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THEATRE _ | t O.t irp>~~â€" M Life story of Salford‘s mostâ€"fa ‘farm girl s raike . A | » â€"I@amous ftarm girl on stage > s She authored books, religious fortune. ‘ says the 40-. earâ€"old Butt who 53 lfi!"’*”"/;&* famT o e s 'I»:l}e life of evangehSt plays, more than 200 hymns, hunâ€" "It seems clear from her life that tegches Englig’h part time at the %Téfié‘%é% : Aimee Semple [ dreds of sermons and started a she was dedicated to it as a reliâ€" University of Western Ontario. He m”’;’*‘ n i nf ol ik § magazine. . gious cause," says Butt. ‘"Her lifeâ€" travelled to Los Angeles to reâ€" | . )a%k c oC 00â€" Te McPherson is the. She also drew the ire and perâ€" . style was just one more instrument â€" search the play last December and s )}:\ Iflég“'f A‘/" ] SUbjeCt Of a new play hgaps jealousy of established reliâ€". she used to advance her church." . wrote it during the winter months. o o e i #/x,nfw/n « $ & o.3 : gions who watched as McPherâ€" _ She died with only $10,000 in â€" Though biographers have tend. | _ _ _ _ _ _ g,y(’fi?*g [ ol $ that premieres in son‘s showâ€"business approach to her estate â€" the millions she had ed to focus on the scandal and > 3. f *“{'?g,“’?"‘ Woodstock preaching â€" which consisted of raised while spreading the word glamor surrounding McPherson, | . y y / ;t‘%(%% stt 34 o C acting out sermons on stage with were funnelled back into her Butt says he wanted to put the | _ . . /s 5 u: f,;;f%/“?,%’% ‘ *, wA Wednesday.' sound and lighting effects, dry ice, ‘church. | / evangelist‘s life in a broader perâ€" y y s e Hx»jt;“ “i im :27 | even animals if they were called_. Hersermons were homey, often spective. "We were interested in | ____ _ _ _ _ W _ %3%‘ ’} for â€" drew thousands of people to dwelling on her experiences growâ€" her whole life, her ministry, her | t g. )&” i 14 ) w m "~Â¥U io9 By Stephen Northfield her mission and made her known_â€" ing up in Oxford County. Through . music, her Oxford roots â€" these. en gi* k _ l . _ Woodstock Bureau throughout the world. + all the fame and glory "she reâ€" were the sides of her that weren‘t | â€" _ _ _ _ _ > *"g%f’;;#f:’ifif ) ; 2e câ€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" 0 Add in a bit of scandal â€"rumors mained a farm girl from Salford," interesting to other writers." c us uo /‘v * _ L‘ _ . t f WOODSTOCK â€".On Wednesâ€". of an affair and a 32â€"day disapâ€" : __â€" c ce ty . w k 9e‘ ay, evangelist Aimee Semple pearance after being kidnapped â€" au, n i aAiroarare c acgrarat cysyscy, Wt J / O eane" McPherson will be back in the. and you‘ve got the stuff that headâ€" Pirrois .A|MEE"‘SEMPLE MHERSON,, <lg se uit‘ ) . fi Spotllght here where she belon gS. lines are made Of .l & ‘ “'»"':'4&4;.3; ,,,’fi,:’,*v,f;f:«' l ‘,H‘" »’/» P S o %‘ The life of Oxford County‘s most But don‘t lump the sister in with 1890: Aimee Keqnedy born on a dairy farm near Salford. *% {(, * on . . o) en famous citizen is the subject of Sisâ€" those who have followed in her 1907:; Met travelling evangelist Robert Semple. They married and 33 â€" ”m“fi' s TY‘ 1 e ter Aimee, a play written by Woodâ€" â€" footsteps and fallen from grace â€" â€"| Went to do mission work in China where Robert died of malaria in k 3 ’ 2 2e stock playwright Bill Butt that will Aimee wasn‘t in it for fame and | 1909. Soon after returning to Canada she married Harold McPherâ€".| | ______ / uen . 1. dun o b rf d fo i : : g § U 8 i +Pen A.,f-: s ns 2 i neel 'weegli (;rg;e Wor g’e first time this â€" son. They divorced and :McPherson set out as a travelling evanâ€" ies e \._..â€" _ â€" o m a § e in ; ; f 4 _ e 1 o0 1 MCPhers?)n’SO(l)i fztogg Z:]ufh’mg ong IF YOU Cl § | | gelist, honing her craft across Ontario before packing up hertwo | | _ _ Y E%gygg |â€" Bo , dairy farm near Salforg a small â€" i Audul children and heading for California. She struck gold in Los Angeâ€" im â€" %mwv * [ village south of Ingersoll and endâ€" _| WHAT: Sistér Aimee, presentâ€" les where thousands began flocking to hear her preach. is ui e _ zl %%‘"2‘3 | ed 54 years later in a hotel room in | ed by Woodstock Little Theâ€" 1923: The 5,000â€"seat Angelus Temple of the Foursquare Gospel ‘”/y\;z%*; 2 â€" . xX | Oakland, Calif., from an accidental .. | atre and the Oxford Historical | | WaS built in Hollywood, financed from money raised by @:fi W’/fi( c . $ overdose of sleeping pills. Society 4 McPherson. is . w2 «m . . d cthr; Cge;";‘?fhn,t S(ile founded a | WHERE: Woodstock Museâ€" 1926: McPherson disappears for 32 days from a beach in Califorâ€" es ‘Z;,«**/ y f ith to 4 f i in Ari i / mssy o l yap. 7: | congregations in C?a%alc)lgaztnsd Zfiz um, Woodstock City Square. Mss to lR uhp in Arizona and she says was kidnapped. Ruâ€" _ sls . e _ miik Ihkreaine d ind | U.S , more than 2,000 foreign misâ€" WHEN: 8 p.m., Oct. 18, 19, ;ng%f isr_yggedstd t edkvldnappmg was staged to cover up for an affair. f : Stephen Northfield/The London Free Press Stonds, 30 schools, 32 bible colleges | 20. 21 and Oct. 25, 26, 27, 28. | . | 20 201 OuNUCad (n P hfoge' shpl Oakland, Calif., the night Woodstock playwright Bill Butt says his play, Sister Aimee, isn‘t i‘;gagcgsglol r}letvgorlg which still | COST: $8.50 per person. s eepngtne . use of death was an accidental overdose of just about controversies surrounding the famed evangelist, but ts daily in 27 countries. 3 p about her life‘s work. f F