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In The Picture: Emirates Stakes Day ...... Page 10 News: Radio station buys magazines ..... Page 11 Oaks Club Lunch: Photo spread ........... Page 12 Fiona Byrne: Love This City! ................ Page 13 Pictorial Special: Oaks Day at F’ton .... Page 14 Melb. Confidential: Court reports ......... Page 15 Long Shots: Nice doggie ................... Page 16 Yvonne Lawrence: Life and Style ......... Page 17 Travel and Wine: David Ellis reports ...... Page 18 Gavin Wood: West Hollywood news ....... Page 21 Kevin Trask: Petula Clark profile .......... Page 22 Mix to become KIIS Latest radio ratings Top 10 lists Movies, DVDs
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■ Former Genetic Technologies Ltd director and chief executive Dr Mervyn Jacobson has been convicted of 33 charges of market manipulation of GTG shares and two charges of conspiring to manipulate GTG shares over six-months. Dr Jacobson, of Brighton, has been bailed to appear for a sentencing hearing in the Supreme Court on Wednmesday next week (Nov. 19). He faces a maximum of five years jail and/or a fine of $22,000 on each of the charges. The conviction follows an eight-week trial in the Supreme Court before Justice Kaye. A jury of 12 last week found Dr Jacobson guilty of the 35 charges under the Corporations Act. Of these two of the charges related to Jacobson’s participation in conspiracies to trade in GTG shares that were likely to have the effect of creating or maintaining an artificial price for GTG shares. The other 33 charges related to Jacobson’s participation in transactions in GTG shares, which were likely to have the effect of creating or maintaining an artificial price for GTG shares. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission argued Dr Jacobson and his co-conspirators engaged in the manipulation of the GTG share price on the Australian Stock Exchange to help minimise and manage margin calls on large margin loans held by Dr Jacobson. In the first conspiracy charge, Dr Jacobson was found guilty of conspiring with his daughter Tamara Newing and son-in-law Geoffrey Newing, who were buying GTG shares through share trading accounts with ABN Amro, to manipulate the GTG share price. In the second conspiracy charge he was also found guilty of conspiring with Rocco Musumeci and Tamara Newing, who were buying GTG shares through Bell Potter.
Latest News Flashes Around Victoria
That shirtfront ■ Australian Prime MinisterTony Abbott has told Russian leader Vladimir Putin to apologise for Russia’s involvement in shooting down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 and pay compensation to families of the 298 victims.
Grisly photographs ■ A jury has been shown the grisly autopsy photographs of Scarsdale teenager Timothy O'Brien, with a judge warning the evidence was "entirely confronting", reports the Ballarat Courier. The case continues.
Bond after spitting ■ Dale Mastenbroek had spat in his partner’s face and punched her in the throat during a drunken tirade before threatening police who arrested him. He has been placed on a twoyear bond after appearing at Albury Local Court, rpeorts the Border-Mail.
Holmes on the run ■ Police searching for prison escapee Stuart Holmes who escaped from Dhurringile Prison are now also looking for a woman, believed to be his partner. Investigators believe he was picked up in a vehicle by a woman known as Kelly Doolan or Kelly Macdonald.
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THE T OP 5 TOP POLITICAL PROMISES WE'RE YET T O HEAR TO
● Brodie Harper and Heath Meldrum were part of the glamour action at Flemington on Oaks Day. Fiona Byrne has more on Pages 12-13, with photos by Fiona Hamilton.
5. An East/West bike-track on Princes Bridge. 4. The Opposition Leader to keep name changes down to one a month. 3. The MCG filled with hot water to be used as a spa for Clive Palmer. 2. Jacqui Lambie to be appointed as Ambassador to Syria. 1. Geoff Shaw to be spayed by Dr Denis Napthine.
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Miriam’s one-woman triumph Briefs Prison avoided
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■ Geelong businessman Jim Petropoulos has been sentenced to 20 months in prison, wholly suspended, after admitting forging financial documents worth more than $1 million, reports the GeelongAdvertiser.
The Age apologises
■ The Age newspaper continues to publish an apology to Michael Trkulja: “On April 16, an article by Mark Russell and Chris Vedelago entitled ‘Client who won $500,000 from Google and Yahoo won't pay lawyer" was published in The Age and online concerning Milorad (or Michael) Trkulja. If the article was understood by anyone to mean that Mr Trkulja has refused to pay his lawyers Efron & Associates their legal fees in connection with his Google and Yahoo lawsuits, The Age wishes to correct the article as this was not intended and The Age apologises to M r Trkulja.”
■ Our nation is fortunate that great British actor Miriam Margolyes decided to call Australia home a few years ago. While Margolyes is a household name for her roles in great British films - Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter movies and the loyal housekeeper to Dames Maggie Smith and Judi Dench in Ladies In Lavender, to mention just two - it is her stage performances that we have the good fortune to see in Melbourne. Following on the success of her one-woman show Dickens' Women which toured the world, Melbourne Theatre Company is presenting Margolyes in another one woman show, I'll Eat You Last in the Fairfax Studio at the Arts Centre. AFTA award-winner Margolyes takes on the legendary character of Hollywood agent Sue Mengers, a rarity as a female agent in a male dominated world of agents. Directed by Dean Bryant, the show is full of tinseltown gossip and lots of anecdotes about Mengers' clients, who include Barbra Streisand, Gene Hackman, Faye Dunaway, Cher …and the list goes on. If they are not represented by Mengers, then they are simply not on the Hollywood A-List. I'll Eat You Last is set in 1981, as Mengers waits for a call from Streisand. This is when names are dropped, secrets divulged, and dirt dished as this powerful woman reveals how she went from plain, plump Jewish immigrant to a film industry powerbroker. It was a fabulous career - while it lasted. Margolyes is famous for saying she dislikes children, yet there is a very generous side to this big personality.
High class ■ International musical collaborations are usually high-class interesting affairs, and one coming up on Saturday (Nov. 15) at 7.30 pm in St Paul's Cathedral is a cracker. Young choir Polyphonic Voices, largely drawn from the alumni of Melbourne University's elite college choirs, is joining with Voices New Zealand and some wonderful soloists to sing a program featuring Bach'sMagnificat in E-Flat major. One of the soloists is former Trinity College chorister and now acclaimed international soprano Siobhan Stagg, home for Christmas from Germany where she is an operatic soloist with Deutsche Oper Berlin, working with conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle and Simone Young. Later this year Siobhan makes her Swiss debut in Fidelio at the Grand Theatre de Geneve. Other soloists include Victorian Opera developing artists alto Emma Muir-Smith (also ex-Trinity) and tenor Michael Petrucelli. Turn To Page 17
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● Miriam Margoyles When she was performing in Blithe Spirit for Melbourne Theatre Company some years ago, the Harry Potter movies were in full swing, and she was known to a generation of young fans as Professor Sprout. Despite her busy schedule, she agreed to give up a morning and visit my son's primary school, and field 45 minutes of questions about Harry Potter and the world of film and theatre from an enthusiastic group of a hundred 6-12 year olds. This she did with great good humour and grace, and those children spoke of her with awe for many months. If you want your own audience with Miriam Margolyes aka Sue Mengers, grab a ticket for a journey through the Hollywood A list while there are still some for sale. www.mtc.co.au - Julie Houghton
English, French ■ Take a pleasant Melbourne spring day, two fine singers and a comfortable venue and you have a recipe for a pleasant afternoon concert. On Saturday (Nov. 15) GBD Productions presents A Celebration of English and French Song, performed by young soprano Piera Dennerstein and baritone Jamie Moffat. Jamie will sing the popular song cycle Songs Of Travel by quintessential English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, based on poems by English writer Robert Louis Stevenson of Treasure Island fame. According to Jamie, this song cycle embraces man's emotions as he travels through life, and explores the themes of nature, love, displacement, loss and peace. Piera will sing music by Quilter, Delius, Debussy and Britten. "These intricate miniatures spring vividly to life in this recital, which celebrates all the mood and variety of the English and French
● Pierra Dennerstein art songs of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries," Piera explained. Both performers will be accompanied by pianist Pam Christie, and in the best English tradition, afternoon tea is included in the ticket price. With fine music, performers who love to sing and a cuppa and cake, it should be an excellent afternoon's entertainment for lovers of classical voice. A Celebration of English and French Song begins at 2.30 pm on November 15 at Buxton Hall, St John's Anglican Church, Clendon Rd, Toorak. Tickets through www.trybooking.com or on 0410 890 388 or at the door. - Julie Houghton
Radio station buys mags ■ Pacific Star Network, operators of sports radio station SEN and MyMP has acquired Morrison Media, the publishers of Frankie. The 30-year-old publishing company also prints Smith Journal, Sporting Life, Slow Living and White Horses. Pacific Star will pay $10.8 million cash to the vendor. Pacific Star will take out a bank facility of $8.6 million, raise funds from shareholders and outside investors, with arrangements to be underwritten to a maximum of $1 million by major shareholder Ron Hall. Morrison Media is said to have earnings of $2.2 million for the financial year ended June 30, 2014.
Girls Act Good
● Lee McClenaghan (right), Jessica Gerger, Kelly Kerr Young (centre), Michelle Pastor and Sarah Plummer in A Christmas Tale at The Butterfly Club. ■ Girls Act Good presents AChristmas Tale at the Butterfly Club from November 26-30. The company has come together with an ensemble of professional actors for this show, and all proceeds go directly to The McAuley Community Services forWomen. The McAuley Community Services support women who are homeless and families who have experienced domestic violence. Each year they help around 600 women and children to rebuild their lives, supporting them on their journey towards independence and safer futures and offering women the opportunity for empowerment. For these reasons, the all-women group Girls Act Good have partnered with The McAuley Community Services to create A Christmas Tale. Originally started in 2013 by Jennifer Monk, Girls Act Good formed as a way for female performers to keep their skills sharp, and was launched with its first moved reading of Secret Bridesmaids Business by Elizabeth Coleman. The group has grown into a popular monthly workshop with a diverse group of female performers, writers and directors. It made sense to put on a show, so Jennifer Monk, Constance Washington and Sarah Plummer created a script to celebrate what Christmas means for women in Australia. This play has been devised by the trio after interviewing a variety of women across Australia and is inspired by their recollections of Christmas. It takes a fresh and heartfelt look at the Aussie festivities and celebrates how we come together and remember what is important at this special time. The show promises lots of fun with music, dance, food, and sharing of stories. The ensemble includes Perri Cummings, Jessica Gerger, Lee McClenaghan, Jennifer Monk, Michelle Pastor, Sarah Plummer, Constance Washington, Canada White and Kelley KerrYoung. Direct donations can be made to The McAuley Community Services for Women by visitingwww.mcauleycsw.org.au/stories/its-achristmas-tale Performances: November 26-30 at 7pm, Wed Nov 26 and Sun 30 at 6pm Venue The Butterfly Club, Carson Place, Melbourne. Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com/show/achristmas-tale - Cheryl Threadgold
Of Cows, Women and War
■ La Mama presents Of Cows, Women and War from November 27-29 at La Mama Courthouse, 349 Drummond St, Carlton Of Cows, Women and War is presented as part of La Mama’s 2014 Explorations, and takes us into the world of Ajak Kwai, a performer from South Sudan. She tells stories of her childhood, her culture, of the position of women in Dinka culture and of the ravages of war. The stories will be personal, warm and human and will connect the audience with a beautiful world which is far from our everyday. Of Cows, Women and War is written by Ajak Kwai and Bagryana Popov, based on the book by Ajak Kwai, and will be performed by Ajak Kwai. The show’s director/dramaturg is Bagryana Popov, with design by Adrienne Chisholm, and Bridget Balodis is assistant director. Performance season: November 27, 28, 29. Times: Thu 6.30pm, Fri 8.30pm and Sat 8.30pm. Venue: La Mama Courthouse, 349 Drummond St., Carlton Tickets: All tickets $15 Bookings: www.lamama.com.au or 9347 6142 - Cheryl Threadgold
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● Members of Spandau Ballet with Molly Meldrum (second from right). Photo: Fiona Hamilton ■ I am clearly a child of the '80s because I was quite excited to hear Spandau Ballet willbe performing in Melbourne in May. The band announced their Australian tour plans in style in the Birdcage at Flemington on Melbourne Cup Day. Looking dapper, the band led by Tony Hadley appeared to be enjoying the madness of the corporate enclosure and certainly had plenty of fans bowling up to them and asking for a selfie. They also had luck on their side with several members of the band, including Hadley and Gary Kemp, backing Cup winner Protectionist. Known for their hits True and Gold, Spandau Ballet will play Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on May 19 as part of their Soul Boys of the Western World Live world tour. Tickets and VIP Packages go on sale today (Wed., Nov. 12)). Tickets can be purchased from www.ticketek.com.au
Human Nature plays to Oaks Club luncheon
● The cast of Strictly Ballroom at the Oaks Club Lunch
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● Lady Susan Renouf
● X Factor winner Marlisa Punzalan
● Edwina Bartholomew.
● Human Nature brothers Andrew and Mike Tierney Phil Burton and Toby Allen at the Oaks Club lunch. Photo: Fiona Hamilton ■ The Oaks Club Lunch at the Crown Palladium has become the must attend event for ladies on the Wednesday after running of the Melbourne Cup. More than 1000 guests attend the event turning the Palladium into a sea of hats, feathers, frocks, heels and hair. It is a chance to catch up with friends you did not cross paths with at Flemington on Cup Day, to say hello to interstate visitors and to have last minute pow-wow with buddies over what to wear to the Oaks the following day. It is always a memorable afternoon and this year was no exception. Entertainment included X Factor winner Marlisa Punzalan who at just 15, was undaunted by the chattering crowd of lunching ladies as she performed Somewhere Over The Rainbow and her debut single Stand By You. The cast from Strictly Ballroom The Musical whirled and twirled across the stage in a blur of colour, feathers, sequins and spray tans. It was timely reminder that this fun show is opening in Melbourne in January. Next up Human Nature took centre stage and the Palladium suddenly was turned into a heaving mosh pit of women dressed in racewear. It has become a tradition at the Oaks Club Lunch that the ladies rush the stage and embrace their inner teenage regardless of who is performing. Human Nature were in their element, playing up to the crowd as their worked through their set of easily recognised old-time favourites while not missing a beat with their choreographed moves. The Human Nature boys, brothers Andrew and Mike Tierney Phil Burton and Toby Allen, are celebrating 25 years on the road and spent Cup Week promoting their current album, Jukebox and tour of the same name. They will play Hamer Hall in Melbourne on May 9 next year
● Fiona Byrne is a former journalist and is the Public Relations Manager at Sofitel Melbourne On Collins. Fiona@fionabyrne.com.au
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Fashionable Flemington ■ Fashion is a huge part of the Melbourne Cup Carnival and the annual Fashions on the Field competition is hotly contested. I was lucky enough during my years at the Herald Sun to be invited to judge Fashions on the Field at Flemington, Caulfield and Moonee Valley. It was always a delight to be involved, but let me tell you, it was never an easy job. Everyone looks marvellous and so much thought goes into the various outfits. I thought the Fashions on the Field judges had their work cut out for them this year. Racegoers had obviously put an enormous amount of thought and effort into crafting their raceday look. Flemington was extremely fashionable this year. The overall winner of Fashions on the Field was Brodie Worrell from South Yarra, who teamed a white Toni Maticevski frock with a headpiece by Felicity Northeast. The winner of the Millinery Award was Jill Humphries from Jill and Jack Millinery. Jill's model Bree Laughlin teamed the striking white headpiece with a white Toni Maticevski frock - the same design as worn by Brodie Worrell. While the ladies won the lavish prizes on offer in the two competitions, it could be argued that Toni Maticevski was the real winner on the day. He will now surely be the go to designer for ladies looking to enter Fashions on the Field at country and interstate racemeeting over Summer
● German model AnnKatherine. Photo: Fiona Hamilton and into Autumn. He is an extremely talented designer who is based in Melbourne, although his work is craved by celebrities and private clients around the world. His flattering, elegant designs are also stocked by Myer, the major sponsors of Fashion on the Field.
■ Somewhere between Billie Holliday’s wounded cry and Bob Dylan’s feisty rasp lies the incomparable Macy Gray, writes Di Rolle. No stranger to Australia with her soulful and sexy rasp of a voice, Grammy Award-winning Macy Gray will be making her much anticipated return to Australian shores on her The Way national tour in March 2015. Celebrating the recent release of her highly acclaimed ninth album The Way , Macy will kick off the tour in Melbourne. Macy loves Melbourne. She likes the good looking guys, the restaurants, Chapel St and the sunshine. Oh and she doesn’t mind ice-cream either! Macy first sauntered onto the popular stream of consciousness at the turn of the century with her debut multi-platinum album On How Life Is, featuring the international chart-topping hit single, I Try. Always working, Macy has forged a career creating music that leaps genre barriers from experimental soul to alternative rock. The Way features uplifting tracks laced with Macy’s signature sound as she covers powerful topics such as female independence, triumph over adversity, self-love and expression. On her last visit down under for 2012’s Covered Tour, Macy Gray began somewhat of a love affair with Aussie audiences playing to sell–out crowds across the country. Macy Gray will perform at The Athenaeum Theatre, on March 7, 2015. Tickets available now from www.ticketek. com.au or call 132 849.
● Oaks Day Flemington: Winner of the Fashions on the Field, Brodie Worrell, with Jennifer Hawkins. Photo: Fiona Hamilton
● Winner of the Millinery Award, Bree Laughloin, wearing a headpiece by Jill Humphries. Photo: Fiona Hamilton
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Race exhibition at Sofitel
● The horses return to scale after a race in 1890. Courtesy: State Library of Victoria. ■ A fascinating view into racing at Flemington in the 1890s and early 1900s is offered through a stunning photographic exhibition on show at Sofitel Melbourne On Collins. The exhibition, Fabulous Flemington - Australia's Most Historic Racecourse in Pictures, has been loaned by the Victoria Racing Club as part of its 150th anniversary celebrations. Flemington is the oldest continuing metropolitan racecourse in Australia with race meetings having been held at the site for 174 years. Flemington's first recorded race meeting took place in March 1840 only five years after the founding of Melbourne. The VRC was formed in 1864 from two earlier clubs, the Victoria Turf Club and the Victoria Jockey Club, that held race meetings at Flemington. In 1861 a feature race was included into the Victoria Turf Club's Spring meeting - a two-mile handicap known as the Melbourne Cup. The VRC took over the running of the Melbourne Cup in 1864 and the race has grown into one of the icons of Australian sport. The Fabulous Flemington exhibition shows the popularity of racing in a bygone era and captures the elegance of Flemington. Included are images of crowds enjoying the lawns at Flemington around 1910, the arrival of the Governor at Flemington in 1905, the Temperance Pagoda at Flemington in 1888, the finish of the 1889 Melbourne Cup, racegoers arriving at the course by train around 1900, and the telegraph office and press room at Flemington in 1888. The exhibition is on show in Sofi's Lounge at Sofitel Melbourne On Collins until the end of the month.
Bless Trevor’s cotton socks ■ The fashion police pounced on Les Miserables star Trevor Ashley on Melbourne Cup Day. Trevor was a guest at the Swisse Marquee in the Flemington Birdcage, however he was initially prevented from entering the corporate enclosure as he was wearing shorts. The Birdcage is designated as a members’ area, and shorts are not permitted as racewear for either men or women. Trevor made a quick dash back into the city to change into a suit, but on his return to the track was once again stopped. This time the Birdcage attendant spotted that he had breached another members' dress code rule - he was not wearing socks. Trevor had made the fashionable error of teaming his suit with dazzling blue sequinned loafers, and it was his eye-catching footwear that drew the attention of the Birdcage gatekeepers. Once again he was politely declined entry and the fashion error explained. Trevor responded that he was not going to go back into the city to buy socks, and asked for help in solving this footwear problem. The attendant revealed that the VRC had a stash of socks that could be purchased in such cases, but on that day the stock had run out. Trevor was eventually allowed into the Birdcage and made the scheduled Les Miserables media call in the Swisse Marquee.
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Confidential Talk is cheap, gossip is priceless
Prison after $6m deception charges heard: County Court
Bitch Melbourne’s Secrets
Kashonia doing fine
● Kashonia Louise Carnegie ■ Older 3AW fans will remember one of the overnight girls, Kashonia Louise Carnegie. These days Kashonia is living ‘up north’ after having completed her PhD in Sustainability Ethics and Environmental Philosophy at the University of Queensland She had also studied at Griffith University and Ravenswood, Gordon in New South Wales. Kashonia was one of the favourite overnight girls on 3AW, with a team that included Cecile Blackman, Yvonne Lawrence, Nola Day and Coral Browne. Bitch wonders how Kashonia’s politics would sit with the current-day breed of right-wing-friendly presenters at 3AW?!
It’s safe again ... just!
■ Showgirl Maria Venuti says it is safe to return to the streets of Carlton, after her recent appearnce at the Italian Festa. Those legs are aged 73.
■ Former Chief Executive Officer of Phosphagenics Ltd, Dr Esra Ogru, and two men involved in alleged the theft of millions of dollars from a listed company, have been sentenced in the County Court. Dr Esra Ogru, 39, of Wheelers Hill, was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment for her role in the theft of more than $6.1 million. Dr Ogru was ordered to serve a minimum of two years before being eligible for parole. Following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission investigation, Dr Ogru pleaded guilty to seven charges of obtaining a financial advantage by deception from biotechnology company, Phosphagenics Ltd, and its subsidiary, Vital Health Sciences Pty Ltd. The personal monetary benefit obtained by Dr Ogru from the false invoices and credit card reimbursements was nearly $3.9 million. ASIC Commissioner John Price said: “Dr Ogru's conduct was dishonest and deliberate and showed complete disregard for the company she was appointed to lead. “As the jailing of Dr Ogru
shows, the consequences for those who steal and deceive are significant and should serve as a lesson for anyone in a position of authority who may be tempted to act fraudulently.” Dr Robert Gianello, a former Phosphagenics employee, was sentenced to four years imprisonment for his role in the theft of more than $4.6 million from the company. Dr Gianello was ordered to serve a minimum of two years before being eligible for parole. Dr Gianello pleaded guilty to three charges of obtaining money
by deception from Phosphagenics and its subsidiary. Dr Gianello, 59, of Sassafras, joined Phosphagenics as an employee in July 2008 and, until August 2012, agreed to the submission of the false invoices by a company associated with Dr Woei-Jia Jiang. Dr Jiang, 51, of Glen Waverley, was sentenced to two years and six months imprisonment for his role in the theft of more than $4.3 million from the company. Dr Jiang was ordered to serve a minimum of 12 months before being eligible for parole.
