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Town- Country DRY CLEANING SAME DAY HALTON HILLS SHOPPING CENTRE herald rfti SECTION SECTION October Page I Canada oldeX OPEN SUNDAYS S19IBS31031 I lu Unix lo Irion years of makebelieve The magic world of GLT Every now and hen we each need a little bit or horror right The Georgetown little Theatre performed Count In 1981 starring Keith Harris the leading monster and Melissa Bell who seems ready rail for the count Herald file photo Its been years since the George town Little Theatre brought theatre lovers together for their f rat Ion Dirty Work at the Crossroads In their makebelieve world of theatre the has never stopped providing thrillers of side splitting comedies But the early days wereo struggle I can remember a time when there were seven people In the audience and three of them were usherettes said actor Ron Hill Mary lies as she sums up her feelings I dan think I could have 1 ved through years of every night These days the troupe enjoys the comforts of a luxurious auditorium at the John Elliot Theatre but In the early sixties good a ceo us tics and expensive props were hard to find The of the GLT cast In those pioneer days consisted of Vera Macdonald and Mary and later Ron Hill Mrs Macdonald and Mrs Goebel decided to split from a night school class and form the GLT Ron HUl brought his acting experience from Britain Into the group a couple of years later During a break in the rehearsal for Move Over Mrs Markham President of the GLT Ron Hill talked proudly of the days when the troupe was in its infancy We used brown paper far flats set backgrounds and painted back grounds of trees with no leaves The results of a less background set was not because of any lack of effort Everybody mucked in he said While sets for plays now are built in a warehouse in those early days the members putting In time virtually every day building the set on the stage in between rehearsals Often he members would rehearse the play two or three nights a week and spend their weekends building the set Props were hard to come by The only money the group had came from ticket receipts Mary Goebel talked fond I bo the days when cast members would donate their own lamps and sofas for productions GLT is now sufficiently funded so they can afford Insurance such props but years ago a broken prop was a personal loss for a cast member Listening to the older members of theatre troupe help but feel a sense of nostalgia In their words Past President Dorothy Hunt Ron Hill and Mary Goebel all rehved the old days with tongueincheek expressions Never was there a hint that work put into the performance was not worth the effort Production costs were kept down to a minimum because any expenses usually came from members pockets TonyUoyd nowtheartlstic director of Sudbury theatre directed the first play which cost about to produce Costumes were a problem for cast members because no wardrobes had been accumulated Members cither made their own costumes or rented them Our budgets were very low and we were very creative with our costumes Mrs Hunt said As the mid and late sixties approached Mr Hill pointed out that color television kept people at home and attendance dropped As the turbulent sixties gave way to the somewhat calmer seventies the group subscriptions grew Costumes because easier to come by as the wardrobe collection expanded It became easier to put on a play because of the work done before Mr Hill said In the late seventies the group began staging its productions at Sacre Hall Members were very happy with this arrangement except for one problem there was no access to washrooms from the stage through the audience or outside and around the building If a cast member became anxious before a scene he had to sit tight After several nights of currying outside through the winter night Mrs Goebel said put their heads together andcameupwIthatoluUon They built a curtain along the wall so the audience could not see cast members as they hurried through the auditorium ItWA story told four ways by four different people the premise for tie Japanese play bail a Ifcrecalght ran In thaODUSaodttortBrn It yean ago At right the bandit Ron threatens the wife Vera print Rot Hani woodcutter Chris Fisher and mother Betty Herald fUe photo Wo Sex rejected in place of Markham Macdonald and Neville Won nop were two of the stars In the original production of Move Over Mrs ten years ago The theatre troupe decided to do the play again In celebration of their 23th anniversary Most of the ast member from toe first production in the more updated Tickets are still available for the gala celebration Saturday night file photo Some of the actors are ten years older the cramped stage of Howard Wrigglesworth Public School Is now the expansive John Elliot Theatre but the laughs remain Cast members say the laughs won change when they perform Move Over Mrs for the second hue in ten years The play was picked as a favorite for their 25th anniversary by patrons who answered a questionnaire No Sex Please Were British was actually most popular but the play woa rejected because It was performed more recently actor Bon Hunt said They re both fantastic plays he added Ron Hunt Derek Joynes Ron Hill Neville all the en and Pat are from the original product ion in 1975 Cost members made special forts to be included this time around Neville Worsnop plays effeminate interior decorator When the play was chosen I made sure my other committments interfere with being In It he said Former Georgetown residents Pat and Derek Joynes drive minutes three times a week to get to practices I thoroughly enjoyed working with Derek Joynes Ron Hill and Ron Hunt I don think I m the only one who notices I ten years older than I was Some of the antics and physical stunts I don do as well Mr Worsnop said According to the producer of the show Dorothy Hunt en years means more and a better show But the actors seem unwilling to compare efforts other then to say It will be just funny The play is a comedy of misunder standings and unlikely circumstances which all unravel and everyone lives happily ever after Mr said Actors have to play the audience to get the best reactions through trial and error Things that were consistently funny ten years ago may not be funny now Mr Hunt said Last time the then popular song Oh Mein Pa Pa was referred to in the play for a sure laugh this time it Is unlikely many will remember the song and the laugh will bo only a subtle snicker be said Line deliveries which actors rem as funny may not work with a different director who can completely change a play he continued The combination of a comedy that date itself and actors who have gained more experience over 10 years can only add up to lots of laughter Move Over Mrs Markham will be at the John Elliot Theatre Oct 31 Nov 1 been only two yean since Fern had hem reeling In their seats over her part as a naive sweet and unpredictable author Nurse Jane Goes to Hollywood had a good supporting cast which Included right Rod Cook J