Park'' in Canada last month.

Mrs. Diana Bissett was born in Bermuda 45 years ago and, at the age of two, developed a sickness that left her vision impaired.

However, in the last five to six years her sight has deteriorated so much that she is now completely blind.

Her parents Mrs. Marion Edmead and the late Mr. Wilbur Edmead sent her to a school for the blind in Toronto, Canada, where she excelled in everything, especially acting. She later chose to make her home there.

The play, which was put on by the Glenvale Players, a Canadian theatre group that has both blind and sighted actors, was held at the Canadian National Institute for the Blind.

Mrs. Bissett, who is the mother of three, rehearsed three times a week for the Neil Simon comedy, which deals with the ups and downs of newlywed life.

Three of the six characters in the play were portrayed by blind actors.

In an interview with a Toronto newspaper Mrs. Bissett said: "One of the differences about being a blind actor is having to learn all the lines before rehearsals because the braille script is too large to carry around stage.'' She also said that the audience often could not figure out which of the cast members were blind.

Mrs. Edmead told The Royal Gazette yesterday that her daughter also took part in skits at the Branford Ontario School for the Blind.

"She is a very talented individual,'' she added.

STARRING ROLE -- Mrs. Diana Bissett.