[Montreal Gazette, December 15, 1978—“Tuned In” by Thomas Schnurmacher] “They should
have called the seriesThe Tom Rack Good-time Hour. Rack is a brilliant actor who deserves the
recognition. I remember him in Shakespeare class during my salad days at McGill University.”
December 18, 1978“Trilby”
[
“…CBC radio is re-discovering George du
Maurier’s famous storyTrilby, the tragic tale of a young artist’s model
who becomes a famous singer under the influence of the sinister
mesmerist Svengali… When Trilby was first published in the 1870s, many
readers felt the hypnotic evil genius Svengali was based on a true
character. Even today, Montreal writer Arthur Samuels, who has
dramatized the story for CBC radio, confesses he thought Svengali was a
real person. Samuels says he has taken a few liberties with the story,
eliminating several characters to create a ‘sharper intimacy’ with the
three main characters—Svengali, played by Tom Rack, Trilby by Kathleen
Flaherty, and Gecko by Griffith Brewer, a Centaur perennial…”]
December 19, 1978“Trilby”
December 20, 1978“Trilby”
December 21, 1978“The Black Cat”
[
“…one ofEdgar Allan Poe’s well-known horror
stories… Dramatized by Ernesto Cuevas, the story is set in the here and
now—contemporary Montreal. Major parts are played by Joan Heney
and Terrence Labrosse. Other parts are by Victor Desy—except for the
Cat, played by Tom Rack…”]
December 26, 1978“Frankenstein”
[
“…MaryShelley’sclassichorrorstory…
Dramatized by Bob Duncan, it stars Robin Gammell as Victor
Frankenstein and Tom Rack as the Monster…”]
December 27, 1978“Frankenstein”
December 28, 1978“The Cask of Amontillado”
[
“…Poe’s medieval horror tale…starring Ian Devoy
as Fortunato and guess who as Montresor? Tom Rack…”]