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It sure ain’t Shakespeare

By KELLY JO BURKE

VANCOUVER Playhouse’
last production of the
season, Dry Rot is blatantly,
unabashedly farce. It says so
right in the program, ac-
companied by a little essay
on why the farce is a
misunderstood art from.
British vaudeville tunes
introduce the show,
costumes are bright and
fake, characters bold, and
Situations unlikely. It ain't

Shakespeare, but after a
long day of work, some
want great

people don't
gedy. They just want a
little diversion.

Dry Rot's plot has very
little to do with anything.
Essentially, there are shady
characters, drippy lovers,
hapless bumblers, and out-
raged decent folk, all shut up
in the Bull and Cow Inn,
somewhere in the peaceful
British countryside. They
-Clash, bash, and generally
get in each other's way in the
days preceding a horse race,
in which almost all of them
have a vested interest.

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timed, which is critical to a
successful physical comedy.
Most of the schtick goes off
without a hitch, and director

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TRYING to act inconspicuous In Rot are Jay Bra-

zeau and Norman Browning. The play runs until April
16.

Her-even and subtle per-
formance contrasts well witht

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Ted Follows is to be
congratulated for that.

No one performance
stands out, though some are
better than others.

Camille Mitchell, whose
portrayal of of Ariel saved a
rather dismal production of
The Tempest last month,
begins the evening rather
unevenly. Her character,
Beth, the inn’s_ eccentric
maid, is a fairly limited one,
but Mitchell makes the most
of it. Once she is given the
space to develop. the

character's bizarre physical .

quirks, Beth becomes a cast
high point.

Jay Brazeau and Norman
Browning, as Alf the race-
fixer and his lackey Fred,
make a delightful pair of
crooks. They are
reminiscent, in appearance
and manner, of Laurel and
Hardy. They play the
schemer and dope com-
bination for all it’s worth.

Of the straight per-
formers, only Marjorie
LeStrange, as the matronly
wife of the inn’s owner,
deserves special mention.

C17 - Sunday, March 27, 1983 - North Shore News

Frothy and light

AN EVENING of frothy,
light entertainment is
promised by the
Vagabond Players from
May 11 to June 4 in New
Westminster.

There will be plenty of
excellent song and dance
numbers in the per
formance, which is
directed by Gwyneth
wtih

Harvey,
choreographer Roseanne
Hopkins.

Performances will take
place Wednesxaday
through Saturday, at 8
pm. Tickets cost $4 for
seniors and children, $5
for students, and $6 for
adults. For reservations,
call 521-0412.

The players are putting
on Lorelie, based on
Gentlemen Prefer
Blondes, a light-hearted
musical comedy that
provides a glittering flash-
back to the 1920s when
“diamonds were a girl's
best friend.”

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th antic efforts of the other
players.

Dry Rot
until April 16.

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