Couple charged Rumour Mill with $1.5 fraud ■ A Carrum Downs couple was yesterday (Tues.) charged with a $1.5 million fraud. Maureen Gael Johnston, 58, and Douglas Gordon Johnston, 71, have been charged with a total of more than 70 offences, including fraud, obtaining a financial advantage or property by deception, and attempting to pervert the course of justice. Some of the offences carry a maximum penalty of up to 10 years jail. It is alleged the Johnston’s affairs resembled a ponzi scheme. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission investigated Investman Nominees (USA) Pty Ltd and Small Business Management Pty Ltd and allege the Johnstons misled people into investing approximately $1.5 million into various property developments in the United States and Australia. ASIC alleges the money raised was not used to develop any properties, but instead used by Mr and Mrs Johnston for their own benefit. Mrs Johnston is a former director of Investman Nominees Pty Ltd and current director of Small Business Management Pty Ltd. Mr Johnston is a former accountant and current shareholder of Small Business Management Pty Ltd. The matter has been listed for a committal mention at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on January 28. The matter is being prosecuted by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions. Mrs Johnston has been charged with 52 offences and Mr Johnston has been charged with 25 offences, all pursuant to the Crimes Act. ■ Jamie Partington, 22, of Wangaratta, and Ozcan Ciftei, 43, of Westmeadows, have been granted bail, after having charged in connection with an alleged ice (methamphetamine) syndicate in Wangaratta. They are due to return to Court on January 5 and February 12 next year.
Hear It Here First
Many Fat Ducks ■ The Rumour Mill hears that 267,537 people wanted a seat at Heston Blumenthal's Crown restaurant The Fat Duck , which is charging $525 per person. There are some 89,179 entries in the ballot. Who says there is a shortage of money in Melbourne?
Whispers
3 weeks
● Melissa Hetherington ■ Popular Melbourne showbiz couple Melissa and Matt Hetherington are expecting their second child in three weeks’ time; a sibling for young Oscar. Another favourite showbiz couple, Rohan Browne and wife Christie Whelan-Browne, are jetting their way to New York for an extended tour.
‘Fake’
■ Bentleigh Labor candidate Nick Straikos says the Liberal Party is responsible for a ‘fake’ newspaper, The Southern Express, which has been made to look like a local publication with recipes, puzzles and grassroots stories. He says the paper doesn’t declare itself as Liberal election material, but small print shows an authorising Liberal MP.
To jail ● Heston Blumenthal
McIntyre’s newspaper ■ A new weekly newspaper, Australian National Review, is connected with “wealth guru” Jamie McIntyre, who faced an Australian Securities and Investments Commission probe over his 21st Century group. "Dozens of Australians have lost tens of thousands of dollars after investing in a trading program sold by a well-known financial education expert," said a report earlier this year by the ABC. The paper is on on Saturdays foor $3.50 at newsagents.
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■ Corey Miller, 24, of Tongala, will spend seven weeks in jail after being caught driving illegally 17 times in eight months.
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■ Fairfax Sunday papers, The Sunday Age and Sydney Sun-Herald, have suffered an 8.3 per cent drip in readership.
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■ Nuts and Dolts:it’s not a typo. Let me tell you why. Here's some inside info on the studio operation side of Prisoner. Peter Hind was probably the most adept at handling a pedestal camera in the cells and corridors, although Noel Penn was pretty good too. Both were tall and Peter had a strong build. Noel operated with style and flair. He could negotiate his rear end through the narrows of any prison cell door. When we first began the series our cameras were mounted on pedestals which could elevate up to about 2-and-a-bit metres or say 8’. De-elevated, the lens height was a little under 5’ approx. The barrel of the pedestal was hinged and could be opened to add or subtract the lead weights that were used to counter-balance the weight and to stabilise the whole thing. The base was triangular and housed the three wheels which were steered by the use of a steering ring at waist height that could spin them 360 degrees. We later changed to gas-boosted pedestals which were lighter and handled better. Back to the Studio. As I was saying, you had to be pretty accurate while tracking with these cameras, especially when the Director had you following a cast member into a cell or worse, tracking backward through the door with the actors coming in. The cell-door width was that of a normal door which left about an inch clearance on either side of the pedestal. At speed, even walking speed, you either got it or crunched into the set. Hind, Chris Adshead (a later Prisoner director: memories of happy cries of “Addy, Addy!” from Colette Mann ) and Penn managed to get it right almost every time. And in the latter years so did a host of other cameramen. And don't forget that along with the camera and operator, there was also a hand-held boom mike and operator, and a whole bunch of guys behind them dragging the camera and mike cables back. I sometimes performed this task along with stagehands and audio ops. My attitude was “Never ask someone else to do a dirty, manual job that you wouldn't do yourself.” Whatever, my mucking in with the guys on the menial tasks stood me and the other camera crew in good stead. Us 'vision' guys grew a sound relationship with the 'sound' guys and the 'lighting' guys too. Why would we all not work together, you ask? Well there was an earlier mentality, long before Prisoner, that it was every man for himself. Audio clashed with cameras for head-room, cameras wanting audio's microphones up out of their shot, Audio wanting the best, crisp sound and forcing head-room down. Mostly, on Prisoner, we all found some wriggle room. Over the years, the crews developed a mutual respect for each other. Sure, there were times of destabilising influences, but usually they were resolved. My involvement with audio floor crew such as Paul Covington, Simon Currie, Rick Kingmar and Paul Norton helped to keep our side of the task together. As for us cameramen, we had one other secret weapon. We could talk to each other. Our camera headsets were designed to give us two sources of audio input: the control room and the studio floor. However, by accident or whatever good fortune, we also could speak to each other. This was an invaluable tool that was not in general use. What I mean is that we could get each other out of potential trouble during rehearsals before the problems arose. Many times we simply saw what was about to happen and would shoot over or under each other's lenses or get out of the way. You used everything at your disposal to drive a camera: your feet to push and guide the pedestal, your hands and arms to muscle the thing along as well as focus and zoom, and your forehead pressure against the view-finder. And there were times that you had to employ unorthodox strategies to achieve the moves blocked out by the Director, especially when sets aced each other. Turn To Page 17
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Memories of making ‘Prisoner’
● From Page 16 For example. Quite often the boom and our cameras were working in the Governor's office with all the furniture pushed back while we were shooting a scene in the Laundry. But, reversing that, the press was too heavy and awkward to move so the boom would be out in the gap between the two sets and if you were required to track across the set you would have to go around it, pushing deeper into the set and zooming out at the same time to keep all the action in. This did odd things to the perspective because as you cleared the boom you would track back out and zoom in again at the same time. We accomplished all this without consultation with the Director, who often was none the wiser, while we,
on the studio floor took care of business. Of course we became a tightknit bunch, because, like the cast, we were there week after week on a semi permanent basis. Directors came and went (more than 100 through the series) almost like so many knock-down, pop-up goofy dolls. And saying that, I want to make it clear that I don't wish to demonise all the Prisoner directors. They each worked their own fourweek roster: 1. Pre-production, 2. Location shoot. 3. Studio shoot. 4. Post-production. Yet in that time, both location and studio endured four different directors, rolling through. Many were good, many were passable, some were tyrannical and others impossible; they were the ones
who decided to impose their will on a cast and crew who had bonded. Simple as that. And having said that, I should also add that the passing parade of Directors were under their own pressures: after all they were only as good and in demand as their last job. They too were under immense personal strain, walking a tightrope of survival. One Director who I have not forgotten, when asked how he wanted us to work simply said to me: “You know your camera crew and the studio, I'll go along with what you have.” We bowled each other over getting it right for this bloke. Yet as the weeks and the months of Prisoner's birth and growth continued into the initial years we began to weary.
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Cast and crew chatted, befriended, argued and drifted into a passive ennui. All that kept us together were the ongoing, changing characters, the imaginative writers, the slow revolution of crews, the rapid revolution of Directors, the faithful dedication of Wardrobe and Makeup and Properties and Staging. Liaisons and affairs occurred. Marriages were undone, marriages begun. Hazed, aided and betrayed by alcohol, I stumbled along, doing my best in sober times, and less than my best in the times when the world didn't seem quite right, unless on a tilt. I was the Nut ... and the Dolt. - Kenneth Mulholland
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High class Also appearing is baritone Michael Leighton Jones. Accompanying them are the Polyphonic Players led by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra violinist Sarah Curro and Australian Baroque Brass. From New Zealand comes Voices New Zealand, directed by Dr Karen Grylls, and conducting honours will be shared by Dr Grylls and Polyphonic Voices conductor Michael Fulcher. This promises to be a unique musical celebration in the lofty acoustic of St Paul's Cathedral, which would have pleased J.S. Bach himself. Bookings and further information at www.polyphonicvoices.com - Julie Houghton
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Devastating Melbourne Cup Day
■ Whether you are a racing fan or not, if you live in Victoria you are automatically involved. Everyone and everything is geared to that great day in November. Going to the races doesn’t interest me one little bit, but the beautiful horses that strut their stuff certainly do. Equines looking their best, and in top condition ready for party time at the race that stops a nation. Most of my friends are in a frenzy selecting garments to wear weeks before the event. Most go to the expense of having two outfits – one if it rains, and one if it’s going to be warm. My phone runs hot with friends asking me to go with them. I try to be gracious in my reply, but I’d really rather spend the day just mooching around at home. But I do enjoy watching the colour and the fashions. That, I watch. I have a giggle or say WOW!
Friendly chat
■ It turned into an arctic wind early on the day, and women who had planned for a warm sunny day, were, by lunchtime, blue with the cold. I could hear teeth chattering over the sound of hooves hitting the turf. Those women really should have been given awards for bravery. One year, I accepted an invitation for a lobster and champagne lunch to watch the Cup on TV. My other half was in Port Douglas on an assignment, and the thought of lobster had my gastric juices going. I accepted. My friend was into racing in a big way, but for some unknown reason wasn’t going to the Cup that year. She said she’d explain when I arrived. I hoped it wasn’t going to be some problem with her husband; also a friend, and she wanted to talk it over with me. It was, and she did.
‘You betcha’
■ She’d picked out her selection for the meeting, and she gave me her racing guide to make mine. What a joke. However, I placated her and started to circle the horses I thought would win. I quite enjoyed myself once I started. I picked horses that reminded me of someone or something. For instance, her husband was in the navy so I picked a horse with a nautical name and so on. When I finished we hopped in her car and went to the local TAB to place our bets. This was strange territory for me. It was a busy place, and the woman behind the desk was very kind to a rank amateur on such a busy day, and helped me place my bets. Then it was off home for the lobster. Well, my friend was not amused when I won
Yvonne’s Column
What a sad ending to a successful race day. Even the beautiful roses that are always a big feature at the Cup were drooping. No-one will forget this Melbourne Cup. It was a devastating result. Why are punters permitted to be so close to the horses? They will be nervous and excited, and it doesn’t take much for them to start being more than a little skittish. Why was a child allowed to wave a big flag so near to the horses? In fact, what was the kid doing there anyway? My late father-in-law kept horses, and I was really looking forward to spending a weekend at the property. I got out of bed the first morning so see the horses, and walked across the early morning crisp green paddock.
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on the day, and she, the woman who could have written a turf guide, lost. “It’s all in the lap of the gods really”, said I. And that was the beginning of a slowing down of our friendship. I still think of her on this racing day of days, but the friendship has gone. And she and her husband have separated too. Sad really that a strong friendship can be severed over a winning bet on a horse race.
Why use the whip? ■ I still have no interest in any form of horse racing. I love looking at the horses, but hate them being whipped to run faster. I can’t bear to even think of horses that are trained to jump in a Steeplechase. It’s no use arguing with a person who is into racing. They know that the horse loves to race. Who told them? The horse doesn’t feel the whip, so why use it, I argue? I was enjoying viewing the fashions and happened to be watching when there was a change in the mood of the crowd. It appeared that Admire Rakti, the favourite had faltered during the race, limped home, and died in his stall. What a sad ending to the day. I felt for the jockey, the owners, and horse lovers everywhere. Still drying my eyes, I learn that a second horse, frightened by a large flag being waved in the mounting yard by a child, lashed out and broke his hind leg. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. Later we learn that Admire Rakti died of a heart attack, and Araldo was euthanised.
■ The noise of galloping hooves made me turn around and this rotund Shetland pony, with nostrils flaring was charging towards me. It meant business. My father –in-law was standing near the gate and laughing and telling me that Penelope the Shetland was never in a good mood in the morning.And yes. She would have bitten me. I’ve never really trusted fat little ponies since. Nor my father-in-law I hasten to add. But I did have a wonderful day talking and patting the huge Clydesdale horses that belonged to the brewery. It’s hard to imagine them carrying Knights of old into battle – they are such gentle giants. I didn’t watch the rest of the racing carnival – not even the fashions. I used to love to hear the clip, clop of the horse, drawing the milk and ice cart when they delivered. I’d like to go back to the horse and cart days for just one weekend, and follow the ice cart for a chunk of frozen ice. Mum never did catch me.
Great year ahead
■ Looking up the Chinese Horoscope for the Year of the Horse, I discover that the Horse is born under the signs of elegance and ardour. He is charming and popular, and has leadership qualities. But just like Penelope, the fiery Shetland, he has a bad temper, and not good at keeping secrets. If you are a Horse, you were born in the following: 1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014. I looked up predictions for this year, and it’s going to be a boomer for you. Didn’t feel like doing anything after the sad
ending to the Cup, so listened to the radio. It’s disappointing at the moment that broadcasters are being retrenched at the whim of the person responsible for programming because of a personal dislike or low ratings, or both. Preparing a program takes time and energy. Some listeners think that the broadcaster just opens the microphone and starts talking the minute the show starts. It takes a lot of time, effort, and dedication because he/she loves their work and achieving a top result. A lot of the blame must be directed at the person in charge.
Loyal listeners
■ I would have walked a hundred miles for Tony Bell. He was caring and very astute. He brought 3AW up from almost bankruptcy to a top rating station with loyal staff. Unfortunately when he was elevated to another position, underlings who had no regard or understanding of programming or staff were given responsibilities way behind their capabilities.And little thought was given for the feelings of the professional broadcasters behind the microphone. The station lost many good people. A few walked out of the doors without so much as a goodbye or thanks. The person who decided on a program of cricket, and having to listen to it on a digital radio that many don’t possess, does, in my opinion, have rocks in their head. If you aren’t into cricket, and love listening to Bruce and Phillip, why should you be forced to change? Listeners are very loyal. They are right in their comfort zone when they settle down to listen to their favourite programs. And all of a sudden it’s gone. Or the broadcaster whom they enjoy has also gone. Well, the loyal listeners find another radio station that gives them enjoyment and they like what they hear and don’t return. The result? A fall in ratings means a fall in revenue for the once mighty station - a station I loved.
Change stations
■ Simply, it’s through their own cockamamie thinking that the station will be “a rooster one day, and a feather duster the next”. I’ve got a million stories in my head – and some on tape – about what happens behind the scenes in a radio station when the microphone is turned off. It will all be told, one day. Enjoy your week. And don’t be bullied into listening to something you don’t enjoy. Change the station. - Yvonne
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20,000 guest resort empty for 75 years
■ It has taken 75 years but work’s underway on getting guests into the world’s biggest and most bizarre resort whose extraordinarily 100 sixstorey blocks to house a mind-blowing 20,000 holidaymakers stretch 4km along a beach on the Baltic Sea, and have lain basically empty since being built three-quarters of a century ago. And it was built not by some massive multi-national resort or hotel company – but by Adolf Hitler. Begun in 1936, the sprawling resort along a magnificent white-sand beach on the island of Ruegen, was the first of five that Hitler fashioned along the lines of Britain’s Butlins Holiday Camps to offer affordable holidaying for German workers. Called Seebad (Seaside) Prora and completed in 1939, it never officially opened to guests as Hitler invaded Poland and WWII began just weeks before the first holidaymakers were to check-in. And weirdly it’s been basically empty since, apart from several rooms converted into holiday flats some years ago, a 400-bed youth hostel the local council opened in several blocks in 2011, a little warts-and-all museum of the Nazi era, and a small off-beat art gallery that’s been dubbed “Beatnik Berlin” – that ironically is the exact free-expression type thing that Hitler’s Nazis so vehemently hated. Hitler’s concept for Prora was
● A view of just-part of the one-hundred blocks stretching over 4km
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Bigger but staying boutique ■ Established back in 1967 as a boutique estate in the Hunter Valley, Hungerford Hill since 2002 has been owned by the Kirby family of the wellknown James N Kirby engineering business, who’ve overseen its growth into a multi-regional wine-making operation now embracing not only the Hunter, but NSW’s Tumbarumba, Gundagai, Hilltops and Orange regions. But grown as it has, its stuck by its boutique estate philosophies, and just recently under its Classic series label released a Gundagai Shiraz, a Hilltops Cabernet and an Orange Merlot from the 2013 vintage. The 2013 Classic Gundagai Shiraz is an elegant, medium to full-bodied wine that reflects just how well this variety does in the warm temperate Gundagai climate at around 200 to 300m altitude on the NSW side of the border with Victoria. With typically varietal dark fruit and black pepper notes it’s one to pairup with Asian pork spareribs or Peking Duck, or with barbecued honey/ chilli marinated steaks.
Pictured ■ Classic Shiraz from the Gundagai region where this varietal does so well. ■ Make Sunday morning brunch a sparkling affair with this Spanish drop. - David Ellis
One to note ■ IF you enjoy a bubbly anytime because, let’s face it, you just like the flavour and the sensation of bubbles, Spain’s Freixenet Cordon Negro Brut is one to consider always having a bottle of in fridge or cellar. This is one of the largest-selling sparkling wines in the world and officially a Cava – a wine made to the traditional Methode Champenoise. A blend of Parellada, Macabeo and Xarel-lo white grapes it was fermented for 10 to 12 days, racked and clarified, and then bottled for secondary fermentation in the bottle. With flavours of green and citrus fruits and nice Mediterranean aromas in the glass, this is a bubbly with loads of sparkle and more-ishness about it. Well priced too at $16 to just drink and enjoy on its own, or to share with friends over a latemorning Sunday brunch of scrambled eggs and smoked salmon, or Quiche Lorraine.
three-fold: he would use thousands of the worryingly huge mass of unemployed in 1936 to build it, it would provide cheap and affordable holidaying for Germany’s working classes – and although promoted as a ‘Seaside Resort for the Common Man,’ daytime activities would be largely orchestrated with Nazi-approved exercise programs, ‘educational’ courses that pushed the Nazi cause, and night-time ‘entertainment’ that would be pure Nazi propaganda. The enormity of the resort, dubbed by locals The Colossus, numbs the mind. All 100 of the six-storey blocks, which are in turn grouped into eight larger major wings, are inter-connected by corridors up to 1.6km long, requiring an hour to walk from the first block to the last. Prora was to offer over 10,000 rooms, all exactly alike and measuring 5m by 2.5m with central heating, two single beds, a wardrobe and a hand sink, and all facing the sea just 150m away – with vast communal shower and toilet facilities and the inter-connecting corridors on the inland side of all 100 blocks. There were also cinemas, swimming pools, a school for children of resort staff, a hospital, a ballroom for each of the eight wings, vast dining rooms that could each seat a thousand at a sitting, a post office, and a huge jetty for another of Hitler’s ideas – a 2-ship cruise fleet that sailed the Mediterranean under his Strength Through Joy propaganda organisation from 1937 to supposedly reward German workers, but in truth to brainwash them. One project never completed at Seebad Prora, however, was a massive meeting hall that would seat all 20,000 happy campers at one time for more Nazi propaganda lectures and programs. After the war Ruegen Island became a part of the ‘Russian sector’ and Prora taken over by the Russian Army which occupied, and largely stripped it, over ten years to 1955. Now two wings have been sold by the government and are being converted by separate developers – not like Hitler’s concept for workers, but as the best of luxury hotel rooms and private apartments. And in one of the finest locations on the Baltic. For here the sea is virtually tideless and most times resembles more a calm lake than the open ocean, the region enjoys temperatures warmer than the North Sea for summer holidaying, and Seebad Prora stretches along one of Ruegen’s finest beaches. And while all its guest rooms face the ocean, huge stands of vegetation have grown up over the past 75 years blocking such views, but both developers have permission to thin these to once again give spectacular outlooks from their new luxury digs. When the first blocks went to auction they sold for E2.8m (approx. AU$4m and three times the reserve,) with the buyer currently converting them to a 400 room luxury hotel and several hundred luxury apartments that will all open in 2015. The second developer bought a smaller number of blocks and is converting these to sixty luxury apartments, also to open next year. Prices will range from AU$200,000 to a near AU$1m each. - David Ellis
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■ Influential young people visited the 'House of Walker' including footballers Dale Thomas, Marc Murphy and Nick Maxwell with his wife Erin, actors Anna Bamford and Elise Jansen, sportswoman Torah Bright, fashion writers Luc Wiesman and Nadia Fairfax and Melbourne VIPS Grace Quealy, Elyse Kowles and Chantelle Raleigh. A custom menu designed by Johnnie Walker Brand Ambassador and Masterchef Australia alumni Sean Baxter saw guests greeted with coconut infused organic quinoa and then a selection of hot and cold canapés and entrée style dishes throughout the day including delicacies such as whiskey cured Tasmanian salmon, blackened yellow fin tuna and sweet corn and asparagus risotto croquettes with smoky chipotle mayo. A stand-out feature of today's 'House of Walker' offering was a 'bar crudo' inspired food station of healthy raw tastes prepared before guests including freshly shucked rock oysters, yellow fin tuna, Hervey Bay scallops and Gippsland grass fed beef tartare. Melbourne DJ, Tommy O'Dwyer, jetted into his hometown to set the celebratory mood at the House of Walker. He was joined by retro percussionist Aaron Muscara and songstress Chrissy Bray. - Contributed
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Celebrating in Shepp.
