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Festival

1 season·20 episodes·90 min avg.

Festival is a Canadian entertainment anthology television series which aired on CBC Television.

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H.M.S. Pinafore
H.M.S. PinaforeUp next
Oct 10, 1960

A sailor falls for the daughter of his captain, while being unaware of the love a young country girl holds for him.

02
Colombe
Colombe
Oct 17, 1960
03
The Old Ladies
The Old Ladies
Oct 31, 1960
04
Peking Opera
Peking Opera
Nov 21, 1960
05
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
Dec 19, 1960

The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.

06
Ring Around the Moon
Ring Around the Moon
Jan 2, 1961

Twin brothers with very different personalities are in conflict over the love of a less than worthy woman. One brother comes up with an ingenious solution to the problem.

07
Home of the Brave
Home of the Brave
Jan 9, 1961

In the jungle, during war, racial prejudice seems likely to destroy the teamwork of American soldiers.

08
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
Jan 16, 1961

When a fortune-teller informs Lord Arthur that he's soon to commit a murder, he elects to do it as soon as possible, to get it out of the way before his impending marriage.

09
Elektra
Elektra
Jan 23, 1961
10
The Subject Is Beethoven
The Subject Is Beethoven
Feb 6, 1961
11
The Three Sisters
The Three Sisters
Feb 13, 1961

Olga, Masha, and Irina Prozoroff lead lonely and purposeless lives following the death of their father who has commanded the local army post. Olga attempts to find satisfaction in teaching but secretly longs for a home and family. Masha, unhappy with her marriage to a timid schoolmaster, falls hopelessly in love with a married colonel. Irina works in the local telegraph office but longs for gaiety. Their sense of futility is increased by their brother's marriage to Natasha, a coarse peasant girl. She gradually encroaches on the family home until even the private refuge of the sisters is destroyed. They dream of starting a new life in Moscow but are saddled with the practicalities of their quiet existence. Despite their past failures, they resolve to seek some purpose and hope when the army post is withdrawn from the town.

12
Night Must Fall
Night Must Fall
Feb 20, 1961

A charming handyman beguiles an old lady and her niece - who don't realize he's a murderer.

13
The Dumb Waiter/The Zoo Story
The Dumb Waiter/The Zoo Story
Mar 6, 1961

A couple of one-act two-handers - in "The Zoo Story", a middle-class man is harangued by a stranger in the park, whilst in "The Dumb Waiter", two hit-men waiting for their target are disorientated by mysterious messages.

14
Orphee
Orphee
Mar 13, 1961
15
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
Mar 27, 1961

Pip, a poor orphan, meets a convict in a graveyard and is later taken to Satis House, where he meets the sinister Miss Havisham and also her ward Estella.

16
Royal Gambit
Royal Gambit
Apr 3, 1961
17
Pictures in the Hallway
Pictures in the Hallway
Apr 10, 1961
18
The Dybbuk
The Dybbuk
May 1, 1961

A young bride is possessed by a dybbuk, a malicious possessing spirit, believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person, on the eve of her wedding.

19
The Police
The Police
May 8, 1961
20
Falstaff
Falstaff
May 15, 1961

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