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    TV Series

    Festival

    "anthology series"

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    1960 - Present
    1h 30m/ep
    Returning Series
    Seasons: 1
    Episodes: 15

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

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    Seasons & Episodes

    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.

    10/10/1960

    2. Colombe

    No description available.

    10/17/1960

    3. The Old Ladies

    No description available.

    10/31/1960

    4. Peking Opera

    No description available.

    11/21/1960

    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.

    12/19/1960

    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.

    1/2/1961

    7. Home of the Brave

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

    1/9/1961

    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.

    1/16/1961

    9. Elektra

    No description available.

    1/23/1961

    10. The Subject Is Beethoven

    No description available.

    2/6/1961

    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.

    2/13/1961

    12. Night Must Fall

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

    2/20/1961

    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.

    3/6/1961

    14. Orphee

    No description available.

    3/13/1961

    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.

    3/27/1961

    16. Royal Gambit

    No description available.

    4/3/1961

    17. Pictures in the Hallway

    No description available.

    4/10/1961

    18. The Dybbuk

    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.

    5/1/1961

    19. The Police

    No description available.

    5/8/1961

    20. Falstaff

    No description available.

    5/15/1961

    40. The Devil Makes Three

    No description available.

    2/15/1967