Possible Clues:

• One hoping to catch role in provincial theatre? Quite the reverse
• One seeking ermine perhaps backs theatre role
• One tries to catch Toronto's foremost pop performer
• Theatre role: twisted poacher
• Catcher of animals for their fur
• Theatre role coming up for hunter
• Kit Carson, say, in theatre role upon retirement
• Portion brought back for each voyageur
• Catcher of animals for fur
• Snarer of wildlife returning in salesman role