■ The new Shepparton Masonic Centre will open its doors to the public on Sunday (Nov. 16), after a long period of refurbishment. The Centre, which was vandalised in March 2013, has been restored, and now incorporates two new commercial tenancies at the front with shared amenities. Careful consideration has been made to recreate the heritage facade of the building. The event to open the building will Include a dedication to officially acknowledge the start of a new era, hosted by Freemasons Victoria's Grand Master, Hillel Benedykt, and his team. Members of the public who would like to attend the dedication are encouraged to arrive at 161 Welsford Street, Shepparton from 3pm to get the best seat. 'Shepparton Lodge No. 498' was consecrated on September 30, 1932 by Most Worshipful Brother G.E. Emery. The Lodge was established to provide an opportunity to progress Freemasonry for the many brethren living far from their mother Lodges, and secondly to devoting as many meetings as possible to lectures and discussions on masonic subjects. A feature of the Shepparton Lodge is its presentation of the 'Ceremony of Remembrance'. This moving ceremony was first performed in 1933 when the district's returned soldier Freemasons were invited to attend a simple minute of dedication to the memory of those who paid the supreme sacrifice. This special meeting was further developed and in 1935 the 'Ceremony of the Vacant Chair' was carried out in a form similar to that still performed today.
Cash for camps at Cottage by the Sea
■ Freemasons Victoria has been supporting Cottage by the Sea in Queenscliff for many years, and on October 31, made another donation to the organisation. The Northern District Charity Group, made up of members from various Lodges across the area, raised $15,500 for camps for kids from Thomastown Primary School, Keilor Heights Primary School and Sunbury Heights Primary School. Cottages by the Sea, which celebrates its 125th Anniversary this year, is a non-government, not-for-profit registered charity that provides inspiration, fun and opportunities for disadvantaged young people in a positive, healthy, seaside environment. It offers children and young people inspiration, fun and opportunity through diverse programs offered in a wide range of environments. During their 'camp' experience, it Melbourne
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● From left: Len Jinnette, Samaritan Lodge; Steve Cusack ,Weston Street United Lodge, Board President Bob Bellhouse; and General Manager, Tony Featherston. provides opportunities for building to develop self-awareness, confidence positive relationships with peers and and resilience, inspiring them to readult role models to help participants main engaged in education, family and their community and to achieve their learn and grow. The programs assist young people goals.
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Absinthe in Australia ■ Following the hugely successful 2013-14 Australian tour of Empire by Spiegelworld, it has been announced that Spiegelworld will be bringing its smash-hit Las Vegas show Absinthe to Australia in 2015. The national tour of Absinthe by Spiegelworld will be presented by Nine Live with the Melbourne season opening on March 21 under the Spiegeltent on the Rooftop at Crown Melbourne. Inspired by the absinthedrenched cabarets of late 19th century Europe and presented in a 700-seat antique spiegeltent, furnished with bevelled mirrors, plush velvet seating booths and a well-stocked bar, Absinthe is an adultthemed cocktail of circus, burlesque and vaudeville for a 21st century audience, hosted by the outrageous Gazillionaire and his side-kick Penny. The Australian tour of Absinthe will feature several of the outstanding acts currently featured in the Las Vegas production with some additional new surprises. The Las Vegas residency of Absinthe commenced in 2011, playing on the forecourt of Caesars Palace following several summer seasons in Spiegelworld’s iconic spiegeltent in New York City. Melbourne Season: March 21 – April 5 Times: Tues/Wed – 8.00pm, Thurs/Fri/Sat – 7.30pm and 9.30pm, Sun – 5.00pm and 7.00pm. Bookings: www.ticketek. com.au - Cheryl Threadgold
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● Absinthe can be seen in Melbourne March 21 – April 5. Photo: Tom Donoghue
■ Red Stitch Theatre this launched its exciting 2015 season, which includes branching out from its home in St Kilda with a Sydney season and regional Victorian tour, alongside two world premieres and five Australian premieres. Under the directorship of Ella Caldwell, the newly announced 2015 season includes world premieres of Tom Holloway’s Dead Centre and Dan Giovannoni’s Jurassica, the Australian premieres of The Ritual Slaughter of Gorge Mastromas, Wet House, Love, Love, Love, Sea Wall and Middletown, the Victorian premiere of Detroit, and the return of 2014’s sell-out success, The Flick. In her second year as Artistic Director, Ella Caldwell has curated a program that delves deep into universal themes and stories of human connection, morality and place, both in Australia and as part of the wider world, that will resonate with Melbourne audiences. Each production will feature a cast of core ensemble members, in collaboration with top directors, designers, playwrights and guest actors in a shared commitment to brave performances, enhanced by the intimacy of the Red Stitch stage. For full details of Red Stitch Theatre’s 2015 season, visit www.redstitch.net
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Breeders Cup is worth $25m From my suite at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites comes this week's news.
Alan’s US connection
Melbourne Cup of horse racing in Los Angeles
■ When Alan Johnson from the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites traced his heritage he found out a family American Civil War connection. His Great Great Grandfather, James Logan, was born in Lancashire, England in 1841 but emigrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he served with the union as a volunteer during the American Civil War from August 1862 to May 1863. He fought in the Battles of Antietam and Chancellorsville. After his discharge in 1863 he married Jane Pilling and moved to Nashville, Tennessee where he was employed by the Army, as a carpenter. It was said that he helped build the hospital there for wounded Union soldiers and he fought again in 1864 with Union Army forces at the Battle of Nashville when the base was threatened. His daughter, Bessie Logan, Alan's great grandmother was born in Nashville, Tennessee in 1864. The family emigrated to Australia in 1877 when the Australian Government was recruiting skilled tradesmen from the USA. The Johnson family now has gone full circle with Alan's involvement in businesses here in the USA.
■ The Breeders Cup at the Santa Anita Racetrack is the richest horse race in the world outside of Dubai. A favourite of celebs like Kate Upton and Elizabeth Banks. The race took place at the iconic Santa Anita Park for the third consecutive year, giving a home grown court advantage to the Golden State's own favourite ‘California Crome’ who came in a close third. You could have paid from $649 for the event's VIP packages to gain access to private security entrances, exclusive parties and seating overlooking the finish line in the newly renovated Chandelier room. There were fascinators and fedoras on the well-dressed crowd just like a day at the Melbourne Cup. Seen at the Chandelier Room were respected Australian horse trainer David Hayes, Managing Director Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites in West Hollywood, Alan Johnson, with owner and breeder Wally Mariani.
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Real Housewives creator hit with $5m fraud lawsuit
Christmas at the Walt Disney Concert Hall ■ I am so pleased to see the word ‘Christmas’ coming back into the press and now events won't be ‘Holiday’ events to please everyone. In this diverse society we all have a place for all our traditions and the Disney Concert Hall with the Los Angeles Master Chorale are presenting four great and uplifting events this December. Sunday December 7 sees the annual Messiah Sing-Along. Sunday, DEcember 14 - A Cappella Christmas. Saturday, December 13 - A Festival of Christmas Carols. Ending on Wednesday, December 17 and Sunday, December 21: simply one of the greatest choral works of all time, Handel's Messiah, as sung by the LA Master Chorale. For more details go to www.lamc.org
Stars go to war
■ US Veterans Day was Tuesday this week and just like ANZAC Day the day is remembered by all Americans for the service of all the enlisted men and women who gave so freely to protect this country so we can live in peace. There were many American film stars who served mainly in World War II. Bob Hope led the pack of popular performers who entertained the troops during World War II. John Wayne and other actors fought the war in feature films and other Hollywood favourites tirelessly toured the country on war bond drives. In fact, actress Carole Lombard died in 1942 in a plane crash returning from a bond drive. There were numerous established stars and others in the film industry that put their careers on hold to serve the country. In honour of Memorial Day, here's a look at some of the superstars who put themselves in harm's way during the war. James Stewart was stationed in England where he piloted bombing missions including raids on Germany. His numerous honours included the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal and the World War II Victory Medal. By war's end he made Colonel. Clark Gable saw combat during bombing missions and nearly lost his life when enemy flak just missed hitting him in the head. He received the Air Medal and a Distinguished Flying Cross. He was discharged in 1944. Captain Ronald Reagan signed his discharge papers. On a side note: Adolf Hitler considered Gable his favourite actor and offered a substantial reward for his safe capture. Here are some other established actors who served in World War II: Gene Autry - Army Air Forces Eddie Albert - Navy Douglas Fairbanks Jr. - Navy Henry Fonda - Navy Glenn Ford - Navy William Holden - Army Burgess Meredith - Army Robert Montgomery - Navy Mickey Rooney - Army Robert Stack - Navy
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Oscar for Jennifer Aniston?
■ The Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG award winner now hopes to add an Oscar to her mantelpiece for her work as a car crash survivor suffering from chronic pain The movie called Cake was shot in just 33 days - Aniston, sans makeup (except for fake facial scars), plays a woman who survives a car crash that leaves her in chronic pain, who becomes obsessed with getting to the bottom of the death of a fellow member of her support group. The film also stars Anna Kendrick (the other woman) and Sam Worthington (the other woman's husband), as well as Chris Messina, Felicity Huffman, William H. Macy, Mamie Gummer and notorious scene-stealer Adriana Barraza, a best supporting actress Oscar nominee for 2006's Babel, who could land back in that category this year. It also features the last performance of character actress Misty Upham, who was found dead last month. But it is Aniston whose performance has generated the most buzz, with some suggesting that she could emerge from this year's unusually thin best actress field to land an Oscar nomination. Though best known for her work as Rachel on TV's Friends, she has also done fine work in films big (Along Came Polly, The Break-Up, We're The Millers) and small (Office Space, The Good Girl, Management), but this appears to be her best shot yet at landing an Oscar nomination.
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■ The latest drama from The Real Housewives of Orange County is a lawsuit from two of its producers, who allege they co-created the long-running series and were then excluded from its profits. In a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, Patrick Moses and Kevin Kaufman claim that the series credited creator Scott Dunlop developed and sold the series with them, then conspired with the show's network, Bravo, to remove them from Housewives production and take it over for himself. Their complaint, filed in the New York Supreme Court, claims $5 million in damages. Moses and Kaufman say it was they who had the idea for a reality TV program based on a gated community in Orange County. Kaufman was a personal friend of Dunlop and when he visited the gated Orange County neighborhood of Coto de Caza where Dunlop lived, Dunlop had already started thinking about the neighborhood's entertainment potential. His idea was "a satirical community-theatre type program". However, Kaufman and Moses - a TV producer who worked with Kaufman's company Kaufman Films - had the idea of a reality show, the complaint states. They formed a production agreement that stipulated they split "all fees, profits and revenues equally... on a 1/3 basis," Kaufman and Moses allege. In 2005, they sold the show to Bravo and set up a production company, Ventana, and in 2006 The Real Housewives of Orange County premiered. It was shortly afterward that Dunlop's efforts to exclude his partners began, they claim. He met with Bravo without his producing partners, and following the meeting he told them that the channel had decided to produce Real Housewives without Ventana. "It is now clear that Bravo and Dunlop were lying to them in order to conceal the fact that it was none other than Dunlop himself who was replacing Ventana as producer," the complaint alleges. Then, Dunlop allegedly made two moves to separate his former partners from Real Housewives and shield himself and Bravo from legal action. He tried in 2007 to convince Kaufman and Moses to relinquish their interests in Ventana and release all legal claims against him, telling them they wouldn't earn any profit from the venture or the Real Housewives franchise, they allege. Then in 2009, he ended Ventana's contract with Bravo and released its claims against the network despite not having the authority to act for the company, the plaintiffs claim. They are suing for fraud, civil conspiracy and breaches of fiduciary duty and contract. Bravo and representatives for Dunlop have not responded to requests for comment.
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■ If you are considering a move to Los Angeles or just coming over for a holiday then I have got a special deal for you. We would love to see you at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites, 8585 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood. I have secured a terrific holiday deal for readers of the Melbourne Observer. Please mention 'Melbourne Observer' when you book and you will receive the 'Special Rate of the Day'. Please contact Joanna at info@ramadaweho.com Happy Holidays, Gavin Wood
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■ Several years ago I had the pleasure of seeing Petula Clark onstage in concert. The number of her hit songs that Petula was able to cram into that show was just amazing. This beautiful lady who stands at 5’2” s affectionately known in the UK as ‘Our Pet’. Petula Sally Owen was born in West Ewell, Surrey, England in 1932. Her mother Doris taught her pretty daughter to sing and her father Leslie eventually managed Petula during her early career. Petula began singing in church choirs before singing solo with an orchestra at the age of seven. She made her first radio appearance on the BBC in 1942. At the age of 13 Petula was cast in her first feature film Medal For The General after being spotted during a performance at Albert Hall. She became a popular child film star during the 1940s and her films included Strawberry Roan, Trouble In Townsend, London Town, Easy Money and Here Come The Huggetts. She was featured in the Film Fun comics. In 1952 Petula had a nice role in The Card with Alec Guinness and Glynis Johns. Petula had her first top 10 hit song in 1954 with her recording of The Little Shoemaker. In 1955 she signed with Pye Records and recorded on that label for many years. Petula was performing in concerts in the UK and Europe in the early 1960s and had a smash hit song with Sailor.
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This was quickly followed with more hit songs which included Romeo and My Friend The Sea. In 1961 Petula married Claude Wolff who was a French publicist with Vogue Records and they had three children. In 1964 she recorded the Tony Hatch composition Downtown and this was the song that really made Petula Clark an international star. It went to number one on the American hit parade in 1965 and sold more than three million copies. Some of her other hit songs have included I Know A Place, My Love, A Sign Of The Times, I Couldn't Live Without Your Love, This Is My Song and Don't Sleep in the Subway. In 1968 she was cast in the musical film
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Finian's Rainbow and starred with Fred Astaire. This was followed by Goodbye Mr Chips with Peter O'Toole. Petula has had an amazing stage career starring in musicals such as Sound Of Music, Candida, Blood Brothers and Sunset Boulevard. In the 1980s Petula and Claude drifted apart and went their separate ways. Claude still oversees her career and the couple have remained friends over the years but have never divorced. Petula was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by the Queen in 1998. Petula Clark is still touring the world with no sign of stopping. She is a friend of Philip Brady and was first introduced to him through Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent on the Gold Coast during the 1980s. Petula always invites Philip backstage when she is performing in Melbourne. These days Petula Clark lives in Geneva, Switzerland, and also spends time at her chalet in the FrenchAlps. What an amazing performer she has been over the years. Visit her website at www.petulaclark.net Kevin Trask The Time Tunnel - with Bruce & PhilSundays at 8.20pm on 3AW That's Entertainment - 96.5FM Sundays at 12Noon 96.5FM is streaming on the internet. To listen, go to www.innerfm.org.au and follow the prompts.
Bringing ‘out’ to the Aussie outback ■ When I was growing up in the fifties and sixties not many gay people had come out. In fact, none. Subsequently I got to know many, not a few of them close friends. I have never had any personal problems thus at all, but occasionally I am a little overwhelmed at some of the rampant and raunchy spectacles on show at the gay Mardi Gras.
And now there has just been one such event in Alice Springs - the Alice Springs Pride Carnivale. Local aboriginal singer Warren H. Williams welcomed everyone to town, including the LGBQTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgender, intersex ) community There were drag queens and sistergirls, along with a smattering of
other eccentric individuals, and even dogs dressed in drag. I had never heard of a sistergirl before - apparently they're transgender indigenous people. I've never encountered one - all my aboriginal mates certainly don't fit into this category. Then there were some intersex people. One of them, Shon, said that this is "about as common as having red hair - 1.7 per cenmt of the global population is intersex", she explained. I haven't encountered that many myself. Apparently everyone just had a marvellous time, according to all the participants, and they're all looking forward to the next year's event. Second thoughts for me I must admit. ■ The last time I saw my Chicago friend Ethan, I was squiring him around Coober Pedy. He makes sporadic visits to Australia and had decided, on that occasion, to venture forth into the wild red yonder of the Outback to say a quick hello. He's just been out again - instead, this time, I took him down to the Portsea Pub for lunch. He's part of the intrepid crew who make sure that the Stones look and sound good while Mick prances around and warbles on his stage domain. Little did I envisage when I first heard that exciting first LP in my early twenties that now, decades on, I'd be wobbling along to the Rod Laver Arena, in the company of myriads of others of my ageing ilk, to hum along to Satisfaction again, whilst watching the sprightly Mick still leaping around like a bantam. Most of us in the audience, I noted, don't do that much any more.
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nuggetty hardworking, gnarled individuals. He also told me about the downturn in local property prices - a few years ago I reported that they were booming because nearby Roxby Downs was also booming and accommodation for the miners was needed However BHP curtailed Olympic Dam, and that put an end to that. A couple of years ago when I was in town Peter showed me an opa which he had just bought. It had been one stone, but he split i into two pieces, the whole lot weighing over 30 carats. It's the best, mos beautiful opal I've ever seen. I reckon without any doubt, the best opal in the world at the moment. He didn't have the gem with him, just a few photos to whet my appetite.
■ Once, years ago, any sales which the vendor of Australian products made to overseas residents could be made without sales tax. with Nick Le Souef Which meant that an overseas resiLightning Ridge Opals dent needed to fill out a form including their passport and airline ticke 175 Flinders Lane, number, and they got a 30 per cen Melbourne discount. Phone 9654 4444 This was especially so with any www.opals.net.au opal sold by local opal vendor such as myself. with small rocks, like large hail stones, Australian residents were a little crashing all over the car. miffed at this situation -they saw two And then I encountered the same prices on any item of jewellery - one thing in Alice Springs a few years later. the Aussie price, and the other, 30 per My shed ended up smothered in cent less, for overseas visitors. red dust. There were photos taken of When the GST was introduced, I this one - it just looked like a tsunami was in Outback Queensland, and the of dust raging through the desert. Tax Department was sending officThe same thing happened in ers around to explain how the GST Coober Pedy last week. Many a roof was to work to these far flung settlewas torn off, and mining machinery ments. scattered about the place, and the top They were also calling businesses story of the pub was virtually blown in these outposts to explain things. One away. Not a pretty sight. of these was in Andamooka, and a ■ Although denigrated by many of Tax man called my mate Steve. my friends as being inane waffle, and ■ A couple of days ago I had a visit Steve, of fiery Eastern European often this is admittedly so, Facebook from my mate Peter from Anda- extraction, didn't like the Tax man a can nevertheless be the source of vi- mooka. the best of times. tal information. I haven't been up there for a couple We were with him shortly thereafAnd this was so last week. Sud- of years and it's bittersweet to learn ter, and my son Jonas innocently and denly all my Coober Pedy connections the latest gossip about my mates in casually asked him: "How are you gowere awash with photos of a huge the small community. ing with the GST?" desert storm. Unfortunately with the inexorable Steve visibly darkened - in his heavy I have only twice encountered such passage of time more than a few of accent: "This man from Adelaide ring a phenomenon. Once, whilst driving them are not with us any more. me to tell me about bloody GST, so I along the Stuart Highway north of And even more have moved down tell him: "If you call me again, I Coober Pedy, I was confronted by this to Adelaide to be in care or in nursing @#$%*#$ kill you!" He didn't ring behemoth - I had to stop the car be- homes. Gives one a bit of a shudder again." cause I just couldn't see anything be- as to one's own mortality. - Nick Le Souef cause of the red dust swirling around, I remember these fellows as strong, ‘The Outback Legend
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‘Bleak House’ by Charles Dickens
Continued From Last Week It may be to-morrow. I would rather say no more. You are prepared, and I hold out no expectations which circumstances might fail to justify. I wish you good evening.” She removes her hand, turns her pale face towards him as he walks silently to the door, and stops him once again as he is about to open it. “Do you intend to remain in the house any time? I heard you were writing in the library. Are you going to return there?” “Only for my hat. I am going home.” She bows her eyes rather than her head, the movement is so slight and curious, and he withdraws. Clear of the room he looks at his watch but is inclined to doubt it by a minute or thereabouts. There is a splendid clock upon the staircase, famous, as splendid clocks not often are, for its accuracy. “And what do YOU say,” Mr. Tulkinghorn inquires, referring to it. “What do you say?” If it said now, “Don’t go home!” What a famous clock, hereafter, if it said to-night of all the nights that it has counted off, to this old man of all the young and old men who have ever stood before it, “Don’t go home!” With its sharp clear bell it strikes three quarters after seven and ticks on again. “Why, you are worse than I thought you,” says Mr. Tulkinghorn, muttering reproof to his watch. “Two minutes wrong? At this rate you won’t last my time.” What a watch to return good for evil if it ticked in answer, “Don’t go home!” He passes out into the streets and walks on, with his hands behind him, under the shadow of the lofty houses, many of whose mysteries, difficulties, mortgages, delicate affairs of all kinds, are treasured up within his old black satin waistcoat. He is in the confidence of the very bricks and mortar. The high chimney-stacks telegraph family secrets to him. Yet there is not a voice in a mile of them to whisper, “Don’t go home!” Through the stir and motion of the commoner streets; through the roar and jar of many vehicles, many feet, many voices; with the blazing shop-lights lighting him on, the west wind blowing him on, and the crowd pressing him on, he is pitilessly urged upon his way, and nothing meets him murmuring, “Don’t go home!” Arrived at last in his dull room to light his candles, and look round and up, and see the Roman pointing from the ceiling, there is no new significance in the Roman’s hand to-night or in the flutter of the attendant groups to give him the late warning, “Don’t come here!” It is a moonlight night, but the moon, being past the full, is only now rising over the great wilderness of London. The stars are shining as they shone above the turret-leads at Chesney Wold. This woman, as he has of late been so accustomed to call her, looks out upon them. Her soul is turbulent within her; she is sick at heart and restless. The large rooms are too cramped and close. She cannot endure their restraint and will walk alone in a neighbouring garden. Too capricious and imperious in all she does to be the cause of much surprise in those about her as to anything she does, this woman, loosely muffled, goes out into the moonlight. Mercury attends with the key. Having opened the gardengate, he delivers the key into his Lady’s hands at her request and is bidden to go back. She will walk there some time to ease her aching head. She may be an hour, she may be more. She needs no further escort. The gate shuts upon its spring with a clash, and he leaves her passing on into the dark shade of some trees. A fine night, and a bright large moon, and multitudes of stars. Mr. Tulkinghorn, in repairing to his cellar and in opening and shutting those resounding doors, has to cross a little prison-like yard. He looks up casually, thinking what a fine night, what a bright large moon, what multitudes of stars! A quiet night, too. A very quiet night. When the moon shines very brilliantly, a solitude and stillness seem to proceed from her that influence even crowded places full of life. Not only is it a still night on dusty high roads and on hill-summits, whence a wide expanse of country may be seen in repose, quieter and quieter as it spreads away into a fringe of trees against the sky with the grey ghost of a bloom upon them; not only is it a still night in
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and looks at these things looks up at the Roman and that he is invested in all eyes with mystery and awe, as if he were a paralysed dumb witness. So it shall happen surely, through many years to come, that ghostly stories shall be told of the stain upon the floor, so easy to be covered, so hard to be got out, and that the Roman, pointing from the ceiling shall point, so long as dust and damp and spiders spare him, with far greater significance than he ever had in Mr. Tulkinghorn’s time, and with a deadly meaning. For Mr. Tulkinghorn’s time is over for evermore, and the Roman pointed at the murderous hand uplifted against his life, and pointed helplessly at him, from night to morning, lying face downward on the floor, shot through the heart.
