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     Celebrated play set for Centre engagements 
     
    
   
   
    
     The ICT Performance Group is 
     
     currently in rehearsal for a pre- 
     
     sentation of Arnold  Wesker’s 
     
     celebrated play “ROOTS” at 
     
     Confederation Centre on April 
     
     25th and 26th. The production is 
     
     an adaptation by Island play- 
     
     wright. Michael Hennessey and 
     
     will be directed by Ron Irving. 
     
    

    
     The story, in Mr. Hennessey’s 
     
     adaptation, centers on Beatie 
     
     Bryant’s visit home to the Island 
     
     from Toronto where she works as 
     
     a waitress and where her boy- 
     
     friend, Ronnie, constantly chal- 
     
     lenges her complacency in their 
     
     often tempestuous relationship. 
     
     The action of the play takes place 
     
    
   
   
    
     from the evening of Beatie’s 
     
     arrival to the time of Ronnie’s 
     
     expected visit two weeks later. In 
     
     that time, Beatie’s expectations 
     
     and her energy often strain the 
     
     noramlly tranquil existence of her 
     
     family. She constantly quotes 
     
     Ronnie’s pronouncements on 
     
     __ politics, on art, on living. Her 
     
     vocal dissatisfaction with the 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     WHY, JACK 
     
     YOU'RE OUT. 
     
     OF BULLETS! 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
     blunted life style that surrounds 
     
     her tests the patience of her 
     
     mother. 
     
    

    
     The climax comes on the day of 
     
     Ronnie’s anticipated arrival when 
     
     all of the immediate family have 
     
     gathered to meet him. The unex- 
     
     pected occurrences of that fateful 
     
     afternoon bring both heartbreak 
     
     and, miraculously, triumph to 
     
    
   
   
    
     Movie Review - 
     
    
   
   
    
     PRETTY IN PINK 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     By Nathan Stairs 
     
    
   
   
    
     Pretty in Pink, is a multicolor 
     
     disaster. Before you even set foot 
     
     in the theatre you know what to 
     
     expect from these now stereo- 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
       
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Beatie in a final scene that is an 
     
     example of the theatre’s emotional 
     
     power at its best. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Martha Irving is featured in the 
     
     role of Beatie with Deb Allen as 
     
     her mother. Mr. Bryant is played 
     
    
   
   
    
     by William McFadden, sister 
     
     Jenny by Laurel Smith and her 
     
     husband Jimmy by John Lunman, 
     
    
   
   
    
     Bob Wallace plays Beatie’s brother 
     
     Frankie with Sharlene MacLean 
     
    
   
   
    
     as his wife Pearl, Completing the 
     
     cast is Norman Osborne as neigh- 
     
    
   
   
    
     bor Stan Hill whose unconven- 
     
     tional antics have made him a 
     
     local character. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Tickets for ‘‘Roots”’ are $5.50, 
     
     $6.50 and $7.50 and may be 
     
    
   
   
    
     reserved by calling the Ticket- 
     
     works, 566-1267. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     typed personalities, and once you 
     
     are inside, they might as well be 
     
     saying their lines from their last 
     
     movie. 
     
    

    
     The storyline is boring. It cen- 
     
     tres ona typical U.S. High School 
     
     and its two distinctive class stru- 
     
     ctures. Andrew MacArthy (Blaine) 
     
     is a ‘richie’. Molly Ringwald 
     
     (Andy) is a poor madonna. The 
     
     two, (who obviously are destined 
     
     to be together) try to overcome 
     
     their differences and face the 
     
     scorn of their peers. Obvious 
     
    
   
   
    
     By BRIAN LINKLETTER 
     
    
   
   
    
     YOU WANT LADY MAYHALL 
     
     SO MUCH ° TAKE HER! | 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
         
     
           
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     FIRST ase 
     
     SHOOT OFF YOUR 
     
     ARMS, THEN YOUR 
     
     LEGS, THEN... 
     
    
   
   
    
     problems arise, one of which is 
     
     John Cryer. He does a good job 
     
     of portraiting the boy-next-door, 
     
     who has worshipped Andy from 
     
     conception, but will never see the 
     
     light of day. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Molly Ringwald has lost her 
     
     appeal. (Did she really have any?) 
     
     Along with her Breakfast Club, 
     
     Sixteen Candles, and St. Elmo’s 
     
     Fire friends, she is stuck in a 
     
     certain role which is becoming 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
     [YEE AARGH! 
     
    
   
   
    
     boring. Andrew MacArthy’s 
     
     puppy-dog smile is also becoming 
     
     yawning material. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Pretty in Pink is not a good 
     
     film. Its too bad that the Aca- 
     
     demy Awards were just passed 
     
     out. I would’ve nominated this 
     
     film for ‘the worst clothing in a 
     
     teenage film award’. It might have 
     
     beaten out The Road Warrior in 
     
     this department. 4 
     
    

    
     It ranks a five out of ten. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     APRIL 4, 
     
    
   
   
    
     JACK! YOU SHOT 
     
     MISTER STERN! 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
             
     
    
   
   
    
     BULLETS! 
     
     KH 
     
    
   
   
    
     I THOUGHT YOU 
     
     WE'RE OUT OF 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ME.., 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     MAKE HIM THINK I 
     
    

    
     WAS DEFENSELESS! 
     
     THEN WHEN HE THKEl 
     
     YOU ASIDE TO SHOOT 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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