The following is an episode list of the Canadian CBC Television anthology series, Festival .
The series premiered on 10 October 1960 , with the episode, "H.M.S. Pinafore", [1] and aired for nine seasons until 26 March 1969 . Episode duration typically ranged from one hour to ninety minutes. A few episodes in seasons five and eight, and several episodes in seasons six and seven, were as short as thirty minutes. Special episodes ranged from two to three hours in duration.
Series | Episodes | Originally released | Day / Time | Duration | Specials | ||
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First released | Last released | ||||||
1 | 25 | 10 October 1960 | 19 June 1961 | Monday, 9:30 p.m. | 60–90 | 100–120 | |
2 | 25 | 2 October 1961 | 11 June 1962 | Monday, 9:30 p.m. | 60–90 | 120 | |
3 | 25 | 1 October 1962 | 20 May 1963 | Monday, 9:30 p.m. | 60–90 | 135 | |
4 | 29 | 2 October 1963 | 24 June 1964 | Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. | 60–90 | 120–170 | |
5 | 27 | 7 October 1964 | 30 June 1965 | Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. | 60-90 | — | |
6 | 32 | 15 September 1965 | 6 July 1966 | Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. | 30–90 | 120–155 | |
7 | 20 | 14 September 1966 | 10 May 1967 | Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. | 30–90 | — | |
8 | 12 | 4 October 1967 | 8 May 1968 | Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. | 30–90 | — | |
9 | 14 | 30 October 1968 | 26 March 1969 | Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. | 60–90 | 120 |
Festival was occasionally pre-empted (e.g., the week of 10 April 1961) with other programming, such as specials from the Omnibus or Hallmark Hall of Fame series, or by sports (NHL hockey, football), or by other special programs. These are noted above the episode tables that follow.
Notes:
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Ref. |
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1 | 1 | "H.M.S. Pinafore" | Norman Campbell | Gilbert and Sullivan | 10 October 1960 | [14] [15] |
2 | 2 | "Colombe" | Mario Prizek | Play by : Jean Anouilh Adapted by : Ivor Barry | 17 October 1960 | [16] [17] |
3 | 3 | "The Old Ladies" | Eric Till | Novel by : Hugh Walpole Dramatization by : Rodney Ackland Adapted by : Bernard Slade | 31 October 1960 | [18] [19] [20] |
4 | 4 | "Peking Opera" | Unknown | Unknown | 21 November 1960 | [21] [22] [23] [24] |
5 | 5 | "Julius Caesar" | Paul Almond | Play by : William Shakespeare Adapted by : Paul Almond | 19 December 1960 | [25] [26] |
6 | 6 | "Ring Round the Moon" | Mario Prizek | Play by : Jean Anouilh Translated by : Christopher Fry | 2 January 1961 | [27] [28] |
7 | 7 | "Home of the Brave" | Harvey Hart | Play by : Arthur Laurents Adapted by : Allan Manings | 9 January 1961 | [29] [30] |
8 | 8 | "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" | Norman Campbell | Story by : Oscar Wilde Adapted by : Rita Greer Allen | 16 January 1961 | [31] [32] |
9 | 9 | "Elektra" | Franz Kraemer | Opera by : Richard Strauss Translated by : Franz Kraemer | 23 January 1961 | [33] [34] [35] |
10 | 10 | "The Subject is Beethoven" | Unknown | Ludwig van Beethoven | 6 February 1961 | [36] [37] |
11 | 11 | "Three Sisters" | Mario Prizek | Play by : Anton Chekhov Adapted by : Desmond Scott | 13 February 1961 | [38] [39] |
12 | 12 | "Night Must Fall" | Unknown | Play by : Emlyn Williams Adapted by : Hugh Webster | 20 February 1961 | [40] [41] |
13 | 13 | "The Dumb Waiter" | Unknown | Harold Pinter | 6 March 1961 | [42] [43] |
"The Zoo Story" | Edward Albee | |||||
