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You'll Miss Lots of Fun When You're Married (1890) Words by Edward M You'll Miss Lots of Fun When You're Married (1890) Words by Edward M. Taber Music by John Philip Sousa, 1854-1932 1. Matrimonial life is productive of bliss, As any sane man will admit. And he who don't seek it is surely remiss, And has neither wisdom nor wit. For when a man's single, he'll find life is bleak. A desert that's barren and arid, And I would advise him a partner to seek [Spoken: Still] You'll miss lots of fun when you're married. 2. Now what could be sweeter and better in life Than avoiding its weary turmoil, And be welcomed at home by your own little wife, When you've finished your diurnal toil. Of course you must give up you bachelor ways. And the style that you always have carried, And think with remorse on your old reckless ways. [Spoken: Nevertheless] You'll miss lots of fun when you're married. 3. O why should a man seek to fresco the town, Or stay out all night and play draw, When he at his home might sit peacefully down, And converse with his mother-in-law. For love and contentment are better by far Than a conscience by wickedness harried, And unhappy, therefore, all bachelors are, [Spoken: Notwithstanding which, however,] You'll miss lots of fun when you're married. 4. Now please do not think for a moment, my friends, This is a satirical song, Of that in its sentiments anything tends To views that are worldly or wrong. For when you are wed you so happy will be You will wish you had not so long tarried, And then, I suppose you will villify me, [Spoken: But, all the same,] You'll miss lots of fun when you're married. This program is available in larger print. Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen / Christina Calvit Patrick Young From the Dean and Vice Principal Academic, Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë / Johanson Ralph Small University of Toronto Mississauga … 2004/2005 The Play’s the Thing Skinner, Durang, Frayn Paul Brown Alarum Within: theatre poems Kimmy Beach / Company Ralph Small I am delighted to welcome you to the 22nd season of Theatre Erindale, with a Unity (1918) Kevin Kerr Patrick Young focus on the theme of "Uppity Women!" My congratulations to the students, Women Beware Women Thomas Middleton Sue Miner Love’s Labour’s Lost William Shakespeare Heinar Piller staff and faculty of the UTM-Sheridan Theatre and Drama Studies Program for providing superlative theatrical productions in an intimate setting that lets us 2005/2006 Picnic at Hanging Rock Lady Lindsay / Shamas Laurence Follows observe the finest nuances of the dramatic art of our performers. Our program The Immigrant Years Barry Broadfoot / Company Alex Fallis Thirteen Hands Carol Shields / Chris Dawes Ron Cameron-Lewis combines professional dramatic training with a broad academic perspective, Constant Players & The Dispute Marivaux / Watson & Lester Mimi Mekler and attracts extremely talented students across Canada and internationally. The Country Wife William Wycherley Patrick Young 2006/2007 Radium Girls D. W. Gregory Ralph Small As a member of the audience tonight, whether you are a Theatre Erindale Canadian Kings of Repertoire Michael V.Taylor / Company Ron Cameron-Lewis Patron or a single ticket purchaser, you are in for a real treat. I know that you’ll Waiting for the Parade John Murrell Lezlie Wade find this evening at the theatre a testament to the power of plays to stimulate us The Maid’s Tragedy Beaumont & Fletcher Patrick Young A Chaste Maid in Cheapside Thomas Middleton Rod Ceballos intellectually and move us emotionally, often generating new insights into life's possibilities. Whether the play you are attending is a reminder of grim events in 2007/2008 David Copperfield Dickens / Thomas Hischak Mimi Mekler history, or focuses on the more ridiculous of our interactions with one another, Women of the Klondike Frances Backhouse / Company Marc Richard you will be exposed to the power that strong women have to question, That Summer David French Patrick Young Pillars of Society Henrik Ibsen Heinar Piller challenge and shape the world around them. The Trojan Women & Lysistrata Ellen McLaughlin versions Catherine McNally – Amy Mullin 2008/2009 A New Life Elmer Rice Scot Denton Murderous Women Frank Jones / Company Marc Richard From the Artistic Director … Bonjour, Là, Bonjour Michel Tremblay Terry Tweed The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare Mimi Mekler The Taming of the Tamer John Fletcher Patrick Young “Uppity Women?” Yikes! Why title a season with a laughable expression for those of the female persuasion who speak out, who break the rules, who refuse 2009/2010 Widows Ariel Dorfman Bill Lane Don’t Drink the Water Brenda Lee Burke / Company Marc Richard & to spend their lives saying ‘yes sir’ and ‘no sir’? Well, because this season is Suzanne Bennett especially about them, and even by them. Andromache Jean Racine / Richard Wilbur Patrick Young String of Pearls & The Spot Michele