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page SECTION THE HERALD Wednesday April 19K Roles challenge Deathtrap women By CHRIS Herald Staff Writer With Just two days to go before the opening of Georgetown Little Theatres final on of the year Ira Levins Deathtrap the penso Is already building In the John Elliott Theatre On one hand theres the anticipation of gripping tension in the play Itself an unparalleled thriller generates on the other the cast and crew are anxiously perfecting numerous dramatic and technical devices Cast and crew members of Georgetown Utile Theatre production of Deathtrap are tying up loose ends in preparation for opening nlghl Friday Checking props are clockwise Iron left producer Dorothy Hunt assistant producer Edle Jill Evans castas Myra and Mary Goebel Ilelga Ten Dorp The performance begins at Herald photo teed to raise the small hairs on the nape of ones neck There are five charac In the twoact six scene play Malerolesare being played by George town Little- Theatre veter an Derek Joynes as Sidney Rod Cook Clifford Anderson and David Clifton Porter Mllgrlm The men in Deathtrap are fairly strong quick wilted types CHALLENGE But the rote of women in the production promp ted Jill Evans who plays the diminutive under bearing wife Myra to suggest that Levin at least In Death trap doesnt seem to like women very much at all Is a very self effacing type of person- very much In her bands shadow she said Hes very clever with words but shes not really like that at all In Tact in the course of the play doesnt have a great many things to say although she has an integral role to play This poses a very special challenge for Mrs Evans Gwendolyn In GLTb The Importance of Be ing Earnest lost year because while must be present on stage her role must come across in expression more than voice Brainerd exhibit returns The work of Charlotte a Toronto painter and returns to Georgetown Gallery House Sol for a lengthy exhibition April to May 12 Entitled The Graphic Work Woodcuts and Et he exhibition Is actually a repeat of work shown at the Charles Street gallery in But as House Sols John Sommer notes In a leaf let announcing he bftlon because we feel that Ms Brainerd work has stood he test of time we repeat this bttlon of an important artist of the sixties wllfa pride Between 1960 and Ms work had been exhibited 11 times including three shows at House Sol and one in Canberra Australia Her work found in collec tions all across Canada more locally Oakvillet Centennial Gallery Etching Is one of the more complicated because there li an important middle step between what the artist creates In his mind and what he puts down on paper Prints of work are run off a metal plate which has been carefully etched by adds INDIRECT On he one band Ms Brainerd writes In a brief the preparation of the etching plate is a matter of working In a most Indirect manner with only a minimum of con On the other the printing of the plate demands precision and great control In etching she suggests theres an ele ment of chance which makes the medium that much more Interesting to ponder There Is never the possibility of complete control Many of these materials react to slight changes In temperature humidity which cannot always be accurately matter how tech nically competent the artist becomes there Is always the possibility of accidents or Interesting surprise in the results There Is also a great deal of skill involved when the artist is ready with his plate because he must try to keep prints cons Istantly of good quail Ms Brainerd notes This alternation freedom and control makes print making a satisfying varied she said In which the discipline demanded by one aspect is well balanced by the excite- Floridas Deputation of bout 10 million continue to Increase rapidly new denii at the rale of a week National Geo graphic says and freedom of experimentation which Is possible In the other Gallery House Sol Is located at Charles Street Georgetown It Is Tuesdays Wednesdays and Thursdays and from 2 m to Fridays Saturdays and Sundays While the exhibition opens Saturday Ms Brainerd wilt not be at House Sol until Sunday when shell be honored at a special reception Sun day A 17th centnry art technique developed by Italian painter Glwannl Cosllgllone has been revived by Georgetown artist Jo Mrs has examples of the technique which makes only one print among her exhibition of up at the Cultural Centre gallery until April Her works were done over be past year and portray the patterns and shapes crested by nature in the rugged terrain of Georgian Bay anil Killbear Provincial Park Herald photo She must react to whats going on Mrs Evans explained but she cannot detract from the action COMIC RELIEF On the opposite end of the dramatic but essential to the machinery of Deathtrap Is the role of Hclga Ten Drop played by Mary Goebel said Mrs who Is returning to the stage front of a GLT production after a two- year absence Is a bit of a weirdo With the exception of smaller witticisms mouthed by Porter Mllgrlm through her amusing clairvoyant Interludes provides the only regular comic relief in an other wise hair greying thriller Shes needed because the play gets very tense and people need to laugh Mrs said She helps relieve that tension allowing It to build up anew TEAMWORK While cast and director Neville Worsnop have been concentrating on dramatic effect Its been up a producing team to take care of he logistics of putting the final production together Last weekend produc Dorothy Hunt and her assistant oversaw the move of props and set arrange ment Into the John Theatre Problems like finding a partners desk for he set have been solved by an appreciative public as well as the ingenuity of crew and cast alike Mrs Hunt has produced wo other plays directed by Neville Worsnop- which was performed about two years ago and cas Room another Levin thriller Deathtrap Is the tenth show which she has produced a couple of music als By custom she has turned over some of the solving to her Ron who la stage manager for Death trap But this year she said It Is super to have a coproducer the likes of members coming and est young members from which it can draw Ms Behic taking part In a pro- such as Ms and Of the play Mrs Hunt Its great when you Mrs Mr Cook keeps GLT re- have young commented adding inter- charged with new talent Continued on page RCA 14 COLOUR TV WITH BUILTIN CONVERTER 399 COMPLETE WITH 3 YEAR WARRANTY NOW ONLY Weekday Rental Includes 3 p mm ft movies and Jj J smile ONLY 8 Special pricing at Acton Georgetown Milton locations THOMAS HOME VIDEO AND DISC RENTALS ACTON GE0RGET0WNSJ10W Main SI Erin GUELPH8221451 KITCHENER 25 ONTARIO LOCATIONS YOU Lincoln Park Plata Kitchener MacOonntHi Guelph Moore Park Plata Georgetown bother