Festival (1960)
Synopsis
Festival is a Canadian entertainment anthology television series which aired on CBC Television.
First Air Date: 1960-10-10
Last Air Date: 1960-10-10
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 1
Networks: CBC Television
Top Cast
- Ivor Barry as Gaulois
- Kathleen Widdoes as N/A
- Fritz Weaver as Brutus
- William Shatner as Mark Antony
- Lawrence Dane as N/A
- Toby Robins as Isabelle
- Sharon Acker as Diana
- James Doohan as T. J.
- John Colicos as Lord Arthur Savile
- Michael Learned as Irena
Seasons
None (1960)
No overview available for this season.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: H.M.S. Pinafore
A sailor falls for the daughter of his captain, while being unaware of the love a young country girl holds for him.
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Ep. 2: Colombe
No overview for this episode.
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Ep. 3: The Old Ladies
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Ep. 4: Peking Opera
No overview for this episode.
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Ep. 5: Julius Caesar
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.
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Ep. 6: Ring Around the Moon
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.
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Ep. 7: Home of the Brave
In the jungle, during war, racial prejudice seems likely to destroy the teamwork of American soldiers.
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Ep. 8: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
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.
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Ep. 9: Elektra
No overview for this episode.
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Ep. 10: The Subject Is Beethoven
No overview for this episode.
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Ep. 11: The Three Sisters
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.
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Ep. 12: Night Must Fall
A charming handyman beguiles an old lady and her niece - who don't realize he's a murderer.
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Ep. 13: The Dumb Waiter/The Zoo Story
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.
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Ep. 14: Orphee
No overview for this episode.
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Ep. 15: Great Expectations
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.
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