14 | 14 | "Orphee" | Pierre Mercure | Christoph Willibald Gluck | 13 March 1961 | [44] [45] |
15 | 15 | "Great Expectations" | Eric Till | Novel by : Charles Dickens Adapted by : Eric Till | 27 March 1961 | [46] [47] |
16 | 16 | "Royal Gambit" | Unknown | Play by : Hermann Gressieker Adapted by : George White | 3 April 1961 | [48] [49] [50] |
17 | 17 | "Pictures in the Hallway" | Eric Till | Autobiography by : Seán O'Casey Adapted by : Paul Shyer | 24 April 1961 | [51] [52] |
18 | 18 | "The Dybbuk" | Harvey Hart | Play by : S. Ansky Adapted by : Mac Shoub | 1 May 1961 | [53] [54] |
19 | 19 | "The Police" | Unknown | Play by : Sławomir Mrożek Adapted by : Jack Kruper | 8 May 1961 | [55] [56] |
20 | 20 | "Falstaff" | Unknown | Opera by : Giuseppe Verdi Translated by : Chester Kallman & H. Proctor-Gregg | 15 May 1961 | [57] [58] [59] |
21 | 21 | "The Pupil" | Unknown | Story by : Henry James Adapted by : Michael Dyne | 22 May 1961 | [60] [61] |
22 | 22 | "The Quare Fellow" | Unknown | Brendan Behan | 29 May 1961 | [62] [63] |
23 | 23 | "The Offbeats" | Mario Prizek | Jacques Languirand | 5 June 1961 | [64] [65] |
24 | 24 | "The Killdeer" | Unknown | James Reaney | 12 June 1961 | [66] [67] |
25 | 25 | "The Luck of Ginger Coffey" | Harvey Hart | Novel by : Brian Moore Adapted by : M. Charles Cohen | 19 June 1961 | [68] [69] [70] |
Notes:
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Ref. |
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26 | 1 | "The Pirates of Penzance" | Norman Campbell | Gilbert and Sullivan | 2 October 1961 | [74] [75] [76] |
27 | 2 | "Ondine" | Harvey Hart | Jean Giraudoux | 9 October 1961 | [77] [78] |
28 | 3 | "The Dream of Peter Mann" | Eric Till | Bernard Kops | 16 October 1961 | [79] [80] |
29 | 4 | "Land of the Old Song" | Unknown | Traditionals | 23 October 1961 | [81] |
30 | 5 | "The Blue Hotel" | Harvey Hart | Play by : Stephen Crane Adapted by : James Agee | 6 November 1961 | [82] [83] |
31 | 6 | "Carmen" | Irving Guttman | Georges Bizet | 20 November 1961 | [84] [85] [86] |
32 | 7 | "A Sleep of Prisoners" | Paul Almond | Christopher Fry | 27 November 1961 | [87] [88] |
33 | 8 | "Swan Lake" | Norman Campbell | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 18 December 1961 | [89] [90] |
34 | 9 | "A Cradle of Willow" | Eric Till | Dorothy Wright | 25 December 1961 | [91] [92] |
35 | 10 | "The Traveller Without Luggage" | Mario Prizek | Jean Anouilh | 1 January 1962 | [93] |
36 | 11 | "The Day of the Dodo" | George McCowan | Ron Boorne | 8 January 1962 | [94] [95] |
37 | 12 | "The Lady's Not for Burning" | Paul Almond | Christopher Fry | 15 January 1962 | [96] |
38 | 13 | "An Evening with Gilbert and Sullivan" | Norman Campbell | Gilbert and Sullivan | 22 January 1962 | [97] [98] |
39 | 14 | "The Queen and the Rebels" | Harvey Hart | Play by : Ugo Betti Translated by : Henry Reed Adapted by : Alvin Goldman | 5 February 1962 | [99] [100] |
40 | 15 | "Elizabeth the Queen" | Unknown | Maxwell Anderson | 12 February 1962 | [101] [102] |
41 | 16 | "Bousille and the Just" | Mario Prizek | Gratien Gélinas | 26 February 1962 | [103] [104] |
42 | 17 | "The Apple Cart" | David Gardner | George Bernard Shaw | 5 March 1962 | [105] [106] |
43 | 18 | "The Offshore Island" | Eric Till | Play by : Marghanita Laski Adapted by : Hugh Webster | 12 March 1962 | [107] [108] |
44 | 19 | "The Duchess of Malfi" | Mario Prizek | John Webster | 19 March 1962 | [109] [110] |
45 | 20 | "Grand Exits" | Mario Prizek | Play by : Jacques Languirand Translated by : Ivor Barry | 16 April 1962 | [111] [112] |
46 | 21 | "Macbeth" | Paul Almond | William Shakespeare | 23 April 1962 | [113] [114] [115] |
