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A MOTHER AND SON com— bination famous in Canadian theatre circles for many years got together a few days ago in Mavor Moore's office in Confederation Centre. Mrs. Moore came to see her son‘s work at the Centre over the

caught up in the summer fes~ tival program now finished. Mrs. Moore, born in Scotland "more years ago than I care to remember" came to Can- ada as a young girl and has figured importantly in the furthering of Canadian theatre since then. She now thinks of

adian. and proud of it," decreed that Islanders. in their own interest as in that. of the country as a whole. l must make Confederalon Cen’ l tre. its theatre. art gallery. 1 museum and library. become

a living embodiment of com- i

and

weekend and found herself herself as "completely Can- munity life. 0 o Approximater 30 delegates ‘ be Wendell MacKay. deputy pro- are expected t attend thisivincial secretary. .

Development Group Meets

Marine salvage. the marking of historical sites. and centen- nial projects in the historic field will be some of the topics dis- cussed when the fourth Domin- ion-Provincial Conference on the Development of Historical Re- sources is held in Charlottetown Friday and Saturday of this

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. Friday‘s sessions will discuss ithe marking of sites. matters arising from questionnaires. and ‘ marine salvage with special rev ‘ ference to protective legislation Ithat might be adopted by the . provmces.

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i The P.E.I_ Government will sponsor a banquet Friday eve » ning. with J. David Stewart. pro- ;vincial secretary. host. Dr. Frank MacKinnon is scheduled as guest speaker. Chairman for the evening wil'

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Hazelbrook Man Completes Month-Long Trip

Horace B. Carver. son of Mr.

3 and Mrs. Gordon Carver. Hazel- ~

.brook. has just returned from a 'month of travelling in the Unit- led States and Canada.

He travelled from the Island by car through 14 of the nor- thern states to Regina. He visit-

Don't Fail Confederation Centre Pleads Mother Of Can. theatre

By GEOFF TURNBULL Last weekend one of the most distinguished theatre personali-

. which began as a summer play-led the first Spring Thaw a doc- de and

house. came into existence. This summer Mrs.

Moore's

ties in Canada paid an improm- son Mavor. organized a summer ptu visit to Charlottetown to see festival of the finest Canada has what her son has been doing to offer in the way of visual

this year. especially during the

arts. mus

ic. and fun in a the‘a—

Centennial summer now edg- tre barely completed in time for is debut during the Dominion

Mrs. F. J. Moore. Mrs. Cana- Drama Festival. Into the beau— dian Theatre. has seen tieatre tiful complex have poured per-

ing into the past.

grow in Canada from the days

farmers as good

as‘ anv in the

when there was no television.‘world to give Charlottetown no radio. and little besides insnmething to sing about at a

the way of

canned entertain-mime when history

was being

ment. In “i059 days the youngi fondly remembered instead of

Scottish Canadian woman was

l cursed

attending Toronto University in‘ The Fathers of Confederation pursuit of a degree in English. not only made this country pm.

One day there came to thelsible; 100 years after they made Lthe cultural complex named at- . ter them possible. and also help- piayers from England. including‘ed to start tying the country. in

campus a group of distinguish- ed travelling Shakespearean

the still well known name of

S y b ll Thorndike. something by that rather well known playwrig'it this group ' spired in the girl a driving am-

tion ~ to study drama, and to teach it to this country.

CREST THEATRE BORN

Even 20 years ago Toronto..

Canada's most. or at least sec- ond most, culturally aware city, had little drama. and even less native Canadian offerings from bards past and present. Eigh- teen years ago Mrs. Moore star-

ted the New Play Society, de.‘

voted to the enlarging of drama in Canada by Canadians. Only 1‘1 years ago the now famous

‘and half-defunct Crest Theatre;

City. Boston. Chicago and Min-‘ neapolis.

e also spent two weeks at

H .the home of his aunt and uncle er. and Mrs. Ralp’i Whitrow in gDelburne. Alta. While there he . 'visited the Mountains seeing l Goul iBanff. Lake Louise and British Columbia.

He returned home by, train and passed through .nearly all

provmces.

WEDNESDAY,

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1 About eig‘it years ago Mrs.‘

isome ways falling apart at the In Playing iseams, at least culturally back

Moore. who has trained many

well-known Canadian perform remembered having Robert et speak one line and sine .another. or something like that. ‘ the productions she

- ers. i i. i e of xwas responsible for.

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hen she and her son produe-

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a a Cialf ago the response gave birth to what is now a tra- dition in Canadian theatre. This summer The Best of S pri n g Thaw. with Dave Broadfoot ‘carrying the star role. came to Confederation Centre Thea- tre. Peter Mews. with the show since its inception. was there.

00. 1 Eight years ago Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster left the stage completely for television. nota- ‘ ly their own show and then the Ed Sullivan show. and built for } themselves Csnsdisn ‘theatre a name that is one of the best-known tn the Weste world of comedy. Last week and the week before that a anor Moore -— directed revue. Wayne and Shus‘ler in Charlottetown. .came to Confederation Centre i Theatre. , Anecdotes about the past and about the names in Canadian entertainment come a - dime-n idozen from rs. Moore. Con- nections with theatre in Canada abound —— Stratford. the begin- ‘ning of Crest. and so forth. f Nowadays Mrs. Moore runs a lsc‘iool for drama in Toronto. teaches teenagers ba-

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iwhere she ‘ sic theatre “Sex in the Hollywood Im- age ls played up too much today. I take my youngsters and try to teach them poetic love. At first they shy away when I give them Shakes- peare‘s approach. But uten—

ISLAND NEWS PAGE

2 The Guardian, Charlottetown. Thurs. Sept. 10, 1964.

A ’1 r I .a s 3

n.

Romeo and Juliet .Chlldreu today though are very much mixed-up. They have no goals set for themselves. no pur- pose In life. Thls ls why there Is so much unhappl- neu In the world. Bright youngsters have nothing to work for and so begin to fall In life. They become unhnp~ py. lost. Hopefully they even- tually straighten out. but it’s a terrible waste.” Waste is something which Mrs. Moore defeats. For that reason she wants to see Confed- eration Centre work. and not merely the theatre which is her first love. She has done much herself in Toronto to further the acceptance and veneration of culture among people who might otherwise live extstences the barrener for its lack.

DON’T MISS CHANCE The moral is: when you've gotl a chance like the one oftered‘ Islanders for a historical vagw. ary. Jump at it. . “Don‘t let this theatre. this 1 art gallery. and the rest of the complex go waste. Don't let It full. It’s too i - portunt. You dare not let It full. It’s one of the most won- derful things I've ever seen In all my life. There’s noth- lng to equal it In all of Can- ndn. both the structure itself and the great opportunity It offers." Those words from Mrs. Moore may e c ho. perhaps. in the 3 minds of Islanders whenever: someone raises the questionabll- lty or the feasibility of the exls- ‘

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