B4 Terrace Review — Wednesday, February 21, 1990

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The Oth anniversary of the outbreak of World War IT has
brought a great deal of volumes covering the event from every
possible angle. There is nothing, however, that can effect the in-
tellect and the emotions like a dispassionate account of actual
events.

“Marching to War 1933-1939"’ is a compilation derived from
the pages of the respected Mlustrated London News, which covers

_the events of the six years leading up to the war, from Hitler’s
rise to power to the actual outbreak of war.

Martin Gilbert has given us a brief history of the period in his
introduction, which helps to put the photographs into focus, but
it is hindsight which gives most impact'to the pictures.and the
text.

The human Hitler, feeding deer and talking to little children, is
followed by the Nazi boycott of the Jews and the closing of
Jewish shops and professional offices. Photographs of Dachau in
spring 1934 show prisoners playing chess, or being cared for in
the camp hospital. A Berlin report states that the camps have
been abolished, although the paper shows some skepticism, but
there is no indication of what was actually happening there. The
propaganda machine was well in place.

The assassination of Dolfuss, the struggle of Haile Selassie,
Guernica, the abdication of Edward VIII, the Japanese attack on
China, portrayed here in the bleakness of their occasion, have a
dreadful poignancy. ce

Interspersed with the dramatic political events, the world goes
on: Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse, a photograph of the Loch
Ness Monster, the Olympic Games of 1936, the Hindenburg
disaster, earthquakes and typhoons. ‘‘Marching to War
1933-1939°’, published by Doubleday, is a fascinating documen-
tary account of the dramatic years leading up to World War II.

I remember vividly the map that hung above the dining room
table at home from 1939 to 1945, It was a map on which my
father, who was attached to a government department, would
_ place colored flags indicating the positions of the armies and the
bombing raids on our cities, 9

Many of us are familiar with individual episodes of World War
Il, but few, including those who fought in it, would be able to
coordinate with any success what was happening at any time on
any front, so wide and all-encompassing was the struggle. Now,
as we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the outbreak of that
war, Lester & Orpen Dennys have published an invaluable guide
to the course of the war in Barrie Pitt and Frances Moore’s "The
Chronological Atlas of World War II".

With an accuracy impossible in wartime for security reasons,
maps explaining the germination and course of the war follow its
progress worldwide, month by month. Each map is accompanied
by short essays elaborating on the information on that map.
Crucial episodes of the war such as E] Alamein, the attack on Pearl
Harbour, Barbarossa, Stalingrad, and D-Day are analyzed
in detail. The impact and results of the war — the loss of life
(over 50 million), the extent of involvement (56 nations), the —
ferocity of the war, and above ail the dread promise of the
bombs which had brought peace in Asia — are considered in a
final essay. A bibliography and index complete the text.

“The Chronological History of World War II” is a unique and
valuable accompaniment to any study of the war; a quite extraor-
dinary achievement which clearly and dramatically sets before us

' the involvement and the extent of the combat. It is published by
Lester & Orpen Dennys at $39.95,

Monet’s gardens at Giverney, which were the inspiration for so
much of his work, have been restored in the last 10 years by the
Versaillies Foundation. Elizabeth Murray examines the plans of
these gardens, combining as ‘they do flower garden and water
garden, to see how Monet shaped and developed them. She
describes the gardens as they are today, with their swaths of pink

and reds and the confining lavender aubretia,.a plant Monet used -

to soften and unify the beds, The photographs show ribbons of
color that flow through the space and highlight the patches of
‘rare and unusual iris which are Monet’s delight. The light is soft
* and warm, even the weather obliged with soft mists that wrap the
' “trellises and border the lily ponds. The result is charming.

