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Panel July it Play gets acid test by critic I have no credentials as a drama critic For this reason I waited until the production that I intend to discuss had eft our area before commenting upon it The production was Sweeny Todd which was the last of the seasons subscription series at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto During the run of the play there was an article in one of the Toronto papers which expressed surprise at the reactions the Alex audiences to the production The attitude seemed to be that Toronto audiences were not sophisticated enough to late this work of art At the time I hod not yet seen it my subscription ticket are for the lost week of every run When I did go I brought all the sophistication I could dredge up with me but I too Jailed the test Actually what was needed for unalloyed enjoyment of the piece was not sophistication but a strong stomach For those who may have neither read about or seen Sweeny Todd let me outline the plot Sweeny Todd returns to the London of the 19thcentury from Australia where he has spent the lost 15 years as a convict unjustly deported so that on evil Judge could steal his virtuous wife He returns to find his wife dead and his daughter the ward of this same judge who had driven his wife to suicide He returns to his former professiosn as a barber and sets up shop above the pie shop of his former landlady Todd a entire being Is consumed with Ida desire for revenge He plans to silt the throat of the Judge and the henchman Until he can lure them to his shop he whiles away the time slitting the throats of any stranger to the neighbourhood who wanders Into his shop He sends the bodies down through a trap door to the pie lady below who uses the carcasses for her meat pies Imagine not being enough to appreciate such delicate nuances Given such a grotesque plot you may wonder what sort of music Steven Sondheim the composer used to make it palatable The answer Is that the music did not make it more acceptable It added to the general uneasiness The score was like the subject matter unpleasant This is In no way a of the Royal Alex subscription series Ihavebeenaaubscriberfornve years and have renewed for next year It the best deal around If you like the theatre CONTINUING In he lower library oyer until July 31 Fossils Myths Legends and Folklore An exhibit from the Royal Ontario Museum COMING EVENTS Georgetown and Acton Libraries today Dinosaur Day for children 6 years and up Cultural Centre Gallery starting July and running until august Tell Me What It Is an exhibition for the gallery by John Sommer of Gallery House Sol Throw yourself in Ottawa jail By LEILA Herald Special If you young era hove never spent the night in prison and if you tempted to try it so as to Include t among the souvenirs of your ng life this is your chance Above all though don let your parents and friends be alarmed if you tell them you the night In prison in Ottawa us the youth hostel is the former Nicholas Street Jail located right beside the police slat on When you think that in Europe youth hostels are often located in castles and manor houses you could perhaps say hot the Ottawa hostel while not in ensile Is In the now converted keep of what might elsewhere and in other circumstan ces have been a castle And yet the keep and prison are images Just as imbued with LEGION LINES As a matter of fact the Ottawa Youth Hostel at Nicholas Street is in an old prison built in not from the Buildings the rum a us Sparks Street Mall and the future Street convention centre complex The County prison declared a monument by the federal government was where the murderer of one or the Fathers of Confederation was hanged among other memorable events The aura of horror from times not so far removed when the death penally was not yet abolished still pervades the premises The strange thing is ills not distasteful to the hostel patrons who on he contrary delight In the sinister details For the guidance of future guests of Iho old prison it would perhaps be as well to note even bo that Ihe premises arc not haunted and that there is no cause for apprehension Much of the building Is still Intact including Ihe room where the hangings took place last used In IMS In the national capital Hostelling Asso ciation look over the son and rented building from the ty or more specifically from the Regional Municipality of Ottawa Or Hon far a nominal rent of 1 a year but handles payment of the electricity and heat itself In