The
      Cat
      in
      Photography
     
     
      by
      Sally
      Eauchaire
     
     
      Chronicle
      Books
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      collection
      of
      photographs
      and
      short
      essays
      will
     
     
      appeal
      to
      anyone
      who
      loves
      cats.
      The
      photos
      date
      from
      the
      early
     
     
      1800's
      totoday
      and
      are
      the
      work
      of
      professional
      photojournalists,
     
     
      artists,
      and
      amateur
      snapshooters.
     
    

    
     
      Rather
      than
      a
      simple
      anthology
      of
      cute
      cat
      pictures,
      this
     
     
      collection
      is
      an
      impressive
      history
      of
      photography.
      The
      book
     
     
      shows
      the
      progression
      of
      animal
      portraiture
      starting
      in
      the
      era
     
     
      of
      the
      daguerreotype
      --
      where
      fast
      moving
      cats
      were
      difficult
      to
     
     
      capture
      --
      and
      progressing
      to
      the
      film
      technology
      we
      have
      today
     
     
      where
      spirited
      informal
      snap
      shots
      are
      possible.
     
    

    
     
      The
      photos
      in
      the
      collection
      are
      funny,
      endearing,
      and
      at
     
     
      times
      shocking.
      Essays
      at
      the
      end
      of
      the
      book
      explain
      some
      of
     
     
      the
      stories
      behind
      the
      photos,
      such
      as
      one
      shot
      of
      Salvadore
      Dali,
     
     
      a
      bucket
      of
      water,
      and
      a
      falling
      cat.
      To
      get
      the
      surreal
      look,
      the
     
     
      photographer
      made
      over
      fifty
      attempts,
      using
      as
      many
      different
     
     
      cats.
      (Because
      they
      all
      ran
      away
      after
      they
      were
      dropped.)
     
    

    
     
      If
      you
      appreciate
      the
      beauty
      of
      cats,
      or
      if
      youare
      intrigued
     
     
      by
      fine
      art
      photography,
      this
      book
      is
      a
      definate
      must.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      October
      22,
      1996
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ACT
      Stages
      Comedy
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Who?
      ACT
      (acommunity
      theater)
     
    

    
     
      What?
      "Noises
      Off"
      -
      Michael
      Frayn's
      hilarious
      farce
     
     
      When?
      Thursday,
      October
      31
      through
      Sunday,
     
     
      November
      3,
      1996
      at
      8
      p.m.
     
    

    
     
      Where?
      Carrefour
      Theater,
      5
      Acadian
      Drive,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Charlottetown
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Why?
      Because
      it's
      good
      theater!
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Brisk
      pacing,
      slamming
     
     
      doors,
      scantily-clad
      attractive
     
     
      young
      women,
      recalcitrant
     
     
      trousers
      -
      these
      are
      the
      ingre-
     
     
      dients
      we
      have
      come
      to
      ex-
     
     
      pect
      from
      farce.
      And
      so
      it
      is
     
     
      with
      British
      playwright
     
     
      Michael
      Frayn's
      hilarious
      play,
     
     
      "Noises
      Off:"
      However,
     
     
      Frayn's
      genius
      lies
      in
      the
      un-
     
     
      seating
      and
      upending
      of
      this
     
     
      formula.
      ACT
      (a
      community
     
     
      theater)
      is
      proud
      to
      present
     
     
      this
      wonderful
      play
      as
      the
      first
     
    
   
   
    
     
      production
      of
      its
      new
      season.
     
    

    
     
      Directed
      by
      David
     
     
      Sherren,
      Noises
      Off
      features
     
     
      ACT
      veterans
      Gerry
      &Ray,
     
     
      Ed
      Rashed,
      Barbara
     
     
      Rhodenhizer,
      Greg
      Stapleton,
     
     
      Kim
      Gillis
      and
      Ben
      Kinder.
     
     
      These
      'old
      hands'
      are
      joined
     
     
      by
      ACT
      newcomers
      and
      CBC
     
     
      television
      personality,
      Sara
     
     
      Fraser.
     
    

    
     
      The
      play
      opens
      with
      a
     
     
      British
      touring
      company
     
     
      dress-rehearsing
      "Nothing
     
     
      On",
      a
      conventional
      British
     
     
      sex
      farce.
      Within
      the
      first
      act
     
     
      of
      this
      'play-within-a-play,'
     
     
      Frayn
      employs
      the
      standard
     
     
      cliches
      of
      the
      traditional
      farce.
     
     
      Caricatures
      -
      a
      pleasant
      but
     
     
      dotty
      house
      cleaner,
      an
      out-
     
     
      raged
      wife,
      an
      oversexed
     
     
      young
      beauty,
      and
      a
      nervous
     
     
      lover
      -
      stampede
      in
      and
      out
      of
     
     
      doors
      while
      voices
      rise
      and
     
    
   
   
    
     
      trousers
      fall.
      In
      the
      second
     
     
      act,
      however,
      Frayn
      creates
      a
     
     
      modern
      variation
      of
      this
      for-
     
     
      mulaas
      the
      entire
      set
      is
      fumed
     
     
      around,
      permitting
      the
      audi-
     
     
      ence
      to
      see
      the
      mayhem
      that
     
     
      occurs
      while
      the
      company
     
     
      feuds
      backstage.
      The
      set
      is
     
     
      turned
      once
      again
      for
      the
      third
     
     
      act
      so
      that
      the
      audience
      wit-
     
     
      ness
      the
      final
      result
      of
      three
     
     
      months
      of
      bitter
      touring.
     
    

    
     
      Noises
      Offhas
      been
      de-
     
     
      scribed
      as
      "pulverisingly
     
     
      funny"
      by
      the
      Manchester
     
     
      Guardian's
      Michael
     
     
      Billington,
      and
      "the
      funniest
     
     
      play
      I
      have
      ever
      seen
      in
      the
     
     
      West
      End"
      by
      The
      Times'
      Ned
     
     
      Chaillet.
      Noises
      Off
      will
      be
     
     
      presented
      by
      ACT
      on
      Thurs-
     
     
      day,
      October
      3
      1
      through
      Sun-
     
     
      day,
      November
      3
      at
      8:00
      p.m.
     
     
      at
      the
      Carrefour
      Theater.
     
     
      Tickets
      are
      $10
      adults
      and
      $8
     
     
      seniors
      and
      students,
      and
      may
     
     
      be
      purchased
      in
      advance
      at
     
     
      the
      Confederation
      Centre
      Box
     
     
      Office
      (566-1267),
      or
      at
      the
     
     
      door.
      For
      further
      information,
     
     
      please
      contact,
      Lee
      Ellen
     
     
      Pottie
      at
      628-6341.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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