Chapter XLIX— Dutiful Friendship A great annual occasion has come round in the establishment of Mr. Matthew Bagnet, otherwise Lignum Vitae, ex-artilleryman and present bassoon-player. An occasion of feasting and festival. The celebration of a birthday in the family. It is not Mr. Bagnet’s birthday. Mr. Bagnet merely distinguishes that epoch in the musical instrument business by kissing the children with an extra smack before breakfast, smoking an additional pipe after dinner, and wondering towards evening what his poor old mother is thinking about it — a subject of infinite speculation, and rendered so by his mother having departed this life twenty years. Some men rarely revert to their father, but seem, in the bank-books of their remembrance, to have transferred all the stock of filial affection into their mother’s name. Mr. Bagnet is one of like his trade the better for that. If I had kept clear of his old girl causes him usually to make the noun-substantive “goodness” of the feminine gender. It is not the birthday of one of the three children. Those occasions are kept with some marks of ● Charles Dickens distinction, but they rarely overleap the bounds gardens and in woods, and on the river where Has Mr. Tulkinghorn been disturbed? His win- of happy returns and a pudding. On young the water-meadows are fresh and green, and dows are dark and quiet, and his door is shut. It Woolwich’s last birthday, Mr. Bagnet certainly the stream sparkles on among pleasant islands, must be something unusual indeed to bring him did, after observing on his growth and general murmuring weirs, and whispering rushes; not out of his shell. Nothing is heard of him, nothing advancement, proceed, in a moment of profound only does the stillness attend it as it flows where is seen of him. What power of cannon might it reflection on the changes wrought by time, to houses cluster thick, where many bridges are take to shake that rusty old man out of his im- examine him in the catechism, accomplishing reflected in it, where wharves and shipping movable composure? with extreme accuracy the questions number make it black and awful, where it winds from For many years the persistent Roman has been one and two, “What is your name?” and “Who these disfigurements through marshes whose pointing, with no particular meaning, from that gave you that name?” but there failing in the grim beacons stand like skeletons washed ceiling. It is not likely that he has any new mean- exact precision of his memory and substituting ashore, where it expands through the bolder re- ing in him to-night. Once pointing, always point- for number three the question “And how do you gion of rising grounds, rich in cornfield wind- ing — like any Roman, or even Briton, with a like that name?” which he propounded with a mill and steeple, and where it mingles with the single idea. There he is, no doubt, in his impos- sense of its importance, in itself so edifying and ever-heaving sea; not only is it a still night on sible attitude, pointing, unavailingly, all night improving as to give it quite an orthodox air. the deep, and on the shore where the watcher long. Moonlight, darkness, dawn, sunrise, day. This, however, was a speciality on that particustands to see the ship with her spread wings There he is still, eagerly pointing, and no one lar birthday, and not a general solemnity. cross the path of light that appears to be pre- minds him. It is the old girl’s birthday, and that is the greatest sented to only him; but even on this stranger’s But a little after the coming of the day come holiday and reddest-letter day in Mr. Bagnet’s wilderness of London there is some rest. Its people to clean the rooms. And either the Ro- calendar. The auspicious event is always comsteeples and towers and its one great dome grow man has some new meaning in him, not ex- memorated according to certain forms settled more ethereal; its smoky house-tops lose their pressed before, or the foremost of them goes and prescribed by Mr. Bagnet some years since. grossness in the pale effulgence; the noises that wild, for looking up at his outstretched hand and Mr. Bagnet, being deeply convinced that to have arise from the streets are fewer and are soft- looking down at what is below it, that person a pair of fowls for dinner is to attain the highest ened, and the footsteps on the pavements pass shrieks and flies. The others, looking in as the pitch of imperial luxury, invariably goes forth more tranquilly away. In these fields of Mr. first one looked, shriek and fly too, and there is himself very early in the morning of this day to Tulkinghorn’s inhabiting, where the shepherds an alarm in the street. buy a pair; he is, as invariably, taken in by the play on Chancery pipes that have no stop, and What does it mean? No light is admitted into the vendor and installed in the possession of the oldkeep their sheep in the fold by hook and by darkened chamber, and people unaccustomed est inhabitants of any coop in Europe. Returning crook until they have shorn them exceeding to it enter, and treading softly but heavily, carry with these triumphs of toughness tied up in a close, every noise is merged, this moonlight a weight into the bedroom and lay it down. There clean blue and white cotton handkerchief (esnight, into a distant ringing hum, as if the city is whispering and wondering all day, strict search sential to the arrangements), he in a casual manof every corner, careful tracing of steps, and ner invites Mrs. Bagnet to declare at breakfast were a vast glass, vibrating. What’s that? Who fired a gun or pistol? Where careful noting of the disposition of every article what she would like for dinner. Mrs. Bagnet, by of furniture. All eyes look up at the Roman, and a coincidence never known to fail, replying was it? The few foot-passengers start, stop, and stare all voices murmur, “If he could only tell what fowls, Mr. Bagnet instantly produces his bundle about them. Some windows and doors are he saw!” from a place of concealment amidst general opened, and people come out to look. It was a He is pointing at a table with a bottle (nearly full amazement and rejoicing. He further requires loud report and echoed and rattled heavily. It of wine) and a glass upon it and two candles that that the old girl shall do nothing all day long but shook one house, or so a man says who was were blown out suddenly soon after being lighted. sit in her very best gown and be served by himpassing. It has aroused all the dogs in the He is pointing at an empty chair and at a stain self and the young people. As he is not illustrineighbourhood, who bark vehemently. Terrified upon the ground before it that might be almost ous for his cookery, this may be supposed to be cats scamper across the road. While the dogs covered with a hand. These objects lie directly a matter of state rather than enjoyment on the are yet barking and howling — there is one dog within his range. An excited imagination might old girl’s part, but she keeps her state with all howling like a demon — the church-clocks, as suppose that there was something in them so imaginable cheerfulness. if they were startled too, begin to strike. The terrific as to drive the rest of the composition, On this present birthday, Mr. Bagnet has accomhum from the streets, likewise, seems to swell not only the attendant big-legged boys, but the plished the usual preliminaries. He has bought into a shout. But it is soon over. Before the last clouds and flowers and pillars too — in short, two specimens of poultry, which, if there be any clock begins to strike ten, there is a lull. When it the very body and soul of Allegory, and all the truth in adages, were certainly not caught with has ceased, the fine night, the bright large moon, brains it has — stark mad. It happens surely that chaff, to be prepared for the spit; he has amazed and multitudes of stars, are left at peace again. every one who comes into the darkened room Continued on Page 24
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Observer Classic Books From Page 23 and rejoiced the family by their unlooked-for production; he is himself directing the roasting of the poultry; and Mrs. Bagnet, with her wholesome brown fingers itching to prevent what she sees going wrong, sits in her gown of ceremony, an honoured guest. Quebec and Malta lay the cloth for dinner, while Woolwich, serving, as beseems him, under his father, keeps the fowls revolving. To these young scullions Mrs. Bagnet occasionally imparts a wink, or a shake of the head, or a crooked face, as they made mistakes. “At half after one.” Says Mr. Bagnet. “To the minute. They’ll be done.” Mrs. Bagnet, with anguish, beholds one of them at a standstill before the fire and beginning to burn. “You shall have a dinner, old girl,” says Mr. Bagnet. “Fit for a queen.” Mrs. Bagnet shows her white teeth cheerfully, but to the perception of her son, betrays so much uneasiness of spirit that he is impelled by the dictates of affection to ask her, with his eyes, what is the matter, thus standing, with his eyes wide open, more oblivious of the fowls than before, and not affording the least hope of a return to consciousness. Fortunately his elder sister perceives the cause of the agitation in Mrs. Bagnet’s breast and with an admonitory poke recalls him. The stopped fowls going round again, Mrs. Bagnet closes her eyes in the intensity of her relief. “George will look us up,” says Mr. Bagnet. “At half after four. To the moment. How many years, old girl. Has George looked us up. This afternoon?” “Ah, Lignum, Lignum, as many as make an old woman of a young one, I begin to think. Just about that, and no less,” returns Mrs. Bagnet, laughing and shaking her head. “Old girl,” says Mr. Bagnet, “never mind. You’d be as young as ever you was. If you wasn’t younger. Which you are. As everybody knows.” Quebec and Malta here exclaim, with clapping of hands, that Bluffy is sure to bring mother something, and begin to speculate on what it will be. “Do you know, Lignum,” says Mrs. Bagnet, casting a glance on the table-cloth, and winking “salt!” at Malta with her right eye, and shaking the pepper away from Quebec with her head, “I begin to think George is in the roving way again. “George,” returns Mr. Bagnet, “will never desert. And leave his old comrade. In the lurch. Don’t be afraid of it.” “No, Lignum. No. I don’t say he will. I don’t think he will. But if he could get over this money trouble of his, I believe he would be off.” Mr. Bagnet asks why. “Well,” returns his wife, considering, “George seems to me to be getting not a little impatient and restless. I don’t say but what he’s as free as ever. Of course he must be free or he wouldn’t be George, but he smarts and seems put out.” “He’s extra-drilled,” says Mr. Bagnet. “By a lawyer. Who would put the devil out.” “There’s something in that,” his wife assents; “but so it is, Lignum.” Further conversation is prevented, for the time, by the necessity under which Mr. Bagnet finds himself of directing the whole force of his mind to the dinner, which is a little endangered by the dry humour of the fowls in not yielding any gravy, and also by the made gravy acquiring no flavour and turning out of a flaxen complexion. With a similar perverseness, the potatoes crumble off forks in the process of peeling, upheaving from their centres in every direction, as if they were subject to earthquakes. The legs of the fowls, too, are longer than could be desired, and extremely scaly. Overcoming these disadvantages to the best of his ability, Mr. Bagnet at last dishes and they sit down at table, Mrs. Bagnet occupying the guest’s place at his right hand. It is well for the old girl that she has but one birthday in a year, for two such indulgences in poultry might be injurious. Every kind of finer tendon and ligament that is in the nature of poultry to possess is developed in these specimens in the singular form of guitar-strings. Their limbs appear to have struck roots into their breasts and bodies, as aged trees strike roots into the earth. Their legs are so hard as to encourage the idea that they must have devoted the greater part of their long and arduous lives to pedestrian exercises and the walking of matches. But Mr. Bagnet, unconscious of these little defects, sets his heart on Mrs. Bagnet eating a most severe quantity of the delicacies before her; and as that good old girl would not cause him a moment’s
disappointment on any day, least of all on such a day, for any consideration, she imperils her digestion fearfully. How young Woolwich cleans the drum-sticks without being of ostrich descent, his anxious mother is at a loss to understand. The old girl has another trial to undergo after the conclusion of the repast in sitting in state to see the room cleared, the hearth swept, and the dinner-service washed up and polished in the backyard. The great delight and energy with which the two young ladies apply themselves to these duties, turning up their skirts in imitation of their mother and skating in and out on little scaffolds of pattens, inspire the highest hopes for the future, but some anxiety for the present. The same causes lead to confusion of tongues, a clattering of crockery, a rattling of tin mugs, a whisking of brooms, and an expenditure of water, all in excess, while the saturation of the young ladies themselves is almost too moving a spectacle for Mrs. Bagnet to look upon with the calmness proper to her position. At last the various cleansing processes are triumphantly completed; Quebec and Malta appear in fresh attire, smiling and dry; pipes, tobacco, and something to drink are placed upon the table; and the old girl enjoys the first peace of mind she ever knows on the day of this delightful entertainment. When Mr. Bagnet takes his usual seat, the hands of the clock are very near to half-past four; as they mark it accurately, Mr. Bagnet announces, “George! Military time.” It is George, and he has hearty congratulations for the old girl (whom he kisses on the great occasion), and for the children, and for Mr. Bagnet. “Happy returns to all!” says Mr. George. “But, George, old man!” cries Mrs. Bagnet, looking at him curiously. “What’s come to you?” “Come to me?” “Ah! You are so white, George — for you — and look so shocked. Now don’t he, Lignum?” “George,” says Mr. Bagnet, “tell the old girl. What’s the matter.” “I didn’t know I looked white,” says the trooper, passing his hand over his brow, “and I didn’t know I looked shocked, and I’m sorry I do. But the truth is, that boy who was taken in at my place died yesterday afternoon, and it has rather knocked me over.” “Poor creetur!” says Mrs. Bagnet with a mother’s pity. “Is he gone? Dear, dear!” “I didn’t mean to say anything about it, for it’s not birthday talk, but you have got it out of me, you see, before I sit down. I should have roused up in a minute,” says the trooper, making himself speak more gaily, “but you’re so quick, Mrs. Bagnet.” “You’re right. The old girl,” says Mr. Bagnet. “Is as quick. As powder.” “And what’s more, she’s the subject of the day, and we’ll stick to her,” cries Mr. George. “See here, I have brought a little brooch along with me. It’s a poor thing, you know, but it’s a keepsake. That’s all the good it is, Mrs. Bagnet.” Mr. George produces his present, which is greeted with admiring leapings and clappings by the young family, and with a species of reverential admiration by Mr. Bagnet. “Old girl,” says Mr. Bagnet. “Tell him my opinion of it.” “Why, it’s a wonder, George!” Mrs. Bagnet exclaims. “It’s the beautifullest thing that ever was seen!” “Good!” says Mr. Bagnet. “My opinion.” “It’s so pretty, George,” cries Mrs. Bagnet, turning it on all sides and holding it out at arm’s length, “that it seems too choice for me.” “Bad!” says Mr. Bagnet. “Not my opinlon.” “But whatever it is, a hundred thousand thanks, old fellow,” says Mrs. Bagnet, her eyes sparkling with pleasure and her hand stretched out to him; “and though I have been a crossgrained soldier’s wife to you sometimes, George, we are as strong friends, I am sure, in reality, as ever can be. Now you shall fasten it on yourself, for good luck, if you will, George.” The children close up to see it done, and Mr. Bagnet looks over young Woolwich’s head to see it done with an interest so maturely wooden, yet pleasantly childish, that Mrs. Bagnet cannot help laughing in her airy way and saying, “Oh, Lignum, Lignum, what a precious old chap you are!” But the trooper fails to fasten the brooch. His hand shakes, he is nervous, and it falls off. “Would any one believe this?” says he, catching it as it drops and looking round. “I am so out of sorts that I bungle at an easy job like this!” Mrs. Bagnet concludes that for such a case there is no remedy like a pipe, and fastening the brooch herself in a twinkling, causes the trooper to be inducted into his usual snug place and the pipes
to be got into action. “If that don’t bring you round, George,” says she, “just throw your eye across here at your present now and then, and the two together MUST do it.” “You ought to do it of yourself,” George answers; “I know that very well, Mrs. Bagnet. I’ll tell you how, one way and another, the blues have got to be too many for me. Here was this poor lad. ‘Twas dull work to see him dying as he did, and not be able to help him.” “What do you mean, George? You did help him. You took him under your roof.” “I helped him so far, but that’s little. I mean, Mrs. Bagnet, there he was, dying without ever having been taught much more than to know his right hand from his left. And he was too far gone to be helped out of that.” “Ah, poor creetur!” says Mrs. Bagnet. “Then,” says the trooper, not yet lighting his pipe, and passing his heavy hand over his hair, “that brought up Gridley in a man’s mind. His was a bad case too, in a different way. Then the two got mixed up in a man’s mind with a flinty old rascal who had to do with both. And to think of that rusty carbine, stock and barrel, standing up on end in his corner, hard, indifferent, taking everything so evenly — it made flesh and blood tingle, I do assure you.” “My advice to you,” returns Mrs. Bagnet, “is to light your pipe and tingle that way. It’s wholesomer and comfortabler, and better for the health altogether.” “You’re right,” says the trooper, “and I’ll do it.” So he does it, though still with an indignant gravity that impresses the young Bagnets, and even causes Mr. Bagnet to defer the ceremony of drinking Mrs. Bagnet’s health, always given by himself on these occasions in a speech of exemplary terseness. But the young ladies having composed what Mr. Bagnet is in the habit of calling “the mixtur,” and George’s pipe being now in a glow, Mr. Bagnet considers it his duty to proceed to the toast of the evening. He addresses the assembled company in the following terms. “George. Woolwich. Quebec. Malta. This is her birthday. Take a day’s march. And you won’t find such another. Here’s towards her!” The toast having been drunk with enthusiasm, Mrs. Bagnet returns thanks in a neat address of corresponding brevity. This model composition is limited to the three words “And wishing yours!” which the old girl follows up with a nod at everybody in succession and a well-regulated swig of the mixture. This she again follows up, on the present occasion, by the wholly unexpected exclamation, “Here’s a man!” Here IS a man, much to the astonishment of the little company, looking in at the parlour-door. He is a sharp-eyed man — a quick keen man — and he takes in everybody’s look at him, all at once, individually and collectively, in a manner that stamps him a remarkable man. “George,” says the man, nodding, “how do you find yourself?” “Why, it’s Bucket!” cries Mr. George. “Yes,” says the man, coming in and closing the door. “I was going down the street here when I happened to stop and look in at the musical instruments in the shop-window — a friend of mine is in want of a second-hand wiolinceller of a good tone — and I saw a party enjoying themselves, and I thought it was you in the corner; I thought I couldn’t be mistaken. How goes the world with you, George, at the present moment? Pretty smooth? And with you, ma’am?And with you, governor? And Lord,” says Mr. Bucket, opening his arms, “here’s children too! You may do anything with me if you only show me children. Give us a kiss, my pets. No occasion to inquire who YOUR father and mother is. Never saw such a likeness in my life!” Mr. Bucket, not unwelcome, has sat himself down next to Mr. George and taken Quebec and Malta on his knees. “You pretty dears,” says Mr. Bucket, “give us another kiss; it’s the only thing I’m greedy in. Lord bless you, how healthy you look! And what may be the ages of these two, ma’am? I should put ’em down at the figures of about eight and ten.” “You’re very near, sir,” says Mrs. Bagnet. “I generally am near,” returns Mr. Bucket, “being so fond of children. A friend of mine has had nineteen of ’em, ma’am, all by one mother, and she’s still as fresh and rosy as the morning. Not so much so as yourself, but, upon my soul, she comes near you! And what do you call these, my darling?” pursues Mr. Bucket, pinching Malta’s cheeks. “These are peaches, these are. Bless your heart! And what do you think about
father? Do you think father could recommend a second-hand wiolinceller of a good tone for Mr. Bucket’s friend, my dear? My name’s Bucket. Ain’t that a funny name?” These blandishments have entirely won the family heart. Mrs. Bagnet forgets the day to the extent of filling a pipe and a glass for Mr. Bucket and waiting upon him hospitably. She would be glad to receive so pleasant a character under any circumstances, but she tells him that as a friend of George’s she is particularly glad to see him this evening, for George has not been in his usual spirits. “Not in his usual spirits?” exclaims Mr. Bucket. “Why, I never heard of such a thing! What’s the matter, George? You don’t intend to tell me you’ve been out of spirits. What should you be out of spirits for? You haven’t got anything on your mind, you know.” “Nothing particular,” returns the trooper. “I should think not,” rejoins Mr. Bucket. “What could you have on your mind, you know! And have these pets got anything on THEIR minds, eh? Not they, but they’ll be upon the minds of some of the young fellows, some of these days, and make ’em precious low-spirited. I ain’t much of a prophet, but I can tell you that, ma’am.” Mrs. Bagnet, quite charmed, hopes Mr. Bucket has a family of his own. “There, ma’am!” says Mr. Bucket. “Would you believe it? No, I haven’t. My wife and a lodger constitute my family. Mrs. Bucket is as fond of children as myself and as wishful to have ’em, but no. So it is. Worldly goods are divided unequally, and man must not repine. What a very nice backyard, ma’am! Any way out of that yard, now?” There is no way out of that yard. “Ain’t there really?” says Mr. Bucket. “I should have thought there might have been. Well, I don’t know as I ever saw a backyard that took my fancy more. Would you allow me to look at it? Thank you. No, I see there’s no way out. But what a very good-proportioned yard it is!” Having cast his sharp eye all about it, Mr. Bucket returns to his chair next his friend Mr. George and pats Mr. George affectionately on the shoulder. “How are your spirits now, George?” “All right now,” returns the trooper. “That’s your sort!” says Mr. Bucket. “Why should you ever have been otherwise? A man of your fine figure and constitution has no right to be out of spirits. That ain’t a chest to be out of spirits, is it, ma’am? And you haven’t got anything on your mind, you know, George; what could you have on your mind!” Somewhat harping on this phrase, considering the extent and variety of his conversational powers, Mr. Bucket twice or thrice repeats it to the pipe he lights, and with a listening face that is particularly his own. But the sun of his sociality soon recovers from this brief eclipse and shines again. “And this is brother, is it, my dears?” says Mr. Bucket, referring to Quebec and Malta for information on the subject of young Woolwich. “And a nice brother he is — half-brother I mean to say. For he’s too old to be your boy, ma’am.” “I can certify at all events that he is not anybody else’s,” returns Mrs. Bagnet, laughing. “Well, you do surprise me! Yet he’s like you, there’s no denying. Lord, he’s wonderfully like you! But about what you may call the brow, you know, THERE his father comes out!” Mr. Bucket compares the faces with one eye shut up, while Mr. Bagnet smokes in stolid satisfaction. This is an opportunity for Mrs. Bagnet to inform him that the boy is George’s godson. “George’s godson, is he?” rejoins Mr. Bucket with extreme cordiality. “I must shake hands over again with George’s godson. Godfather and godson do credit to one another. And what do you intend to make of him, ma’am? Does he show any turn for any musical instrument?” Mr. Bagnet suddenly interposes, “Plays the fife. Beautiful.” “Would you believe it, governor,” says Mr. Bucket, struck by the coincidence, “that when I was a boy I played the fife myself? Not in a scientific way, as I expect he does, but by ear. Lord bless you! ‘British Grenadiers’ — there’s a tune to warm an Englishman up! COULD you give us ‘British Grenadiers,’ my fine fellow?” Nothing could be more acceptable to the little circle than this call upon young Woolwich, who immediately fetches his fife and performs the stirring melody, during which performance Mr.