47 | 22 | "The Brass Pounder from Illinois" | George McCowan | Tommy Tweed | 7 May 1962 | [116] [117] |
48 | 23 | "Eugene Ormandy Conducts" | Unknown | Unknown | 21 May 1962 | [118] |
49 | 24 | "The Collection" "A Slight Ache" | Paul Almond | Harold Pinter | 4 June 1962 | [119] [120] |
50 | 25 | "Stravinsky at 80" | Franz Kraemer | Music by : Igor Stravinsky Choreography by : George Balanchine Teleplay by : Ronald Hambleton | 11 June 1962 | [121] [122] |
Notes:
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Ref. |
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51 | 1 | "The Lark" | Harvey Hart | Play by : Jean Anouilh Adapted by : Lillian Hellman | 1 October 1962 | [128] [129] |
52 | 2 | "A Book with Chapters in It" | Eric Till | Jack Pulman | 8 October 1962 | [124] [130] |
53 | 3 | "Richard Strauss: A Personal View" | Mario Prizek | Richard Strauss | 15 October 1962 | [131] [132] |
54 | 4 | "The Gambler" | Harvey Hart | Play by : Ugo Betti Adapted by : Alvin Goldman | 29 October 1962 | [133] [134] [135] |
55 | 5 | "The Devil's Instrument" | Eric Till | W. O. Mitchell | 5 November 1962 | [136] [137] |
56 | 6 | "Break-Up" | Mario Prizek | Helge Krog | 12 November 1962 | [138] [139] |
57 | 7 | "The Gondoliers" | Norman Campbell | Gilbert and Sullivan | 19 November 1962 | [140] [141] |
58 | 8 | "Serjeant Musgrave's Dance" | Eric Till | John Arden | 26 November 1962 | [142] [143] |
59 | 9 | "An Evening of Mozart" | Unknown | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 3 December 1962 | [144] |
60 | 10 | "Giselle" | Norman Campbell TV Celia Franca Art | Libretto by : Saint-Georges & Gautier Music by : Adolphe Adam | 17 December 1962 | [145] [146] |
61 | 11 | "Tongues of Brass" | Paddy Sampson | Unknown | 31 December 1962 | [147] [148] |
62 | 12 | "Music from the Films" | Norman Campbell | Tony Thomas | 21 January 1963 | [149] [150] [151] |
63 | 13 | "David, Chapter II" | Harvey Hart | M. Charles Cohen | 28 January 1963 | [126] [152] [153] |
64 | 14 | "Ivan" | David Gardner | Anthony Terpiloff | 11 February 1963 | [154] [155] |
65 | 15 | "Venus Observed" | Paul Almond | Christopher Fry | 18 February 1963 | [156] [157] |
66 | 16 | "The Wild Duck" | Harvey Hart | Play by : Henrik Ibsen Translated by : Eva LaGallienne Adapted by : Alvin Goldman | 25 February 1963 | [158] [159] |
67 | 17 | "The Anatomy of Fugue" | Eric Till | Unknown | 4 March 1963 | [160] [161] |
68 | 18 | "The Endless Echo" | Mario Prizek | Play by : Jean-Robert Remillard Translated by : Alvin Goldman | 11 March 1963 | [162] [163] |
69 | 19 | "The Doctor's Dilemma" | David Garner | George Bernard Shaw | 18 March 1963 | [164] [165] |
70 | 20 | "Galileo" | Mario Prizek | Play by : Bertolt Brecht Adapted by : Lister Sinclair | 25 March 1963 | [166] [167] [168] |
71 | 21 | "Birth of a Symphony" | Unknown | Ludwig van Beethoven | 1 April 1963 | [169] [170] |
72 | 22 | "Laudes Evanglii" | Joan Kemp-Welch | Libretto by : Giorgio Signorini Music by : Valentino Bucchi Choreography by : Léonide Massine | 15 April 1963 | [171] [172] [173] |
73 | 23 | "Othello" | Franz Kraemer | Play by : William Shakespeare Opera by : Giuseppe Verdi | 22 April 1963 | [174] [175] |
74 | 24 | "Ballet Espagnol" | Unknown | Unknown | 6 May 1963 | [176] [177] |
75 | 25 | "The American Dream" | Mario Prizek | Edward Albee | 13 May 1963 | [178] [179] [180] |
"The Sandbox" | ||||||
Notes:
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Ref. |
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76 | 1 | "The Mikado" | Norman Campbell | Gilbert and Sullivan | 2 October 1963 | [195] [196] [197] |
