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Wednesday, October 21, 1970

SAANICH PENINSULA AND GULF ISLANDS REVIEW

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leets The Eye

in Play Production

BY BEA. BOND

Maybe, when you attend a play.
you are a greenhorn like I was
and believe all the action that
goes on is that which one ob-
serves Deing done by actors and
actresses on stage. However,
believe it or not, there are more
people busy. behind the scenes,
than those who appear out front!

[ve been peeking behind the
scenes for the up-coming
mystery-farce, “Exit the Boyd"
in rehearsal by. Peninsula
-Plavers for. presentation’ on
November 6 and 7 at. Sidnev
School, and had my eves opened.

To .co-ordinate. the whole
‘production {back-stage. direc-
tion, scenery, plavers, etc. etc.)
is producer Vivian Cowan. Then
the stage manager has the im-
portant job. of making certain
that the stage is properly con-
structed and everything is
properly in place for easy
movement by the players. This is
being capablv handied by Chuck
Swannell.

I used to think that necessary:
furniture was placed on-stage
and then each player donned his
or her’ own “costume (from
grandmother's evening dress:to
‘cousin Jake’s long-johns). Mv
brief experience soon convinced
me just how wrong I was! There

-- ig a-set designer who decides on ~

the colour of wails, furniture,
rug, etc. {in-this production, Ruth

Thuillier}, who works in close-co-.
operation with Jill Swannell who.
is in charge of costumes,.and-

between these two you'll find set
and costumes very well: colour-
co-ordinated, =.
At. this. point the players
practice their lines on a bare
Stage, with doors,

construction). ably. “assisted by
‘Frank: Spear (and:

. ‘windows, etc.
_ indicated by chairs. This is where
Art Gregorig:(in- charge of set.

no nails can be: driven into
existing walls, so sets must be
braced from behind, on a special
framework, so they don't
collapse when a door is opened or
slammed shut.

Do all our readers know what a
‘silent butler’ is, and have vou
ali seen an old crank-type
telephone? Well. these are just
two of many items which must be
rounded up by Alice Simpson who
is in charge of props and must see
that each is in the right place at
the right time.

As ‘you might guess, in a
mystery play the lighting is very
important. Barry Cowan. and
Peter Swannell are ‘right on the
beam” with. split-second timing
necessary in the last act. of this
play; they also make certain the
moon is shining at the right time
and that total darkness falls to
create the proper atmosphere.

There are also special sound

effects which vou must hear for’

yourself. These are being created
by Janet Wilhelm for this
production.

And don’t forget. that the
makeup must be deftly applied to
both men‘and women to show
age, pallor, ete. Jackie Price is
well-experienced in this facet,
with excellent assistance’ from
Doneen Schwan.

Possibly the term ‘‘front of the
house”’ is as foreign’to you as it
was to me. This means the folks
responsible for selling and taking
the tickets. These duties have
been assigned to Florence Smith
‘and Tricia Lawrence, -

_ Then there's’ a. V.LP. very
important person) who isnot

quite on- stage and not quite, off.

‘this is the prompter (or, in
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