PAGE, iWHITBYFREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, -OCTOBER, 18,1989 Doctor prâctises day and night By Trudie Zavadovics By day, Dr. Jack Diamond practices combined medicine and psychiatry on patients in the p sychogeriatric ward of Whitby Psychiatric Hospital. By night, he practises his role as Dr. Hornby in the Harold Pinterplay' Kind of Alaska?' DiMond who will also appear in another of the three Pinter plays to be presented by the D urharn Shoestring Performers Oct. 27-28 and Nov. 3-4, is delighted to have landed the parts. "This is really my first major introduction to Pinter," says Dia- rnond. "I don't know that I've ever _gone to a live performance (of a Pinter play). P"Impressions have been that Pnter is the playwright of the unresolved," says Dianond. "Puzzlernent and bewilderment are initial reactions. That is the strength of Pinter as a play- wright. There are as many inter- pretations as there are members of the audience. "In that sense," says Diamond, "the greater challenge is not in the actor but in the audience. The actor must elect one inter- In the first play 'Nightschool,' Diamond plays Mr. Salter, whose origins are vague. Mr. Salkter has lived rnost of his adult life in London, England although he has been a merchant seaman. "Salter has lived by his wits, says Diamond. "He has a check- ered career and is involved in illegal activities. He knows his way around and definitely knows the London underworld. "He is what's known as a 'wideboy', says Diamond. "Someone who knows aIl the an&gles, who is on the lookout to max ehe most of any situation. By ail accounts, he has been successful at that." In 'A Kind of Alaska,'Diamond plays Dr. Hornby, who becomes totally preoccupied with the reco- very of his patient who has been in a catatonic state for 'some years. "Pinter has smudged the medi- cal categories," says* Diarnond. "The smu dging hie does is of the state called catatonia, a resuit of a functional mental disorder. It is a nowhere, absent indif- ference, a flight from anxiety. He joins two medical conditions -- any thread is acceptable for a playwright.» Dr. Hornby becomes "magnifi- cently.obsessed" with the reco- very and treatment of hi,. patient. Diamond is not sure that being. a doctor is an advantage in playing this part. Is it better to corne with & SEE PAGE 12 JACK DIAMOND in a scene with Patty the arts resource centr behind Osh- Gilhooly (middle) and Chris Rollo in'A awa city hall. Advance tickets, for $4, Kind of Alaska,' one of three Harold are available at Information Oshawa Pinter plays to be performed by the in city hall or Merle Norman Cos- Durham Shoestring Performers on meties in the Oshawa Centre. Tickets Oct. 27 and 28, Nov. 3 and 4, 8 p.m., at are $5 at the door. Free Pmm photo THE GIREEK TYCOON RESTAURANT Thank You Whitby & Durham Region for your support. We look forward to a continuing family relationship. Join us for our lunch or dinner specials. LrckS. ,WhÎt y st po e401) 668-0778 I sD 43-11 COSTUME RENTALS 1