Avonlea Village hosts local theatrical hit

By AMY MCGEOGHEGAN

The talents of Kevin Curran and Maragret Smith were a theatrical hit in  a romantic comedy called The Fourposter over the summer.

 Located in the church at Avonlea Village in Cavendish, this play written by Jan de Hartog was delivered with passion and humor by its cast.

Travelling through time, 1890 newly weds, Michael and Agnes struggle with the awkwardness of marriage, taking the crowd through everyday life, completing it with a good dose of hardships. Ending the play in 1925, the crowd was pleased to see the couple still in love, able to stand the test of time.

Ellyn Young found the play to provide an evening of entertainment which left her reflecting on its authentic story line.

“Michael and Agnes deal with life’s challenges as a married couple, as individuals and as parents. Although the era was one that differs from the one I’m living in, the story exposed marriage as it is.”

Debbie Arsenault agrees.

“I loved watching the way the actors moved with antics and expression. It was very entertaining and well done.”

This fictional story is loosely tied to Anne Shirley and Gilbert Blythe’s marriage in the L.M. Montgomery books, mirroring the authors own marriage to Ewan Macdonald in the early 1900s.