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Playnouse to emphasize classics

THE VANCOUVER Playhouse an-
nounced its 1992-93 season Friday
with emphasis on the classics
punctuated by two contemporary
works.

North Vancouver actor Nicola
Cavendish appears as the pushy
heiress in George Bernard Shaw's
The Millionairess, which opens the
season in September,

Letter From Wingfield Farm by

Dan Needies (Nov.4-28) is a
one-man tour-de-force comedy
starring Rod Beattie as a Bay Street
businessman who relates witty
tales about his transition from the
city to the role of a country farm-
er.
Ariel Dorfman’s Death and the
Maiden (Jan.5-30), a political
psycho-thriller set in post-Pinochet
Chile, is scheduled for January,
followed by Shakespeare’s classic

romantic comedy, Much Ado
Abeut Nothing iFeb. 16-March
13).

The Playhouse’s last two sslec-
tions are Lips Together, Teeth
Apart (Mar.31-April 24), about two
straight American couples who
celebrate the Fourth of July in a
gay community, and Noel
Coward's iomantic saga, Private
Lives (May 4-29).

Federation needs to
aitract more funding

From page 25

Bay, 1670-1870, ana Transit in
British Columbia :The First Hun-
dred Years, which he co-wrote
with Brian Keily, have enjoyed
considerable success.

As @ historian, Francis doesn’t
take the traditional role of writing
from the perspective of the victor.

"4 don’t think it’s the rote of
the historian to write grand mythic
stories that bind the country
together. The role of the historian
is to be subversive. | think the
powers-that-be generally distort
what's happening, and it’s the job
of the historian to get it straight.”

What Francis also hopes to
straighten out is the perception
that the federation is dead. After
the scandal, many writers thought

the organization would dissolve
altogether.

One challenge will be how to
attract writers outside the Lawer
Mainland. “‘We're trying to be a
provincial organization, so we're
grappling with that problem.”

And of course there’s the all-
important issue of money. Calling
the $100,000 Victoria recently
made available to B.C. writers in
the form of grants ‘‘nice’’ but
“peanuts,” Francis pledged to
make it a priority to fight for in- _
creased financing for writers dur--
ing his tenure.

He'd also like to see B.C.’s
tourism industry pay more atten-
tion to focal writers. Some ideas
include a literary tour of Van-
couver and making B.C. books
available on the local ferry net-
work,

College program making
writers’ series a reality

CAPILANO COLLEGE'S Media
Resources program is one step
closer to producing a writers series
for radio broadcast, funded in past
by the Leon and Thea Koerner
Foundation.

With a $1,200 donation from the
Koernet Foundation, the program
recorded four fectures cartier this
year by writers Judy Radul,
Dorothy Livesay, Jeanette Arm-
strong and George Bowering.

lt is now seeking additional
funding to record more writers
ard produce an entire series for

instructional radio programming.
Last month the program was in-
formed by the Secretary of State
that it wouid receive a grant for
half of the $40,000-$50,G00 it
needs to complete the project.

“We hope we will have the
funding to do it in place within
another four months,” said Jim
Bizzocchi of the Media Resources ©

rogram, noting that the original
lectures also received funding
from the Open University Fund ¢
and the Canada Council. ;

W. Van’s Chesa adds seating ..

From page 47

A sampled Cajun (34.50)
featured additions of sour cream,
mayonnaise, tomato and lettuce
topped with a Cajun sauce with
just enough bite to let you know it
was there.

The hamburger was big, juicy
and bursting at the Tino’s bun
seams.

Accompanying was a side of
fries (% Ib. $1.25; V2 Ib. $1.75) that
were big, thick and fresh.

They were consumed with a side
of melted cheddar (55 cents extra).

The above meal was digested
with the great waterfront surroun-

James Bay

dings of the Quay — onecfthe
North Share’s truly inspired mod-
ern creations. ;

TASTY MORSELS :
Chesa Restaurant, 1734 Marine
Dr., West Vancouver, 922-2411"

One of the North Shore's best
restaurants has just expanded.
Chesa’s new southend sun room. ~
was campleied in late April.

The addition provides a bright
semi-private room for large parties:
and weekend overflow diners. ::

't adds about 20 seats to the res-

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