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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 30 Jul 1986, p. 14

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HH leading lady Gilda Radner (Saturday Night Live, The Woman in Red) has been married to Wilder for two years, but the honeymoon is hardly over. Wilder in his obsession even used German lighting genius Eugene Shuftan‘s tricks of the trade, with effective dark shadow atmosphere, as he stars and directs his latest silver screen nostalâ€" gia. Whenever Larry Abbott hears the old bump in the night his sweetie Vicky murmurs "Don‘t worry Larry. Just say, Whoops‘! There goes my imaginaâ€" tion again. .. ." Whoops! There goes Gene Wilder‘s movie imagination again, his preference clearly the oldâ€"fashioned, ‘dark old house‘ horror classic, which he cleverly resurrects in Haunted Honeyâ€" moon, now at Cineplex. Radio theatre stars sweethearts Larry Abbott and financee Vicky Pearl are on their way to be married at the Abbott family homestead, a gothic mansion adorned with glittering chandeliers, marble columns, and stain glass murals in chambers shrouded in a deep mysterious secret, the perfect conditions for murder, madness and mayhem. Coral Andrews Chronicle Special The time: 1939 _ The place: Knebworth House, Hertfordshire England. â€" o It is pitch black raining cats and dogs with an occasional bat or two. PAGE 14 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1986 Although the prints have not been advertised for sale, they can be purchased now by contacting University Development of Alumni Afâ€" fairs. Neufeld will be in town Oct. 4, to attend a blackâ€"tie celebration, where he will present the original mural to the University. ‘"‘The mural and prints are one of the ways we will be celebrating the 75th anniâ€" versary of Wilfrid Laurier," said Bruce Hurley of Uniâ€" versity Development of Alumni Affairs. Proceeds from the prints will go to the 75th Anniverâ€" sary Bursary Fund for stuâ€" dents who are experiencing financial difficulty. Neufeld, an alumnus of Waterloo University Colâ€" lege, is a wellâ€"known artist throughout North America who started his career as a young man here. Five bundred limited ediâ€" tion prints of the original mural have been made, and will sell for $100 each for 100 copies that the artist has signed, and $25 each for the remaining 400 copies. The mural, a waterâ€"color pen and ink, incorporates most of WLU‘s major archiâ€" tectural features from past and present, in a montage of color and beauty. Rodney Gilchrist Chronicle Stafft To commemorate Wilfrid Laurier University‘s 75th anniversary this year, the university has commisâ€" sioned artist Woldemar Neufeld to paint a mural depicting its history. Neufeld commissioned for WLU 75th anniversary mural An imagination Wilder than ever Movie review Print of the 75th anniversary mural by Woidemar Neuteld for WLU. Chronicle Special In Haunted Honeymoon with Wilder and Radner as his fiancee Vicky Pearl, the romance is just beginning, with laughs galore in this period comeâ€" dyâ€"chiller. Radner has her moments too, as the Abbott‘s fiesty brideâ€"toâ€"be who ‘just can‘t seem to sleep‘ when she knows her groomâ€"toâ€"be is being pursued by the fallen woman in the next chamber. But that‘s Wilder, the perennial fall guy. Haunted Honeymoon is a comedy chiller, a little slow in cobâ€"web pockets but still a good oldâ€" fashioned guffaw that‘ll send shivers up your funâ€" nybone. Tour or "ton de farce"‘ Dom Deluise is delightful as Aunt Kate, the rotund relative sliding down the enormous marble banister, in gray wig, sequined black shawl, and nightdress, in truly graceful abandon. Wilder is a master at visual physical comedy (Young Frankenstein, Sherlock Holmes‘ Smarter Brother, and other assorted Mel Brooks classics). He uses this forte effectively in several of Haunted Honeymoon‘s highlights. Radio actor Larry Abbott must survive the eve of his wedding in his eccentric aunt Kate‘s (Dom Deluise â€" in glorious drag a la Margaret Rutherford) rambling mausoleum complete with hints of a restless werewolf and a wacky disinherited family of estranged jewels who are all out to squelch Larry‘s sanity at any price. The plot is ridiculously