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Observer Classic Books From Page 24 Bucket, much enlivened, beats time and never falls to come in sharp with the burden, “British Gra-a-anadeers!” In short, he shows so much musical taste that Mr. Bagnet actually takes his pipe from his lips to express his conviction that he is a singer. Mr. Bucket receives the harmonious impeachment so modestly, confessing how that he did once chaunt a little, for the expression of the feelings of his own bosom, and with no presumptuous idea of entertaining his friends, that he is asked to sing. Not to be behindhand in the sociality of the evening, he complies and gives them “Believe Me, if All Those Endearing Young Charms.” This ballad, he informs Mrs. Bagnet, he considers to have been his most powerful ally in moving the heart of Mrs. Bucket when a maiden, and inducing her to approach the altar — Mr. Bucket’s own words are “to come up to the scratch.” This sparkling stranger is such a new and agreeable feature in the evening that Mr. George, who testified no great emotions of pleasure on his entrance, begins, in spite of himself, to be rather proud of him. He is so friendly, is a man of so many resources, and so easy to get on with, that it is something to have made him known there. Mr. Bagnet becomes, after another pipe, so sensible of the value of his acquaintance that he solicits the honour of his company on the old girl’s next birthday. If anything can more closely cement and consolidate the esteem which Mr. Bucket has formed for the family, it is the discovery of the nature of the occasion. He drinks to Mrs. Bagnet with a warmth approaching to rapture, engages himself for that day twelvemonth more than thankfully, makes a memorandum of the day in a large black pocketbook with a girdle to it, and breathes a hope that Mrs. Bucket and Mrs. Bagnet may before then become, in a manner, sisters. As he says himself, what is public life without private ties? He is in his humble way a public man, but it is not in that sphere that he finds happiness. No, it must be sought within the confines of domestic bliss. It is natural, under these circumstances, that he, in his turn, should remember the friend to whom he is indebted for so promising an acquaintance. And he does. He keeps very close to him. Whatever the subject of the conversation, he keeps a tender eye upon him. He waits to walk home with him. He is interested in his very boots and observes even them attentively as Mr. George sits smoking cross-legged in the chimney-corner. At length Mr. George rises to depart. At the same moment Mr. Bucket, with the secret sympathy of friendship, also rises. He dotes upon the children to the last and remembers the commission he has undertaken for an absent friend. “Respecting that second-hand wiolinceller, governor — could you recommend me such a thing?” “Scores,” says Mr. Bagnet. “I am obliged to you,” returns Mr. Bucket, squeezing his hand. “You’re a friend in need. A good tone, mind you! My friend is a regular dab at it. Ecod, he saws away at Mozart and Handel and the rest of the big-wigs like a thorough workman. And you needn’t,” says Mr. Bucket in a considerate and private voice, “you needn’t commit yourself to too low a figure, governor. I don’t want to pay too large a price for my friend, but I want you to have your proper percentage and be remunerated for your loss of time. That is but fair. Every man must live, and ought to it.” Mr. Bagnet shakes his head at the old girl to the effect that they have found a jewel of price. “Suppose I was to give you a look in, say, at half arter ten to-morrow morning. Perhaps you could name the figures of a few wiolincellers of a good tone?” says Mr. Bucket. Nothing easier. Mr. and Mrs. Bagnet both engage to have the requisite information ready and even hint to each other at the practicability of having a small stock collected there for approval. “Thank you,” says Mr. Bucket, “thank you. Good night, ma’am. Good night, governor. Good night, darlings. I am much obliged to you for one of the pleasantest evenings I ever spent in my life.” They, on the contrary, are much obliged to him for the pleasure he has given them in his company; and so they part with many expressions of goodwill on both sides. “Now George, old boy,” says Mr. Bucket, taking his arm at the shopdoor, “come along!” As they go down the little street and the Bagnets pause for a minute looking after them, Mrs. Bagnet remarks to the worthy Lignum that Mr. Bucket “almost clings to George like, and seems to be really fond of
him.” The neighbouring streets being narrow and illpaved, it is a little inconvenient to walk there two abreast and arm in arm. Mr. George therefore soon proposes to walk singly. But Mr. Bucket, who cannot make up his mind to relinquish his friendly hold, replies, “Wait half a minute, George. I should wish to speak to you first.” Immediately afterwards, he twists him into a public-house and into a parlour, where he confronts him and claps his own back against the door. “Now, George,” says Mr. Bucket, “duty is duty, and friendship is friendship. I never want the two to clash if I can help it. I have endeavoured to make things pleasant to-night, and I put it to you whether I have done it or not. You must consider yourself in custody, George.” “Custody? What for?” returns the trooper, thunderstruck. “Now, George,” says Mr. Bucket, urging a sensible view of the case upon him with his fat forefinger, “duty, as you know very well, is one thing, and conversation is another. It’s my duty to inform you that any observations you may make will be liable to be used against you. Therefore, George, be careful what you say. You don’t happen to have heard of a murder?” “Murder!” “Now, George,” says Mr. Bucket, keeping his forefinger in an impressive state of action, “bear in mind what I’ve said to you. I ask you nothing. You’ve been in low spirits this afternoon. I say, you don’t happen to have heard of a murder?” “No. Where has there been a murder?” “Now, George,” says Mr. Bucket, “don’t you go and commit yourself. I’m a-going to tell you what I want you for. There has been a murder in Lincoln’s Inn Fields — gentleman of the name of Tulkinghorn. He was shot last night. I want you for that.” The trooper sinks upon a seat behind him, and great drops start out upon his forehead, and a deadly pallor overspreads his face. “Bucket! It’s not possible that Mr. Tulkinghorn has been killed and that you suspect ME?” “George,” returns Mr. Bucket, keeping his forefinger going, “it is certainly possible, because it’s the case. This deed was done last night at ten o’clock. Now, you know where you were last night at ten o’clock, and you’ll be able to prove it, no doubt.” “Last night! Last night?” repeats the trooper thoughtfully. Then it flashes upon him. “Why, great heaven, I was there last night!” “So I have understood, George,” returns Mr. Bucket with great deliberation. “So I have understood. Likewise you’ve been very often there. You’ve been seen hanging about the place, and you’ve been heard more than once in a wrangle with him, and it’s possible — I don’t say it’s certainly so, mind you, but it’s possible — that he may have been heard to call you a threatening, murdering, dangerous fellow.” The trooper gasps as if he would admit it all if he could speak. “Now, George,” continues Mr. Bucket, putting his hat upon the table with an air of business rather in the upholstery way than otherwise, “my wish is, as it has been all the evening, to make things pleasant. I tell you plainly there’s a reward out, of a hundred guineas, offered by Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet. You and me have always been pleasant together; but I have got a duty to discharge; and if that hundred guineas is to be made, it may as well be made by me as any other man. On all of which accounts, I should hope it was clear to you that I must have you, and that I’m damned if I don’t have you. Am I to call in any assistance, or is the trick done?” Mr. George has recovered himself and stands up like a soldier. “Come,” he says; “I am ready.” “George,” continues Mr. Bucket, “wait a bit!” With his upholsterer manner, as if the trooper were a window to be fitted up, he takes from his pocket a pair of handcuffs. “This is a serious charge, George, and such is my duty.” The trooper flushes angrily and hesitates a moment, but holds out his two hands, clasped together, and says, “There! Put them on!” Mr. Bucket adjusts them in a moment. “How do you find them? Are they comfortable? If not, say so, for I wish to make things as pleasant as is consistent with my duty, and I’ve got another pair in my pocket.” This remark he offers like a most respectable tradesman anxious to execute an order neatly and to the perfect satisfaction of his customer. “They’ll do as they are? Very well! Now, you see, George” — he takes a cloak from a corner and begins adjusting it about the
“Ah!” He began to walk about the room with his hands in his pockets, showing that he had been thinking as much. “Now, what do you say about her doctor? Is he a good doctor, my love?” I felt obliged to confess that I knew nothing to the contrary but that Prince and I had agreed only that evening that we would like his opinion to be confirmed by some one. “Well, you know,” returned my guardian quickly, “there’s Woodcourt.” I had not meant that, and was rather taken by surprise. For a moment all that I had had in my mind in connexion with Mr. Woodcourt seemed to come back and confuse me. “You don’t object to him, little woman?” “Object to him, guardian? Oh no!” “And you don’t think the patient would object to him?” So far from that, I had no doubt of her being Chapter L— Esther’s Narrative It happened that when I came home from Deal prepared to have a great reliance on him and to I found a note from Caddy Jellyby (as we al- like him very much. I said that he was no stranger ways continued to call her), informing me that to her personally, for she had seen him often in her health, which had been for some time very his kind attendance on Miss Flite. delicate, was worse and that she would be more “Very good,” said my guardian. “He has been glad than she could tell me if I would go to see here to-day, my dear, and I will see him about it her. It was a note of a few lines, written from the to-morrow.” couch on which she lay and enclosed to me in I felt in this short conversation — though I did another from her husband, in which he seconded not know how, for she was quiet, and we interher entreaty with much solicitude. Caddy was changed no look — that my dear girl well renow the mother, and I the godmother, of such a membered how merrily she had clasped me poor little baby — such a tiny old-faced mite, round the waist when no other hands than with a countenance that seemed to be scarcely Caddy’s had brought me the little parting token. anything but cap-border, and a little lean, long- This caused me to feel that I ought to tell her, fingered hand, always clenched under its chin. and Caddy too, that I was going to be the misIt would lie in this attitude all day, with its bright tress of Bleak House and that if I avoided that specks of eyes open, wondering (as I used to disclosure any longer I might become less worimagine) how it came to be so small and weak. thy in my own eyes of its master’s love. ThereWhenever it was moved it cried, but at all other fore, when we went upstairs and had waited times it was so patient that the sole desire of its listening until the clock struck twelve in order life appeared to be to lie quiet and think. It had that only I might be the first to wish my darling curious little dark veins in its face and curious all good wishes on her birthday and to take her little dark marks under its eyes like faint remem- to my heart, I set before her, just as I had set brances of poor Caddy’s inky days, and alto- before myself, the goodness and honour of her gether, to those who were not used to it, it was cousin John and the happy life that was in store for for me. If ever my darling were fonder of quite a piteous little sight. But it was enough for Caddy that SHE was used me at one time than another in all our interto it. The projects with which she beguiled her course, she was surely fondest of me that night. illness, for little Esther’s education, and little And I was so rejoiced to know it and so comEsther’s marriage, and even for her own old age forted by the sense of having done right in castas the grandmother of little Esther’s little Esthers, ing this last idle reservation away that I was ten was so prettily expressive of devotion to this times happier than I had been before. I had pride of her life that I should be tempted to recall scarcely thought it a reservation a few hours some of them but for the timely remembrance ago, but now that it was gone I felt as if I understood its nature better. that I am getting on irregularly as it is. To return to the letter. Caddy had a superstition Next day we went to London. We found our old about me which had been strengthening in her lodging vacant, and in half an hour were quietly mind ever since that night long ago when she established there, as if we had never gone away. had lain asleep with her head in my lap. She Mr. Woodcourt dined with us to celebrate my almost — I think I must say quite — believed darling’s birthday, and we were as pleasant as that I did her good whenever I was near her. we could be with the great blank among us that Now although this was such a fancy of the af- Richard’s absence naturally made on such an fectionate girl’s that I am almost ashamed to occasion. After that day I was for some weeks mention it, still it might have all the force of a — eight or nine as I remember — very much fact when she was really ill. Therefore I set off with Caddy, and thus it fell out that I saw less of to Caddy, with my guardian’s consent, post-haste; Ada at this time than any other since we had and she and Prince made so much of me that first come together, except the time of my own illness. She often came to Caddy’s, but our functhere never was anything like it. Next day I went again to sit with her, and next tion there was to amuse and cheer her, and we day I went again. It was a very easy journey, for did not talk in our usual confidential manner. I had only to rise a little earlier in the morning, Whenever I went home at night we were toand keep my accounts, and attend to housekeep- gether, but Caddy’s rest was broken by pain, and I often remained to nurse her. ing matters before leaving home. But when I had made these three visits, my With her husband and her poor little mite of a guardian said to me, on my return at night, baby to love and their home to strive for, what a “Now, little woman, little woman, this will never good creature Caddy was! So self-denying, so do. Constant dropping will wear away a stone, uncomplaining, so anxious to get well on their and constant coaching will wear out a Dame account, so afraid of giving trouble, and so Durden. We will go to London for a while and thoughtful of the unassisted labours of her husband and the comforts of old Mr. Turveydrop; I take possession of our old lodgings.” “Not for me, dear guardian,” said I, “for I never had never known the best of her until now. And feel tired,” which was strictly true. I was only it seemed so curious that her pale face and helpless figure should be lying there day after day too happy to be in such request. “For me then,” returned my guardian, “or for where dancing was the business of life, where Ada, or for both of us. It is somebody’s birthday the kit and the apprentices began early every morning in the ball-room, and where the untidy to-morrow, I think.” “Truly I think it is,” said I, kissing my darling, little boy waltzed by himself in the kitchen all the afternoon. who would be twenty-one to-morrow. “Well,” observed my guardian, half pleasantly, At Caddy’s request I took the supreme direction half seriously, “that’s a great occasion and will of her apartment, trimmed it up, and pushed her, give my fair cousin some necessary business to couch and all, into a lighter and more airy and transact in assertion of her independence, and more cheerful corner than she had yet occuwill make London a more convenient place for pied; then, every day, when we were in our neatall of us. So to London we will go. That being est array, I used to lay my small small namesettled, there is another thing — how have you sake in her arms and sit down to chat or work or read to her. It was at one of the first of these left Caddy?” “Very unwell, guardian. I fear it will be some quiet times that I told Caddy about Bleak House. time before she regains her health and strength.” We had other visitors besides Ada. First of all “What do you call some time, now?” asked my we had Prince, who in his hurried intervals of teaching used to come softly in and sit softly guardian thoughtfully. “Some weeks, I am afraid.” Continued on Page 42 trooper’s neck — “I was mindful of your feelings when I come out, and brought this on purpose. There! Who’s the wiser?” “Only I,” returns the trooper, “but as I know it, do me one more good turn and pull my hat over my eyes.” “Really, though! Do you mean it? Ain’t it a pity? It looks so.” “I can’t look chance men in the face with these things on,” Mr. George hurriedly replies. “Do, for God’s sake, pull my hat forward.” So strongly entreated, Mr. Bucket complies, puts his own hat on, and conducts his prize into the streets, the trooper marching on as steadily as usual, though with his head less erect, and Mr. Bucket steering him with his elbow over the crossings and up the turnings.
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Observer Classic Books From Page 40 down, with a face of loving anxiety for Caddy and the very little child. Whatever Caddy’s condition really was, she never failed to declare to Prince that she was all but well — which I, heaven forgive me, never failed to confirm. This would put Prince in such good spirits that he would sometimes take the kit from his pocket and play a chord or two to astonish the baby, which I never knew it to do in the least degree, for my tiny namesake never noticed it at all. Then there was Mrs. Jellyby. She would come occasionally, with her usual distraught manner, and sit calmly looking miles beyond her grandchild as if her attention were absorbed by a young Borrioboolan on its native shores. As bright-eyed as ever, as serene, and as untidy, she would say, “Well, Caddy, child, and how do you do to-day?” And then would sit amiably smiling and taking no notice of the reply or would sweetly glide off into a calculation of the number of letters she had lately received and answered or of the coffee-bearing power of Borrioboola–Gha. This she would always do with a serene contempt for our limited sphere of action, not to be disguised. Then there was old Mr. Turveydrop, who was from morning to night and from night to morning the subject of innumerable precautions. If the baby cried, it was nearly stifled lest the noise should make him uncomfortable. If the fire wanted stirring in the night, it was surreptitiously done lest his rest should be broken. If Caddy required any little comfort that the house contained, she first carefully discussed whether he was likely to require it too. In return for this consideration he would come into the room once a day, all but blessing it — showing a condescension, and a patronage, and a grace of manner in dispensing the light of his high-shouldered presence from which I might have supposed him (if I had not known better) to have been the benefactor of Caddy’s life. “My Caroline,” he would say, making the nearest approach that he could to bending over her. “Tell me that you are better to-day.” “Oh, much better, thank you, Mr. Turveydrop,” Caddy would reply. “Delighted! Enchanted! And our dear Miss Summerson. She is not qulte prostrated by fatigue?” Here he would crease up his eyelids and kiss his fingers to me, though I am happy to
say he had ceased to be particular in his attentions since I had been so altered. “Not at all,” I would assure him. “Charming! We must take care of our dear Caroline, Miss Summerson. We must spare nothing that will restore her. We must nourish her. My dear Caroline” — he would turn to his daughter-in-law with infinite generosity and protection — “want for nothing, my love. Frame a wish and gratify it, my daughter. Everything this house contains, everything my room contains, is at your service, my dear. Do not,” he would sometimes add in a burst of deportment, “even allow my simple requirements to be considered if they should at any time interfere with your own, my Caroline. Your necessities are greater than mine.” He had established such a long prescriptive right to this deportment (his son’s inheritance from his mother) that I several times knew both Caddy and her husband to be melted to tears by these affectionate self-sacrifices. “Nay, my dears,” he would remonstrate; and when I saw Caddy’s thin arm about his fat neck as he said it, I would be melted too, though not by the same process. “Nay, nay! I have promised never to leave ye. Be dutiful and affectionate towards me, and I ask no other return. Now, bless ye! I am going to the Park.” He would take the air there presently and get an appetite for his hotel dinner. I hope I do old Mr. Turveydrop no wrong, but I never saw any better traits in him than these I faithfully record, except that he certainly conceived a liking for Peepy and would take the child out walking with great pomp, always on those occasions sending him home before he went to dinner himself, and occasionally with a halfpenny in his pocket. But even this disinterestedness was attended with no inconsiderable cost, to my knowledge, for before Peepy was sufficiently decorated to walk hand in hand with the professor of deportment, he had to be newly dressed, at the expense of Caddy and her husband, from top to toe. Last of our visitors, there was Mr. Jellyby. Really when he used to come in of an evening, and ask Caddy in his meek voice how she was, and then sit down with his head against the wall, and make no attempt to say anything more, I liked him very much. If he found me bustling about doing any little thing, he sometimes half took his
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coat off, as if with an intention of helping by a great exertion; but he never got any further. His sole occupation was to sit with his head against the wall, looking hard at the thoughtful baby; and I could not quite divest my mind of a fancy that they understood one another. I have not counted Mr. Woodcourt among our visitors because he was now Caddy’s regular attendant. She soon began to improve under his care, but he was so gentle, so skilful, so unwearying in the pains he took that it is not to be wondered at, I am sure. I saw a good deal of Mr. Woodcourt during this time, though not so much as might be supposed, for knowing Caddy to be safe in his hands, I often slipped home at about the hours when he was expected. We frequently met, notwithstanding. I was quite reconciled to myself now, but I still felt glad to think that he was sorry for me, and he still WAS sorry for me I believed. He helped Mr. Badger in his professional engagements, which were numerous, and had as yet no settled projects for the future. It was when Caddy began to recover that I began to notice a change in my dear girl. I cannot say how it first presented itself to me, because I observed it in many slight particulars which were nothing in themselves and only became something when they were pieced together. But I made it out, by putting them together, that Ada was not so frankly cheerful with me as she used to be. Her tenderness for me was as loving and true as ever; I did not for a moment doubt that; but there was a quiet sorrow about her which she did not confide to me, and in which I traced some hidden regret. Now, I could not understand this, and I was so anxious for the happiness of my own pet that it caused me some uneasiness and set me thinking often. At length, feeling sure that Ada suppressed this something from me lest it should make me unhappy too, it came into my head that she was a little grieved — for me — by what I had told her about Bleak House. How I persuaded myself that this was likely, I don’t know. I had no idea that there was any selfish reference in my doing so. I was not grieved for myself: I was quite contented and quite happy. Still, that Ada might be thinking — for me, though I had abandoned all such thoughts — of what once was, but was now all changed,
seemed so easy to believe that I believed it. What could I do to reassure my darling (I considered then) and show her that I had no such feelings? Well! I could only be as brisk and busy as possible, and that I had tried to be all along. However, as Caddy’s illness had certainly interfered, more or less, with my home duties — though I had always been there in the morning to make my guardian’s breakfast, and he had a hundred times laughed and said there must be two little women, for his little woman was never missing — I resolved to be doubly diligent and gay. So I went about the house humming all the tunes I knew, and I sat working and working in a desperate manner, and I talked and talked, morning, noon, and night. And still there was the same shade between me and my darling. “So, Dame Trot,” observed my guardian, shutting up his book one night when we were all three together, “so Woodcourt has restored Caddy Jellyby to the full enjoyment of life again?” “Yes,” I said; “and to be repaid by such gratitude as hers is to be made rich, guardian.” “I wish it was,” he returned, “with all my heart.” So did I too, for that matter. I said so. “Aye! We would make him as rich as a Jew if we knew how. Would we not, little woman?” I laughed as I worked and replied that I was not sure about that, for it might spoil him, and he might not be so useful, and there might be many who could ill spare him. As Miss Flite, and Caddy herself, and many others. “True,” said my guardian. “I had forgotten that. But we would agree to make him rich enough to live, I suppose? Rich enough to work with tolerable peace of mind? Rich enough to have his own happy home and his own household gods — and household goddess, too, perhaps?” That was quite another thing, I said. We must all agree in that. “To be sure,” said my guardian. “All of us. I have a great regard for Woodcourt, a high esteem for him; and I have been sounding him delicately about his plans. It is difficult to offer aid to an independent man with that just kind of pride which he possesses. And yet I would be glad to do it if I might or if I knew how. He seems half inclined for another voyage. But that appears like casting such a man away.” To Be Continued Next Week
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● STAG founding member Mary Little (left) and President Gail Armstrong celebrate winning the Spirit of Moonee Valley Arts and Culture community award at the Clocktower Centre, Moonee Ponds. ■ STAG (Strathmore Theatrical Arts Group) Rag editor Cenarth Fox reports in the November edition that STAG has won a special community award in their 60th Anniversary year. It all started when STAG company member Veronica Hannebery was standing at a bus stop and saw an advertisement for theSpirit of Moonee Valley community awards. The ad invited nominations for people whose contributions to the Moonee Valley community deserved recognition, and among the eight different categories was Arts and Culture. Veronica says she decided to nominate Strathmore Theatrical Arts Group because of its 60-year operation in the Moonee Valley area, plus founding member Mary Little remains a very active member today, Val Satori has been company Secretary and Treasurer for 39 years, and Gail Armstrong has also been with STAG for 39 years and President for 17 years. “STAG provides the opportunity to those living in the Moonee Valley area to participate in all areas of theatre,” says Veronica. “With these facts we had to be a great contender for an award.” Three weeks later, Veronica received written notice that five judges, including the Mayor, Cr Jan Chantry, had decided that STAG was one of four finalists in the Arts and Culture section. “I was so excited!”, she says. “Gail, Mary, Val and I were invited to the award ceremony held at the Clocktower Centre.” “At last the winner was announced … STAG! Well, I jumped out of my seat and cried ‘yes!’, frightening the unsuspecting people sitting in front, and poor Val who sat beside me.' President GailArmstrong then received the crystal award on behalf of the company. Veronica says STAG has made an outstanding contribution to the arts and they truly deserve this recognition. “The award is for everyone who is, and has, been involved with STAG over the last 60 years.” Cenarth Fox notes that this success has occurred thanks to Veronica’s initiative and drive. Congratulations STAG – and to Veronica! - Cheryl Threadgold
● Veronica Hannebery who nominated STAG
By ASH LONG
■ As predicted in last week’s Melbourne Observer, radio station Mix 101.1 is to re-branded as KIIS from early 2015. Dave Hughes and Kate Langbroek, who hosted the Nova breakfast program until the end of last year, have been recruited to host the KIIS ‘drive’ program. The pair will start in January, half-a-year ahead of Hamish and Lee who are starting in the ‘Drive’ shift at Fox 101.9 from July 2015. Hamish Blake and Andy Lee are each reported to be about to earn $4 million a year when they begin broadcasting for Southern Cross-Austereo, owners of Fox and sister Sydney station, 2 DAY-FM. Meanwhile, Australian Radio Network, owners of Mix 101.1 and Gold 104.3 in Melbourne, are looking to adopt the ‘KIIS’ brand for Mix from the end of this year. Matt Tilley, currently at MMM, is likely to join KIIS in its Melbourne breakfast session, probably teaming with Jane Hall. It is only a year since he quit a long partnership with Jo Stanley after Fox. The future of current breakfast co-host Chrissie Swan is uncertain. As well as her Melbourne early morning commitment, she also co-hosts the 3PM Pick-Up program, which has national sponsorship from K-Mart. The new KIIS brand originated in Los Angeles. The Mix brand was adopted, after the station had been TTT-FM, after changing its name from 3TT, and previously 3DB.