Lowe / Steven Dietz Ralph Small And they’re not all saints: among those ‘uppity women’ are both heroes and The Clandestine Marriage Garrick & Colman Peter Van Wart villains. From the girls whose hysteria turns Salem upside down, to a feminist 2010/2011 Jane Eyre Brontë/Robert Johanson Scot Denton crusader and icon; from the Canadian adaptor of a French farce, to a comic Child of Survivors Bernice Eisenstein/Company Ralph Small novelist whose plays were concealed for 200 years, to the first woman ever to Witches & Bitches Shakespeare & Friends Kelly Straughan earn her living with her pen – we have them all on board this season, and we The Women Clare Boothe Luce Terry Tweed The Winter’s Tale William Shakespeare Mimi Mekler know you’re going to find them thought-provoking, moving, inspiring and hilarious! 2011/2012 Nicholas Nickleby Part 1 Dickens/David Edgar Peter Van Wart & Kevin Bowers Today we bring you our very first venture into French farce, with a play 1917: The Halifax Explosion Nimbus Pub./Company Meredith Scott Goodnight Desdemona Anne-Marie MacDonald Daniel Levinson originated by the great master farceur Georges Feydeau, then translated and (Good Morning Juliet) adapted to Montreal first by Brian Blakey and then by Dorothy Lees-Blakey. Our Country’s Good Timberlake Wertenbaker Patrick Young To keep this hysterical bit of naughtiness on the rails, it’s a particular pleasure Stage Door Ferber & Kaufman Heinar Piller to welcome back Sheridan’s David Matheson in his second venture for Theatre 2012/2013 Semi-Monde Noël Coward Brian McKay Erindale following last year’s sellout production of Macbeth, and stage In the Midst of Alarms Dianne Graves / Company Ralph Small manager Barbara McLean Wright after last year’s magical Midsummer Night’s The Farndale Avenue… David McGillivray & Patrick Young Dream. Production of Macbeth Walter Zerlin Jr. A Midsummer Night’s Dream William Shakespeare Sue Miner Macbeth William Shakespeare David Matheson Theatre Erindale Production History Thanks to you, our 2012-13 season again set new records both for attendance and for acclaim, with more sold out performances than ever before. Thanks to Year Title Author Director _________ you, our grads are starring on CBC and at Second City and Soulpepper, running 1993/1994 The Farm Show Theatre Passe Muraille Patrick Young theatre companies across the country, writing award-winning plays, and Pericles, Prince of Tyre William Shakespeare Mimi Mekler mentoring the next generation of young performers. This season is going to be 1994/1995 1837: The Farmers' Revolt Theatre Passe Muraille Terry Tweed another wild ride and once again you are wanted on the voyage! We can’t wait Lion in the Streets Judith Thompson Katherine Kaszas to see you back at the theatre! The Scams of Scapin Molière Mimi Mekler The Relapse John Vanbrugh Patrick Young Sincerely, 1995/1996 Six War Years Barry Broadfoot / Company Cameron & Frid The Rimers of Eldritch Lanford Wilson Jim Millan Les Belles-Soeurs Michel Trem Mimi Mekler The Revenger's Tragedy Cyril Tourneur Patrick Young 1996/1997 Story Theatre Paul Sills / Grimm Brothers Mimi Mekler The Gut Girls Sarah Daniels Katherine Kaszas From the Director … 7 Stories Morris Panych Patrick Young Mycenae (from The Greeks) John Barton, et al Simon Johnston In the final year of my undergraduate studies (twenty years ago!), I was 1997/1998 A Harvest Yet to Reap Savage&Wheeler / Company Mimi Mekler fortunate to be able to work on George Feydeau’s classic farce A Flea in Her The Hot L Baltimore Lanford Wilson David Ferry Ear. It was everything that we students needed at the time. Vital Signs Jane Martin Patrick Young Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare Greg Peterson Feydeau’s meticulously crafted farces allow theatre students to train with 1998/1999 Lovers in Dangerous Times Shakespeare & Friends Ron Cameron opposite-seeming but essentially harmonious facets of an actor’s make up. In Fen Caryl Churchill Brian Richmond order for the pace and language to work, they require vocal and physical The Women Clare Boothe Luce Patricia Hamilton precision in managing the quick shifts of tempo and the accuracy of the asides, The Hypochondriac Molière / Alan Drury Patrick Young yet they also require passion for the stakes to be sky high. They ask for cool 1999/2000 The Millennium Project Dennis Hayes & Company Dennis Hayes discipline to resist the temptation of being led by the audience instead of Pride’s Crossing Tina Howe Brian Richmond leading them through the humour, yet they also require the actors to cling Lysistrata Aristophanes / Rudall Vinetta Strombergs desperately to their humanity in the midst of insane situations. Hard Times Charles Dickens / Jeffreys Christina James 2000/2001 Love’s Fire Bogosian, Finn, Guare, Ralph Small This adaptation by the Blakeys is adept at preserving the madness of Feydeau’s Kushner, Norman, Shange, Wasserstein world while at the same time softening the harsher parts.
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