Purple Playhouse

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Purple Playhouse
Composer Louis Applebaum
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producerPaddy Sampson
Producer George Jonas
Release
Original network CBC Television
Original release25 February (1973-02-25) 
6 May 1973 (1973-05-06)

Purple Playhouse is a Canadian dramatic television series which aired on CBC Television in 1973.

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Premise

American and European melodramas were adapted in this series of Canadian productions.

Scheduling

This hour-long series was broadcast most Sunday evenings from 25 February to 6 May 1973, generally at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern) except the final broadcast was aired at 8:00 p.m. Some dramas were based on characters such as Dracula and Sweeney Todd while others were adapted from such works as "The Bells", Box and Cox , The Corsican Brothers and The Lyons Mail . Actors seen in this series included Kay Hawtrey, Barry Morse and Chris Wiggins.

Purple Playhouse was named by Fletcher Markle as the phrase represents melodrama from Victorian times. [1]

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References

  1. Corcelli, John (September 2005). "Purple Playhouse". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.