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C-4 â€"- THE LIBERAL, Wednesday. March 30, 1977 "Fool's Errand" While Craig McCartney readies a punch for the hooded figure beside him, David Veitch cowers on the floor. For the black figure is Death and he knows it’s a fool’s errand. That’s also the name of one of two plays being presented by Richmond Hill High School, Apr. 13-16. That’s Laurie Hutchinson as Death. . @271 E I I1 e lit $$TWO JACKPOTS$$ Wait Until Dark Should have waited I until ready - critic By Tom Davey when the dramatic terror Wait Until Dark is the of a helpless woman latest Curtain Club reached across the stage production. Wait Until to grip the audience. No. 1 Jackpot $60000 No.2 $5000” “ Wed. March 30th No 1 Jackpot 54 No's No. 2 - 55 No's Early Birds at 7:35 pm. - Reg. Games 8 Specials at 8 pm. "YOUR BINGO CENTRE FOR ALL SEASONS" NO PLAYERS UNDER 16 YEARS ADMITTED “Death” is the Ready would have been more appropriate. The kindest thing one can say about the Opening night's performance is that it was underâ€" rehearsed. Here is a play which, at best, relies on a series of improbable events to gradually build up to a dramatic and horrifying . ‘ climax. The theatre, in . is based on the fact, improbable, but plans should never, never be ~' implausible. More than most, this play requires split-second timing of the actors, lighting and sound effects crews, yet repeatedly we had fluffed lines accompanied by stage lights which em- barassingly stayed lit seconds after we had seen actors turn them off. There were telephones which rang when they shouldn't, and a musical Margaret Smith . . . . . . best performance Iris Stringer plays the lead role of the blind wife who is terrorized by three thugs seeking a heroinâ€" packed doll in her apartment. While oc» casionally she showed she is more than equal to the role, she repeatedly marred her performance with fluffed lines or bad doll which emitted no ‘ - RH School plays have. By far the best er- . g What happened? formance is deliveredp by RICHMOND HILL â€" Death is the common theme of two one-act plays to be presented by Richmond Hill High school Drama Club at the school, April 13-16. The two are “Fools’ Errand," a modern verse Phillips played the American corporal, whose innocent visit to an old friend at an English Vicarage, started off the evening’s chaos. Appearing in the first play are; Dom Caruso, David Veitch, Craig McCartney, Debbie Smith, Wendy Travis, Laurie Hutchinson and Martha Buell, who was seen asthe young wife last month in the Curtain Club’s Festival entry of “All in Good Time”. Miss Buell, Miss Hutchinson, Veitch and McCartney, also appear RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOLâ€" Two One-Act plays: “Fool’s Errand” and “The Rose and the Crown"; April 13-16. Tickets from cast and crew, or at door. York Philharmonic Choir â€" presents Rossini’s “At the Foot of the Cross”; April 3, St. Joseph’s Morrow Park Convent, Willowdale, at 3 p.m.; Richmond Hill United Church, April 8 at 8 pm. Admission free. Calendar whom is suddenly faced with certain death. The question, however, is which one is it to be? In the final poignant moments of the play, a second truth is learned: that only those who have learned to love life are fit Peter Pan â€" Pepi Puppet Theatre; Poor Alex, to May 1. Call 225-9473. Canadian artist, Guido Molinari â€" retrospective of his work prepared by National Gallery of Canada; Art Gallery of Ontario, to May. 23. “Shot in the Dark" â€" a naughty parlor maid is accused of murder; Herongate Barn Theatre, Apr. 1-2, 8-9. Royal Winnipeg Ballet â€" O‘Keefe Centre; to Apr. 9. As the dolls chimes were a crucial ingredient to a blind woman‘s realization that the toy young Margaret who plays Gloria, teenager with a penchant _ for was in her apartment» “justifiany Smith the petulance, which caused (lune a few in the teenagers a bad name audience to involuntarily While Bob Leon was \vhispeI‘I“Bllt how does adequate as the husband, she know it's there?" which wasn’t ready on time, but even the prompter seemed out of Rs nchrgnigiafion-ms, v “possessed of a whisper heard with great clarity in the back row of the house. While this speaks volumes for the prompter’s enunciation, it does suggest a little accoustical overkill. Paradoxically, this production has all the ingredients for a suc- cessful show. The set is excellent and the lighting, when properly co- ordinated is capable oil, producing the difficult 1: in the second reduction, Pauline Kulha â€" Focal Point: an - this “The Rose an‘é Crown." Canadian landscape exhibition of photography egffitgulsaor “gig? But’ Others in the cast are; artist, York Fine Art by 20 Canadian Eomehow Director Tony Peter Kite, Nancy Gallery, Snowball photographers; Art Miller has brought forth Morreau and Robin Village; Apr. 6-17. (21/2 Gallery of Ontario, to a Show which is con. Heider. miles west of Aurora on Apr. 3. siderably less than the In “Fools’ Errand,” three inebriates set out to' find Death, and see whether or not he is, in fact, “stronger than anyone.” Not only do they find that Death lurks nearby, “not six or seven paces into yonder wood,” but also that “Death is more Wellington). “The Hand that Cradles the Rock" â€" A young couple reverse roles Fairview Theatre Centre, Don Mills and Sheppard Ave, Mar. 30-Apr. 2. Call 444â€"7227 or 222-2972. Graystones Dracula â€" Toronto Truck Theatre. Call 922â€"0084. sum of all its parts. POEMS WANTED The National Society of Published Poets is the three men playing the sensitivity so vital to great theatre. intended ., his psuedo- detective to be an un- convincing, rather sleezy character, then Mervyn Mingail was certainly right for the part. Hal Kelman too was oc- casionally convincing as the sincere, but still crooked, Mike Talman. But, with all the faults, there were moments Yonge SLBI ElginMiIls Richmond Hill 884~9|7| THE HUNT IfM""fiwwrW*‘W', r" play, based on one Of the to die. Hence, “if life is a HOW indeed? thu s were not a] ‘ Canterbury Tales, and rose, then Death is a This IS the 50”, 0fconglincing in their $133: “The Rose and Crown,” crown." audience reaction For instance Le'n by J.B_ priestly. . .. Althou h closel directors should dread. 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