simple right out of an Agatha Christie paperback. good and evil, as The Winter‘s Tale, like Pericles (also playing this season and quite similar in plot theme), captures its audience in a mystical revelation of humaniâ€" ty. Rarely performed (1978 was the last version directed by Peter Moss and Robin Phillips), The Winter‘s Tale is a narrative which centres on dramatic balance between hotâ€"tempered passion, sin and death, young love, forgiveâ€" ness and rebirth, expressed through the deepest issues of Colm Feore as the tormented King Leontes (Feore now in his sixth consecutive season at Stratford: Romeo in Romeo and Juliet; Orsino in Twelfth Night; and Marlow in She Stoops to Conquer) has shown considerable growth and improvement, since his thoroughly wooden portrayal of Romeo years ago. Wright makes this character her own and clearly demonstrates what the magic of theatre is all about. Nicholas Pennell as Camillo, torn between loyalty to both kings, is also splendid, doddering and pondering as he plans to eventually ease this disastrous situation. Here is the cycle of life, death and resurrection, easily identifiable with modernâ€"day circumstance. "Prosperity‘s the very bond of love." Leontes sends his queen to prison and bades servants to gain advice from the Delphi oracle to aid him in his evidence. Hermione has a daughter in her confinement, whom loyal courtesan Paulina brings to Leontes. This feat further enrages the king, and he casts the illâ€"fated infant into the wilderness. Hermione is tried and the oracle finds her "chaste." In the midst of this family calamity, Hermione‘s other son, Mamillius, kills himself. Hermione collapses and apparently dies, overwhelmed by these tragic circumâ€" stances. Leontes is a character wellâ€"drawn in passion and pathos. Usually played by an older individual, Feore carries off this challenging role convincingly in a calculated balance of envy and remorse, a thoroughly rich interpretation. Veteran Susan Wright as the acidâ€"tongued, yet warm and sincere, Paulina ("I pray you. Do not push me. I‘ll be gone"‘) is candid and courageous, "the heart of common sense." Hermione is fond of this Bohemian king, and Leontes mistakes this sisterly affection for lover‘s lust. To complicate matters Hermione is pregnant, and Leontes thinks the unborn child to be his rival king‘s. _ Directed by David William, The Winter‘s Tale is wellâ€"paced but, at times, tedious and melodramatic, almost overdone to its magical conclusion. The story calls for immense concentration from three key characters. The king and queen of Sicilia invite Polixenes, King of Bohemia, to stay at the court. When Polixenes decides to leave, Leontes tries to persuade him to remain a while longer but fails. Hermione, however, succeeds in convincing Polixenes to proiong his visit for an interim of nine months. Consumed by jealousy, Leontes persuades faithful courtier Camillo to poison Polixenes, but Camillo is certain Polixenes is innocent and the two flee to Bohemia. Tyrant Leontes, overcome with grief, mourns incessantly, as The Winter‘s Tale continues Time and Fate, highly integral to plot structure, as the intense proceedings progress 16 years on. Feore is en route to becoming one of Stratford‘s prime male actors, if he can sustain this dramatic magnetism. Goldie Semple plays the "wrongly accused" Queen Hermione of Sicilia in Shakespeare‘s operatic tragedy The Winter‘s Tale. Semple delivers a poignant performance of emotional truth in the story of a beautiful queen who is sent to prison when her husband, King Leontes, is convinced she is an adultress. "I have honorable grief lodged here which burns worse than tears drown." The Winter‘s Tale is a yarn of sadness, a forlorn plot to be told by a roaring fire on an winter‘s eve. Coral Andrews Chronicie Special ‘‘Hermione is beautiful, flirtatious, has a good sense of humor, is intelligent, wise, yet extremely loving and caring. She is an interesting role to play, because she represents all that is good about womanhood. There is a loveliness and charm about her." Winter‘s Tale wellâ€"paced but melodramatic Actress Goldie Semple discussing her role as Hermione in The Winter‘s

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