Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
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issued: 2022-12-02
issued: 1991-10-24
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note: THE ALDERGROVE STAR. AUGUST 22. 1991 J3 Tom is about to thump Norman... but not quite, in a scene from Table Manners, while Sarah, Ruth and Annie watch on in stunned amazement SUMMER THEATRE HILARIOUS "Just a gigolo in a haystack..." _^_r_XVKIANGMANN "WHITE ROCK - "I'm j.; three a day man, a gigolo stuck in a hay stack," is how Norman, played by Terence Kelly, describes himself in Alan Ayckboum's comic play now performing at the Arena Theatre. Norman's "living death. Wife", Ruth, is a career oriented woman who constantly belittles her big- eyed lost-puppy look husband; Tish Heaven perforins this role squinting and scrunching her nose as any short sighted person will tend to dp7 7 oWhen Ruth finds out that: her sister, Annie (talentedly acted by Marlane O'Brien) and Norman are lovers, her surprising response has the audience in fits of- laughter. Annie has invited her waggish brother, Reg (superbly portrayed by Wes Tritter) and his hen-pecking straight-laced wife, Sarah (performed sweet and sour by Anna Hagan) to mother-sit whilst Annie and Norman elope for an amorous weekend. Annie's dim-witted admirer, Tom, is a tragic and insipid player in the game of love (realistically played by Ron Haider) whose English 'accent is subtly believable. . Norman Conquests is a trilogy of three plays; Table Manners, Living Together and Round and Round die Garden presented in repertory. A different play is offered each day and the plays are complete units that can be appreciated separately. Seen as a trilogy it increases one's admiration for Ayckboum's talent to weave the characters, in the same time span, into the dining room, the living, room and the garden. The plays are intricately connected. Alan. Ayckboum's astute judge of character portrays humorously the parts of ourselves that we recognise, and he allows us to laugh at that person, which we all can recognize. The family on stage has all of the attributes of disagreeable in-laws becoming tangled in bickering and petty games. …
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Kurt Langmann and Family, July 1, 2021.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0422287
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: [place of publication unknown] : [publisher not identified]
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
type: Text