Folio

    Season 1 1955 - 1956

    • 1955-09-25T04:00:00Z on CBC Television
    • 1h
    • 1d 6h (30 episodes)
    • Canada
    • English
    Folio, a precursor to CBC's renowned fine-arts series Festival, aired for four years starting in 1956. The series showcased original dramas, music compositions, and ballets, many originating from diverse regions across Canada. Notable episodes featured Barry Morse in a new staging of MacBeth, along with performances by Canadian talents like Robert Goulet and Sharon Acker. One of the highlights included a musical adaptation of the beloved Canadian classic, Anne of Green Gables. Airing without sponsorship, Folio thrived until its conclusion in the fall of 1960. Producers: Robert Allen, Harvey Hart, David Greene, Mario Prizek and Ronald Weyman.

    30 episodes

    Series Premiere

    1955-09-25T04:00:00Z

    1x01 S1.E1 ∙ Macbeth

    Series Premiere

    1x01 S1.E1 ∙ Macbeth

    • 1955-09-25T04:00:00Z1h

    To usurp the throne of Scotland, Macbeth and his wife murder King Duncan.

    1x03 S1.E3 ∙ Take to the Woods

    • 1955-10-16T05:00:00Z1h

    1955-10-23T05:00:00Z

    1x04 S1.E4 ∙ Betrayal

    1x04 S1.E4 ∙ Betrayal

    • 1955-10-23T05:00:00Z1h

    1x05 S1.E5 ∙ A Soviet Portrait

    • 1955-10-30T05:00:00Z1h

    1955-11-13T05:00:00Z

    1x07 S1.E7 ∙ La Boheme

    1x07 S1.E7 ∙ La Boheme

    • 1955-11-13T05:00:00Z1h

    1955-12-04T05:00:00Z

    1x10 S1.E10 ∙ Hedda Gabler

    1x10 S1.E10 ∙ Hedda Gabler

    • 1955-12-04T05:00:00Z1h

    Trapped in a suffocating marriage to a minor academic, Hedda Gabler is only too keen to meet her former lover, a controversial writer.

    1955-12-11T05:00:00Z

    1x11 S1.E11 ∙ Double Bill

    1x11 S1.E11 ∙ Double Bill

    • 1955-12-11T05:00:00Z1h

    1x12 S1.E12 ∙ The Philanderer

    • 1955-12-18T05:00:00Z1h

    1956-01-01T05:00:00Z

    1x14 S1.E14 ∙ Edwina Black

    1x14 S1.E14 ∙ Edwina Black

    • 1956-01-01T05:00:00Z1h

    1x15 S1.E15 ∙ Goodbye, Young Man

    • 1956-01-08T05:00:00Z1h

    1x16 S1.E16 ∙ When Soft Voices Die

    • 1956-01-15T05:00:00Z1h

    1x17 S1.E17 ∙ The Marriage Of Figaro

    • 1956-01-29T05:00:00Z1h

    *Note: Presented as a Special Canadian Production on CBC Folio television on January 29, 1956, at 10 pm.

    Also on CBC Radio on January 25, 1956, at 7:30 pm.

    1x18 S1.E18 ∙ The Lady And The Logger

    • 1956-02-05T05:00:00Z1h

    Directed by Norman Campbell

    1956-02-12T05:00:00Z

    1x19 ?

    1x19 ?

    • 1956-02-12T05:00:00Z1h

    1x20 [20] CBC Folio: Katherine Dunham

    • 1956-02-19T05:00:00Z1h

    Katherine Dunham

    [21] CBC Folio: THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

    26Feb1956

    Adapted by Len Peterson

    Play by Fritz Hochwalder

    Adapted by Donald Harron

    Lyrics by James Costigan

    Music by Norman Campbell

    a musical dramatization of L.M. Montgomery's 'Anne of Green Gables'.

    Orchestra and chorus conducted by Gordon Kushner

    Choreography by Gladys Forrester

    1x23 [23] CBC Folio: THE SMALL RAIN

    • 1956-03-18T05:00:00Z1h

    The story about the impact of a self-confident young man on a group of dissatisfied, neurotic people.

    Play by Lister Sinclair

    Cast:

    Barry Morse

    Suzanne Finlay

    Gerald Sarracini

    Phyllis Stewart

    Jonathan White ..... Edmond

    Alene Kamins ........ Eunice

    Synopsis:

    1x24 [24] CBC Folio: DARLING CORIE

    • 1956-03-25T05:00:00Z1h

    folk opera by Elie Siegmeister

    Chorus and orchestra conducted by Victor Feldbrill

    Cast:

    Roma Butler

    On the same program will be "The Rake's Progress", a study of six etchings

    by William Hogarth, written by Prof. Stanley Read of the University of British Columbia.

    Play by Lister Sinclair

    Essay "The Face of Canada" by Harry Boyle

    Directed by Harvey Hart

    Narrator Harry Boyle (The Face of Canada)

    Cast:

    Hugh Webster

    Ruth Springford

    David Gardner

    Norman Etltinger

    Douglas Rain

    Eric House

    1x26 [26] CBC Folio: THE TRIAL AT ROUEN

    • 1956-04-22T05:00:00Z1h

    Opera by Norman Dello Joio

    Synopsis:

    The story centers on Joan of Arc's trial for heresy and witchcraft.

    Adapted by John Bethune

    Play by Oscar Wilde

    Directed by Andrew Allan

    Cast:

    Lloyd Bochner ........ John Worthing

    Elizabeth Cole ........ Miss Prism

    Barry Morse ............ Algernon Moncrieff

    Charmion King ....... Gwendolyn Fairfax

    Eric House ............. Canon Chasuble

    Toby Robins ........... Cecily Cardew

    John Hardinge ........ Merriman

    Tony Van Bridge ..... Lane

    1956-05-06T04:00:00Z

    1x28 [28] CBC Folio: THE TRIAL

    1x28 [28] CBC Folio: THE TRIAL

    • 1956-05-06T04:00:00Z1h

    Written by Franz Kafka

    Synopsis:

    Story of a man victimized by circumstances beyond his control.

    Written by Len Peterson

    Directed by Esse W. Ljungh

    Cast:

    Monique Miller ......... Widow

    John Drainie ........ Pipineau

    Ed McNamara ........ Jim

    Fred Diehl ......... Louis

    Joe Austin ....... Cook

    Hugh Webster ....... Short Legs

    Paul Kligman ........... Boris

    Murray Westgate ......... Red

    Jon Granik ........ Steve

    Frank Peddie ....... Cruel Face

    Jeremy Wilkin ......... Johnson

    1x30 [30] CBC Folio: PIRATES OF PENZANCE

    • 1956-05-20T04:00:00Z1h

    (90 min)(final episode of season 1)

    Produced by Norman Campbell

    Musical by Gilbert and Sullivan

    Directed by Godfrey Ridout

    Cast:

    Roma Butler

    Robert Reic

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