28 - Friday, November 28. 1986 - North Shore News Private Lives goes public NOEL COWARD'S most popular play Private Lives opens Dec. 6 at the Vancouver Playhouse theatre and is a comic masterpiece about two darlings of the Jazz Age cafe society who can’t live together or apart. Considered one of the most honest plays about love ever writ- ten, Private Lives involves Aman- da ard Elyot, once married to each other, who meet again by chance while honeymooning with new Spouses on the Riviera. Reminiscences about their mer- curial and passionate marriage and their tentative approach towards a new union are ripe with Coward’s trenchant and clever dialogue. The characters of Private Lives are drawn with the taut and deli- cate lines of the late 1920s. The witty dialogue and the brilliantly conveyed relationship between all the married couples has attracted the finest performers, including Coward himself. Private Lives at The Vancouver Playhouse has aljso attracted a stellar cast. Barry MacGregor is Elyot, and Susan Cox is Amanda. . MacGregor and Cox have per- formed extensively at the Stratford and Shaw Festivals and = with theatre companies in Britain and the United States. MacGregor, before joining the Playhouse’s The Diary of Anne Frank, performed at the Shaw Fes- tival in Back to Methusela. Susan Cox most recently appeared in Spring Awakening at the Centre Stage in Toronto and in Noises Off at the National Arts Centre and the Grand Theatre. Christopher Gaze and Louise Whitney are Victor and Sybil, respectively, who find themselves foaming as romance swirls around their spouses. Gaze has appeared in many Playhouse productions including The Diary of Anne Frank, Noises Off and Season’s Greetings. Whitney, who has per- formed on stage and in films and television, joins The Playhouse for the first time in this production. Walter Learning is directing Private Lives . Private Lives opens Dec. 6 and runs to the first week in January. §& Preview is Dec. 5. Tickets can be charged by phone through The Playhouse box office at 873-3311 and VTC/CSO at 280-3311. For more info. call 872-6622. y 7) Masterpiece” — Rolling Stone Magazine by MACLACHLAN ISABELLA ROSSELLIN} Previews at 1:30, 5:25, 9:20 Blue Velvet at 1:45, 5:40, 9:35 Extremities at 3:50, 7:45 sai AT MIONITE *More View *More Menu Selection *KMore Parking More Children’s Choices Sunday Brunch IZ) RES TA UR AN T rr re 3RD FLOOR LONSDALE QUAY MARKET 10:30am to 4:00pm RESERVATIONS 986-VIEW LIGHTING ” £4600 East Hastings, Burnaby 299-0666 Hours: Mon. thru Sat. 8:30 am - 5 pm; Fri. 8:30 am - 9:00 pm WHOLESALE & RETAIL — FREE CATALOGUES AVAILABLE eer ok. Unique: Experience located the heart. of. Staniey Park. wher : “the culsine, service and atmosphere are as fine as the tranquil location. We are offering a choice of two “memorable 5 course menus, starting at $19.75, for your family dinner, Christmas Day 5 Course Menu 19.75 A 41) Caesar Salad 2) Consomme Beef 3.) Escargots Roquefort Avocado Boat 4) Roast Turkey Piccaso or Poached Salmon 5.) Ice Cream Cake or Chocolate Marble Mousse Tea or Coffee 5 course Menu 25.00 Bf 4.) Johan Strauss Salad 2.) Mussel Soup 3.) Avocado Shrimp Boat Escargots Roquefort (cream sauce in puff pastry) 4) Prime Rib or Turkey Piccaso 5.) Chocolate Profiteroles or Fruit Tart Tea or Coffee Christmas Day Dec. 25th... a day to remember... 4 | |Lalso Boxing Day Brunch $12.95 at the Beach House f We wish all our patrons a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR. Facilities for pre-Christmas parties available. 3 Reserve now for Christmas dinner, Dec. 24 and 25. New Year's Dinner, Dec. 31 & Jun. 1 & Canyon Gardens is pleased to announce the return engagement of ¥ North Vancouver singer/songwriter fm BRENDA BENNETT to m@ the Canyon Club dining f room. Brenda has had a wide range of experience % entertaining throughout mB B.C. asa solo entertainer and also in bands. Come down and hear the warm sounds of her voice and guitar Sundays through Thursdays from 6:30 pm. to 10:30 p.m. THIS WEERK’S SPECIAL! 1975 AUSTIN MARINA 2 dr, h/b automatic, beautiful car, 31,000 miles white exterior with red interior CME OTHER QUALITY CARS 00s SUBARU SDN. automatic, 5500 kms 1976 VOLVO 242 4 spd o/d 91000 miles 1971 VOLVO 144 4 dr, automatic 1985 VOLVO 760 TURBO SEDAN 1982 PORSCHE 924 TUREO “S” ALSO MECHANIC’S SPECIAL 1978 VOLVO 264 loaded, 4 spd, o/d leather, air cond, p/windows This one's a steal at only $2766 CALL NOW! MOTOR- CARS 1235 MARINE DRIVE, NORTH VANCOUVER