The
      Panther
      Prints
      March
      26,
      1996
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      The
      UPEI
      Theatre
      Society
      Presents
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Three
      Cuckolds
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Charlottetown
      audiences
      have
      _
      for
      UPEI.
      It
      brings
      to
      the
      public
      a
     
     
      a
      once-in-a-lifetime
      opportunity
      this
      frequently
      overlooked
      part
      of-theatre
     
     
      month
      to
      see
      a
      rarely
      performed
      style
      _
      history,
      while
      providing
      terrific
     
    
   
   
    
     
      of
      theatre.
      They
      will
      also
      see
      a
      rol-
      entertainment
      value-an
      appealing
     
     
      licking
      good
      time.
      “This
      kind
      of
      play,
      _
      lend
      of
      the
      unusual
      and
      the
      popular.
     
     
      commedia
      dell'
      arte,”
      says
      director
      It
      is
      also
      a
      project
      ideally
      suited
      to
     
     
      Gregson
      Winkfield,
      “is
      simply
      wild,
      UPEI’s
      mixture
      of
      experienced
      and
     
     
      crazy,
      physical,
      fast-paced
      fun.”
      aspiring
      talent.
     
    

    
     
      If
      you
      have
      ever
      wondered
      Winkfield
      says
      that
      this
      style
      of
     
     
      about
      the
      origins
      of
      “slapstick”,
      or
      comedy
      has
      always
      been
      popular,
      but
     
     
      the
      character
      of
      the
      harlequin,
      or
      our
      —_
      its
      modern
      form
      is
      perhaps
      most
     
     
      modern
      word
      “zany”’,
      then
      this
      clearly
      seen
      in
      the
      antics
      of
      Charlie
     
    
   
   
    
     
      production
      is
      for
      you.
      With
      three
      old
      =
      Chaplin.
      Speaking
      enthusiastically
     
     
      men
      married
      to
      three
      young
      women
      about
      the
      production,
      Winkfield
      is
     
     
      and
      all
      of
      them
      unhappy,
      the
      stage
      is
      confident
      that
      his
      youthful
      cast
      has
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      set
      for
      a
      carnival
      of
      lovers'
      trysts,
      captured
      the
      upbeat
      and
      energetic
     
     
      mix-ups,
      mistaken
      identities,
      and
      spirit
      of
      the
      play.
      Commedia
      dell’
      arte
     
     
      downright
      silliness,
      much
      of
      itengi-
      has
      a
      long
      and
      rich
      history
      (it
      goes
     
     
      neered
      by
      the
      acrobatic
      trickster
      back
      to
      Italy
      in
      the
      1500s),
      and
      it
      still
     
     
      Arlechino
      (better
      know
      as
      Harle-
      _
      works
      as
      powerfully
      entertaining
     
     
      quin).
      Exaggeration
      is
      the
      norm.
      theatre.
      Rarely
      performed
      these
      days
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Imagine
      a
      twelve-foot
      dentist
      remov-
      anywhere,
      and
      not
      likely
      to
      be
      per-
     
     
      ing
      a
      bleeding
      molar,
      or
      an
      old
      man
      formed
      again
      soon
      on
      PEI,
      The
      Three
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      stashed
      in
      a
      lemon
      crate.
      There
      is
      ~
      |
      Cuckolds
      is
      the
      kind
      of
      theatrical
     
    

    
     
      even
      a
      devil
      who
      surfaces
      from
      hell
      treat
      not
      to
      missed.
      “Ad
      in]
     
    

    
     
      throwing
      human
      limbs
      about
      the
      The
      Three
      Cuckolds
      runs
      at
      fe
      Li
      te
      1
      ni
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      &
      a
     
    

    
     
      stage.
      The
      set
      for
      all
      of
      this
      brisk
      8:00
      pm
      from
      Friday,
      March
      29
      E
      to
      80%
     
    

    
     
      hilarity
      is
      a
      black
      and
      white
      cartoon-
      through
      Sunday,
      March
      31
      at
      the
      fe
      :
      9
      C
      Is
     
    

    
     
      like
      Italian
      street,
      designed
      do
      show
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      de
      I'Isle
      Saint
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      some
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