August Prince PI lllp opened the Id a youth hostel and since then the old prison has become a full scale hostelry Which accommo dates approximately IS 000 visitors a year Through a twoyear subscription campaign which mode It possible to collect roughly a start was made on reno vation The work Involved knocking down some walla enlarge he tiny cells so as to make rooms out of them The project eluded the on at a new lighting and nil la lion system and modcmlrotionof tr and fire protection equipment Another purpose of the renovations was to show off the and old style red brick to advantage so as to give the hostel a more pleas atmosphere The hostel is open all long The winter months of course are the offseason only twenty people or so a niht except when the old prison becomes a place of refuge for groups of to 14 year old schoolchildren tubs Guides Brownies and If members during the school year The hostel Is perfect for groups of school children visiting the capital cily because It is Inexpensive and clean and has a yard for super vised outdoor gomes In spring and summer the hostel operates at full capacity There are beds In the corridors running the length of the cells forming lengthwise dorm I lories in long dors not counting the renovated cells which have been converted into rooms for six persons each There are three floors of dormitories first the men then the women and one for both The hostel cents that is a sheet torn blankets and pillows A sleep ng bag stitched up sheet can be rented for both sides he modest sum of Continued on Page 3 REOPENED Trofllc resumed along Maple Avenue tail region com pi tied const ruction of o new culvert Recent rains washed out he old one Herald photo British visitors Travelling Every available OPP unit will be on patrol Tor the Civic Holiday weekend July Aug according to Commissioner James Erskine The poor weather at the start of the summer discouraged travellers but he Civic Holiday Is expected to be one of most heavily travelled weekends of the year We constantly find tha excessive speed Is a major factor in serious traffic ents Comm said the Ontario Traffic Safety Council A holiday weekend Is a time to relax and take things cosy Your driving should be the same when you ro not pushing yourself you find you don tailgate and can negotiate curves easily OPP patrols many using radar units will be watching for the speeding motorist Much of the enforcement effort will be concentrated of highway with a bad accident record By GREG BALL Comrades on our list Jim Moron in Oak ville Theresa Harrison Lcn Boy Harley Sam Glaby in Georgetown and Ladles Auxiliary Anne Collins Co to BUI Collier runner up in Dist rict Horse Shoes Entertainment for July will be Sonic There wllbeaBBQattlOOOa couple Aug Car club for July 15 Joyce Enge Murray Eurd Rodney Norton Vern klrby Grant and Lloyd Held Visitors to Branch 120 Nat and Nellie Waring from Blackburn hire Arch and Gordon and Don from Alberta Roy McGulnflcss from Br in Ilespeler and from Belle Isle Newfoundland HISTORY OFBR It seems to have ved an Impetus from a funeral which was cond ucted by a neighbour ng Legion Local servicemen attending began talking of hold a meeting for the purpose of organizing This Idea was furthered by two late members George Alcott and Tom Grieve who contacted mutual friends in Legion inviting them to attend this organization meeting This event took place in the Town Hall on March with three Leg on members Officers were elected a charter was applied for and the battle was The first president was Gordon Cousens MC with an executive Including Ed Barker Allan son Tuck MM Dr CV Williams MC George and Brown First Sgt Arms was Tom Grieve Aladdin Lighting WAREHOUSE SHOWROOM DISCOUNTS Guelph St Georgetown HEALTH HUT Mint III Aw EVERYTHING FOR THE HEALTH ENTHUSIAST 1344 8775419 DINING AT ITS BEST CICEROS FINE ITALIAN CUISINE OPEN 1 dally Sat man tvWIN 1000 TICKETS WEEKLY PLAY L0TT0LUCK HEMS HOW Eich won ipptr la at en IN Staph tut IhroujH lilminl dud lot word write dawn ft lha wham it ward lotto ta Editor Tbt Ht A draw ind notified GUARANTEED WORKMANSHIP PAULS UPHOLSTERY OVER 14 YEARS EXPERIENCE PICK UP DELIVERY 8776455 LTD ROOF REP REPAIRS ASPHALT CEDAR SHAKES HATE THEE FREE ESTIMATES ROOF INSPECTIONS DOWNRITE FLOORING Cuptli SALES INSTALLATION 8773955 CARPETS FLOORING CERAMIC TILE CAREFREE CARPETS LTD 877 5004 PRESTONS LUCKY DOLLAR Grocery Open Sundays am 5 Confederation SI 2762 4 WHEEL TRACTOR SPECIALISTS 12 HORSE POWER FOR HOME FARM 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