Festival (Canadian season 2)

Title Writer Original air date
"The Pirates of Penzance"Gilbert and Sullivan2 October 1961 (1961-10-02)
A performance by the Stratford Festival, recorded in Toronto; starring Irene Byatt (Ruth), Andrew Downie (Frederic), Howell Glynne (Sergeant of Police), Eric House (Major General), Harry Mossfield (Pirate King), Marion Studholme (Mabel); directed for television by Norman Campbell[1][2]
"Ondine"Jean Giraudoux9 October 1961 (1961-10-09)
Kathleen Widdoes plays the title role[3]
"The Dream of Peter Mann"Bernard Kops16 October 1961 (1961-10-16)
"Land of the Old Song"Unknown23 October 1961 (1961-10-23)
Ed McCurdy performs Nova Scotian folk songs[5]
"The Blue Hotel"Stephen Crane, adapted by James Agee6 November 1961 (1961-11-06)
Starring Howard Da Silva[6]
"Carmen"Bizet20 November 1961 (1961-11-20)
Featuring the Metropolitan Opera's Belen Amparan[7]
"Sleep of Prisoners"Christopher Fry27 November 1961 (1961-11-27)
Paul Almond produced this drama[8]
"Swan Lake"Tchaikovsky18 December 1961 (1961-12-18)
Performed by the National Ballet Company of Canada[9]
"A Cradle of Willow"Dorothy Wright25 December 1961 (1961-12-25)
Christmas drama starring Eric Christmas, Leo Ciceri, Dino Narizzano, Tony Van Bridge[10]
"Traveller Without Luggage"Jean Anouilh1 January 1962 (1962-01-01)
Starring Geoffrey Alexander James Douglas, Jane Mallet, Norman Renault, Mary Savidge[11]
"The Day of the Dodo"Ron Boorne8 January 1962 (1962-01-08)
Drama concerning aeronautical workers; starring John Drainie, Bruno Gerussi, William Needles, Kate Reid[12]
"The Lady's Not For Burning"Christopher Fry15 January 1962 (1962-01-15)
Starring Zoe Caldwell (Jennet Jourdemayne), Eric Christmas (Mayor Hebble Tyson), Donald Harron (Thomas Mendip), Mary Savidge (Margaret Devize); produced by Paul Almond, costumes by Horst Daniz, sets by Rudi Dorn[13]
"An Evening With Gilbert and Sullivan"Unknown22 January 1962 (1962-01-22)
Portions of Gilbert and Sullivan's works are performed by the Stratford Light Opera: portions of The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance and The Yeoman of the Guard, plus the full version of Trial By Jury; produced by Norman Campbell[14]
"The Queen and the Rebels"Ugo Betts5 February 1962 (1962-02-05)
Starring Barbara Chilcott, Donald Harron, Charmion King, Mavor Moore[15]
"Elizabeth the Queen"Maxwell Anderson12 February 1962 (1962-02-12)
Historical drama starring Eric Christmas, Leo Ciceri, Donald Davis, Peter Donat, Judith Evelyn, Douglas Rains[16]
"Bousille and the Just"Gratien Gelinas26 February 1962 (1962-02-26)
Starring James Doohan, Gratien Gelinas, Charmion King, Larry Mann[17]
"The Apple Cart"George Bernard Shaw5 March 1962 (1962-03-05)
Starring Zoe Caldwell (Orinthia), Murray Matheson (King Magnus), Mary Savidge, Tony Van Bridge, Norman Welsh[18]
"The Offshore Island"Marghanita Laski, adapted by Hugh Webster12 March 1962 (1962-03-12)
Drama set following a nuclear war[19]
"The Duchess of Malfi"John Webster19 March 1962 (1962-03-19)
Starring Lloyd Bochner, Frances Hyland (Duchess of Malfi), Douglas Rain (Bosola), Powys Thomas, John Vernon; directed by Mario Prizek[20]
"The Luck of Ginger Coffey"Brian Moore2 April 1962 (1962-04-02)
repeat of 19 June 1961 broadcast[21]
"Grand Exits"Jacques Languirand16 April 1962 (1962-04-16)
Starring John Drainie, Frances Hyland, Norma Renault[22]
"Macbeth"William Shakespeare23 April 1962 (1962-04-23)
Starring Zoe Caldwell, Sean Connery, William Needles Powys Thomas[23]
"The Brass Pounder from Illinois"Tommy Tweed7 May 1962 (1962-05-07)
Concerns the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway under William Van Horne[24]
"The Offshore Island"Marghanita Laski, adapted by Hugh Webster14 May 1962 (1962-05-14)
repeat of the 12 March 1962 broadcast[25]
"Eugene Ormandy Conducts"Unknown21 May 1962 (1962-05-21)
The Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra performs works by American songwriters under the direction of Ormandy[26]
"The Collection / A Slight Ache"Harold Pinter4 June 1962 (1962-06-04)
"Stravinsky at 80"Unknown11 June 1962 (1962-06-11)
Igor Stravinsky's birthday is celebrated as he conducts the CBC Symphony Orchestra, including a performance of his "Symphony of Psalms"; Robert Craft narrates and conducts the orchestra for certain selections; the program includes appearances by four members of the New York City Ballet, the Festival Singers of Toronto, Nadia Boulanger and George Balanchine; Franz Kraemer produced and directed this broadcast which was recorded in Toronto[28]


References

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  13. ^ "Lady's Not For Burning On Tonight". The Gazette. Montreal. 15 January 1962. p. 10. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
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