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THE MICHIGAN DAILY MAGAZINE

Sunday, October 20, 1957,

THE MICHIGAN DAILY MAGAZINE Sundeiw Octoher 20 1957


STRATFORD:O

By JEAN WIT LOLTIihIY
THE SMALL towns and cities in
North America have, for many
years, threatened to become a
vanishing institution. Surpassed
by Suburbia in leisuse and con-
veniencr, the closely knit, crack-
er-barret co imuitie~is of our
rural forehbearslihtve all but eisap-
peared. Some ot these have stir-
ctimbed to uibin anmai"gamation;
oitiers, nsumtberect by a gradual de -
crease in populations,litre re-
Ai iicd thiemnseesto exist in as

faded retics of a soimewhsat illus-
trious tpast, inhabited by ancient
gentlemen and cutivated by vis-
iting matronis for thseir quaint and
dusty atmospheres.
Still other tos, however, more
eag'er to retain their itndependence
and auitonoimy, haive suiccessfully
combatted oblivion by catrefuilvy
plainned, cartefully publicized ex-
ploitations of some prominenst or
unusural local chiaracteristic. tn
this categ'ory, centetnrial celebra-
lions vie isiths cherry festival's in
populiaritv: tts' birthlace of

James Garfield or of'Thomas Alva or great-grandfathcrs, the citi- E native dramatic -ativity had been
Edison is givens all the publicity zeiss of such tossnis as Hell, Michsi- the annual highlschoot play. The
the total merchissts sod neswspa-I gao or Paris, Kentucky exploit to best of these festivals in every
sers cats readily attord in ass ef-( the ereatest possitbtetde-ree the resperct is fteone at Stiatford,
liii tofitberit' money and indstrysv connotations of intshilerswise ins- Ontario. histns quality anid in,
itt the infomedite ire, eon'grusossnamieis.Iant its, the contribsitionts of fife
jIts recent ysesrs, the seectal Canadan company fatsortias.s
SOME of list most e'c~s lot cC- Stesitfot ds of tinle continenft ha'si those of sisy Sha'kespseareasn esronp
' fnsir ii ints eU I 'tfiptr- deriivedl psaritilr besiefitssirmm sonfthis cosustry to tuirnthe consd
icetsits' the simts ition ol f tel this typse ef selft-populasriziation. mutnity into a hem"ngsnd celtise-
sinaIf sons is i haIisesnhiriw ci Shai~kespieaean5ssdrama festivatl s al gtviits, oist.
itsde sy ftse sissll tossnis ori hav teostomid in farms tows ss Stra tfor5dGOstasrio is located
ciie ithatsihaI ashibitss'ed witillansdsvittase cosmmnsities whser eaouit Oftmiles north of Loisdois
a tortteIissiame lriti t s fts befor e thse sitsent of the prof's- ;its the ceniter of a comipatratively}
tissierte ur ' °, ilos ' nost ?i^' sionsl pusbls ic's ' et.th e only fertile satricultural area. Cishab-
 ite d a do'eni years sa by some
17,000peopsleiftstas neither a;
,~tiny tossis sot a 'Issrivini'metroso -
esweo'so ' 'lis, asse its ssorld-swide nsotorietsy
was approximatety equivaslent to
* that of Ithsaca, Nesw York. Farm-
f mysad a few local inidustries gotv-
by ,F Nerned its economny and were cc-
F sonsibte for the sire anid stabil-
ity of the populace, but essential-
. lythe toswsn, with ifs stone walts
_iad swhite brick lionses, wsa little
different from any of thes maltier
surseindin" commuitii

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AFEW YEAsRS 5'go, howevei, a
- commsiftee at citizeiss decided
to bring a group of promissent
actors to thse toswis std to tint on,
on a trial basis, Shiakespeareass
dramsa ins a tent. The idea was a
phenonsenal success; the festival
immediately became an annual
towsn project. As the productions
in creased in ouality, the tootsr
increased iii size and tse format
Iof the festisal expanded.
In 1957, the Stratford Shake-
spearean Festivaal included t w o
plays, Bamlet and Twelfth Night,
a jaze festival, a drama school, sit
art exhibit, an internationsal film
exhibition, setveral 'weeks of seri-
ous music with Benjamin Britten
conduictinig his own opera, "The
Turn of the Screw," and a musical
spoof, put on by McGill University
students and entitled 'My Fur
Lady."
Apipasrently, hsowever, the Festi-
vol is not entisrely successful as a
money-making phenomenon. Al-
though a striking permanent thea-
ter has been built within the last
year to take the place of else ori-
ginat tent, authsorities have founsd
tliot the jazz cosscerts are the only
really profitable parts ot the Fes-
first. ihLarge crowds gather f or the
plays, but opesiatin's costs unf or-
tuinately ate high.) An extension
of these lets eoncerts info a twoo
~vemefiall-jazz testisvat, biggesrestn
than thse Ameriean site in Hess-
portlias been propiosed for next
year, but rio coiscreeeplasscoss-
c'ring such a conceit series hate
yet beesi released. ft is a pify that
sood dramtatic pioduicti'oncaninot
suppctort itself.

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s, AUSIC - miniature scores, over 5,000 hardly hove been mote effecivels't
in stock. Domestic and foreign. dcins forteepstst twoyer,
Shakespueareano actor this side of
1 E/I, the Atlaistic. T tie addition of
BOOKJS~ text and reference. Douselas Campbsell ansd Siobhion
GMcennetia to the east this year
1 was a hsappiy onse. Thle stavcisng'asd'
costumisig of ltce pla's is sunsf-
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fec, still sisellin' of paint sod
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cost5by iustssce s.51ccpopuilation
is grossing rapidly, arid sigsus of,
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