Letter's definitive highlight is Wingfield's innocent fire-lighting incident at Freddy's which causes the whole town to reciprocate through instant word-of-mouth. Though Beattie's "pregnant pauses" are at times a touch labored. he's brilliant when he falls into a drunken stupor, the same fateful fiery night after a late hour ale and tale fest. ls Beattie really taking 40 winks? Hard to tell, as the audience eye remains riveted to his face. mouth gaping, as he gently snares away into this memorable scene. Walt Wingfield, is close in motive to television Green Acres horticultural hack Oliver Douglas without his scatterbrained spouse Lisa and Arnold the Pig. Instead of Arnold, Wingfield has four porkers, Pilkington, Abernathy and the boys J uniorwice-presidents who eventually grow to a whopping 400 pounds each, and are elected by their beaming owner to the board of directors, without the struggle of some little piggies. Take Orwell's swine in Animal Farm, or The Three Little Pigs. This rip snorting anecdote is just one example of award-winning weekly newspaper columnist Dan Needles' excerpts based on his childhood farmland experiences in Rosemont, Ontario. Starring acclaimed character actor Rod Beattie, in the lightning-fast guises of all Needles' serial regulars, displaying remarkable clarity and conviction in each role, Letter From Wingfield Farm, is playing to sold-out houses coast to coast, UW's Theatre of the Arts no exception. Of course the firm, which grants Wingfield his dream for a day playing Farmer Brown for a year, tells his associates he's being treated for a drinking problem. PAaEtCt.ATEMu2oCetmtthr.iEttrhAvatmir,N.p He has decided to leave his six-figure salary, Toronto executive suite niche, trading in triple martini lunches and crucial boardroom decisions for the 'after dawn look by Co-Op.' Overalls, sizeable straw hat, and big bow laced work boots. The perfect attire while retreating to a meager loo-acre farm to experiment in the soil, outside the quaint community of Larkspur in Persephone township. Coral Androm Chtonicte Special Letter From Wingfield Farm an endearing Businessman Walt Wingfield has a mission in life. production Your PHARMACY J3EADQUARTERS ’129-‘299 Your Best Deals are Here! gm 20 Models of Waterbeds to choose from. EASY EST . .---.. .3,_.“,... iiiiitEriiiiiitt Your Complete Bedroom Specialist! 2J, i1 SS Top Quality Victorian with spring linemen- Hotel’s Lion Brewery tl Museum mum " A" 'I mm 7 ME 4% f, O '1 †. I 'ufflfl'llr't1 -/.I, Pf; "ttill,"' N" _,ijitt Ff rl " "M/tii, Tus-l-ht,"; rf" "THE PRIDE OF UPTOWN'WATERLOO" DELI BAR - SALADS - SOUPS 12-1 A M OWNER SERVED FROM 4 P M no tqtoa ST. NORTH. WAMOO. ONT. 51m “and Oratory and Cavern (i856) BiLLIARD AND COMING ROOM Q No chomlclb or (nonnative. Boot and on ovum.“ My