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<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT size=4>Standing Ovation Greets Pride and
Prejudice</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left> <STRONG><FONT size=4>On Sunday, May 8,
as the cast members all looked at Mrs. Bennet as she tried to get Mr. Bennet to
find husbands for Kitty and Mary and said "Oh! Mama", the audience rose and gave
a standing ovation. It was richly deserved as the cast members (19 in
number) gave an excellent performance.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left> <STRONG><FONT size=4>Elizabeth Allard,
playing Elizabeth, the head strong second oldest daughter to Mr. and Mrs.
Bennet, triumphed in her presentation. Her facial expressions and body
language matched the spunk and independence that Elizabeth has shown from the
novel and the presentations in the movies. Her confrontation with Lady
Catherine de Bourgh, played classily by Sandra Schmeltzer, makes the Gunfight at
the OK Corral look like a tea party in comparison. Elizabeth does not play
Elizabeth Bennet. She is Elizabeth Bennet.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left> <STRONG><FONT size=4>Sarah Price,
playing Elizabeth's sister, Jane, gave the right measure of sweetness and
sensitivity as she wins Charles Bingley's affection and attention. Sarah,
who constantly complains that she is cast as the bad girl in other productions,
clearly showed that she has the range to play the good
girl. </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left> <STRONG><FONT size=4>David Derry gave an
excellent performance as Mr. Darcy, the aloof, somewhat proud man, who cannot
divorce himself from the intellectual allure of Elizabeth. Darcy, who must
come to grips with the snobbery of England at the time of Napoleon, is the
symbol of a new England which is ready to take a giant step forward in the world
order. David gives the conflict that Darcy is encountering great
credibility as he decides to wed the wealth of the mind and beauty instead of
the wealth of the purse and social standing.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left> <STRONG><FONT size=4>Josh Rowe, as
Charles Bingley, is the person who is the rebel in this story as he does
not care what social standing a person has. Discovering that he has been
misled by his own sister, Charles Bingley quickly runs to the side of his true
love, Jane. Josh shows the true sensitivity to the part as he weds outside
his social standing for love. </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left> <STRONG><FONT size=4>Mr. and Mrs. Bennet
are portrayed wonderfully by Gary Liknes and Cindy Bagocius. Gary's dry
sense of humor allows him to zing Mr. Bennet's somewhat ditzy wife. He
gives multiple dimensions to the part as he shows that he loves his wife no
matter how obnoxious she can be. Cindy gives Mrs. Bennet the right panache
as the most loveable obnoxious woman to ever grace literature and the
stage. </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left> <STRONG><FONT size=4>Ray Olivera has a
field day playing Mr. Collins, the stuffy and totally ridiculous parson, who
somehow gets his way through constant flattery. He does not have the venom
of others because Mr. Collins is quite genuine in his flattery. Ray
flatters to no end and makes Collins a truly memorable
character.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left> <STRONG><FONT size=4>Two new actresses,
Emily Liknes and Kim Vinson, grace the stage as Lydia Bennet and Caroline
Bingley. Emily, who is in her second production, graduates from the child
in On Golden Pond to Lydia, the silly and reckless daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Bennet. Kim plays Caroline as venomous with a totally sweet
exterior. Her performance as her character tells Jane of Charles betrothal
to Georgeanna Darcy shows what a cobra looks like as its waits to kill its
prey.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left> <STRONG><FONT size=4>The remainder of
the cast all gave tremendous performances. Anita Artzner, the co-director,
had to take the stage as Charlotte Lucas on Sunday when David and Laurel
Derry's daughter had to be rushed to the Emergency Room. Laurel, who is
Charlotte stayed with Rose, who is now fine, while David gave the performance of
his life while fielding telephone calls from Laurel during breaks. Anita
gave no indication that she had jumped into costume only one hour before the
curtain rose.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left> <STRONG><FONT size=4>Pride and
Prejudice, by Jane Austen, and adapted to the stage by Helen Jerome, will be
presented on May 13, 14, and 15 at 7:30 pm. The Samuel French production
is being performed at the United Methodist Church of Canal Fulton, 363 West
Cherry Street, Canal Fulton, Ohio. The cost of admission is $8.00 for
adults and $6.00 for seniors and children under the age of twelve. For
more information or reservations, call David Van Gaasbeek at 330-494-1022 or
330-854-4387.</FONT></STRONG></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>