8, ENTERTAINMENT, THE HERALD, Wed. Aug. 25, 1976

_ Reid will play Nellie

_ John Hirsch, head of CBC-
TV drama, has announced

- that the internationally-

acclaimed Canadian actress
Kate Reid will play the title
role in the CBC-TV drama
production, Nellie McClung.

“Tam very pleased,” said
Hirsch, “that Ms, Reid, an
‘actress of enormous talent
and sensitivity, is now
available to play the
Canadian suffragette Nellie
McClung, and that
production of this original
television drama can go

ACTRA refused to grant a
work permit to the
American actress Kathleen

Widdoes. Ms. Widdoes had .

been selected for the lead
because no _ suitable
Canadian actress was
available when the drama
was originally scheduled for
production this summer.
Ms. Reid scored a triumph
at the Shaw Festival this
summer in Mrs. Warren’s
Profession. Writing in The
Globe and Mail, drama
critic John Fraser said

Broadway in the ANTA
production of Cat On A Hot
Tin Roof. Her earlier
Broadway performances in
Dylan and . Slapstick
Tragedy, both garnered
Tony Awards nominations

for her. Her film credits —

include A Delicate Balance,
with Katharine Hepburn
and Paul Scofield. Her
television credits include
many CBC-TV productions
and four Hallmark Hall of
Fame specials, the most
prominent of which was

spent seven years as a
leading lady at the Stratford
Festival, and wili be
returning there for the 1977

season next summer.

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Repay
enia

cClung

Nellie MeClung will be
taped in Toronto in

December. Directing will be
Sheldon Larry. Herb Roland
will produce.

Disraeli, for which she
received an Emmy ~
nomination. Ms. Reid also

ahead.
The CBC had cancelled
production March 16 when

HSRDWARE STORES

Critters

simply, ‘‘Welcome back,
great lady”. Ms. Reid ap-
peared recently on

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