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2019:
FOOLS AND LOVERS WIDOWS' SCARLET By Hilda Mary Hooke BROTHERS IN ARMS By Merrill Denison Directed by Adam Corrigan Holowitz Company Casey Cornell, Dan Ebbs, Kydra Ryan Adam Corrigan Holowitz Designer Sue Parke Stage Manager Vicki Nicholls Two comedies from Canada’s theatrical past! Widows’ Scarlet by Hilda Mary Hooke, one of London Ontario’s first playwrights, and Brothers in Arms by Merrill Denison, one of the most produced plays in Ontario in the 1920s. In WIDOWS’ SCARLET, Dr. Troyer has been accusing the women of Long Point of witchcraft but he meets his match in a clever young widow who will make him the butt an elaborate practical joke. In BROTHERS IN ARMS a businessman and his wife wait for a ride to the train after a weekend in the woods, but an encounter with a woodsman challenges their perspectives on money, valour and the Canadian identity. PERFORMANCE TIMES Opening: July 10 at 7:00 pm July 16, 24, 25 at 7:30 pm July 17 at 2:00 pm Location: Fanshawe Pioneer Village 1424 Clarke Road Tickets: $15 For tickets call: 519-457-1296 “Widows' Scarlet” is produced by special arrangement with PLAYWRIGHTS GUILD OF CANADA. “Brothers in Arms” is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. |
Dan Ebbs as Doctor Troyer in Widows' Scarlet. 2019. Photo by Richard Gilmore.
Kydra Ryan as Dorothia and Casey Cornell as Syd in Brothers in Arms. 2019. Photo by Richard Gilmore.
AlvegoRoot's 2019 Season was supported by the London Arts Council through the City of London's Community Arts Investment Program. Along with generous support by private donors.
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