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NORMA EDWARDS as Stacy from The Firedwellers, one of the five roles the actress

portrays in her one-woman show ‘The Women of Margaret Laurence’. (Tony Abrams

photo)

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Presentation House is
Pleased to announce that
free copies of Margaret
Laurence’s latest book
HEART OF A STRANGER
will be given to the first fifty
people who buy their tickets
at Presentation House for
the critically acclaimed
Toronto show THE
WOMEN OF MARGARET
LAURENCE. This offer only
apphes to those people who
come to Presentation House
in person to purchase Uckets

for any one of the three
performances on May . 9
and 10

SEAL BOOKS have given
the books Presentation
House honour of
Laurence Week.
which coincides with
National Book Festival
Week. May 2 to 11

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The three performances at
Presentation House on May
8, 9 and 10 will mark the first
time the show has been
performed in Vancouver.

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Breaking new ground

The Arts Club Theatre is
proud to present the play
that Vancouver audiences
have been waiting for!
Michel Tremblay’s latest
play THE IMPROMPTU OF
OUTREMONT will make its
English language World
Premiere at the Arts Club
Theatre, Granville Island on
Thursday, May 8 and. play
Monday thru Friday at 8:30
p-m., Saturdays at 7 and 10
p-m. with a Special 2 for 1
price Matinee at 5:30 p.m.
Wednesdays until June 7.

‘The Impromptu Of
QOutremont’ marks the new
direction for Tremblay’s
work. Leaving behind the
working class world of East
Montreal, he has pointed his
pen at the bastion of old
French Canadian power and
wealth — Outremont, where
our Prime Minister is from.
The four Beaugrand sisters
have gathered in the old
family home to celebrate the

youngest’s 40th birthday.
Each is. living with
unrealized dreams,

frustrated by the bourgeois
society that obhged them to
be ‘cultivated’ but forbade
them to be ‘artists’.

Tremblay has used this
conflict to examine our

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cultural identity. His insights
have been fueled by the
furor of cultural conflict in
his own Quebec, but his
fascinating piece of theatre
has much to say to all
Canadians about the way we
participate in, or withdraw
from, our own communities.

Michel Tremblay is a
renowned playwright and
author, popular throughout

Canada and the United
States. ‘Damnee Manon,
Sacree Sandra,’ produced

last year by the Arts Club
Theatre, was the eleventh
and final play of his “Belles
Soeurs Cycle” which in-
cluded Les Belles Soeurs ,
En Pieces Detaches,
Bonjour La_ Bonjour,
Forever Yours Marie Lou,
and Hosanna. Tremblay has

also completed = several
novels, short stories, and
television/film adaptations
which earned him _ the
Ontario Lieutenant
Governor's Medal in 1976
and 1977.

‘The Impromptu) Of
Outremont’ stars four ex-

ceptionally strong actresses:
Doris Chilcott, Diane
D’Aquila, Sylvia Hatchman,
and Betty Phillips. Ms.
Chilcott most recently

live on stage May Sth & 6th

May 7th to May 10th
The Rythem & Blues All-Stars

-a big big sound that will have
you dancing all night long.

B9-Sunday News, May 4, 1980

English premiere of
Tremblay’s new play

appeared with the Citadel
Theatre in Edmonton and
will be well remembered for
her portrayal of Mrs.
Sycamore in ‘You Can't
Take It With You’ at the
Arts Club Theatre. Ms.
D’Aquila appeared in ‘Love
For Love’ and as Rosalind
for the Playhouse Theatre's
production of ‘As You Like
It. Sylvia Hatchman comes
to the Arts Club from her
acclaimed performances
with the White Rock
Summer Theatre. Com-
pleting this dynamic cast is
Betty Phillips who has ap-
peared with major theatre

companies in Vancouver
and throughout Canada.
‘The Impromptu Of

Outremont opens at the Arts
Club Theatre on Granville
Island at 8:30 p.m. Thur-
sday, May 8 and plays
Monday thru Friday at 8:30
p-m., Saturday at 7 and 10
p.m., with Special Wed-
nesday 5:30 p.m. Matinees
(2 for the price of 1) until
June 7. Tickets are available

through the Arts Club
Theatre Box Office - 687-
1644, Vancouver Ticket

Centre - 687-4444, and ali
Eaton's outlets.

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