The troupe is composed of five actors, one professional actor and four local residents who play supporting roles. The professional actor takes the role of The Timeless Man/Woman. The four supporting actors assume different roles throughout the four acts of the play.

The Timeless Man/Woman serves as a narrator, providing introductory monologues to each act. These monologues set the scene and timeframe for the audience and provide key background information to ensure the audience understands the performance that follows. This role can be either male or female -- I use The Timeless Man and he from here on, though the role could equally well be played by a woman.

The Timeless Man is placed at one side of the stage, in a neutral (in terms of time period) setting. He sits at the entrance to a tilt -- a rough shelter -- in a wooded setting. This setting is achieved with a painted backdrop and a few on-stage props -- such as a log or tree stump on which he sits. While speaking his hands are usually busy with some work -- working with a knife or rope or such things.

Focus is given to The Timeless Man at the start of each act by lighting his section of the stage. After he completes a monologue these lights fade and he quietly slips away. Attention is then drawn to the main section of stage where the four actors appear. At the conclusion of each act the main stage lighting fades (or this section of stage is curtained), lights go up on The Timeless Man (who has slipped back into position) and he starts the next monologue which provides a transition and introduction to the next act.

The performance will take place in four acts. Each act is a separate entity, set in a different time period and with new characters. Introductory monologues by The Timeless Man set the coming scene, provide a few background facts and provide a transition from the previous one.

Each introductory monologue is approximately 1-2 minutes in length. The subsequent act is 10-12 minutes, making the entire performance (four acts) approximately 50-60 minutes in length.

The opening act introduces the audience to the first aboriginal people of Labrador, and tells the story of the L'Anse Amour burial mound. The curtain is raised on a a small gathering of Archaic Indians gathered around a campfire, preparing their stone weapons and discussing a strategy for the day's hunt. After a few minutes talk about seals and ice and the day's promising outlook, the hunters rise and move off. Lights dim and the Timeless Man picks up the narrative, telling about bad times with no seals…. Lights come back up on the scene of the L'Anse Amour burial. Hundled around the corpse of a young boy who has died of starvation, the Indians perform a sacred ceremony and send pleas for help to the Spirits in this time of great hardship. Act ends with 'mystical' drama and tragedy.

The second act presents the story of 16th century Basque whaling in the Strait of Belle Isle. The scene open with a group of men atop a hill, gathered around a small fire (the similarity with the preceding aboriginal scene is striking and intentional). The are watching for whales and discussing the previous days' successes. Suddenly, whales are sighted! Animated, the men race away to their whale boats… Lights fade, the backdrop is changed and the scene is now "aboard" a whaleboat. Men pulling hard at oars, the harpooner shooting instructions, then he take aim and with a mighty thrust drives his harpoon home. The scene fades again and the Timeless Man starts a short narrative to complete the story of 16th century Basque whaling. The mood of this act is intended to be action and high adventure.

Act III is the story of the wreck of the HMS Raleigh, a British heavy cruiser that went ashore near Point Amour lighthouse in 1921. The scene opens in the wheelhouse of the Raleigh as she steams into Forteau Bay in dense fog. The officers discuss the weather and their plans to go salmon fishing the next day. Suddenly an iceberg is sighted dead ahead, the wheel is swung hard to starboard.… Then, just as all seems clear, there is a grinding crash and everyone is thrown to the deck as the Raleigh runs onto a reef at Point Amour. Lights fade, and the Timeless Man provides a transitional monologue explaining how the men were got ashore and cared for by the people of local communities. Lights brighten again on an indoor scene, with men bedded down shoulder to shoulder (dummies!) and the Raleigh's Captain Bromley sitting disconsolately with Point Amour lighthouse keeper Jeff Wyatt. Nurse Bailey of the nursing station and Mrs. Davis of L'Anse Amour move around, tending the men. In the general conversation Captain Bromley repeatedly insists he "did everything he could!" In his closing monologue, the Timeless Man discloses the findings of the official enquiry into the wreck of the HMS Raleigh. This act is a story of human drama and human failing.

Scene for Act IV is the traditional kitchen of a Labrador home. Our actors are quietly seated, reading or in conversation. Evidence of the Christmas season is apparent. The domestic scene is interrupted by the appearance of the mummers, a group of Christmas revellers dressed in outlandish costumes. The question is, who are the mummers? (Hold on, all our actors were onstage before the mummers appeared!) The fun and hilarity heightens as our actors try to guess the identity of the mummers, who in turn entertain everyone by their dancing, singing and antics. The mummers turn out to be well-known people from within the region or outside, who, after their identities are exposed, are introduced to the audience. As the popularity of our Heritage Theatre grows, we anticipate that a guest appearance as a mummer will be a much-sought honour!

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An extract from:
Labrador Straits Heritage Theatre
[A proposal for the renovation of the old fog-alarm building at Point Amour Lighthouse, and it's re-use as a regional heritage theatre]
Doug Robbins
March, 2000