The Cadre, Sept. 24, J974, pg.

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Confederation Centre Art Gallery: Until Oct. 3 I " 3 Artistas Mexicanos" (also permanent collect— ion) Tue. - Sat:lO:OO—5:00 Sun.: 2:00 — 5:00

Adm: Students — Free

Confederation Art Gallery and Museum: Thurs: Sept. 26, 8:00P.M. ‘ An informal talk with George Zimble about phot- ography: it will incor- porate the present ex- hibit "Rural Architecture" by Flanders-photographs ,and sponsorship by N.F.B.C.

fun:

"Fiddle-De-Dee", Death of a Ledgend, Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes and Blake: N.F.B.

Duffy Amphitheatre

Adm: Free

Rotort K. Bruvols

"The Adventures": U.P.E.I. Duffy, Sept. 29, Sun:8:00 Adm: $1.00

HOLLAND COLLEGE:

Mon: Sept. 30, 12 noon

and 8:00 P.M.

"Goodbye Columbus"

Adm: Students: 75¢ Others: $1.00

PRINCE EDWARD CINEMAS:

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# 2 Black Belt Jones or Benjii

7:00 and 9:00 P.M. Adm: $2.25 ' l7 and under $2.00 Further info contact; 2-8331

the four poster

The "Four Poster" a T.N.B. production is a play dir— ected by Timothy Bond who also directed "Fran- kenstein" which was one of T.N.B.'s most popular as well as successful productions.

The two starring actors are Ted Follows (Canadi— an T.V. star) and Nuala Fitzgerald.

While the divorce rate

climbs (as swiftly as the

A Vcost of living), while {living together becomes

J as common for enamored couples as going "steady" once was, people still choose the traditional path for togetherness, and "The Four Poster" of— fers a glimpse at a poss— ible explanation. As new- ly—weds, Agnes and Mich— ael make the best of a sparsely furnished home. The first flush of fin— ancial success (and an accompanying flash of emotions and decor) give way subsequently to mod— .eration of attitude and life-style, all superbly described in the sets and costumes by Ed Kotahen.

HISTORY OF THE PLAY

De Hartog conceived the idea of a comedy about a bed as the main prop ‘and background of this story of a marriage wh- en he was only 18 - in 1932. He got around to writing the play in 1946

T and it was published in England in an inexpensive paper-bound booklet in- 1947, but not produced. In 1948, since no stage production for the play seemed imminent, de Har- tog accepted the offer _ of a British company for the movie rights, but then the company, after having paid de Hartog, still didn't make a film of the story.

De Hartog instruct— ed his New York agent to get a stage production since no film presentat— ~ion was in sight. The’ agent managed to rouse the interest of Jose Fe-’ rrer, who bought the play and persuaded the husband and wife team of actors,

‘Hume Cronyn and Jessica

Tandy, to play the married couple of the comedy in a series of try—out perfor— mances along a ten week route of summer theatres in the summer of 1951. During this try-out the play was gradually ch- anged, bit by bit, a re- vision here and a revis— ion there, based on the seeming preferences of audiences on the summer circuit, until the play had, at the end of the summer, become a far dif— ferent thing than it had been originally. Frantic trans-atlantic appeals to the playwright to come quick and rewrite his play were fruitless — he could- n't be found. Where was his sailing Vessel, any— how? After weeks of tr-

U.P.E.I. Music Recitals:

Cancelled untill further

notice due to renovations within the Dept.

Sept 26, Thurs; 9:00-12:30 Pig and Whistle, U.P.E.I. Barn, Music by "Tagen" Adm: 75¢

Confederation Centre: Sept. 24, Tue.8:00 P.M. '"The Four Poster" (T.N.B.) Tickets: $3.50-3.00-2.50 See Article

Confederation Centre: Sept. 25, Wed. 8:00 P.M. "Breath of Scotland" Live Variety Stage Show from Scotland which incl-

! udes songs, music, comedy

and dancing in the trad— itional Scottish fashion. Tickets: $3.50 - 3.00

acing, de Hartog's ship was found anchored off a fishing village in the ZUIDER ZEE. He respond- ed to the emergence and _ flew to New York to make

a smooth version out of the shreds and patches

that had been glued and pasted together during, the summer.

After the play be- game a great hit, the mo- vie rights that had been sold earlier, were taken out of mothballs, and the movie version was quickly made and subsequently sh— own day-and—day in a num— ber of cities with the ‘play. But the plays po- pularity was ndt dented by competition from the movie, and in fact the movie, though with the' notable Rex Harrison and Lilli Palmer in the two roles, was less than sen— sational. The movie based on the original, unrevised play of 1946, while the play being given on the stage was one that had been trimmed and polishr ed under conditions of trial and error to here much more effective ent- ertainment. The movie also had just two chara- cters and one locale - the bedroom. But it had nine scenes, not the six of the present play, but also three others, that Ferrer—Cronyn—Tandy had found audiences didn't like--that took the mar-v riage'forward for 50 yes- ars, not merely 35. scenes of the death of

These

Ilisc

Again students are re— minded of the "Five Spe- cial Package Deals" off— ered by the Centre for

the Fall Season. Contact; 2—2467

Due to the early pub- lication of this paper,

_any section of this

directory is subject to Change. I '

.the wife, return’of her _ghost, etc., were murder."

"The Fourposter"be- came the biggest hit ever scored by a two-character play in the history- of the Theatre (the billing read--"The Playwrights ‘Company presents Jose Fe- rrer's production") and

(it contiinued its run to

May 2, 1953 for 632 per- formances, or 79 weeks. The Gronyns gave way to Sylvia Sidney and Romney Brent, and later to Betty Field and Burgess Meredith, as this New York run con- tinued, while they took the play on a memorable trans-continental tour. Cronyn and Tandy a- one drew to box-offices across the land receipts that big musical comedy companies seldom touch or surpass. For example,

‘Los Angeles paid $58,742

to see the playiduring

two weeks. San Francisco, $106,642 during four weeks, Chicago very near $300,00

in ten weeks, and similarly

in Boston, washington,' Cleveland, other key-cit- ies. established Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy aS‘a ' team in the same rank with *Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fon— tanne. They continued

to act in the play in va— rious cities until May, 1953, having begun their performances in the summer theatres in JIne, 1951, and in New/York in 0ctob= er, in 1951.“

The-play definitely,

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