PLAY REVIEW: Although romanticized, Blyth Festival’s ‘Cottagers and Indians’ is more poignant than the true story

July 27, 2022 @ 1:12 pmArts & Entertainment, Columns, Wingham Advance Times

Pictured are Blyth Festival Theatre’s Cottagers and Indians leading characters Arthur Copper, played by James Dallas Smith, with Maureen Pool, played by Kelly McIntosh, in the background at the Harvest Stage. (Terry Manzo photo)
The easiest way to explain what the Blyth Festival Theatre’s rendition of Cottagers and Indians is about is that it is about wild rice, or manoomin, which translates to “the good seed” from the Ojibway language. As I said, that is the easiest way, but not necessarily the most accurate, and it certainly doesn’t reflect the surprising…
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Kelsey Bent is a Local Journalism Initiative Reporter with Midwestern Newspapers.