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<DIV class=storyheadline>Theatre community turns to Lizzie for Pollock
fundraiser</DIV>
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<TD><FONT class=storybyline><STRONG>Bob Clark</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD><FONT class=storypub>Calgary Herald</FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<DIV class=storydate><BR>Thursday, July 17, 2008</DIV><BR>
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<P>On May 27, a Canadian theatre icon awoke to a fire in her Calgary home.
Although she managed to escape unharmed, playwright Sharon Pollock lost most of
her possessions, including three of her beloved cats.</P>
<P>Damage to the house was extensive. While insurance will cover some of the
cost of restoration and rebuilding, the financial burden Pollock faces is
formidable.</P>
<P>Accordingly, the Alberta Playwrights' Network (APN) and Downstage Theatre are
hosting a benefit reading of Pollock's celebrated 1981 Governor General's
Award-winning play, Blood Relations -- a dramatic and particularly imaginative
whodunit account of the infamous axe murders of Lizzie Borden's mother and
father on a muggy Massachusetts day in 1892. Directed by Downstage artistic
director Simon Mallett, the reading will feature well-known Calgary actors
Valerie Planche, Karen Johnson-Diamond, Katherine Kerbes, Laura Parken, David
LeReaney, Kevin Rothery, and Stephen Hair.</P>
<P>Admission is by donation, with all proceeds going toward helping Pollock
rebuild her house and replace her possessions.</P>
<P>With generous support from the Epcor Centre and Steam Whistle Brewery, the
fundraiser takes place July 23 at 7 p.m. in the lobby of Jack Singer Concert
Hall.</P>
<P>For further information, or to find out how to make a donation, call APN at
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>“Ladies, just a little more
virginity, if you don’t mind” (spoken to a motley collection of actresses
waiting to play ladies-in-waiting to a Queen).—Herbert Beerbohm Tree, in
Alexander Woollcott, Shouts and Murmurs
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Denis
Salter<BR>McGill<BR>______</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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