`FOREIGNER' IMPORTS LAUGHS TO CAMARILLO DINNER THEATER : THE FACTS.Byline: Victoria Giraud Special to the Daily News ``Side-splitting'' is the most fitting description for Marquie Dinner Theatre's production of ``The Foreigner,'' an uproarious comedy playing through Aug. 9. Pathetic Charlie (Martin Horsey hors·y also hors·ey adj. hors·i·er, hors·i·est 1. Of, relating to, or resembling horses or a horse. 2. Devoted to horses and horsemanship: the horsy set. 3. ), a British proofreader of science fiction, is distressed. His two-timing wife is supposedly dying, but worse than that, ``Mary finds me boring because I am.'' The affable Froggy Frog´gy a. 1. Abounding in frogs. , his British Army The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with unification of the governments and armed forces of England and Scotland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. buddy attached to the U.S. contingent, decides he has just the remedy for Charlie - a three-day stay in a small-town Georgia fishing lodge. When Charlie protests that he's not up to conversations with strangers, Froggy (David Morris David Morris may refer to:
Betty (appealingly played by Betty Mann), the lodge owner, is delighted to have a foreigner in her midst; she'd never had the chance to travel abroad. An exotic foreigner will take Betty's mind off her worries that a building inspector The following articles relate to the topic of building inspector:
As the supposedly ignorant observer, Charlie finds himself the unwilling witness to the shady dealings aimed at taking over Betty's lodge. Catherine (a winsome win·some adj. Charming, often in a childlike or naive way. [Middle English winsum, from Old English wynsum : from wynn, joy; see wen-1 Amy Rutledge) and her slow-witted but amiable brother, Ellard (an amusing, yet touching performance by John Tomlinson John Tomlinson may refer to:
The Rev. David Marshall Lee (Mark Sawyer) has a hidden agenda. He is planning to marry the innocent Catherine for her money and, in cahoots with Owen, they will turn the lodge into a white supremacist headquarters. Unwittingly Charlie has stepped into the lives of these people, and both he and the others make some profound changes. The process has the audience in stitches. Some of the funniest scenes involved Ellard's attempts to teach Charlie Southern-accented English. In the end, Charlie discovers he is far from boring. His quick thinking turns the tables on the villains, and Charlie saves the day. As he tells the astonished a·ston·ish tr.v. as·ton·ished, as·ton·ish·ing, as·ton·ish·es To fill with sudden wonder or amazement. See Synonyms at surprise. Froggy, who has come to rescue him and the others, at play's end: ``I think I've acquired a personality.'' Kudos to director Gary R. Romm for his terrific direction. WHAT: ``The Foreigner'' by Larry Shue. WHEN: Thursday through Saturday evenings with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. for dinner. Set to run through Aug. 9. WHERE: Marquie Dinner Theatre, 340 Mobile Ave., Camarillo. COST: $30; $28, seniors; $25, students and children. INFORMATION: (805) 484-9909. |
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