Maud of Leaskdale -- Summer Theatre
Submitted by lucy maud montg... on July 13, 2012 - 10:00am
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY’S GRANDDAUGHTER IS MOVED BY PERFORMANCE
JULY 9, 2012 – This summer at the Historic Church in Leaskdale, the Lucy Maud Montgomery Society of Ontario presents Maud of Leaskdale, an authentic, affecting, entertaining look into the life of a titan of Canadian literature.
Kate Macdonald Butler, Montgomery’s granddaughter, admits to shedding a tear as she sat in the church where her grandfather was minister, perched in the very pew her grandmother occupied every Sunday for 15 years. After watching the drama of her grandmother’s life unfold, Kate revealed,
“I was so impressed by Jennifer Carroll’s performance, she really drew me in.”
Leaskdale, Ontario is the small village where Ewan Macdonald brought his bride after they wed in 1911. Montgomery was already the famous author of Anne of Green Gables. The couple resided in Leaskdale for fifteen years during which time Maud, as she liked to be known, published half of her books.
Conceived and directed by Conrad Boyce, Maud of Leaskdale details the author’s years spent in the Ontario countryside, taken directly from her very own journals.