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,7: mt I 10 THE IT JOURNAL MAY 9 -15 Young Actress in Network Debut It isn't often a drama student steps into a' major i. role for her first nationwide TV appearance but it happened to Chela Matthison, a flaxen-haired beauty from New Westminster," BC. Theybung who grad-uated from Canada's National Theatre School in Montreal last Summer, has the leading role of Julie 'la Morely, Cal-laghan's More Joy in. Heaven, the six part drama being seen on CB CATV's The Senal each Thursday at 8.30 p.m. until June 4.

tober, looking for acting joos. She had appeared in productions oi '-CttC Montreal auoe--string Theatre, a local show. But, aside troui a walk on 12a. drama, no -oiiiec work turned up on "However, 1 the day fceiore 1 went home to British Coiimi.a for Christmas, I went to the CBC casting director, who sug- gested I read for Melwyn Breen the producer of More Joy ai Heaven. "I had to read Irom an unfinished script, but I got the -part," says Chela.

Chela first "got serious" about acting at age IS. At tlie. University of British Columbia's Summer school theatre she played in works of Lorca and William Inge. One day, when shf was 18, Chela saw a newspaper ad noting that auditions for the new National Theatre School would be held In Vancouver. "I didn't know much about the school at that time," shev says.

"I had 10 days to prepare an audition. ana i was accepted as one ot the 30 students for the very first year the school operated." She was especially impressed during her three years in Mont- by the instruction of Jean Gascon and Guy Beaulne. "The Frenoh bring such a joy to directing, the love of life that -is so often in English-speaking theatre," she says. As a student, she played RmnmMitiimmmMiuimmmHHimniHnnumm i Sir 'JUSTIFIED SINNEKV Gil-Martin (Neil McCallum right) urges Robert (Paul Massie) to murder his first victim, 'in this scene, from The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, be telecast on CBC-TVs Festival series, May 13. Based on a rediscovered novel of the 19th century, the drama is.

the saga of a fanatic and his crimes. The setting is Scotland, in the early century. u- i -f: Mt -k SERIAL lliis is Chela Matthison, who plays Julie in More Joy in Heaven, the Morley Callaghan story beingseen'm six episodes on CBC -TVs The Serial, i Born in Vancouver and raised there and in New Westminster, she is a graduate of the National Theatre SchooL The role of Julie is her first featured part. Laura in The Class Menagerie. as well as works of Brecht.

Gogol and Shakespeare. In Peer Gynt, she was cast as the temptress, Anitra. "I went to a nightclub to watch the "belly dancer, Fawzia, and copied her v. At Stratford, during her Summers with, the NTS, Che a appeared in a student Macbeth, and had a dancing role in last year's Festival production of LEAD Timon of Affcens: Dancing comes naturally to her. although she has not studied the art.

An accomplished swimmer during her s-c I days, she once trained for the Olympic backstroke team. In More Joy in Heaven, Chela is cast as Julie, who is in love th Kip Caley (John-Vernon), a paroled bank robber trying to become an accepSd mem- ber of society. CBC Notes For' Jim Guthro's Horizon -program commemorating the 20th anniversary of George Ronald travelled across" Canada and went to Europe', interviewing D-Day veterans. He will interview Germans who: defended the Canadian sector of Juno Beach. Field Marshall Viscount Montgomery will sum up the Canadian participation.

Both- German and Canadian film is being used. Telecast date' on CBC-TV is May 24, The new Nature of Things series on CBC-TV begins Tuesday, May 5, with a program attempting to show the impact of Albert Einstein on the world of science. For the occasion, producer Jim Murray asked Dr. Jacob one of the most distinguished living to participate with Lister Sinclair in a review1 of the life and work. Dr.

Bron- owskL an authority on art and poetry as well as physics and mathematics, now is on the staff of the Salt Institute for Biological Studies at Xa JoUa, i airriraiB Walter Lippmann The distinguished Prize-winning writer and newspaper columnist Walter Lipp-'r mann, will offer his views on -current world affairs cial hour long program rSun- -dayMaylO at- 3)0- pjnTon tie CBC-TV netwoik. The host and forthe recently filmed in New York, is CBS News' Correspon- lr. C.iA Cx.o- A Mr, Lippmann, 75, has known most of the world's twentieth century leaders. However, he jllcves tliat goodnewspaper-men cannot cronies of great TallprgsjU dents by their first names, icnj they we. pres'-denC he savs "and I would never xh'nk ol calVng them by whei into tlie White House Tyler Moore will nthev I fi Ujt i i I.

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