● The Melbourne Observer correctly speculated last week that Dave Hughes and Kate Langbroek would join a re-branded MIX 101.1, to be known as KIIS. ‘Hugfhesy and Kate’ will present a national Drive program. Jane Hall and Matt Tilley are likely to host the Melbourne breakfast show. The future of Chrissie Swan in uncertain.
Win for Wyndham
● Awards presenter Hannie Rayson (second from left), with winning writers Michael Olsen, Alaine Beek and Rodney McLure. ■ The 15th annual National Playwright Competition for One Act Plays saw Wyndham Theatre Company perform the winning entry Point Of No Return written and directed by Alaine Beek, with Playhouse Players performing the second and third prize-winning plays. The three finalist one act plays premiered at the Richmond Theatrette, with the Judges’ Awards and People Choice Awards being presented by Hannie Rayson, Patron of the Victorian Drama League. Point Of No Return amplifies the struggle and the events surrounding young teenager offenders in an infamous prison with the introduction of a new inmate. Second prize entry, Michael Olsen’s The Children Of The Paparazzi, directed by Sonia Zabala, saw two young actors fake a ‘secret’ getaway to promote their film, but all was not what it seemed. The third finalist The Right Thing, written by Rod McLure and directed by Graeme McCoubrie, provided comic relief with elderly Beryl about to join her husband Bert, ‘on the other side’, taking with her a long held family secret. These three plays, together with a volume of past finalist plays, are available for performance at One Act Play Festivals or play readings. A catalogue can be obtained by emailing admin@playhouseplayers.org.au or write to Playhouse Players, P.O. Box 591 Richmond 3121. - Cheryl Threadgold
● The cast of Wyndham Theatre Company’s winning play Point of No Return. Dustin Caldwell (left), Jeremy Withers and Fraser Kalnins, and in second row: Caleb Roksandic, Alan Thompson (company President), Hannie Rayson (presenter), Alaine Beek (writer), Chris de Zeeuw and Daniel Stankovic.
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New from Mike Brady ■ Australian music legend Mike Brady has released a new album of work. Bloodlines is described as a complete departure from anything you may have heard from this artist before. Mike returns to his Irish ancestry for the music inspiration on this album with the result being a collection of original songs. "Some have a traditional feel and some contemporary but all with the ring of truth which is the Irish way,” says Mike.
Return of Storytellers ■ Melbourne singer-songwriter Nia Robertson takes her popular Storytellers sessions back to the Tamworth music festival in January. The IBIS Tamworth Towers will once again be songwritercentral, says Nia. More than 80 songwriters of all ages from around the country will take to the stage to perform almost 1000 original songs in what is described as an acoustic and appreciative environment.
Amber’s superheroes ■ Australian country music star Amber Lawrence's new work, Superheroes, seems to be taking the country by storm. Amber was in Melbourne last week promoting the 13track album, with interviews on ABC 774, including a live to air song of the title track, plus interviews on Casey Radio and Joy FM. Amber will perform at the Bundalaguah, Hall East Gippsland on Friday (Nov. 14), and at Leading Edge Music in Bendigo on Saturday (Nov. 15). More info at www.amberlawrence.com.au - Rob Foenander ■ Melbourne Observer columnist Cheryl Threadgold was a guest on the Denis Walter program on 3AW last week to discuss her books on riddles. ■ Rdio, the ad-supported music streaming service which was introduced in September, claims to now have more than 30 million songs available. ■ The Survivors group of show business veterans, will meet in South Melbourne this Saturday for their second 2014 luncheon.
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Wednesday November 12
■ American actress Grace Kelly was born in 1929. She died aged 52 in 1982. Canadian actor Ryan Gosling was born in Ontario in 1980 (34). US actress Anne Hathaway was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1982 (32).
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Thursday November 13 ■ TV star Don Lane was born in 1933. He died aged 75 in 2009. US director and producer Gary Marshall is 80 (1934). Comedienne Whoopi Goldberg was born in New York City in 1955 (59). She starred in Sister Act TV-radio presenter Richard Fidler was born in 1964 (50).
■ Melbourne commercial radio station 3AW lost market share but retained the top position in the seventh ratings results released yesterday (Tues.). 3AWdropped from 13.6 per cent market share, to 12.2. Then followed: ABC 774, 11.6. Fox, 8.5. Nova, 7.8. Gold, 7.2. Smooth, 7.2. MMM, 6.7. Mix, 6.0. JJJ, 5.4. Magic, 5.0. SEN, 4.2. Radio National, 2.6. ABC Classic FM, 2.2. ABC News Radio, 1.8. Radio Sport National and MyMP do not participate in the ratings. The figures are measured Monday-Sunday, 5.30am-Midnight. It was a narrow win for 3AW’s breakfast duo Ross Stevenson and John Burns (16.7 per cent), ahead of Red Symons (15.4). Neil Mitchell, 3AW’s morning presenter, was narrowly ahead of Jon Faine on ABC 774, 13.5 versus 13.0. The eighth and final ratings survey figures for the year will be released on Tuesday, December 16. Denis Walter, 3AW’s afternoon presenter, dropped to single figures with a market share of 8.9 per cent. He was level-pegging for second spot with Gold and ABC774. Fox 101.9 won the top spot in the early afternoons. The ‘Drive’ timeslot, measured in the GFK ratings from 4pm-7pm, showed 774’s Raf Epstein as most popular with 10.3 per cent, followed by Fox with 10.1 per cent. Tom Elliott on 3AW was third with 9.1 per cent. Bruce Mansfield and Philip Brady won the night-time timeslot, measured 7pm-Midnight, with a result of 11.9, just ahead of Lindy Burns and Tony Delroy on ABC 774 with 11.6 per cent. Weekend figures saw 3AW register an 11.6 per cent figure, with ABC 774 on 10.1 Fox does well on weekends, averaging 8.0 per cent.
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Big award
■ Maurreen O’Keefe was one of the winners in the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia awards held on Saturday. The Michael Law Award for sustained and outstanding contributions to community broadcasting was given to O’Keefe and Nicky Page. O’Keefe has been involved in community broadcasting for more than 20 years. Starting at the then3YYR, where she was instrumental in training people to operate this new community radio station. After a sojourn to theABC, O’Keefereturned to community broadcasting, including swtints at 3ZZZ and fine mkusic station 3MBS in Melbourne.
Ad hoc
● Jane Holmes, of Magic 1278’s breakfast program, and 3AW’s Neil Mitchell Show, celebrated her birthday yesterday (Tues.) and received an avalanche of good wishes from listeners.
Wide search for Manager
■ Fairfax Media is advertising widely for a new 3AW-Magic 1278 General Manager. One ad has even appeared in the Saturday Age. Applications are sought by Friday, November 21. “The General Manager Radio position plays a significant role in shaping the strategic agenda for our Melbourne radio assets, 3AW 693 and Magic 1278, whilst contributing to National growth targets on to Fairfax Radio Network interstate markets. With the support of a national network of director level specialists by your side, you will identify opportunities, develop strategies and initiatives that will optimise audience engagement and listenership, drive sales out of agency and direct clients and deliver on strong profit and ratings objectives.”
■ Many 3AW listeners are stil angry that they are unable to listen to their favourite programs when the cricket is being played. Programs such as Nightline, hosted by Bruce Mansfield and Philip Brady, have been transferred from the main signal to the 3AWdigital channel, which requires a special set. Less than 1-in-10 people own such a set. One 3AW in sider asks if regular advertisers have received any discoun for not reaching their usual listeners.
Election programs
■ Geelong local station Pulse personality Denis Scanlan will host two of the local debates amongst politicians standing for the State Election. This is local community radio doing what it should. Melbourne
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■ Horse trainer Bart Cummings was born in Adelaide in 1927 (87). Prince Charles was born in Buckingham Palace, England, in 1948 (66). Australian cricketer Adam Gilchrist was born in 1971 (43). Actress Michala Banas was born in Wellington, NZ, in 1978
■ Richmond football icon Jack Dyer was born in 1913. He died aged 89 in 2003. Petula Clark, English singer and actress, was born in 1932 (82). Frida (Anni-Frid Lyngstadd-Frederiksson), dark-haired vocalist with ABBA, was born in Norway in 1945 (69).
Sunday November 16 ■ Actor Max Gillies was born in Melbourne in 1941 (72). Actor Ken James was born in Sydney in 1948 (66). He was in the original cast of Skippy. Australian adventurer Alby Mangels was born in Holland in 1948 (65). His TV series are legendary.
Monday Tuesday November 17 November 18 ■ American actor Rock Hudson was born in 1925. He died aged 59 in 1985. British comedian Peter Cook was born in 1937. He died aged 57 in 1995. US actor Danny Devito was born in 1944 (70). Hope he has a big time. Entertainer Lucy Durack was born in 1981.
■ Sir William S Gilbert, who partnered with Sullivan, was born in London in 1836. He died aged 74 in 1911. Actor David Hemmings was born in Guildford, England, in 1941. He died aged 42 in 2003. American actress Linda Evans was born in 1941 (72).
Thanks to GREG NEWMAN of Jocks Journal for assistance with birthday and anniversary dates. Jocks Journal is Australia’s longest running radio industry publication. Find out more at www.jocksjournal.com
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Frankenstein
REVIEW BY CHERYL THREADGOLD ● Katie Weston (Elizabeth Lavenza) with Scott Mackenzie (Victor Frankenstein) in Frankenstein: a New Musical. Photo: Gavin D Andrew ■ Williamstown Musical Theatre’s theatrically stunning production of Frankenstein: a New Musicalplays until November 22 at the Williamstown Mechanics Institute Theatre. Different to Mel Brooks’ Broadway musical Young Frankenstein, this adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic gothic novel tells of brilliant young scientist Victor Frankenstein secretly experimenting to recreate a perfect life after death. Instead, the laboratory experiment results in a grotesque Creature who resents Frankenstein as ‘the author of my misery’. Frankenstein’s privileged world tragically disintegrates as his family and beautiful new bride Elizabeth fall victim to the Creature’s terrifying revenge. Masterly use of innovative theatrical devices onstage and in the auditorium immerses the audience in this captivating tale, with mind-boggling visual effects. Devices include surround sound, atomic strobe lights, more than 100 sound effects, hundreds of lighting sequences, specialized rigging, flashbacks, overlapping timelines, projected images and a score played by a terrific orchestra that continues until the end of each act! Particularly clever is the ingenious set, including two irregularly shaped, motorised arcs. Perfectly choreographed, these versatile, foreboding walls constantly move to facilitate scene changes, backdrop, curtain, or a set pivotal to the narrative. Scott Mackenzie (Victor Frankenstein) and Mark Doran (The Creature) lead the vocally-strong cast of outstanding musical theatre performers. Using fine vocal and acting skills they deliver superb portrayals of their powerful characters. In gentle contrast is Katie Weston’s lovely performance as Victor’s fiancée, Elizabeth Lavenza, with her exquisite gowns designed by Frankie Farrelly, and Jessica Barlow’s strong portrayal of governess Justine. Both performers have bell-like, beautiful voices. First-class performances are also enjoyed from Paul Batey (Alphonse Frankenstein), articulate Peter Dennis (CaptainWalton), Bradley Dylan (Henry Clerval), Campbell Bonello (William Frankenstein), Bianca Bramham (Caroline Frankenstein), Britt Lewis (Agatha) and the equally talented ensemble. The creative team who devised this brilliantlypresented Australian premiere production comprises Shaun Kingma (Director), Tyson Legg (Musical Director), Jason Bovaird and Deryk Hartwick (Lighting Design), Marcello Lo Ricco (Sound Design) and Frankie Farrelly (Costume Design). Hearty congratulations to all concerned – and thank you for a great night of theatre. Performance season: Until November 22, incl. 2.00pm matinee November 16. Venue: Williamstown Mechanics Institute, 5 Electra St., Williamstown. Bookings: 1300 881 545
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Raw comedy to India ■ Ronny Chieng, Kate McLennan, Elbowskin, Nish Kumar (UK) and David Williams will take the Melbourne Comedy Festival Roadshow across the sub-continent while searching for the hottest comedy talent. Indian audiences and up-and-coming comedians are in luck this November as the Melbourne International Comedy Festival brings both Raw Comedy and the Roadhsow to Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata. Raw Comedy India heats will be held for the third consecutive year to discover the freshest Indian comedy talent. With an aim to find, develop and showcase great talent to a broad audience, this year’s Raw Comedy India winner will win a trip to Melbourne to perform in the Raw Comedy National Grand as part of the 2015 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Guest mentors from the Roadshow lineup will also hold workshops for the Raw Comedy heat contestants in all four cities, prepping the best up-andcoming Indian comedy talent before they perform in front of a live audience.
● UK comedian Nish Kumar. In February, the piring comics. Melbourne International The winner was Delhi Comedy Festival held the contestant Rohan Desai second Raw Comedy In- who won the competition dia competition and flew with his hilariously awkAustralian comedians ward and shy stage perKate McLennan and Jus- sona. tin Hamilton to India to For full details, visit hold workshops prior to www.comedyfestival.com.au the heats with the local as- Cheryl Threadgold
Plenty of Passion ■ Life Like Company is a new music theatre company, evolving from a creative partnership that has been developed over 20 years between Theresa Borg, Anton Berezin and Troy Sussman. Their inaugural music theatre season features the musical masterpiece Passion at the Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne. This Tony Award winning musical has music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Lavine, and was adapted from Ettore Scola’s film Passione d’Amore. The story was originally based on a 19th century novel Fosca by Iginio Ugo Tarchetti. Passion opened on Broadway in 1994. Sondheim described Passion as about how “ the force of somebody’s feelings for you can crack you open, and how it is the life force in a deadened world” The story explores themes of love, passion, obsession, sex, illness, manipulation and power. It is set in 1863, at a provincial military outpost, to where. the handsome captain, Giorgio has been transferred. He has informed his lover, Clara, a married woman, whom is distraught at the thought of his absence. Here he meets Fosca who is described as having a nervous disorder. She falls in passionate love with Giorgio, who has politely engaged with Fosca only as a friend. Kane Alexander portrays the complex and increasingly tormented Giorgio who is relentlessly pursued by a manipulative Fosca ( Theresa Borg), and mak-
ing up the third member of the love triangle is Silvie Paladino, playing the beautiful and passionate Clara. This excellent trio are ably supported by John O’May ( DoctorTambourri), Mark Dickinson (Colonel Ricci), Jolyon James (Major Rizzolli and Count Ludovic), Cameron MacDonald (Private Augenti), Tod Strike (Lt Torasso), Troy Sussman (Sargeant Lombardi) and Glaston Toft ( Lt Barri). All the cast display strong vocal abilities doing complete justice toSondheim’s almost hypnotic score. They are strongly supported by an 14piece orchestra led by Concertmaster Matt Hassell, all expertly handling the technical challenges of the music. Director, Neil Gooding and Musical Director Guy Simpson have produced a splendid performance with Choreographer, Benjamin Osborne, Set and Lighting Designer Rob Sowinski and Creative Producer Luke Gallagher. All the actors, orchestra and creative team have partnered to produce an impressive performance of Sondheim’s brilliant musical. Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne: www.artscentremelbourne.com.au - Review by Jill Page
Murder in Brighton
● Tim Murphy, Christine Bridge, Simon Cooper, Joan Krutli and Stacie Mason in Bloody Murder In Brighton. Photo: Jo Boyes ■ Brighton Theatre Company presents Bloody Murder by Ed Sala from November 13-29 at Brighton Theatre, Cnr Carpenter and Wilson Sts, Brighton. Directed by Andrew McMillan, Bloody Murder tells of a group of the usual British murder types gathering for a weekend retreat at the sumptuous country estate of the esteemed Lady Somerset. Suddenly, one of the colourful characters dies of poison, but Her Ladyship refuses to summon the police! She says she won’t go through all this again. The question needs to be asked “All what again?” And why were they all invited there in the first place? Is this just another all-too predictable mystery, or is something very different? Agatha Christie meets Pirandello as characters rebel against their author. Tickets: $23/$21. Bookings: 1300 752 126 or online www.brightontheatreco.com Email: enquire@brightontheatreco.com Website: www.brightontheatreco.com - Cheryl Threadgold
Going Nowhere
■ rts House, North Melbourne Town Hall, is the venue for Going Nowhere, a sustainable arts festival happening on two sides of the globe – Melbourne, Australia and Cambridge, United Kingdom from November 21 - 23. Among the many events around sustainability in the arts that people can attend, including theatre shows, a Bush Bash Barn dance and costume making workshop, is Permanent vs Impermanent, a series of textural projection treatments that can be viewed on the exterior of Arts House, North Melbourne Town Hall, by renowned experimental multimedia artist Olaf Meyer. Previous iterations of the work have related to events in the Town Hall. At this year’s Festival of Live Art, viewers could playfully engage with the work by making gestures of throwing paint blobs at the clock tower. This work will send the North Melbourne streetscape abroad by texturing the tower with famous architecture from around the world. The work in this iteration will reflect on the familiarity of architecture like this, and the way its form imposes colonial authority. Dates: Wednesday, November 19 – Sunday, November 23. Times: Dusk to midnight. Venue: Arts House, North Melbourne Town Hall. Tickets: Free. Details of all events: www.goingnowhere.net.au - Cheryl Threadgold
Showbiz Briefs
■ Smooth 91.5 FM yesterday (Tues., Nov. 11) played its playing our first Christmas song in breakfast this morning – Michael Bublé’s It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas. ■ Father Bob Maguire is receiving his own .melbourne webiste this morning when State Minister Gordon Rich-Phillips launches the domain at the Eura Sky Deck. ■ This week sees the 50 year- anniversary since The Mavis Bramston Show premiered on Australian television. It was a political satire show.
