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Show i . Yin .'.7"'v mvl ill i'K ' '! l l . i . i ... ... i . ii ;iL, ... - 's ' f I k 41 i ...1 PMT PRODUCTION : ' A bit of English history will S be brought to life on Pioneer :; Memorial Theatre's Main S Stage with the opening of - Robert Bolt's "A Man for All Seasons" on Oct. 26. THE internationally acclaimed drama stars Robert Peterson as Sir Thomas More and plays nightly at 8 p.m. except ex-cept Sundays through Nov. I(S. A 2 p.m. matinee is scheduled - for Nov. 12. Set in 16lh century England during the tumultuous reign of King Henry VIII. the play revokes re-vokes around More's stead- ; fast refusal to forsake his private pri-vate conscience and support the King's divorce from Catherine of Aragon. As Lord Chancellor of England and an ,; orthodox Catholic. More cannot can-not be untrue to his own na- . ture. a stand that sends him to his death. He is later cano- . . nized as a saint. "I WANT people leaving the theatre to recognize man's potential," said William Glover, Glov-er, the play's guest director from Mallbu, Calif. "Watching a play like "A Man for All Seasons" reminds us of our possibilities. It reminds re-minds us that we have the potential to become like Sir Thomas More." ,,: THE BRITISH director . .. directed another play about ,,, heroism, "Terra Nova." on :; the Main Stage in April. A noted director, actor and - teacher. Glover has directed . fourotherPMT productions in the past decade: "A Doll s House," "School for Wives," . "Twelfth Night" and ' The - Show Off." An all-location cast includes Robert Peterson as Sir Thomas More, Richard Baxter as The Common Man (a commentator who assumes various roles like More's disloyal household steward, ste-ward, his jailer, the foreman of the jury and finally, his execu- tioner). Anne Cullimore De-,., De-,., ckeras Lady Alice More, Mar--: go Andrews as Lady Margaret ii More. Michael Ruud as King ',; . Henry VIII. Max Robinson as . .j Thomas Cromwell. Joe Hutch-ings Hutch-ings as Master Richard Rich - and H.E.D. Redford as Car-,; Car-,; dinal Wolsey. OTHER CAST members ; are: Heather Macauley. a ; woman: John Nicolaysen. k Thomas Cranmer: Gene Pack. ; SignorChapuys: Mark White, ... Chapuys' attendant: Robert E. " ' wood. Duke of Norfolk, and i: D. Scott Zogg. William Roper. .: Ariel Ballif has designed the ';- sets and costumes. Richard J. Harris is lighting designer, and D. Dale Dean is production stage manager. VOTED THE New York Critics Circles' Best Play of I1. "A Man For All Seasons" Sea-sons" is an ageless parable that has won six Oscars and enjoyed long runs in both Lon- Thomas Crowell (Max Robinson) buys information from Sir. Thomas More's servant (Richard Baxter) as Richard Rich (Joe Hutchings) watches in scene from "A Man For All Seasons" playing at the Pioneer Memorial Theatre Oct. 26 through Nov. 16. don and New York. The play fits Glover's definition defini-tion of superb theatre. "THE THEATRE has to inspire, in-spire, it has to uplift-there isn't any point in having it if it doesn't," he said. "Here was a wealthy man with a job comparable compa-rable to a Prime Minister's. Here was someone with everything every-thing going for him. He risked it all and stood up for what he believed in." Call 581-6961 for ticket reservations re-servations and information. |