inesday, November 9, 1966

ITIC'S CORNER

—by Ruth M, Hollock

R Terrace Little Theatre opened the current amateur | that Terrace
Bma season With an excellent ‘production on Friday and
urday evenirlg, The play, a three-act farce, designed as a
of on hectic modern-day living,
but Saturday night produced a full house.

took what the m

up. people had
given Ait and

attracted a smail audience

Long As They're Happy,”
en by Vernon Sylvaine isa
that might well prove disas-
on stage if not handled in
Proper maniier and with just
right touch of lightness.
ector Loreen McColl manag-

go get “just the right touch of
tness” into the

spots

mime is the very first audience
gtiom. This usually sets the
and is often accomplished
ch careful planning of the
set. No comment about last
end’s production would be
; Without a genuine pat on the

pass for 87, than as a 37 year old
trying to
Hon Hie good, his delivery. slightly
‘ast

all performance convincing -
polished. Hitchcock had @ difficult
extra chore 4o do, as his role re-
quired ‘several vocal solos. with

terludes we found to be enjoyable
and they left us
hear more af
Musical talents,

der” a phoney psychoanalyst, was
convinelng and kooky;
at ease and in absolute

imitable beatnik “Poter Pember,”
did full justice. to
very appearance was enough to
produce gales of laughter from the

pass for 20, His projec.| was flawless and when it called
for an aboutface, he portrayed
the role of a down-to-earth young
andj husband with convincing tender-

negg, . ' .

John McAllister’s infectious
laughter made “Michael Eenley”
the “sometimes newspaper’ report-
er” quite believeable. In fact wa
are still not sure whether McAl-
lister was actually acting or
whether he was publicly enjoying
some hilarious private joke. in
any case, he did it very well,

The sexpot of the production
“Pearl,” played by Pat Davy
bordered on perfection, There wag
no difficulty in hearing her lines
and they carried exactly the r
inflection. For a dirot try,

some areas, but. his over.

aceompaniment. These in

hoping we will
this young man’s

Paul Fenger as “Herman Schnel-
completely
‘control.

Robin McColl, cast as the in-

bis role. His

parlayed it into|s

riration Wagenaar and Roy Frank cast ag

ight} when there is 50 much to be en-
this | joyed?

‘The Gpirit of the Flight” ts
at Expo 67. The pavilion will

of Mildred
“Corinne” and “Barnaby” could
and Barnaby" .

provide the means for an hilarious
three-act farce all by themselves,

a general opinion of the ply

tit was extremely well done :
by all concerned. There were a “K Residential
few 10086 areas, particularly in - x Commercial

blocking, but this might be par-

tially attributed to the size of the |
Community Centre stage. Some |
attention was lacking in upstage |

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gvaron Lynch as “Gwendoline”
8 delightful, pseudo-adult six.
year old. Her projection was

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S Projection is vitally important
me 2ny Stage production, and par-
ly so when there are price-
$53 tines of humor whith might
pept lost amidst audience laughter.
mvivia Johnson, as “Linda” the

aid has a marvellous voice for
mreare work and she used it to
pmplete advantage in “As Long
os They're Happy.” Her facial
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an the stage completed the sutcesa
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poroughly enjoyable. -
mm Betty Munson, cast as “Patricia”
ad a most difficult task inasmuch
7 she was required to play a role
Bithin a role. This she accomplish.

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