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Movies, DVDs With Jim Sherlock and Aaron Rourke
What’s Hot and What’s Not in Blu-Rays and DVDs
● Apes leader Caesar in the groundbreaking Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, see review below. FILM: DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES: Genre: Action/Sci-Fi/Drama. Cast: Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Kodi Smit-McPhee. Year: 2014. Rating: M. Length: 130 Minutes. Format: DVD, BLU-RAY and BLU-RAY 3D. Stars: ****½ Verdict: A nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors from a devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived. This follow up to 2011's Rise of the Planet of the Apes is a sensational cinematic experience, to say the least. Not since Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back in 1980, or any other, has a sequel so overwhelmingly surpassed its predecessor on every technical and emotional level, and then some. The evolution of cinema in relation to art, storytelling, emotion and entertainment has reached all new and unsurpassable heights. The visuals are jaw-dropping, the brilliantly sustained tension unbearable and the action truly exciting. Not one frame or one word is wasted due to an intelligent screenplay and direction, and the performance by Andy Serkis as Caesar is simply breathtaking, it has to be seen to be believed. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is a phenomenal spectacle, a staggering achievement that results in a thrilling, chilling and haunting experience compared only to the groundbreaking 1969 original! The original Planet of the Apes movies are available individually on DVD and Blu-ray and feature spectacular special features and also in a Planet of the Apes box set through 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. FILM: MRS. BROWN'S BOYS D'MOVIE: Genre: Comedy. Cast: Brendan O'Carroll, Jennifer Gibney, Eilish O'Carroll. Year: 2014. Rating: TBC. Running Time: 94 Minutes. Format: DVD and BLU-RAY. Stars: *½ Verdict: TV's popular Granny Agnus Brown has hit the big screen, and make no mistake about it, this is a monumental mistake. When the Moore Street market-trader Agnes Brown finds her livelihood under threat from a ruthless developer, she and her family embark on a campaign to save her stall. Brimming with gutter humour, this cinematic pot-boiler is simply d'pressing, d'flating, d'grading and just plain unfunny, insulting and embarrassing. Unlike the more successful big screen adaptations of popular British TV series of the 1970's films like On The Buses, Mutiny On The Buses, Holiday On The Buses, Steptoe & Son, Steptoe & Son Ride Again, Bless This House, Father Dear Father, Are You Being Served, and numerous others. This big screen outing of the popular award winning BBC sitcom Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie is sincere, sincerely awful, and will not only leave the most loyal fans of the series disappointed, and that's putting it mildly, but many viewers wishing they had used the time to have their long delayed root canal work done instead. FILM: THE CLINT EASTWOOD EIGHT MOVIE COLLECTION (Box Set): Genre: Thriller/Western/Drama/Sci-Fi/War. Cast: George Kennedy, Lee J. Cobb, William Holden, Robert Duvall, Jessica Walter, Don Stroud, and Many More! Year: Assorted Years. Rating: M. Running Time: Assorted Running Times. Format: BLU-RAY. Stars: **** Verdict: Excellent selection of Clint Eastwood films, some of which are released on Blu-ray This Blu-ray box set features the Clint Eastwood Universal Pictures classics and includes his first directorial debut feature with the thriller PLAY MISTY FOR ME (1971), followed by the action-thriller THE EIGER SANCTION (1975), the westerns JOE KIDD (1972), TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARA and HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER (1973), the action thriller COOGAN'S BLUFF (1968) ), the acclaimed drama THE BEGUILED (1971) which re-teamed him with Dirty Harry director Don Siegel, and the romantic drama BREEZY (1973). Each title is available individually on DVD. A highly recommended collection! A JB Hi-Fi exclusive.
Ernest and Clementine ■ (G). 80 minutes. Now available on DVD and Blu-Ray. Based on the beloved books by Gabrielle Vincent, this deceptively simple and gorgeously animated film proves to be utterly charming, and should win over viewers both young and old. The story centres on Ernest, a big brown bear who makes a marginal existance as a street musician, and lives in a ramshackle hut on the outskirts of town; and Celestine, a young orphan mouse who is ridiculed and shunned by others because she can't understand why bears and mice, whose worlds are kept separate and closed-off, cannot live in harmony together. When the mouse community finds out that Celestine has helped and befriended Ernest, she is labeled a criminal, so she escapes to the bear's simple abode, where the two learn true friendship and respect for one another. What could have become a heavyhanded message movie is instead treated with genuine care and intelligence by directors Benjamin Renner, Vincent Patar and Stephane Aubier, and screenwriter Daniel Pennac, who allow the two title characters' personalities to shine through in a distinct and lovable manner. The themes inherent in the story then naturally surface and develop, making for a much more satisfying narrative. Lambert Wilson's deep voice is perfect for Ernest, and Pauline Brunner perfectly captures Celestine's innocence and quest for kindness (unfortunately the local release only contains the english-dubbed version). The animation is superb, wonderfully recreating the pastel colours and visuals of a classic children's book, helping tap into the child within us all, and is an absolute joy on the eyes. Nominated for Best Animated Film at this year's Academy Awards, Ernest & Celestine, like its fellow Oscar nominee The Wind Rises, is beautiful, memorable viewing, and is superior to the film that won, Frozen. First-rate family entertainment. Note : The english-dubbed version provides the voices of Forest Whitaker, Mackenzie Foy, Lauren Bacall, Paul Giamatti and William H Macy. RATING - ****.
Venus In Fur ■ (MA). 96 minutes. Now available on DVD. The new film from Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski (Repulsion, Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, The Pianist) may have quietly made its way to DVD and Blu-Ray, but it is most certainly one of the best films of the year. Polanski, whose last film was the engaging comedy Carnage (2011), again adapts a successful stage play, and the results here are even more impressive. A stylish, graceful steadicam shot leads the audience through a French street on a stormy night and into a rundown theatre, where auditions have been taking place.
On stage is Thomas (Mathieu Amalric), writer and first-time director who is on his mobile phone complaining about the actresses that he's had to interview. The play is an adaptation of an old, S & M-themed novel entitled Venus In Fur. Arriving very late is Vanda (Emmanuelle Seigner), surprising and then irritating Thomas as he just wants to go home to his rich fiance. Wet from the rain but still confident and forthright, Vanda says she is perfect for the role, although Thomas' reaction is the complete opposite. Reluctantly agreeing to let Vanda read for the role, this will become a revealing, transformative night for Thomas. Polanski's screenplay, in collaboration with David Ives (based on his play) is a deliciously wordy affair, with torrents of sharp, intelligent dialogue filling our ears and stimulating the senses. It's a fascinating look at gender manipulation and transformation (this would make a great companion piece with Polanski's under-rated Bitter Moon), and how the male has created the perfect fantasy image of the female through social culture, including literary and artistic channels, and how he reacts when that image is challenged. As Vanda increasingly dominates the surrounding environment (stage props are brilliantly and hilariously utilised) and putting herself on equal terms with her 'boss', Thomas reacts in a variety of ways, displaying male pig-ignorance and sexist oppression, while also demonstrating moments of emotional and artistic intimacy. Under the assured, classical guidance of Polanski, both Seigner (Bitter Moon / Essential Killing) and Amalric (The Diving Bell And The Butterfly / Grand Budapest Hotel) deliver exceptional performances, bringing their characters to vivid, uninhibited life, while allowing all the ideas, themes, and symbols that swirl within them to develop perfectly. Despite its one-set, two-character set-up, Polanski never makes Venus In Fur feel like a filmed play (unlike distractingly clumsy films-based-onplays/musicals such as August : Osage County and Chicago). Through glorious cinematography that seems to effortlessly glide, gorgeously handled lighting and set design, split-second editing, and a joyous music score, this master filmmaker shows he has not lost his touch, making Venus In Fur a serious filmgoer's delight and one that can be deservedly added to a body of work that stands as one of the best in cinema history. RATING - ****½. - Aaron Rourke DVDs and Blu-Rays kindly supplied by Video Vision, 177-179 Carlisle Street, Balaclava. For information or bookings on these titles please call 9531 2544.
Top 10 Lists THE AUSTRALIAN BOX OFFICE TOP TEN: 1. FURY. 2. GONE GIRL. 3. JOHN WICK. 4. THE BEST OF ME. 5. THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU. 6. PRIDE. 7. TAMMY. 8. WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES. 9. ANNABELLE. 10. DRACULA UNTOLD. NEW RELEASES AND COMING SOON TO CINEMAS AROUND AUSTRALIA: NOVEMBER 6: FINDING VIVIAN MAIER, INTERSTELLAR, LOVE ROSIE, MY MISTRESS, RISE, TWO DAYS ONE NIGHT. NOVEMBER 13: LET'S BE COPS, MY OLD LADY, THE DROP, WINTER SLEEP, DAVID BOWIE IS. THE DVD TOP RENTAL & SELLERS: 1. THE FAULT IN OUR STARS [Romance/Drama/Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort]. 2. X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST [Sci-Fi/Drama/Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Lawrence]. 3. CALVARY [Drama/Brendan Gleeson, Kelly Reilly, Chris O'Dowd]. 4. EDGE OF TOMORROW [Sci-Fi/ Action/Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton]. 5. CALVARY [Drama/Brendan Gleeson, Kelly Reilly, Chris O'Dowd]. 6. MALEFICENT [Fantasy/Adventure/Angelina Jolie, Sharlto Copley, Elle Fanning]. 7. THE MULE [Crime/Drama/Hugo Weaving, Angus Sampson, Noni Hazlehurst]. 8. GODZILLA [Aaron TaylorJohnson, Bryan Cranston, Ken Watanabe]. 9. VENUS IN FUR [Drama/ Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner]. 10. BLENDED [Romance/Comedy/ drew Barrymore, Adam Sandler]. Also: TWO FACES OF JANUARY, UNDER THE SKIN, THE ROVER, GRACE OF MONACO, THE TRIP TO ITALY, BAD NEIGHBORS, CAPTAIN AMERICA: The Winter Soldier, THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL, MONUMENT'S MEN, THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2: Rise of Electro. NEW RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS ON DVD THIS WEEK: LOCKE [Drama/Tom Hardy]. THE EXPENDABLES 3 [Action/ Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford]. HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 [Animated/Adventure/Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler]. TINKER BELL AND THE PIRATE FAIRY [Animated/Adventure/ Pamela Adlon]. THE GERMAN DOCTOR [Drama/ Alex Brendemuhl, Natalia Oreiro]. NEW & RE-RELEASE CLASSICS ON DVD HIGHLIGHTS: THE CLIFF RICHARD MO VIE COLLECTION: Summer Holiday, The Young Ones, Wonderful Life. NEW RELEASE TELEVISION, DOCUMENTARY AND MUSIC DVD HIGHLIGHTS: THE SIXTIES. ADVENTURE TIME: The Complete 4th Season. Turn To Page 55
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‘Dreamers’ at 45 downstairs Review
● Helen Morse (Anne) and Brigid Gallacher (her daughter, Carole) in Dreamers at fortyfivedownstairs. Photo: Jeff Busby ■ Writer Daniel Keene and director Ariette Taylor’s latest collaborative work, Dreamers, can be enjoyed at fortyfivedownstairs until November 30. Keene aptly describes his contemporary play as dealing with the struggle against intolerance. Widowed grandmother Anne’s (Helen Morse) relationship with young Muslim refugee Majid (Yomal Rajasinghe) attracts ugly, bigoted community condemnation. However, positive messages of love, strength, cultural adaptability and ability to move on in life regardless of age, reassuringly shine through racist, ageist and social isolation issues and the couple’s realistic self-questioning. Juxtaposing Anne’s flexibility to move on is Keene’s observational recognition of the difficulty for some to let go of the past, cleverly symbolised by a pianola. Enjoying fun sing-alongs of old-time tunes are characters unable to change attitudes and beliefs from past to present. There’s the Ticket Inspector (Paul English), Eva (Natasha Herbert), Waiter (Jonathan Taylor), Claude (Nicholas Bell) and Foreman (Marco Chiappi). An exception is Anne’sdaughter Carole (Brigid Gallacher) and the touching, naturalistic scenes between mother and adult daughter with accompanying emotional dynamics will resonate with many audience members. Yomal Rajasinghe is perfectly cast as Majid, capturing well his humble, gentle tolerance of others, delightful charisma and willingness to culturally adapt. Helen Morse’s standout portrayal of Anne is a must-see for theatre-lovers. Morse’s petite and beautiful, delicate appearance belies her incredible performance strength and powerful, yet under-stated delivery. Ariette Taylor’s expert direction ensures a smooth-flowing, entertaining show, complimented by Adrienne Chisholm’s innovative set design and sound by Sam Bolton. The use of city sounds and Anne’s sewing machine noise were particularly effective … but I found the well-choreographed wheelie-bin routine intrusively distracting from the narrative. Mindful of purpose in textual layers and staging of this Keene/Taylor collaboration, I was sorry not to comprehend reason for this segment, or for the play’s sudden ending. Dreamers is a great show for thinking audiences, and for promoting Australian theatre talents in the wonderful, atmospheric independent theatre space of fortyfivedownstairs. Performance Season: Until November 30 Times: Tues – Sat 8.00pm, Sun 4.00pm Venue: fortyfivedownstairs, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne Tickets: $45 Full, $42,50 Seniors, Concession $35 Bookings: 9662 9966 or fortyfivedownstairs.com
SHOWS ■ Frankston Theatre Group: Whose Wives Are They Anyway? (by Michael Parker) November 21 - December 7 at the Mount Eliza Community Centre, Canadian Bay Rd., Mount Eliza. Director: Ray Reid. Bookings: 1300 665 377 or www.frankstontheatregroup.org.au ■ Cathouse Players Inc: Atlantic Crossing November 21 - 29 at the Masonic Hall, 7 - 9 Yaldwyn St., Kyneton. Director: Betty Sartore. Tickets: $25/$20. Bookings: 0448 371 623 www.cathouseplayers.com.au ■ Williamstown Little Theatre: Kitchen Sink (by Tom Wells) November 20 - December 6 at 2 Albert St., Williamstown. Director: Lois Collinder. Tickets: $25/$22. Bookings: 9885 9678. ■ Geelong Repertory Theatre Company: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield) November 21 - December 6 at the Woodbin Theatre, 16 Coronation St., West Geelong. Tickets: $25. Bookings: 5225 1200 www.geelongrep.com
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SHOWS ■ Fortyfivedownstairs: Dreamers (by Daniel Keene) Until November 30 at fortyfivedownstairs, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne. Director:Ariette Taylor. Tickets: $45/$42.50/$35. Bookings: 9662 9966 or fortyfivedownstairs.com ■ Malvern Theatre Company: Dracula (adapted by William McNulty) until November 15 at 29 Burke Rd., East Malvern. Director: Nicholas Opalski. Tickets: $20 (no concession). Bookings: 1300 131 552 or www.malverntheatre.com.au ■ Mooroolbark Theatre Company: But Why Bump off Barnaby? Until November 15 at the Mooroolbark Community Centre, 125 BriceAve., Mooroolbark. Director: Arline Myers. Tickets: $16/$14. Bookings: 9726 4282. ■ Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre Company: Fawlty Towers Until November 22 at 39-41 Castella St., Lilydale. Director; Kevin Trask. Tickets: $25/$23. Bookings: www.lilydaleatc.com ■ SLAMS: Once Upon a Mattress November 14, 15 at 8.00pm and November 15 at 2.00pm at Knox Community Arts Centre, Cnr. Scoresby Rd. and Mountain Highway, Bayswater. Co-Directors: Miranda Guthrie-Jones and Michelle Sayers; Musical Director: Ben Franklin; Choreographer: Miranda Guthrie-Jones. Tickets: $32/$28/$15. Bookings: www.trybooking.com/91622 or call 9720 3205. ■ Sunshine Community Theatre: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory November 15, 16at 3.00pm at 82 Phoenix St., North Sunshine. Director: Gemma Francis. All tickets $15. Children under 6 free. Enquiries: 0407 802 165. Bookings: http:// www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary. aspx?eid=108028 ■ Mordialloc Theatre Company: Bullshot Crummond (by Ron House, Diz White, Alan Shearman, John Neville-Andrew and Derek Cunningham) Until November 22 at the Shirley Burke Theatre, 64 Parkers Rd., Parkdale. Director: Jeff Saliba. Bookings:9587 5141 ■ Sherbrooke Theatre Company: Stepping Out (by Richard Harris) November 14 - 29 at the Doncaster Playhouse, 679 Doncaster Rd., Doncaster. Director: Loretta Bishop. Tickets: $25/ $23. Bookings: 1300 650 209 www.sherbrooketc.org.au ■ The Basin Theatre Group: My Three Angels Until November 29 at The Basin Theatre, Doongalla Rd., The Basin. Director: Susan Carty. Tickets: $25 incl. program, parking, refreshments. Bookings: 1300 784 668 www.thebasintheqatre.org.au ■ Torquay Theatre Troupe: Cosi (by Louis Nowra) Until November 22 at 16 Price St., Torquay. Director: Michael Baker.Tickets: $20/$17. Bookings: 5261 3335 ■ Strathmore Theatrical Arts Group (STAG): And This Was Odd (by Kenneth Horne) November 13 - 23 (2.00pm matinees on November 16, 23) at the Strathmore Community Theatre, Corner Loeman and Napier Sts., Strathmore. Director: Mel de Bono. Tickets: $20/$15. Bookings: 9382 6284.or www.trybooking.com/FAZZ ■ Eltham Little Theatre: Murdered to Death (by Peter Gordon) November 13 - 29 at 8.00pm at the Eltham PerformingArts Centre, 1603 Main Rd., Research. Director: Carol Owen. Cabaret style. BYO food and drinks. Tickets: $22.50 (no concession). Bookings: www.elthamlittletheatre.org.au or phone 0411 713 095. ■ Brighton Theatre Company: Bloody Murder (by Ed Sala) November 13 - 29 at Brighton Theatre, Cnr. Carpenter and Wilson Sts., Brighton. Director: Andrew McMillan. Bookings: 1300 752 126 or www.brightontheatreco.com.au ■ Peridot Theatre: Key for Two (by John Chapman and Dave Freeman) November 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28 29 at 8.00pm and November 16, 22 at 2.15pm and November 23 at 4.00pm at the Unicorn Theatre, Lechte Rd., Mt Waverley. Director: Bob Bramble. Tickets: $25/$22. Bookings: www.peridot.com.au ■ Gemco Players: Maskerade (by Terry Pratchett, adapted by Stephen Briggs) November 14 - 29 at 8.00pm, Sundays at 3.00pm at The Gem Theatre, 19 Kilvington Drive, Emerald. Enquiries: 0411 343 618. Bookings: http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/ BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=100751&hs=www.gemcoplayers.org ■ Beaumaris Theatre: The 39 Steps (by John Buchan and Alfred Hitchcock, adapted by Patrick Barlow from an original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon. November 14, 15, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 at 8.00pm and November 23 at 5.00pm at 82 Wells Rd., Beaumaris. Director; Neil Barnett. Tickets: $25/$22. Cabaret seating. BYO nibblies and drinks. Enquiries: 9583 6896. Bookings: www.beaumaristheatre.com.au ■ Heidelberg Theatre Company: True Minds November 20 December 6 at 36 Turnham Avenue, Rosanna. Director; Natasha Boyd. Tickets: $25/$22. Bookings: htc.org.au or 9457 4117. ■ The 1812 Theatre: Over the River and Through the Woods (by Joe Dipietro) November 20 - December 13 at 3-5 Rose St., Upper Ferntree Gully. Director: Dexter Bourke. Tickets: $27 Bookings: 9758 3964 www.1812theatre.com
● Beaumaris Theatre presents John Buchan and Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps from November 14-29 at 82 Wells Road, Beaumaris. ■ Adapted by Patrick Barlow from an original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon and directed by Neil Barnett, Alfred Hitchcock’s classic spy thriller The 39 Steps has been hilariously recreated into a smash-hit comedy in this very funny melodrama. Richard Hannay becomes embroiled in a convoluted and riotously funny spy-plot, with all the classic Hitchcock features including trench-coat wearing heavies, double-crossing narratives, mysteriously beautiful women, chase scenes, gunfire, planes, trains and intrigue a-plenty. The show is being presented cabaret style. BYO nibbles and drinks. Performances: November 14, 15, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 at 8pm and November 23 at 5pm in cabaret style Venue: Beaumaris Theatre, 82 Wells Rd., Beaumaris Tickets: $25/$22 Enquiries: 9583 6896 Bookings: www.beaumaristheatre.com.au
AUDITIONS ■ Catchment Players: Hairspray Jr., November auditions. For further details visit www.catchmentplayers.org.au ■ Aspect Theatre: The Wedding Singer November 11, 12 from 7.30pm-10.00pm at the Aspendale Gardens Community Centre, 103-105 Kearney Drive, Aspendale Gardens. Director/Choreographer: Leah Osburn; Musical Director: Malcom Huddle. Audition bookings: info@aspecttheatre.com.au ■ Babirra Musical Theatre: The King and I Adult auditions: November 16, 1pm-6pm, Dance Audition: November 16 from 8pm, Call backs November 17. at Highfield Rd. Uniting Church, Highfield Rd., Canterbury. Director: Alan Burrows; Musical Director: Ben Hudson; Choreographer: Di Crough. Audition bookings: auditions@babirra.org.au or 9882 0630. ■ Sherbrooke Theatre Company: Driving Miss Daisy November 15 at 1.30pm at the Sherbrooke Shed, Factory 4, 22 Jesmond Rd., Croydon. Director: Horrie Leek. Audition bookings: 0412 474 255. ■ Beaumaris Theatre: The Little Mermaid November 15 and 16 at Beaumaris Theatre, 82 Wells Rd., Beaumaris. Director: Debbie Keyt; Musical Director: Rhonda Vaughan; Choreographer: Camilla Klesman. Audition bookings: 0401 450979 ■ Strathmore Theatrical Arts Group (STAG): Gross Indecency (by Moises Kaufmann) November 16, 17 from 7pm10pm at the Strathmore Community Theatre, Cnr. Loeman and Napier Sts., Strathmore. Director: Roderick Chappel. Audition bookings: roderickchappel@ozemail.com.au ■ Eltham Little Theatre: It's My Party (and I'll Die If I Want To) (by Elizabeth Coleman) November 16 from 2pm; November 17 from 7pm at the Eltham Performing Arts Centre, Rehearsal Room, 1603 Main Rd., Research. Director: Laura Bradley. Audition bookings: 0414 849 028. ■ MLOC Productions: Spamalot Information Evening Thursday, November 20 at 8pm at the Parkdale Church of Christ hall, 174 Como Pde., Parkdale. Auditions November 25, 27, 29. Director: Jane Court; Musical Director: Ian Nisbet; Choreographer: Keir Jasper. Enquiries: 9589 4912 www.mloc.org.au ■ Heidelberg Theatre Company: When Dad Married Fury (by David Williamson) November 23 6pm - 9pm, November 24 7pm-9pm at 36 Turnham Ave., Rosanna. Director: Maureen McInerney. Audition bookings: 0409 655 603 or email maureen@costumefactory.com.au
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● Opening of 3UZ Chadstone, 1960: Roland Strong and Henry Bolte
● Eric ‘Tiny’ Snell and John McMahon at 3UZ’s new Chadstone studio
● Egidio Bortoli playing piano accordion at 3DB, 1946
● Victorian Banjo Club at 3KZ, early 1950s
● Harmoniques from Malvern Tramways Harmonica Band at 3KZ
● Mobile studio for Radio 3AW between Elwood and St. Kilda, ca. 1965
● Lenore Somerset and Frank Traynor on 3AW on 1963
● Prof. G. S. Browne conducts children's ANZAC Day broadcast 3LO, 1943.
