Festival (Canadian season 2)

Festival (Canadian season 2) is the second season of Festival, a Canadian television anthology series broadcast on CBC Television. Airing in 1961–62, it continued the format of the first season with standalone episodes featuring theatrical and musical performances. Season 2 included a variety of high-profile adaptations and productions—such as works by Gilbert and Sullivan, Bizet, Tchaikovsky, Jean Anouilh, George Bernard Shaw, and William Shakespeare broadcast from the Stratford Festival, the Metropolitan Opera, National Ballet of Canada, and other major ensembles .

This season reinforced Festival’s reputation for showcasing both Canadian and international culture through classical drama, opera, ballet, and orchestral concerts. Key productions included the Stratford staging of Gilbert and Sullivan classics (e.g., The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance), the Metropolitan Opera’s performance of Bizet, Tchaikovsky ballet, and Shakespeare on film. It echoed the first season’s high production values and cultural ambition.

Title Writer Original air date
"The Pirates of Penzance"Gilbert and Sullivan2 October 1961 (1961-10-02)
A performance by the Stratford Festival, recorded in Toronto; starring Irene Byatt (Ruth), Andrew Downie (Frederic), Howell Glynne (Sergeant of Police), Eric House (Major General), Harry Mossfield (Pirate King), Marion Studholme (Mabel); directed for television by Norman Campbell[1][2]
"Ondine"Jean Giraudoux9 October 1961 (1961-10-09)
Kathleen Widdoes plays the title role[3]
"The Dream of Peter Mann"Bernard Kops16 October 1961 (1961-10-16)
[4]
"Land of the Old Song"Unknown23 October 1961 (1961-10-23)
Ed McCurdy performs Nova Scotian folk songs[5]
"The Blue Hotel"Stephen Crane, adapted by James Agee6 November 1961 (1961-11-06)
Starring Howard Da Silva[6]
"Carmen"Bizet20 November 1961 (1961-11-20)
Featuring the Metropolitan Opera's Belen Amparan[7]
"Sleep of Prisoners"Christopher Fry27 November 1961 (1961-11-27)
Paul Almond produced this drama[8]
"Swan Lake"Tchaikovsky18 December 1961 (1961-12-18)
Performed by the National Ballet Company of Canada[9]
"A Cradle of Willow"Dorothy Wright25 December 1961 (1961-12-25)
Christmas drama starring Eric Christmas, Leo Ciceri, Dino Narizzano, Tony Van Bridge[10]
"Traveller Without Luggage"Jean Anouilh1 January 1962 (1962-01-01)
Starring Geoffrey Alexander James Douglas, Jane Mallet, Norman Renault, Mary Savidge[11]
"The Day of the Dodo"Ron Boorne8 January 1962 (1962-01-08)
Drama concerning aeronautical workers; starring John Drainie, Bruno Gerussi, William Needles, Kate Reid[12]
"The Lady's Not For Burning"Christopher Fry15 January 1962 (1962-01-15)
Starring Zoe Caldwell (Jennet Jourdemayne), Eric Christmas (Mayor Hebble Tyson), Donald Harron (Thomas Mendip), Mary Savidge (Margaret Devize); produced by Paul Almond, costumes by Horst Daniz, sets by Rudi Dorn[13]
"An Evening With Gilbert and Sullivan"Unknown22 January 1962 (1962-01-22)
Portions of Gilbert and Sullivan's works are performed by the Stratford Light Opera: portions of The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance and The Yeoman of the Guard, plus the full version of Trial By Jury; produced by Norman Campbell[14]
"The Queen and the Rebels"Ugo Betts5 February 1962 (1962-02-05)
Starring Barbara Chilcott, Donald Harron, Charmion King, Mavor Moore[15]
"Elizabeth the Queen"Maxwell Anderson12 February 1962 (1962-02-12)
Historical drama starring Eric Christmas, Leo Ciceri, Donald Davis, Peter Donat, Judith Evelyn, Douglas Rains[16]
"Bousille and the Just"Gratien Gelinas26 February 1962 (1962-02-26)
Starring James Doohan, Gratien Gelinas, Charmion King, Larry Mann[17]
"The Apple Cart"George Bernard Shaw5 March 1962 (1962-03-05)
Starring Zoe Caldwell (Orinthia), Murray Matheson (King Magnus), Mary Savidge, Tony Van Bridge, Norman Welsh[18]
"The Offshore Island"Marghanita Laski, adapted by Hugh Webster12 March 1962 (1962-03-12)
Drama set following a nuclear war[19]
"The Duchess of Malfi"John Webster19 March 1962 (1962-03-19)
Starring Lloyd Bochner, Frances Hyland (Duchess of Malfi), Douglas Rain (Bosola), Powys Thomas, John Vernon; directed by Mario Prizek[20]
"The Luck of Ginger Coffey"Brian Moore2 April 1962 (1962-04-02)
repeat of 19 June 1961 broadcast[21]
"Grand Exits"Jacques Languirand16 April 1962 (1962-04-16)
Starring John Drainie, Frances Hyland, Norma Renault[22]
"Macbeth"William Shakespeare23 April 1962 (1962-04-23)
Starring Zoe Caldwell, Sean Connery, William Needles Powys Thomas[23]
"The Brass Pounder from Illinois"Tommy Tweed7 May 1962 (1962-05-07)
Concerns the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway under William Van Horne[24]
"The Offshore Island"Marghanita Laski, adapted by Hugh Webster14 May 1962 (1962-05-14)
repeat of the 12 March 1962 broadcast[25]
"Eugene Ormandy Conducts"Unknown21 May 1962 (1962-05-21)
The Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra performs works by American songwriters under the direction of Ormandy[26]
"The Collection / A Slight Ache"Harold Pinter4 June 1962 (1962-06-04)
[27]
"Stravinsky at 80"Unknown11 June 1962 (1962-06-11)
Igor Stravinsky's birthday is celebrated as he conducts the CBC Symphony Orchestra, including a performance of his "Symphony of Psalms"; Robert Craft narrates and conducts the orchestra for certain selections; the program includes appearances by four members of the New York City Ballet, the Festival Singers of Toronto, Nadia Boulanger and George Balanchine; Franz Kraemer produced and directed this broadcast which was recorded in Toronto[28]


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