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Ironically, Anton Chekhov‘s 1904 play character Peter Trofimov comes ominously close to the prediction of the 1917 Russian Revolution. But true to human condition, no one wants to listen until the inevitable occurs. In the Cherry Orchard, Trofimov is the only house membervbo'lpum:fnndeckofcam.fleh obsessed with the e why as the eternal student of life, though no one in Chekhov‘s odd assortment =* personnas takes him seriously. In fact, the characters in Anton Chekhov‘s play, The Cherry Orchard, don‘t really Chronicle Special Coral Andrews Chronicle Special ‘‘We are at least two hundred years behind the times. We haven‘t got anything at all. We have no definite atttitude toward our past. We just philosophise, complain of depression or drink vodka. Isn‘t it abundantly clear that before we start living in the present we must atone for our past, make an end of it, and atone for it we can, only by suffering by extraordinary unceasing labor.". PAGE 14 â€"â€" WATERLOO CHRONMICLE, WEDNESDAY, AKAY 22, 10987 The new route #69 takes you down towards the resort area of Parry Sound and passes the fringe of the Muskoka Lake district until you reach the junction and route #12 that will direct you to Midland and the early French trading post and Jesuit missionary display. If you like, you can then travel home via Toronto or Collingwood. Sudbury has a university campus with a student enrolment of 8,000 (4,000 partâ€"time). It has a new Theatre of the Arts, which compares in size to our Centre in the Square. Furthermore, for the children as well as adults, it has the magnificent Science North centre with all sorts of fascinating displays. The new shopping malls and residenâ€" tial areas are superb, and if the other motels are like the Venture where we stayed, you are in for a treat. From Baymouth, it‘s an enchanting motor trip across Manitoulin Island, where new highways have been conâ€" structed with wide ‘"soft shoulders." Little Current is a filight to see with huge yachts rafted together in the resort rbour. The highway continues to islandâ€"hop across the picturâ€" esque rivers, and cuts through vast rock formations which remind you of the Kenora region. You will finally reach the Trans Canada highway at Espanola (paperâ€"mill town of 6,000 people) where you will head east towards Sudbury. startled to see the transformation. It is a very impressive city now of 95,000 people. The Nickle Mine has been tamed to a great degree and even some of the "slag piles‘" are now covered in grass and look like long golf fairways. The ChiCheemaun 140â€"car ferry leaves during the summer months four times a day from Tobermory (7 a.m., 11:20 a.m., 3:40 p.m., 8 p.m.). The oneâ€"way fare for the automobile is $17 plus $8 per adult or the "family plan" package of $27 for two adults and children. I was amazed the first time I saw this vessel. It reminds me in size of the Empress of Scotland on which I sailed to Britain a few years ago. In some respects, it looks like one of your modern cruise ships which travel through the Caribbean islands. It has all the amenities to make it a pleasant voyage with sun decks, bar lounge and a cafeteria. The trip across takes one hour and 45 minutes to South Baymouth harbour. For those who tend to get "sea sick" in rough weather, Captain Leath Davis indicated that the vessel is equipped with twin "Fin Stabilizers Retractable" to smooth the ride. The word Chiâ€"Cheemaun means "Big Canoe‘" in the Ojibway Indian language, and a Cape Croker Indian proposed the name for the christening in 1974. Sudbury, Ontarie: One of the most interesting "circle tours," which you could even make comfortably on a long weekend this summer, is a trip up the Bruce Peninsula to Tobermory, a ferry boat ride on the Chiâ€"Cheemaun to Manitoulin Island, then a scenic car ride to Sudbury and home via Route #69. We suggest your first stop would be an overnight stay in the lovely fishing village and resort town of Tobermory. When you arrive there, make reservations immediately for a car space at the Chiâ€"Cheemaun terminal office. Phone 1â€"800â€"265â€"3163 for details. I had not been back to Sudbury in 20 years and so I was A stark Chekhov contrast with Ted Rooney 0 W a new m work by Richard Elpp. Intimate Admira productions running until October 31 at Stratford‘s Avon Theatre. Orchard director David Wood has used Englishman Trevor Griffiths‘ simplistic translation. Wood actually discussed his choice, meeting with Griffiths in London, England ane:odpoudn( through 12 different Orchard variations. W agrees with Chekhov. It‘s a comedy. Wood this season is directing Cherry Orchard and also take anything seriously, including themselves. They are shallow aristocrats who don‘t really do anything, except entertain frivolous, intellectual notions while real life marches on. The Cherry Orchard, in Chekhov‘s razorâ€"sharp mind, was originally intended to be a comedy, "full of merry people, who couldn‘t see themselves, didn‘t know themselves. That is comic,‘" he insisted. Some directors didn‘t see it that way, turning Chekhov‘s folly into tragedy. Case in point, Russian