of Wingham.
Summer students at the theatre, Susan
and Ann have impressive sounding work
titles, but both happily admit, "we're the
go-fers."
productions to the stage.
For the past month the Festival staff have
been focussing all their attention and
energies towards the opening play.
Taking Ms. Wiseman's script and play.
concept each department has studied,'
discussed and suggested ideas in an effort
to re-create an authentic 1919 rural
Canadian setting.
in the set design department, scenic
painter Jules Tonus has had•the detailed
task of building the interior of a country,
farmhouse.
A SCRAP OF WALLPAPER
Using a small scrap of long forogotten
wallpaper, he has made a papered wall
which closely resembles the intricate design
of the original covering. Wood panelling for
walls has been made with a versatile theatre
product, "scenic dope." This thick liquid is
made from calcium carbonate, white paint
and glue.
A set is not complete until all the
furniture and accessories are added.
Property mistress Elaine Allen gives the set
itsresiIs : 1c mt f •shing touches
Ann and Susan help to build sets, run
errands, meet actors at the train station in
Stratford and spend a great deal of time
carrying materials up to the second floor
carpentry workshop.
"Today." Susan says, ."we moved four
years worth of old sets from a barn. It was
lug -around day. We're often seen trotting
down the streets, lugging pails of stuff."
"People get used to seeing us at it
again," Ann notes.
What makes Susan and Ann so special is
of their jobs, but their attitudes. They
After reading the script, Elaine deter- happily giggle and find fun in most chores,
mines what items she will need. She's then and both agree that their summer work is
off in her pick-up truck on an all-out giving them experience which will enhance
campaign to borrow as much as she can their future theatrical careers.
find. Blyth Festival Board members and Ann and Susan share a feeling with all the
local stores help out in this, department. people who have made the Blyth Summer .
Some items must he purchased but Elaine Festival one of the top theatres in the
notes. "There's never enough time or nation. LOVELY
money with summer theatre."
Antique furniture pieces are the most Jules Tonus simply says that Blyth is a
difficult to borrow. People are not willing to lovely place to work. The Festival's
lend their prized antiques, Elaine admits. commitment to produce new Canadian
Just last week Elaine finally searched out shows.Is the "incredible part of this place."
a sideboard, suitable to the 1910 setting. 1 -his first summer at Blyth, Jules notes
GARAGE SALES that in' a an effort to work for the Festival, "i
On Saturdays Elaine can usually be found phoned every day and left all these huge
browsing and buying at the various garage messages."
sales in the area. However for "Nobody's Elaine Allen is back for the second year at
Child" the property mistress has had an Blyth as property mistress. She loves the
extraordinary task, locating old veterinar- friendly
rie dly charactertake
to of
p and visage and the time
ian tools. Vet clinics in Wingham, Goderieh people
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COSTUMES -.Kerry Hackett, left, is the resident costume
designer and ("titter at the Blyth Summer Festival. Kerry
and,her asststdnt Karen McVey create and alter all the
costumes forihe Festival's five productions this season.
(Shelley McPhee photo)
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Congratulations are exten-
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their 25th Wedding Anniver-
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this past weekend.
We wish to welcome Mr.
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The residents of Dublin
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Peter E. Maloney Jr. who
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- Miss Lucille Delaney.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
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