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Festival

anthology series

1960
1 season
1 episodes

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

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  • Ep 1

    1.H.M.S. Pinafore

    10-10-1960

    A sailor falls for the daughter of his captain, while being unaware of the love a young country girl holds for him.

  • Ep 2

    2.Colombe

    17-10-1960
  • Ep 3

    3.The Old Ladies

    31-10-1960
  • Ep 4

    4.Peking Opera

    21-11-1960
  • Ep 5

    5.Julius Caesar

    19-12-1960

    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...

  • Ep 6

    6.Ring Around the Moon

    02-01-1961

    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.

  • Ep 7

    7.Home of the Brave

    09-01-1961

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

  • Ep 8

    8.Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

    16-01-1961

    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.

  • Ep 9

    9.Elektra

    23-01-1961
  • Ep 10

    10.The Subject Is Beethoven

    06-02-1961
  • Ep 11

    11.The Three Sisters

    13-02-1961

    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...

  • Ep 12

    12.Night Must Fall

    20-02-1961

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

  • Ep 13

    13.The Dumb Waiter/The Zoo Story

    06-03-1961

    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 a...

  • Ep 14

    14.Orphee

    13-03-1961
  • Ep 15

    15.Great Expectations

    27-03-1961

    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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