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~‘# m.mwwâ€"nanfi i . S Ts Glen Walker of Brantford‘s drama league made the most of his role as Leo Herman, the pathetically â€" revolting television producer, with whom Murray eventually agrees to return to George McMillan was good as Murray‘s square brother, Arnold, Claude Anderson, a veteran of youtheatre performances, handâ€" led his first role in an adult play with conviction and asurance. Pat Connor did a firstâ€"rate job as the social worker, Sandra Markowitz. She has appeared in several productions at the Uniâ€" versity of Waterloo, where she is studying English and drama. i By ALICE HURLEY & n_lthglg_lptil_emm lgcked * â€" Whije the set builders, led by hsfim Jack Etherton of Galt‘s Little Theatre was thoroughly believâ€" able in the lead role of the zany, lovable dropâ€"out. An experienced actor and director in his home town, he was last seen by Kâ€"W audiences in Nobody Loves an Albatross, presented several seaâ€" sons back. Tempo Theatre‘s professional director Colin Gorrie did a firstâ€" rate job of casting. All characters were admirably suited to their roles. It is nevertheless a little surâ€" prising to find two roles from a small cast of six filled by perâ€" sons from other groups, in view of the fact that Tempo Theatre boasts an active membership of 100 persons. A clinical psychologist would see it in a different light but as Gardner shows it, Burns has achieved the ultimate in doing particular play an instant sucâ€" cess on Broadway. The movie wersion, starring Jason Robards, who created the role on Broadâ€" way, was an even bigger boxâ€" Part of the play‘s attraction is that everyone tends to identify a little with the lead character, Murray Burns. Burns, a television writer, quits his job the day he realizes its demands and rewards have enâ€" slaved him. Then he clowns around for five months, indulâ€" ging his whims for talking to strangers, ignoring his bills and climbing the Empire State buildâ€" Tempo. Theatre made an exâ€" cellent choice for its third play of the season. It has the pathos final curtain at the opening night of A Thousand Clowns in the audiâ€" torium of Kitchenerâ€"Watérioo colâ€" ° legiate Thursday night. ‘The small audience, about 200, ._ 25 University Avenue East, Waterloo One Hour Service At No Extra Charge ONE HOUR "MARTINIZING" er phone when there was relaâ€" tively little activity on stage. Ninety percent of the conversaâ€" tion was lost. But while these are attributable to the circumstances under which the performance had to be stagâ€" ed, it was unforgiveable to have an actor purport to read classiâ€" fied ads from the very obvious picture page of a newspaper, A television set lighting up the curtains before the opening scene spoiled the effect, too. Some means should have been devised to have it out of the audience‘s view until they were meant to see it. Thursday‘s performance sufferâ€" ed seriously through this. The opening dialogue didn‘t get far past the footlights and although this improved as the play proâ€" gressed, it was only in the last act that one began to hear all the lines. This was particularly unfortâ€" unate in a scene where whole speeches came through a speakâ€" s acoustics which completely drown out dialogue half way down the hall. It is almost impossible for performers to judge acousâ€" tics in an unfamiliar setting at first try. between scenes and truck noises from the nearby . street are among hazards, when one has to take whatever auditorium _ is available. z Many could be avoided if the theatre group was able to reâ€" hearse in the performance hallâ€" a fact of which it is well aware and which looms large in the reasons why Tempo Theatre is seeking permanent facilities. with himself and with others. An active backstage worker, he has appeared in several high school customed to their stage. The author gave him two of the more moving lines in the play, when he jostifies his dull : trity by asserting he is the Arnold Burns he could be.. lar Neil Dennison is another new comer, who â€"made the most of ADULTS eraens PENSIONERS, CHILDREN _ Closed Monday Tues. â€" Fri. 8 a.m. â€" 6 p.m. Sat. 8 a.m. â€" 5 p.m. No doubt many of the flawsg corner of Columbia & BARBER SHOP & HAIRSTYLING HARRY‘S t on opéning night corâ€" themselvesâ€" as the week Holly St. S. Open Daily 7:30 a.m. â€" 7:00 p.m. Saturday 8:00 a.m. â€" 6:00 p.m. THE MOST IN DRY CLEANING a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Westfall of Waterloo. ~__The couple had four children, all of whom died in infancy. They are members of St. John‘s Luthâ€" eran Church: Local couple wed 50 years Mr.~ and Mrs. Herbert (Pat) Westfall of 151 King St. N.; celeâ€" brated their 50th wedding anniâ€" versary yesterday. 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