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Poetry Reading:

Pa | _Notice Board DOUGLAS COLL

by JANIS RAPOPORT

Monday, November 15,
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Janis Rapoport is a Toronto

poet and playwright, whose

works include several CBC

radio plays and three books

of poetry. Of her last book,
Jeremy's Dream, Quarry magazine
says, "Seldom does Canadian poetry,
contain a fine network of felt
truths. This book does."

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presents a musical play

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by Edgar Lee Masters eat
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Students in the Theatre Program
at Douglas College will be present-
ing a musical play:called Spoon River
Anthology on Nov. 10, 12 and 23, in
Surrey.

The Play is an adaptation of Edgar

Lee Masters' novel of the same name.
Characters in the play are former
inhabitants of the town of Spoon
River, who come back from the grave
to expose previously hidden parts of
their lives.

Theatre Program convenor and Dir-
ector of the play, Dorothy Jones,
comments: "It makes a statement
about small towns -- things are not
what they seem:"

The theatre students will portray
the townspeople and their secrets ©
with the use of folk music and verse.

Curtain time is 8:30.p.m. in the
Centennial Arts Centre in Surrey.
Tickets are available by calling the
New Westminster campus, 521-4851,
local 229; or the Surrey campus,
588-4411, local 225.

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Dick, Mary --from 271 to’571/C

Larry Ballard and Judd Parkin, two
actors with the Ashland Shakespearean
Festival, will be visiting Douglas
College on November 17.

The following two one-hour present-
ations will be given:

"It's All in The Family."
Scenes from the Merchant of
Venice, Angel Street, A Taste
of Honey, Measure for Measure,
The Rivals will investigate
relationships between brother
and sister, father and son,
husband and wife, friend

and friend, as drawn -by
playwrights and seen by 20th
Century playgoers.,

"Words Words Words" will
concentrate on the power of
poetry to move an audience.
The actors will attempt to
make the language of
Shakespeare more clear and
more understandable by using
their craft and their emotions.
Scenes and speeches will come
from the Shakespeare plays

of 1976 .and 1977.

Material for presentation is drawn
from the plays and playwrights of the
Festival's 1977 seasons:

Measure for Measure (Shakespeare)
Henry VI, Part III (Shakespeare)
Antony and Cleopatra

(Shakespeare) :
Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare)
The Rivals

(Richard Brinsley Sheridan)
Angel Street (Patrick Hamilton)
A Taste of Honey

(Shelagh Delaney)
Streetcar Named Desire

(Tennessee Williams)

 

PLACE: 4-room complex in Surrey
TIME: Wednesday, Nov. 17, 1976
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon.

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