director Konstantin Stanislavsky‘s Cherry Orchard at The Moscow Art Theatre 1904, which incensed Chekhov immensely. Stratford‘s version of The Cherry Orchard might fare better than most in its author‘s shrewd eyes. Cherry Kitchener, purchased the lot for his son John E. At the time of the purchase, the lot was covered with virgin forest. After the marriage of John E. and Magâ€" dalena Musselman in 1846, they occupied the land and built the Each lot of land was numbered and numbers were drawn by investors according to the shares subscribed. Lot 25 had originally been drawn by Jacob Hershey, who lived in Pennsylvania. After his death, Hershey‘s heirs asked Benjamin Eby to sell the lot for This was the home of one .of Waterloo‘s earliest settlers, John and Magdalena Brubacher and their 14 children. John E. Bruâ€" bacher, who was born in 1822, was the son of John Brubacher who came to Canada around 1816. John Brubacher Sr.‘s mother was Susannah Erb, a sister of Jacob Erb, John Erb and Abraham Erb (founder of Waterloo). Marg Zavaros Chronicle Special At first glance, the house at the end of a long lane off Columbia Street West could be mistaken for just another example of a 19thâ€"century farmhouse. But on closer inspection, a sign prociaims that this is the John E. Brubacher House, a delightful tourist attraction I recently visitâ€" mbu.:k lv:'s:;.ofm .homo as seen from a long lane off Columbia Stmm John E. Brubacher House a delightful attraction John Brubacher, who lived in The university, with the coâ€" operation of the Mennonite Hisâ€" torical Society of Ontario, reâ€" ceived a grant from the Ontario Heritage Foundation to restore the exterior, and a grant was Slowly the job of reconstrucâ€" tion began with the help of local Mennonite laborers and St. Jacobs carpenter Simeon Martin who had been inside the house and memorized the floor plan. Reconstruction did not include rigid restoration; rather a preâ€" servation plan was initiated. With an eye for future expanâ€" sion, the University of Waterloo purchased the property and deâ€" cided that rather than demolish the farmhouse, it could be preâ€" served as a memorial to the Pennsylvania German Mennonâ€" ite settlers. But in 1968, before they could initiate the preservaâ€" tion program, a fire gutted the interior. Fortunately, the exteriâ€" or stonework and main construcâ€" tion were not destroyed. The house is built of native fieldstone and lumber from the property in the Pennsylvania German style, with a Georgian exterior and a Germanic interiâ€" or. Built into the south side of a small hill, it permits ground level entry to the main floors as well as to the basement. The back faces Columbia Street while the front entrance is at the end of a long lane. current house in 1850. The actual play is hinged on the couple‘s correspondâ€" ence, in a union of admiration and respect, in a rather unconventional relationship. After they are married :(;lm continues her career as leading lady in all of ‘s J:‘l:ys staged at the Moscow Art Theatre, while Chekhov, to his worsening ailment, is forced to stay at his ‘white house‘ in Yalta to convalesce. Stratford artistic director John Neville (who plays Chekhov in Intimate Admiration) decided to match Epp‘s new Canadian work with Chekhov‘s classic. The classic works. The Russian master‘s epilogue does not. Epp‘s idea has potential but no sustenance. There is no real play centre of gravity in Chekhov, merely the unseen presence of the playwright shaping, undercutting and perhaps mourning his present exisâ€" tence. The film Radio Days, like Cherry Orchard, also has no (Continued on page 16) Cherry Orchard is Chekhov and his art. Intimate Admiration is the man himself, based on Chekhov‘s twilight years and his battle with advanced consumption. Admiration centres on his estranged sixâ€"year marriage to favorite leading lady Olga Knipper whom Chekhov meets at rehearsal for his play The Seagull. The main floor is a living museum while the second floor serves as an apartment for the host custodians. The lower baseâ€" ment summer kitchen is a meetâ€" ing room for slide shows and seminars. When Edna answers the door, she‘s wearing a floorâ€"length flowered calico dress similar to the style of the 1850s. As she conducts a group tour she points out the features in the main room/kitchen. The grey painted floor is softened with colorful loomâ€"woven mats. The huge harâ€" vest cherrywood table is indeed large enough to seat all the Brubacher clan. Essential in (Continued on page 23) also received from the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation to rebuild the interior. Conrad Grebel College, a Menâ€" nonite residential college on the university campus, was given a mandate to create a centre of Mennonite historical interest in the Brubacher House. The Menâ€" nonite Historical Society agreed to furnish the house in typical Pennsylvania German Mennonâ€" ite farm style, as found in Waterloo township during the 1850â€"90 period. Currently, Edna and Paul Hunsberger serve as hosts. Edna conducts a guided walkâ€"through for groups or single visitors. Paul gives a talk and tapeâ€"slide show in the summer kitchen.