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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, November 20, 2014 | 48 Artscene Mississauga's Theatre Erindale, an affiliate with Oakville's Theatre Sheridan, has brought to life Charlotte Gray's best-selling book The Massey Murder. The adaptation, subtitled A Maid, Her Master, and the Trial that Shocked a Country, is currently running at the Erindale Studio Theatre at the University of Toronto Mississauga campus. It officially opened last Thursday and performances run through to Sunday (Nov. 23). `All hell about to break loose' "Feb. 8, 1915: a Studebaker salesman returns home from work and is shot dead on his doorstep by his 18-year-old maid. But he is a Massey and she is a `nobody', so all hell is about to break loose in Toronto society," stated a news release. "The latest bestseller from `Canada's doyenne of popular history' is gripping and insightful... a vivid picture of life during war time, of the Canadian justice system, and of the era's sexual mores, class divisions, and newspaper wars," according to the Quill & Quire, which describes the novel by Charlotte Gray. A member of the Order of Canada, fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and recipient of five honourary doctorates, Gray gave Theatre Erindale permission to adapt her latest novel hit. Gray's books no stranger to the screen The author's books are usually turned into movies and mini-series, stated the release. "Gold Diggers became the series Klondike on the US Discovery Channel, and Reluctant Genius has been optioned by the makers of The Border." Out of the many topics The Massey Murder addresses, show director Meredith Scott explains several claimed the focus of attention in addition to the central murder and "Connected to your Community" The Massey Murder moves from page to stage Mississauga's Theatre Erindale, an affiliate with Oakville's Theatre Sheridan, is putting on its adaptation of Charlotte Gray's best-selling book The Massey Murder. The production depicts life during wartime. Pictured above, during a rehearsal, the company becomes a newspaper printing press in full swing. | photo courtesy of Theatre Erindale the ensuing trial. "The push and pull between old and new Toronto, the treatment of women prisoners in the Don Jail, the perception of female criminals, and the warring between Toron- to's rival newspapers have all functioned as themes in our explorations," Scott said. Single tickets cost $12 for Saturday and Sunday matinees, and $18 for evening performances. Parking costs $6 at the 3359 Mississauga Rd. N. university campus. For more information, contact the box office at 905-569-4369 or visit www.theatreerindale.com. BIG MOVIES small prices, great experience Oakville's Independent Community Cinema 171 Speers Road (at Kerr) Oakville · New blockbusters and festival movies · Digital cinema & Dolby digital sound · New seating with the most leg room in Canada · Upgraded decor throughout · New heating and cooling system DIAM OND Voted Oakville's Best Movie Theatre since 2008 905-338-Mews (6397) www.film.ca $8.50 General $6.50 child/senior $5 Tuesdays facebook.com/filmca @FilmCaCinemas