GEORGETOWN- As at last night and continuing for the next eight weeks, Guyanese theatre has moved from stage to television in the form of the hit stage production of ‘For better… for worse’.
Carib Feedback Stage & TV Company on Monday night, at 9.35 p.m. launched on NCN Channel 11 the pioneering, historic and highly entertaining stage-to-TV drama series “For Better…For Worse”, written and directed by Ras Leon Saul. The half-hour TV episodes, edited by Rudy Saul of Spotlight Productions, will be rebroadcast on Thursdays starting May 13, 2004 at 1 p.m. on NCN Channel 11 and will also run one episode per week for 8 weeks on HBTV Ch. 9 – Fridays at 10.30 p.m.; CNS Ch. 6 on Saturdays at 2.30 p.m. and GWTV Ch. 2 – Sundays at 9 p.m.
“For Better…For Worse” was successfully staged at the National Cultural Centre on February 13 and 14, 2004 with the first ‘held-over’ on February 15. “For Better…For Worse”, due to public demand, was held on February 28 and 29, 2004. It is absorbing action drama that tells the story of the Fennimore family, who is caught up in drug smuggling, spirit possession and political intrigue. This is after their son – Liverpool, who is a CANU drug undercover cop, tries to bust his brother-in-law to be – Conrad “Sugar Baby” Constantino, the head of a local drug cartel called DOPA! Conrad has also compromised Liverpool’s Guyanese-Canadian fiancée, Violet Farrow by forcing her to become a “drug mule”. The story is a conflict between duty and love, persistence over adversity and good conquering evil! It features the cream of the crop of local dramatic talents, including Henry Rodney, Sonia Yarde, Mignon Lowe, Andre Wiltshire, George Braithwaite and Ras Leon, with an original soundtrack by Ras Camo Williams, featuring Ras Iauwata.
“For Better…For Worse” has a successful track record starting 24 years ago as a 125-episode hit radio serial that was broadcast on GBC Channels 1 and 2. Then, it was adapted and staged at the National Cultural Centre in May, 1981 with the first five shows of its eight-night run being sold out! It was also staged and broadcast in Toronto. Leon Saul – Producer/writer/director among his many thanks expressed gratitude to this newspaper.
“Kaieteur News was the first sponsor for the February stage production.”