Festival (Canadian season 3)

Festival (Canadian season 3) is the third season of Festival, a celebrated Canadian anthology series broadcast on CBC Television. Airing in 1962–63, this season continued the tradition of standalone theatrical and musical performances, including adaptations of works by Ugo Betti, Jean Anouilh, and others, as well as productions recorded at the Stratford Festival.

Season 3 featured a diverse lineup of dramatic and cultural programming ranging from opera and ballet to modern theatre showcasing both Canadian talent and international repertoire, presented with the high production values that had become a series hallmark .

Title Writer Original air date
"The Lark"Jean Anouilh, adaptation by Lillian Hellman1 October 1962 (1962-10-01)
Starring Douglas Rain and Kathleen Widdoes.[1]
"A Book With Chapters in It"Jack Pullman8 October 1962 (1962-10-08)
Starring Martin Stephens.[2]
"Richard Strauss: A Personal View"Unknown15 October 1962 (1962-10-15)
Lois Marshall (soprano) and Oscar Shumsky (violin) join Glenn Gould in this presentation of Richard Strauss's works.[3]
"The Gambler"Ugo Betti, adaptation by Alvin Goldman29 October 1962 (1962-10-29)
Play set in Italy following World War II, starring Susan Chapple, Rip Torn[4][5]
"The Devil's Instrument"W. O. Mitchell5 November 1962 (1962-11-05)
Starring Inge Bergman, Robert Christie, John Drainie, Ron Hartman, Douglas Rain[6]
"Break-Up"Helge Krog12 November 1962 (1962-11-12)
Starring Barbara Chilcott, Leo Ciceri, Leslie Nielsen; produced by Mario Prizek[7]
"The Gondoliers"Gilbert & Sullivan19 November 1962 (1962-11-19)
Stratford Festival production, starring Douglas Campbell, Ann Casson, Jack Creley, Ilona Kombrink; music by Louis Applebaum conducting the National Festival Orchestra, production by Norman Campbell[8]
"Serjeant Musgrave's Dance"John Arden26 November 1962 (1962-11-26)
Starring Mervyn Blake, Ted Follows, Douglas Rain; production by Eric Till[9]
"An Evening of Mozart"Unknown3 December 1962 (1962-12-03)
Music with Pierrette Alarie, Malcom Frager, Leopold Simoneau[10]
"Giselle"Unknown17 December 1962 (1962-12-17)
National Ballet of Canada performance featuring Lois Smith[11]
"A Cradle of Willow"Dorothy Wright24 December 1962 (1962-12-24)
Repeat of 25 December 1961[12]
"Tongues of Brass"Unknown31 December 1962 (1962-12-31)
Performance by Canadian jazz musicians[13]
"Music from the Films"Unknown21 January 1963 (1963-01-21)
Four composers present their own compositions for film, performed by the CBC Symphony Orchestra. Featuring Louis Applebaum (Action Stations, A Round is a Round), Aaron Copland (Something Wild), David Raksin (Two Weeks in Another Town), William Walton (Henry V, The First of the Few); narrated by Tony Thomas, produced by Norman Campbell[14][15]
"David, Chapter II"M. Charles Cohen28 January 1963 (1963-01-28)
This play concerns a Jewish arts graduate in Winnipeg who attempts to decide his life's future direction; starring Lynne Gorman, Donnelly Rhodes, Toby Tarnow, Powys Thomas; producer Harvey Hart[16][17]
"Ivan"Anthony Terpiloff11 February 1963 (1963-02-11)
Starring John Colicos, Gillie Fenwick, Mavor Moore, Julie Rekai[18]
"Venus Observed"Christopher Fry18 February 1963 (1963-02-18)
Comedy starring David Dodimead, Martha Henry; was originally scheduled for broadcast 7 January 1963, but delayed due to videotape erasure.[19]
"The Wild Duck"Henrik Ibsen, adaptation by Alvin Goldman25 February 1963 (1963-02-25)
Starring John Colicos, Peter Donat, Diane Leblanc, Everett Sloane[20]
"The Anatomy of Fugue"Unknown4 March 1963 (1963-03-04)
Music performance featuring Glenn Gould, The Canadian String Quartet and four vocalists[21]
"The Endless Echo"Jean-Robert Remillard, translation by Alvin Goldman11 March 1963 (1963-03-11)
Play starring Len Birman, Martha Henry[22]
"The Doctor's Dilemma"George Bernard Shaw18 March 1963 (1963-03-18)
Starring Zoe Caldwell, Peter Donat, Gillie Fenwick, Leo Genn[23]
"Galileo"Bertolt Brecht, adapted by Lister Sinclair25 March 1963 (1963-03-25)
Starring John Colicos (Galileo), Sharon Acker (Galileo's daughter), Leo Ciceri (Pope), Gillie Fenwick (Cardinal Inquisitor), Bruno Gerussi (Little Monk); narrated by Hugh Webster, directed by Mario Prizek[24][25]
"Birth of a Symphony"Unknown1 April 1963 (1963-04-01)
Performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 by the Festival Orchestra with conductor Karl Boehm[26]
"Laudes Evanglii"Unknown15 April 1963 (1963-04-15)
Miracle play which portrays the life of Jesus Christ, produced by Associated-Rediffusion and originally broadcast in the UK in 1961; featuring Ballet European choreographed by Leonide Massine, the chorus of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera, with soloists and mime performers[27][28]
"Othello"Verdi22 April 1963 (1963-04-22)
Starring Richard Cassilly, Ilona Kombrink, John McCollum, Louis Quilico, Jan Rubes; broadcast from 8:30 Eastern due to program length of 2 hours 15 minutes[29]
"A Book With Chapters in It"Jack Pullman29 April 1963 (1963-04-29)
Repeat from 8 October 1962[30]
"Ballet Espagnol"Unknown6 May 1963 (1963-05-06)
Dance performance by Spain's Ximienez Vargas Ballet Company[31]
"The American Dream / The Sandbox"Edward Albee13 May 1963 (1963-05-13)
Edward Albee is interviewed by Charles Templeton between presentations of two Albee plays; recorded in Toronto and directed by Mario Prizek[32][33]
"David, Chapter II"M. Charles Cohen20 May 1963 (1963-05-20)
Repeat of 28 January 1963[34]


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