Having analyzed the construction and growth of the gardens,
Ms. Murray turns to the gardener, offering advice and diagrams
for year-round planting to reproduce in your own garden some of
the features of Giverney, and she adds a list of the plants
originally used:in the garden by Monet. oo

The photographs in ‘““Monet’s Passion’” make the book a

pleasure in itself, but keen gardeners will also find the book a
source of inspiration and solid advice. At a time when 19th cen-

tury style is becoming increasingly popular, the sprawling natural ©

gardens with their overhanging trellises and brilliantly-colored
_nasturtiums clambering across the path offer a nostalgic illustra-
tion of the picturesque cottage garden. ‘‘Monet’s Passion’’ is
- distributed in: Canada by Firefly at $29.95.

-- Former Terrace resident Andrea Deakin is a professional reviewer

~ and critic who now lives.in Salmon Arm, .

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A crazy play with spirit

~ Skeena Theatre Arts:

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What do you get when you
combine a not-what-it-seems-to-
be mental institution, a wild
assortment of. special lighting

_ and sound effects, 30 disturbed, —

confused characters, and a
storyline that makes Mad
magazine seem sensible?

It’s Ghostchasers! This one
hour and a half comic play is a
spoof of Ghostbusters — type
predicaments — with a twist. It
is meant to appeal to all ages.
There is no cursory language.
Other than physical slapstick
and sudden scares, there is no
real violence to speak.of. There
is no hidden sexual reference
other than pure, old-fashioned
bits of romance. Continuous ac-
tion abounds while the weirdest
characters that one might ever
meet in a farce roam and

‘richochet about the stage. Un-

usual lighting and sound effects
help add a strange flavor to the
play.

The characters and players are
as follows: Spectres (spirited
spooks): Kari Wold, Melanie
Mayner and Nicole Page; Zom-

- bie (very restless patient): Cathy

Illingworth and Natalie

. Michaud; Harriet Hollyhock

(unsuspecting visitor): Shannon
Hamhuis; Miss Pierce (a curse

‘of a nurse): Manpreet Parmar;

Cab driver (not patient): Jackie
Palmu;.Madame Mysteria (hears
voices): Susie Munson; Dr, Roy
(runs the mental institution):
Rob Barwise;. Sergeant Ruff
(knows his stuff): Bobby Basan-
ti; Orderly (determined to keep
order): Louie Pelletier; Cleaning
woman (wants money):. Daphne
Heenan and Chrystal Sparks;
Honcho (President of Ghost-
chasers, Inc.): Wes Peterson;
Poltergeist (a nasty creature):
Natalie Michaud and Lori
Myers; Constance Bulonia
(Knott Real Estate agent):
Chantel Robertson and Daphne

Heenan; Jimmy Valentine (a

burglar): Scott Taylor; Elmer,
Dorothy and Peggy (Ghost-
chasers-in-training): Christian
MacLean, Shauna Prest, Sarina
MacDonell and Alayne Fleisch-
mann; Joan (bride with no
groom): Lori Myers and Angie
Allemann; Joy (no joy in being a
nurse): Angie Allemann and
Chantel Robertson; Horace (is
he or isn’t he?): Kevin Oates;
Wally and Betty Allen (want to
move in): Scott Taylor and

Tricia Walker; Privates Waite
and Howard (on military
maneuvers): Sarina MacDon-
nell, Shelley Hawryluk and—
Caullen Morrison; Detective
Pepperday (‘‘copping’’ out):
Matt Hanley; Miss Lemming {a
new arrival): Lynn Henry; Lydia
Snoop (out for a scoop): Debbie
Wiebenga; George (unscram-
bling scrambled eggs): Link
Baker.

‘The director is Brian Koven.
Special lighting and sound ef-
fects have been developed by
Jordan Bujtas, Pat Ekman,
Brian Koven, Dave Hislop and .
Tom Walker. Control booth
operators are Liz Batty and
Dana Johanson.

Ghostchasers will be pre-
sented Friday, Feb. 23 and
Saturday, Feb. 24 at 8 p.m. both
nights, at the R.E.M. Lee
Theatre. Tickets at the door are
$6. Advance tickets, available at

Sight and Sound, are $4.50. Pro-
-ceeds go to Skeena Junior Sec-_

ondary School.

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