° griterta have been those set

SHAW FESTIVAL

_ Play fails to attract -

The e_play. ‘was as Robertson .
Davies’s-adaptation of his
novel Leaven of Malice, but
the show was.
audiences and c alike.
The festival ended. that

season. with an $800,000 .

deficit, the first in its
history.
The . council has never
defined-how much Canadian
content: it . ts from. a
_, theatre. ‘Whit ad said the
“most: nearly” relevant

down for broadcasters. and
"recording com » He
said. the festival more than
meets those; more then 90
‘cent of its employees are
nadian and 100 per cent of
its production is done in
Canada:
» “Sure, we have one or two
people ‘who come in, not
every year but occasionally,
who are non-Canadians, But-
they’re a very, very small
Be whl tage when you look at
‘whale Picture.” “

DINEURGH (CP) =

. Conipany : directors "are 29°
sm more: ‘likely to-have 2..
roblem than : the.

z average,

riton, is 8: Dr..,
- Martin; Plant :
psychiatr

the

2 come neat
." @ight: times more: risk

 doctors;-five times; judg

barristers. and: solicitors
along:with- ‘hairdressers, ‘run
double the risk. —

ups .are: &
- alcoholic
Dr. ° ‘Plant: said.

- thers )
“One. reason. ig. that, ina:
high-gtatus position, like

at: ofa compaiy director, ic

there is: more. freedom: to:
-dvint

urned by.
tics

= Merseyside ‘Couneil

ers: abgence aiseiphhary ict
* atid ‘no. disei ‘action:
“| Unless an’ Miaholie di not. |

Terms such ° as. non-.
Canadian are ~~ seldom:
defensible | anyway,. he

, elting the -case. of

Ann Casson,
plage in ths ear’s festival.
asson a non-
Canadian actress? . Well,
es, she is; she now lives in

. But she lived here
for 15 Cell het ‘She .and-

her hus- -
helped Pestablish the

. Canadian Players and
toured all around .the —

country in the 50s and '60s.

“She's done alot for

Canadian theatre.-Can you -
say that just because she .

went home she is suddenly

a non gratahere? I

Mist don’t see it.” -
The basic objection to the
Shaw Festival may be that it
is 80, _unrelentingly

successful. Its seasons are
seldom far from: sold out.
Last year it sold 96 | per cent
of its tickets.

That kind of. ‘success
danger. It.

carries a double

Alcoholism Suates

leave: ‘and
treatment for cnet
to be kept. ope

1 eectenent no. 1, demotio ‘or

retribution | because of

.who

“Council:
festival's subsidy ' by ‘much |

provokes whispers’ of -
‘commercialism’ and
‘makes it:hard for the Shaw
to persuade grant givers it -
needs more: Money.
“They say, ‘Demonstrate «
need, ' " Whitehead ex-

iz hard
commercial facts.”.._ :

he, £ company ‘is awa
g its floancial aye |
stretelin "esources to the

limit: to -miaintain its»
-polished. appearance, he.

Said, It is. doing ‘five plays .:
this season with only 25

persons. It.cannot attora
‘enough understudies. - It
cannot afford ‘enough
rehearsal time. | -/

“At the: “beginning of the
season, we'd. only had Ye
weeks to do two ver
comp icated“ plays, whi

id have-had. ie weeks
It = comes: down. to .-
bout 100 or 110 hours of re-
_ hearsal abd | some. theatres—-
ord; for inste

‘increasing the

term...
the:
tat”

over the’ short

: . “Perla 8 most

he situation and:

- 1 aig

the assistan

7 ix

Its rather inhibiting tohave

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