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Kate Reid, Gerard Parkes
and Chapelle Jaffe star in
Earthbound, a powerful
drama of conflict and
frustration to be seen on
CBC-TV’s Front Row Centre
_ series, Wednesday, January
Sat 9 p.m,

Set in a small town in
Saskatchewan, the story
focusses on the lives of two
inhabitants of the Buckley
house: young Cole Buckley
who lives upstairs with his
parents, and’ Josie Harkness
who lives in the basement
apartment with her
husband, Tom. ;

Both Cole and Josie are
dissatisfied with their lives.
Cole, a high school student,
deals with his frustrations
by withdrawing from his
family and friends into a
fantasy world. Josie makes

8, ENTERTAINMENT, THE HERALD, Wed. Dec. 29, 1976

. Earthbound on Front Row Centre

her life more bearable by makes an effort to be
reading romantic novels. ‘sociable.-She is beginning to
and reliving a dreamlike believe what people have . plays Cole, the brooding,
vision of her past — a vision told her, ‘There is no introspective teenager who
that is marred by images of Vancouver or Paris or New
her ‘‘certified lunatic” York City. There's just a lot
father being carried off toa of other places exactly like
mental institution. In their ~ this one’’.-

isolation, Cole and Josie

reach out to each other. In her portrayal of Josie
Both in their own way Harkness, Chapelle Jaffe
struggle desperately to be evokes ,
free from the suffocating desperation of a woman in
eonfines of their lives, yet pa
they remain “earthbound” seen as Gladys Drury, Lady
— unable to overcome their Beaverbrook, inthe CBC-TV
limits. Cole lashes out in a production of Beaverbrook:
frantic, hopeless attempt to The Life and Times of Max
escape his deadening Aitken, and last season’ on
existence. But Josie em- -TV's erformance :
braces her ordinary life; a series she played the title test, Ms. Kosar, a native af
lite which threatens to role in Red Emma, Queen of
slowly drive her mad. She the Anarchists (a role which
burns her novels, sets her she originally created at the
hair, fixes Tom lunch and Toronto Free Theatre).

in, Ms. Jaffe was recently

by Richelle Kosar, a prize-
winner. in CBC-TV Drama's
1975 College Writing Con-

_ Weyburn,
wrote Earthbound when she |
was 24 years old.

Earthbound was directed
by Mike Newell, who

Steve Pernie plays Tom directed
Harkness. Michael Wincott

finds an ally in Josie, for a Robert
time, for his youthful ideals
and dreams. Kate Reid
(whe has just completed
filming the title role in the
CBC-TV drama production,
) frenzied Nellie McClung) and Gerard
the frenzied Parkes portray the parents
who are unable to un-

produced the
drama Of the Fiejis, Lately
Captain ‘of
Kopenick, seen last season,
and this season’s spec-
tacular production, Sarah.
Executive producer is
Robert Allen.

and: The

last _ season’s
critically-acclaimed ..CBC-
TV drama, Of the Fields,
Lately, and produced by

Sherrin, -who

CBC-TV

derstand their son's
behaviour. : :
Earthbound was written » Why Not? .

“If the Panamanians in-
sist on more rent traney for -
the Canal, we'll. move it.”
“Where to?” “Nevada.”

Saskatchewan, “But what would it con-

-nect?” “Nevada and U-
tah.” “They're already con-
nected.” “Not by water.”

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