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Queenslander claims Shootout ■ Another feature Victorian greyhound race has been claimed by an interstate raider after Queenslander Iva Vision won the Shootout at Sandown Park last Thursday (November 7). Iva Vision’s win comes after Tasmanian dog Buckle Up Wes took the recent Topgun at The Meadows. Local trainers will now be doing their best to ensure the upcoming Melbourne Cup event stays in Victorian hands. It was an eventful trip to Melbourne to say the least for Iva Vision’s handler Brian Young, deputising for his trainer son Peter. After getting lost upon arrival at Tullamarine Airport when he bought the dog down to trial at Sandown Park three weeks ago, Brian then spent the night in his car at the airport, attracting the interest of airport security after he parked illegally. Fortunately for the Young family, Pearcedale trainers Kel and Jackie Greenough have taken Brian and Iva Vision in for the Melbourne Cup series which runs for the remainder of this month. Brian Young liked what he saw with Iva Vision’s win last week and it will give him every confidence that his dog has settled in well and will be a leading Melbourne Cup fancy. Iva Vision led from box three and held his three rivals at bay for victory in the $50,000 winner take all event. Iva Vision returns to Sandown tomorrow night, November 13 for a tilt at a qualifying heat of the Melbourne Cup series, and a chance to build on his record of 12 wins and three placings from only 18 starts.
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with Kyle Galley Pre-race betting for the Shootout was halted when Banjo Boy, a leading fancy for the event, was a shock scratching. Banjo Boy was bitten by a spider in the days leading up to the race, which caused swelling in his back toes. His withdrawal allowed first reserve Oakvale Destiny the opportunity to compete in the race from the coveted box one draw. Some greyhound followers felt My Bro Fabio was unlucky not to have earned a nomination for the recent Topgun race. He showed his class in winning the Hume Cup Final at The Meadows on Melbourne Cup eve. The 600 metre Group One event and $75,000 first prize came easily for trainers Brooke and Jamie Ennis, as My Bro Fabio strolled in by 14 lengths. Jamie Ennis claimed after the event that My Bro Fabio is “by far the most superior greyhound we’ve ever had”. And that makes for an exciting
couple of weeks potentially for the kennel with the Melbourne Cup series upon us. Brooke Ennis said that My Bro Fabio loves racing at Sandown Park, having recently won there in fast time. Boasting 10 wins from his last 12 starts, including the Canberra Cup and Hume Cup, My Bro Fabio is primed for a top performance in the Melbourne Cup heats tomorrow night. Also on the Cup eve card at The Meadows, the Group 3 Silver Bullet race was won by the Darren McDonald trained Keybow, also on track for a Melbourne Cup tilt. Perfect weather conditions drew a big crowd to The Meadows for a great night of racing and family entertainment.
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■ Catalogues for the Greyhound Racing Victoria ‘Ready 2 Race’ sale are now available through the GRV website. For the third time the auction series will be staged at Bendigo. A capacity of 148 dogs will go under the hammer on Saturday, November 22. Bendigo Greyhound Racing Association President Bob Douglas said that he feels there is a lot more depth in the quality of dogs listed in the catalogue this year. The sales series gives people the opportunity to buy into a greyhound for little cost, especially if they form a syndicate of owners. They can watch the dogs compete on the track as part of the sale day, and sale graduates then have the op-
● My Bro Fabio with trainer Brooke Ennis after winning the Hume Cup
portunity to compete in an exclusive ment. His replacement will be the “Ready 2 Race” event staged next club’s fifth manager in four years. While the Cranbourne role has not year. yet been advertised, the Warragul position is currently open for applications until November 21. ■ The club manager merry-go-round in Victorian greyhound racing has swung into action recently with key personnel at two clubs calling it quits. Cranbourne Greyhound Racing Club ■ Wednesday: Bendigo (Day), Manager Tony Wright has decided The Meadows (Twilight), to retire after some 20 years in the Cranbourne (Night), Ballarat (N); role. Thursday: Warragul (D), The club is extremely well placed Shepparton (T), Sandown Park (N), with a recent grandstand redevelopWarrnambool (N); Friday: Bendigo ment and strong financial position, and (T), Geelong (N); Saturday: a new track to be built in coming years. Cranbourne (T), The Meadows (N); Further up the highway at Sunday: Sandown Park (D), Warragul, club Manager Peter Quilty Healesville (D), Warragul (T), Sale handed in his resignation recently. (T); Monday: Ballarat (D), Geelong The former greyhound journalist (T), Shepparton (N); Tuesday: lasted just over 12 months in the role Horsham (T), Warragul (N). in an at times difficult work environ-
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Time for Cup emergencies ■ After the late withdrawals of two top Melbourne Cup contenders, now is the time that the Victoria Racing Club had a good hard look at allowing emergencies to run. This follows the scratching of Sea Moon on the day before and international galloper, Cavalryman on the morning of the big race. The question of introducing emergencies has been debated for years, with the TAB saying its software provides for only the 24 runners at acceptance time and not for emergencies. It's understood an upgrade of the TAB's software for its Victorian, New South Wales and ACT agencies would cost about $3 million. Leading trainer, Tony Mc Evoy, who had number 25 in order of entry, Big Memory, said something had to be done. Come on this is the 21st century let's get with it. As Tony said: "For that horse of mine to be home in his box perfectly fit and trained specifically for the Cup, is very disappointing.”And he is not the only one. Owners pay big bucks just to enter for the coveted Melbourne Cup, and they should be given every chance to run their horses if they make one of the four emergencies. On Channel 7, Peter Donegan queried the Chairman of the VRC, Michael Burn, on the matter and he said the Club would have a word with the TAB and see what could be done. I can hear the roar from owners from here with a hip- hip hooray, at last. To end the calamity, only last month Tabcorp said it would seriously consider emergencies if asked. Come on, in this day and age surely the situation is as plain as day. Let's get on with it to give owners a fair chance at history and big money.
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Bin Surror, claimed his vet disagreed with Racing Victoria's decision to scratch Cavalryman from the Cup. Bin Suroor said he had sent an X-ray of the horse's offside fetlock to his veterinary surgeon in England. “He said there was nothing wrong with the horse and he was fine to run ,"Bin Suroor said "I accept the vet's decision here not to run him.” He added that the horse wasn't lame or sore, but revealed the fetlock had come under care for the past five years. On the other side of the coin the horse is now nine-years old, and was being set to run a gruelling 3200 metres, on a good three track.
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■ Overall I thought Channel 7’s Cuptelecast was quite good. One blatant error I thought they would have picked up earlier than the running of the Cup was the display of the TAB odds with Sydney's Glenn Munsie.
They were to the left of screen and you couldn't see the first runners on the board or the straight out odds of your fancy. They rectified this only on the Melbourne Cup when they took a full view of Munsie and the odds in the Cup. Another, not one shot of jockeys weighing in. I feel it is a must to show the nonracegoers how the jockey goes about it after the race. I felt that we should have been shown more bookies’ odds and big bets, which in my opinion the best way to guide you into a bet. After all, a majority of big punters bet with bookies; more than on the tote, where odds fluctuate so quickly. With only three minutes to go to the telecast of the Cup, they were playing commercials and missed the first half dozen horses that had already gone into their respective barriers. Another sore point, here was a five-time Melbourne Cup win-
ner trainer and Hall of Fame member dining in one of the la de da marquees, I felt why wouldn't he have been asked at least for his opinion on the big race. Instead Lee Freedman spent his time socialising, and good luck to him. Was he asked and refused? I don't know, but if he wasn't asked, the station missed a great opportunity to talk to a trainer who has won everything, but the Melbourne to Warrnambool Bike Race. One of the highlights of the telecast was the interview with jockey Craig Williams, one of the most articulate jockeys in Australia. One who would be big winner, on racing
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■ The situation doesn't end there with the trainer of Cavalryman, one of the world's best in Seed
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● Craig Williams Photo by SLICKPIX, phone 9354 5754 telecasts, when he on the credit side, all hangs up his boots commentators all did He was queried at a great job and are to length by compere, be congratulated. Bruce McAvaney, one I can vouch for it, I of the best in the busi- have been there and ness. done that. Craig showed I can assure it is not viewers four sheet of easy being green, if papers laminated, with you will excuse the his plan on the front pun. and back of the sheet, how he thought would be the leaders or their ■ Bolinda's Brent positions, their early Lilley had a profitspeed or lack of it, and able afternoon at who may lead and Yarra Valley on who would drop out. Melbourne Cup There was a field Day, winning the of arrows going right United Petroleum left and centre on his Trotters Mobile for plan for the Cup. T0 & T1 class over However, not to be, 2150 metres with with his mount Caval5 -Y-0 Sundon/ ryman, scratched on Niamey gelding the morning of the Sun Of Anarchy race. (Rod Petroff) and Craig is a great the Drink Drive family man and the Bloody Idiot Pace day before he was in (Heat 3) for C2 & the VRC Emirates C3 class over 2150 Melbourne Cup pametres with Julius rade down Swanston Caesar/Peruvian St with his lovely chilPrincess 6-Y- 0 gelding Motu dren. Prince Of Peru I was doing the P.A. (Cameron Jones). work when he jumped Romsey's Leigh out of his vehicle and Miles was also vicstarted handing out torious on the day soft drinks and Emirwhen smart ates caps to the crowd. Sports-writer/ I had a quick chat Wemen Wendy Mae to him over the mike colt Wemen Sporty and as usual he was (Greg Sugars) spot on, one of the scored in the greatest ambassador's Eastland Fashions for racing going 3-Y-0 Pace over around and a great 1650 metres. bloke. - Len Baker Back to the telecast;
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■ Melbourne Theatre Company Artistic Director Brett Sheehy says Sam Strong has renewed his contract and will continue in his role as Associate Artistic Director. "Sam has brought extraordinary energy, skill and creativity to the role of Associate Artistic Director since day one, and I couldn’t be happier that he has extended his tenure at MTC. “As one of Australia’s leading theatre directors, Sam is an artist of the highest calibre and one I am thrilled to continue working alongside,” Sheehy said. In the two years since Strong joined the Company he has directed five MTC productions, which were been seen by more than 110,000 people. He also directed The Floating World at Griffin Theatre, for which he won Best Direction of a Mainstage Production at the 2013 Sydney Theatre Award.
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Ridden to perfection ■ Thursday's Yarra Valley meeting was a good one for the Macedon Ranges who provided four winners during the afternoon. Bolinda's Brent Lilley is having a great run at present and ultra-consistent Earl/Sun Mist gelding Sonofanearl was a strong winner of the United Petroleum Monte at Yarra Valley on Thursday. Ridden to perfection by Daryl Douglas, Sonofanearl made light work of a 50 metre backmark after beginning brilliantly to trail the pacemaker Motu Young Jacob who was tackled by Tender Don Jacob in the first lap. Cruising up to the leader on the home turn, Sonofanearl coasted to the wire 14.7 metres in advance of Tender Don and Waikare Patricia from near last in a rate of 2-00.6.
Strong for pacemaker ■ Riddell trainer Adam Kelly and stable reinsman Gavin Lang were successful with 8-Y-0 D M Dilinger/ Gipsy Belle gelding Eyes On The Sky in the Three Troupers Brewery Pace for C1 class over 1650 metres. Despite racing in the open from gate three for the majority of the race, Eyes On The Sky was too strong at the finish for the pacemaker Little Miss Sassy, nailing her by a nose in 1-56.8, with Greenough third after following the winner and using the sprint lane to be a half neck away in third place.
One act afair ■ Bolinda trainer Vince Vallelonga's quality 6-Y-0 Our Sir Vancelot/Mother Case gelding Manuka Man made a one act affair of the Valley Vibe Festival 25 January Pace for C4 & C5 class over 2150 metres giving competent reinsman Damian Wilson a kick along after a long absence from the sulky following a horrendous fall on Kilmore Cup Day 12 months ago. Settling one/one from a solo second line draw, Wilson vacated the prime position with Manuka Man to speed to the front in the back straight on the first occasion and the result was never in doubt, winning unextended by 4.3 metres from Mister Clooney and Reign Of Pain in a mile rate of 1-58.7.
‘100 miles an hour’ ■ Gisborne South trainer Shannon McLean snared the Diva For A Day Pace Final for C0 class over 2150 metres with the family owned and bred Jeremes Jet/Broadway Gal 8-Y-0 stallion Broadway Playboy. Taking a claim for Bolinda's Josh Duggan, Broadway Playboy began at 100 miles an hour from outside the front row and was never headed, defeating Gozo Lighting and All Aussie Star in a rate of 1-59.2.
Inside running ■ Goulburn Valley (Congupna) owner/trainer/driver Scott Stewart's 8-Y-0 Blissful Hall/Petite Alto entire Bitobliss was an easy winner of the $50,275 (Group 2) James & Son Smoken Up Sprint over 1720 metres at Tabcorp Park Melton on Friday. Safely retaining the inside running from the pole, Bitobliss was never out of second gear in winning by 3.2 metres in advance of Im Barney Rubble which trailed, with Wartime Sweetheart third after following the pair. The mile rate 1-53.4. Formerly known as The Legends, Bitobliss chalked up his third victory in the race having greeted the judge in 2011 and 2012.
Away to New Zealand ■ There will be no column next week as I will be in Christchurch attending the New Zealand Cup Carnival. - Len Baker
Gilligan stable star salutes
■ Echuca/Moama trainer/driver Ron Gilligan's smart seven year old Wind Cries Maori/ Salute The Rain gelding Salute The Wind chalked up his 13th victory from 93 outings when a brilliant victor of the Aldebaran Park Trotters Handicap for T2 or better class over 2650 metres at Lord's Raceway Bendigo on Wednesday November 5. Raced by ron in partnership with wife Margaret, Salute The Wind coming from a daunting 50 metre backmark settled a long way off the heavily supported favourite Tyron Lochie which had worked to the lead after a slow beginning from the pole. Gradually making ground to be four back in the moving line racing for the bell, Salute The Wind followed Chevals Racer ahead of him four wide into the final bend. Kicking away on straightening, Tyron Lochie looked all over a winner, however Salute The Wind unleashed his customary finishing burst out wide to blouse him on the line, the margin being a nose in a rate of 2-02.4. Chevals Racer was 12.5 metres away in third place
Trots
■ There were three trotting events on the Bendigo program - the 60th Anniversary Cup November 15th Trotters Mobile (Heat 2) for T0 & T1 class over 2150 metres going the way of Kilmore owner/breeder/ trainer Bill Millner's honest four year old Lawman/ Auravale gelding Opia in a rate of 2-06. Driven by Monique Burnett, Opia from the pole was given a lovely passage trailing the leader and hot favourite Aldebaran Daisy (gate three) and when eased off her back on turning, finished best to register a 1.1 metre victory (his third in 45 outings) over the leader, with Ballan Road (three back the markers) holding down third.
Trailed
■ Heat 3 of the 60th Anniversary Trot was taken out by Strathfieldsaye breeder/part-owner/trainer Bill Cameron's eight year old Earl/Strath Gold mare Faster Than Cleo with Daryl Douglas in the sulky, leading throughout from gate three to defy all challengers in accounting for the long odds-on favourite Twelve Or A Dozen which trailed using the sprint lane to no avail, with Spiceman (one/one - three wide home turn) third. The mile rate 2-05.
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Flashed ■ Shepparton trainer Amanda Turnbull combined with Gavin Lang to snare the Petstock Claiming Pace over 2150 metres with Kiwi bred Presidential Ball/Lethal Meg six year old gelding Anvil Gav in 1-57.9. Having his first outing since November last year, Anvil Gav back for plenty led throughout from gate three and after being rated to perfection, ran out a two metre winner over Classic Icon (three back the markers) which flashed home late when extricated into the clear halfway up the running. Break Twenty One was third after trailing the winner and having every chance along the sprint lane.
Clever ■ Chintin trainer/driver Steve Cleave was rewarded for persistency with cleverly named six year old Grinfromeartoear/Toodle Lu Tops mare Cheshire Cat when greeting the judge in the Garrards Pacers Handicap for C1 or better class over 2150 metres. Pinging away from the pole, Cheshire Cat was restrained to allow Somethingsgotagive next door to assume control shortly after the start to receive the run of the race. Easing to the outside on turning, Cheshire Cat ran home strongly to record a 4.1 metre margin in a rate of 2-01.2 in advance of Hollys Miss Molly (four wide home turn) from mid-field, with Somethingsgotagive weakening to finish third 4 metres away.
Speedy ■ The Avenel stable of David and Josh Aiken landed the Bendigo Bank Pace for C3 & C4 class over 1650 metres with speedy six year old In The Pocket/Jessica Rose gelding By Chevron Direct in a rate of 1-57.6.
Taking advantage of a concession, By Chevron Direct was sent forward from outside the front row to eventually take over prior to the bell and was never headed, scoring by 2.3 metres from On Fire Within (one/three - four wide home turn) and Givusagrin (one/two) It was By Chevron Direct's 10th victory in 47 race appearances.
5th win ■ Rockbank based owner/trainer Charlie Attard has Major In Art/ Golden Navajo colt Im The Boss going great guns at present, notching up his fifth victory in a row by taking the Freedom Tanks Vicbred Pace for C0 class over 2150 metres at Bendigo. Driven by Greg Sugars, Im The Boss was taken back from inside the second row to settle near last before letting rip three wide approaching the bell to park outside the pacemaker Kenandi Illusion for the final circuit. Surging clear in the last lap, Im The Boss careered away at the straight entrance with the race all his, but seemed to lose interest as the winning post loomed to only score by 2.5 metres on the wire from Grinalltheway (one/ one) and Superlenny from mid-field. The mile rate 200.3.
Delightful ■ Tasmanian four year old Sutter Hanover/Ima Blue Belle mare Belliciouslips chalked up her second Victorian victory when successful in the Harness Breeders (Vic) Pace for C1 & C2 class over 1650 metres at Bendigo, much to the delight of trainer Rodney Ashwood and reinsman son Alex. Given a sweet trip one/ one from gate five, Belliciouslips was eased three wide on the home turn and finished her race off well.
■ Union Belle, Katmandonny, The Majestic, Gozo Lighting, Keayang Active, Chevals Racer, Kamwood Jack, Somethingsgottagive, Nokomai, Real Elegance, Pocket Of Fortune, Grininalltheway, Jaccka Clive, Thunder Fee.
Memory foir Melton ■ Friday November 7 will long remain in the memory of youthful Melton reinsman Josh Smyth who landed his first ever winner, guiding 8-Y-0 Sierra Kosmos/Maoris Glory gelding Regal Equation trained at Melton by future father-in-law Ken Tippet to an all of the way victory from gate four in the St Arnaud Cup Sunday Trotters Mobile for T1 & T2 class over 2240 metres. Rated a treat, Josh kicked Royal Equation away approaching the final bend and held a margin to the wire, defeating Pocket Of Fortune (three back the markers) by 5.6 metres in a rate of 2-00.7, with Bitten By Walhalla running on late from mid-field for third.
Stable double won ■ Avenel's David and Josh Aiken landed a stable double on the night with Cold Major (Art Major/Van Gold) winning the Swift Signs Free For All over 2240 metres and Cold Sister (Like A Prayer/ Aspenglow) blousing red-hot stablemate My High Expectations in the (Group 3) Glenferrie Farms Chris Howe Trotters Cup over 2240 metres. Other winners on the Melton card were : Our Burning Desire (Ross & Greg Sugars - Melton) the Alabar Pace, Abbottshall (Brent Lilley - Bolinda & Rod Petroff) the Aldebaran Park Trotters Mobile, Diamond Ace - John Newberry - Bunbartha) the tab.com.au 4-Y-0 Pace, Bellas Delight (Kari Males -Bolinda & Greg Sugars) the NYE @ Tabcorp Park Pace and Whata Punt (Matt Craven - Terang) the empirestallions.com Pace,
Two wins in a row ■ At Geelong on Monday, Bolinda trainer/driver Chris Alford's 4-Y-0 Yankee Paco/Galleons Bliss mare Twelve Or A Dozen brought up two wins in succession by taking the Geelong Signs Trotters Mobile for TR0 & TR1 class over 2100 metres from Alabamas Invasion and Glenoras Bliss in a rate of 2-03.3.
Did it tough ■ Kilmore's Mary Jane Mifsud was also a winner at Geelong when 5-Y-0 Riverboat King/Lisa Equity gelding Lika Gee Six scored in the Vinmar Homes Pace for R0 & R1 class over 2100 metres with Damian Wilson in the sulky. Despite doing it tough outside the leader Myrniong Acesaway, Lika Gee Six just lasted in defeating Jazzi Jodi which followed him everywhere and Premier Rose in a rate of 2-02.7. - Len Baker
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