77 | 2 | "Antigone" | Paul Almond | Jean Anouilh | 9 October 1963 | [198] [199] |
78 | 3 | "The Labyrinth" | Paul Almond | Charles Israel | 16 October 1963 | [200] |
79 | 4 | "Pale Horse, Pale Rider" | Eric Till | Novel by : Katherine Anne Porter Adapted by : Fletcher Markle | 23 October 1963 | [186] [201] |
80 | 5 | "Le Médecin malgré lui" | Jean Gascon | Molière | 30 October 1963 | [202] [203] [204] |
81 | 6 | "Viennese Night" | Pierre Mercure | Unknown | 6 November 1963 | [205] [206] |
82 | 7 | "I Spy" | David Garnder | John Mortimer | 13 November 1963 | [207] [208] |
"A Resounding Tinkle" | N. F. Simpson | |||||
83 | 8 | "Pierre Boulez, Frenchman, Composer, Conductor" | Pierre Mercure | Music by : Stravinsky · Pierre Boulez · Debussy Poem by : Stéphane Mallarmé | 20 November 1963 | [209] [210] |
84 | 9 | "The Slave of Truth" | Norman Campbell | Play by : Molière English v. by : Miles Malleson Music/Lyrics by : Stan Daniels | 27 November 1963 | [211] [212] |
85 | 10 | "Roots" | Harvey Hart | Play by : Arnold Wesker Adapted by : Henry Comor | 4 December 1963 | [213] [214] |
86 | 11 | "A Primer on Prima Donnas" | Irving Guttman | Unknown | 11 December 1963 | [215] [216] |
87 | 12 | "Diary of a Scoundrel" | Eric Till | Play by : Alexander Ostrovsky Translated by : Rodney Ackland Adapted by : Tony Van Bridge | 25 December 1963 | [188] [217] |
88 | 13 | "Still Life" | Eric Till | Jack Pulman | 1 January 1964 | [218] [219] |
89 | 14 | "Major Barbara" | George McCowan | George Bernard Shaw | 8 January 1964 | [220] [221] |
90 | 15 | "First Love" | Mario Prizek | Novella by : Ivan Turgenev Adapted by : George Salverson | 22 January 1964 | [222] [223] |
91 | 16 | "A Very Close Family" | Harvey Hart | Bernard Slade | 29 January 1964 | [224] [225] |
92 | 17 | "Pas de Dix" | Eric Till TV Arnold Spohr Art | George Balanchine | 5 February 1964 | [226] [227] |
"The Bitter Weird" | Agnes de Mille Music by : Trude Rittmann | |||||
93 | 18 | "Young Canadians in Concert" | Unknown | Unknown | 19 February 1964 | [228] [229] |
94 | 19 | "Uncle Vanya" | David Gardner | Anton Chekhov | 26 February 1964 | [230] [231] |
95 | 20 | "Invitation to Place des Arts" | Unknown | Richard Strauss | 4 March 1964 | [232] [233] |
96 | 21 | "The Firebugs" | Unknown | Play by : Max Frisch Translated by : Mordecai Gorelik Adapted by : John Bethune | 11 March 1964 | [234] [235] |
97 | 22 | "Twelfth Night" | George McCowan | Play by : William Shakespeare Adapted by : Robert Allen | 8 April 1964 | [185] [183] [184] |
98 | 23 | " Hamlet at Elsinore " | Philip Saville | William Shakespeare | 15 April 1964 | [190] [191] [192] |
99 | 24 | "Triple Play" | Norman Campbell | Music by : Strauss II & J. Strauss · Traditionals Choreography by : Ray Powell Jazz by : Phil Nimmons | 6 May 1964 | [236] [237] [238] |
100 | 25 | "The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner" | Eric Till | Story by : James Hogg Teleplay by : Alvin Goldman | 13 May 1964 | [239] [240] |
101 | 26 | "Concerti for Four Wednesdays" | Vincent Tovell | Beethoven · Sweelinck · Bach · Webern | 3 June 1964 | [241] [242] |
102 | 27 | "A Festival of Miniatures" | Unknown | Unknown | 10 June 1964 | [243] [244] |
103 | 28 | "Claudio Arrau Concert" | Unknown | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Ludwig van Beethoven | 17 June 1964 | [245] [246] |
104 | 29 | "100th Birthday of Richard Strauss" | Franz Kraemer | Unknown | 24 June 1964 | [247] [248] |
Notes:
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Ref. |
