To usurp the throne of Scotland, Macbeth and his wife murder King Duncan.
Trapped in a suffocating marriage to a minor academic, Hedda Gabler is only too keen to meet her former lover, a controversial writer.
*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.
Directed by Norman Campbell
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
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:
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
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
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
(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