Festival (Canadian season 1)

Title Writer Original air date
"H.M.S. Pinafore"Gilbert and Sullivan10 October 1960 (1960-10-10)
Features the Stratford Festival cast, produced by Norman Campbell[1]
"Colombe"Jean Anouilh (play), Ivor Barry (adaptation)17 October 1960 (1960-10-17)
Starring Kathleen Widdoes, Jeremy Wilkin, Mary Savidge, Timothy Findley[2]
"The Old Ladies"Hugh Walpole31 October 1960 (1960-10-31)
Drama starring Martita Hunt (Agatha), Frances Hyland (Miss Berringer), Betty Leighton (Lucy Amorest)[3][4]
"Peking Opera"Unknown21 November 1960 (1960-11-21)
Recorded in Montreal, the Chinese troupe performs acrobatics, dance, mime, music and weapon-play.[5]
"Julius Caesar"William Shakespeare, adapted by Paul Almond19 December 1960 (1960-12-19)
Starring Gillie Fenwick, Bruno Gerussi, Frances Hyland, Douglas Rain, Kate Reid, William Shatner, Fritz Weaver; produced by Paul Almond[6]
"Ring Round the Moon"Jean Anouilh2 January 1961 (1961-01-02)
Starring Toby Robins, Sharon Acker, Leo Ciceri[7]
"Home of the Brave"Arthur Laurents9 January 1961 (1961-01-09)
Starring James Doohan, Ted Follows, Mavor Moore, Dino Narizzano, George Sperdakos[8]
"Lord Arthur Savile's Crime"Oscar Wilde16 January 1961 (1961-01-16)
Starring Margaret Braidwood, Martha Buhs, John Colicos, Joseph Shaw[9]
"Elektra"Richard Strauss, Franz Kraemer translation23 January 1961 (1961-01-23)
Starring Richard Cassily, Victor Godfrey, Virginia Gordoni, Ilona Kombrink, Elena Nikolaidi;[10] Music was performed by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Walter Susskind. The production was recorded early January 1961 in Toronto and cost $60,000.[11]
"The Subject is Beethoven"Unknown6 February 1961 (1961-02-06)
Glenn Gould performs the music of Beethoven, accompanied by cellist Leonard Rose[12]
"Three Sisters"Anton Chekhov13 February 1961 (1961-02-13)
Starring Frances Hyland, Michael Learned, Kate Reid[13]
"Night Must Fall"Emlyn Williams20 February 1961 (1961-02-20)
Drama starring Madeleine Christie, Neil McCallum, Jill Showell[14]
"The Dumb Waiter / The Zoo Story"Unknown6 March 1961 (1961-03-06)
Two plays by Harold Pinter and Edward Albee respectively[15]
"Orphee"Christoph Willibald Gluck13 March 1961 (1961-03-13)
Opera[16]
"An Omnibus of American Songs"Unknown20 March 1961 (1961-03-20)
"Great Expectations"Charles Dickens27 March 1961 (1961-03-27)
Starring Rex Hagon, Michael Learned, Cathleen Nesbitt, Douglas Rain[18]
"Royal Gambit"Unknown3 April 1961 (1961-04-03)
Starring Katherine Blake, Albert Dekker, Louise Nicol, Kate Reid, Tani Seitz[19]
"The Subject is Beethoven (repeat)"Unknown17 April 1961 (1961-04-17)
Rebroadcast from 6 February 1961, featuring Glenn Gould[20]
"Pictures in the Hallway"Seán O'Casey24 April 1961 (1961-04-24)
Starring Douglas Rain (narrator), Frances Hyland, Diana Maddox, Liam Redmond[21]
"The Dybbuk"S. Ansky1 May 1961 (1961-05-01)
Starring Luther Adler (Rabbi), Dino Narizzano (Channon), Avra Petrides (Leah), Joseph Wiseman (Messenger); produced by Harvey Hart, adapted by Mac Shoub[22]
"The Police"Sławomir Mrożek8 May 1961 (1961-05-08)
"Falstaff"Verdi15 May 1961 (1961-05-15)
"The Pupil"Henry James22 May 1961 (1961-05-22)
Starring Albert Dekker, William Job[25]
"The Quare Fellow"Brendan Behan29 May 1961 (1961-05-29)
"The Offbeats"Jacques Languirand (English adaptation of his play Les Insolites)5 June 1961 (1961-06-05)
Starring Peter Brockington, James Doohan (Jules), James Edmond, Gillie Fenwick, Jill Foster, Eric House (Barman), Charles Palmer (Ernest), Catherine Proctor, Drew Thompson (Pitt); produced by Mario Prizek[27]
"The Killdeer"Unknown12 June 1961 (1961-06-12)
Starring Don Bryn, Kate Reid[28]
"The Luck of Ginger Coffey"Brian Moore (novel), M. Charles Cohen (adaptation)19 June 1961 (1961-06-19)
Starring Douglas Rain, Diana Maddox;[29] season finale produced by Harvey Hart.[30]


References

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  2. ^ "Today's TV Previews". The Gazette. Montreal. 17 October 1960. p. 14. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Today's TV Previews". The Gazette. Montreal. 31 October 1960. p. 14. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
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  6. ^ "Today's TV Previews". The Gazette. Montreal. 19 December 1960. p. 14. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Today's TV Previews". The Gazette. Montreal. 31 December 1960. p. 23. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Today's TV Previews". The Gazette. Montreal. 9 January 1961. p. 12. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Today's TV Previews". The Gazette. Montreal. 16 January 1961. p. 11. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  10. ^ "Today's TV Previews". The Gazette. Montreal. 23 January 1961. p. 11. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
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  12. ^ "Today's TV Previews". The Gazette. Montreal. 6 February 1961. p. 11. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  13. ^ "Today's TV Previews". The Gazette. Montreal. 13 February 1961. p. 10. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  14. ^ "Today's TV Previews". The Gazette. Montreal. 20 February 1961. p. 16. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  15. ^ "Today's TV Previews". The Gazette. Montreal. 6 March 1961. p. 13. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  16. ^ Webster, Andrew (13 March 1961). "Televiews". Ottawa Citizen. p. 31. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  17. ^ "Today's TV Previews". The Gazette. Montreal. 20 March 1961. p. 13. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  18. ^ "Today's TV Previews". The Gazette. Montreal. 27 March 1961. p. 14. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  19. ^ "Today's TV Previews". The Gazette. Montreal. 3 April 1961. p. 12. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  20. ^ Webster, Andrew (17 April 1961). "Televiews". Ottawa Citizen. p. 21. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  21. ^ "Today's TV Previews". The Gazette. Montreal. 24 April 1961. p. 19. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  22. ^ Dube, Bernard (2 May 1961). "Dial Turns - Adler, Narizzano Star In Impressive 'Dybbuk'". The Gazette. Montreal. p. 9. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  23. ^ "Today's TV Previews". The Gazette. Montreal. 9 May 1961. p. 12. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  24. ^ "Today's TV Previews". The Gazette. Montreal. 15 May 1961. p. 12. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
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  26. ^ "Today's TV Previews". The Gazette. Montreal. 29 May 1961. p. 12. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  27. ^ "Festival '61 presents comedy drama". Ottawa Citizen. 3 June 1961. p. TV3. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  28. ^ "Today's TV Previews". The Gazette. Montreal. 12 June 1961. p. 12. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  29. ^ "Today's TV Previews". The Gazette. Montreal. 19 June 1961. p. 9. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  30. ^ Dube, Bernard (20 June 1961). "Dial Turns". The Gazette. Montreal. p. 17. Retrieved 9 July 2018.