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105 | 1 | "The Feast of Lupercal" | George McCowan | Novel by : Brian Moore Adapted by : Fletcher Markle | 7 October 1964 | [264] [265] |
106 | 2 | "Mrs. Daily Has a Lover" | Harvey Hart | Teleplay by : William Hanley | 14 October 1964 | [266] [267] |
"Today is Independence Day" | ||||||
107 | 3 | "Premiere" | Franz Kraemer | Brahms · Ravel · Handel · Rossini · Nin | 28 October 1964 | [268] [269] |
Eric Till | Music by : Prokofiev · Tranchell Choreography by : Kenneth MacMillan | |||||
108 | 4 | "The Close Prisoner" | Paul Almond | Play by : Clive Exton Teleplay by : Alice Sinclair | 11 November 1964 | [270] [271] |
109 | 5 | "The Master Builder" | Eric Till | Play by : Henrik Ibsen Adapted by : Peter Donat Music by : Gustav Holst | 18 November 1964 | [272] [273] |
110 | 6 | "Gala of Favourites" | Unknown | Music by : Sergei Rachmaninoff · Léo Delibes Opera by : Giacomo Puccini Choreography by : Michel Conte | 25 November 1964 | [274] [275] |
111 | 7 | "Waiting for Godot" | George Bloomfield | Samuel Beckett | 2 December 1964 | [276] [277] |
112 | 8 | "Masters from Soviet Russia" | Unknown | Antonio Vivaldi · Johann Sebastian Bach | 9 December 1964 | [278] [279] |
113 | 9 | "The Magician of Lublin" | George Bloomfield | Novel by : Isaac Bashevis Singer Adapted by : Alvin Goldman | 16 December 1964 | [280] [281] |
114 | 10 | "The Birthday Party" | Paul Almond | Harold Pinter | 6 January 1965 | [282] [283] |
115 | 11 | "Mother Courage" | George McCowan | Play by : Bertolt Brecht Translated by : Eric Bentley | 20 January 1965 | [284] [285] |
116 | 12 | "Rigoletto" | Unknown | Opera by : Giuseppe Verdi Choreography by : Alan Lund | 3 February 1965 | [286] [287] |
117 | 13 | "The Furious Philipp Hotz, Ph.D." | Peter Boretski | Max Frisch | 10 February 1965 | [288] [289] |
"Epiphany" | Michael Sinelnikoff | Lewis John Carlino | ||||
118 | 14 | "The Duke" | Paddy Sampson | Music by : Duke Ellington | 3 March 1965 | [290] [291] [292] [293] [294] |
119 | 15 | "Two Terrible Women" | Mario Prizek | Play by : André Laurendeau Translated by : Gwethalyn Graham | 24 March 1965 | [295] [296] [297] |
120 | 16 | "Concert Italian Style" | Unknown | Puccini · Rossini · Tosti · Mascagni | 31 March 1965 | [298] [299] |
121 | 17 | "Cine Boom" | Robert Russel, Claude Jutra | Unknown | 7 April 1965 | [300] [301] |
122 | 18 | "Let Me Count the Ways" | Paul Almond | Charles Israel | 21 April 1965 | [302] [303] |
123 | 19 | "Iolanthe" | Norman Campbell | Gilbert and Sullivan | 28 April 1965 | [304] [305] |
124 | 20 | "Say Nothing" | Peter Boretski | Play by : James Hanley Adapted by : William Emms | 5 May 1965 | [306] [307] |
125 | 21 | "A Spring Song in Six Scenes" | Paul Almond | Ray Mathew | 12 May 1965 | [308] [309] |
126 | 22 | "Bernard Shaw: Who the Devil Was He?" | Vincent Tovell | Autobiography by : George Bernard Shaw Teleplay by : Lister Sinclair | 19 May 1965 | [310] [311] [312] [313] |
127 | 23 | "The Season of Love" | Unknown | Unknown | 26 May 1965 | [314] [315] |
128 | 24 | "Balanchine - In Praise of Great Performers" | Pierre Morin | Music by : Paul Hindemith · Charles Ives Choreography by : George Balanchine | 2 June 1965 | [316] [317] [318] |
129 | 25 | "Meet Seiji Ozawa - In Praise of Great Performers" | Unknown | Hector Berlioz | 9 June 1965 | [319] [320] [321] |
130 | 26 | "Music In Camera - In Praise of Great Performers" | Vincent Tovell | Ludwig van Beethoven · Johannes Brahms | 23 June 1965 | [322] [323] [324] |
131 | 27 | "Ricter and Forrester - In Praise of Great Performers" | Unknown | Schubert · Brahms · Ravel · Prokofiev | 30 June 1965 | [325] [326] [327] |