1957-10-31
Producer Norman Campbell
Libretto W.S. Gilbert
Musical director Godfrey Ridout
Cast:
Shirley Martin .......... Patience
Irene Byatt ............... Lady Jane
Arthur Sclater .......... The Colonel
Rex LeLacheur ........ The Major
Peter Dimuantes ...... The Duke
Isabelita Alonso ........ Lady Angela
Murray Matheson ..... Reginald Bunthorne
William Cole ............. Archibald Grosvenor
Elaine Meek ............. Ella
Yvonne O'Sullivan ... Saphir
Norman Welsh ......... Solicitor
Bella Sholom
Barbara Strathdee
Synopsis:
Gilbert and Sullivan's "Patience." Archibald Grosvenor, an "Idyllic" poet - Bill Cole;
Reginald Bunthorne, a "Fleshly" poet - Murray Matheson.
1957-11-07
The tale follows farm-hand Jake, The Kid, Ma, old Matthew-behind-the-Rock, Albert Williams, and other townsfolk on the prairie. For 17 years, Mitchell's vivid imagination has made this fictional town as significant to many as their actual hometowns.
Comedy by W.O. Mitchell
Directed by Robert Allen
Cast:
John Drainie ........... Jake
Johnny Washbrook .... The Kid
Douglas Rain ......... Matthew-behind-the-rock
Jack Creley .......... Albert Williams
Aileen Seaton ......... Ma
Frank Peddie .......... Mayor MacTaggart
Paul Kligman
Norman Welsh
William Needles
1957-11-14
A program of modern dance. Games, danced by the Donald McKayle company, and Rites, by the Pearl Lang company, are being combined in one program by producer Harvey Hart
to form a symbolic picture of turbulent adolescence in contemporary society.
1957-11-21
Story based on the murder of Confederation statesman D'Arcy McGee and the trial of his assassin, James Whelan.
Play by Len Peterson
Cast:
Douglas Rain ......... James Whelan
Robert Christie ....... Sir John A.Macdonald
James Doohan
Jack Creley
Katharine Blake
James Edmond
Margaret Griffin
Leo Leyden
John Drainie
Charmion King
Ivor Barry
Leo Leyden
Larry Beattie
Michael Conway
Brendan Dillon
George Luscombe
1957-11-28
Produced by Norman Campbell
Play by Stan Daniels and Ray Jessel
Directed by Norman Campbell
Cast:
Jack Duffy ......... Muk
Irene Byatt ........ Hairy Mary
Don McManus ..... Glump
Jack Medhurst ..... Roget Thesaurus
Norman Welsh
Paul Kligman
Marie Gauley
Bruno Gerussi
Carlu Carter
Carol Starkman
1957-12-05
A documentary film by J. Frank Willis on British Columbia's Peace River country.
1957-12-12
Ironic comedy of good and evil, set in modern Scotland. Written by James Bridie
Cast:
James Donald ........ Mr. Bolfry
Frank Peddie ......... Mr. McCrimmon
Jane Mallett ............. Mrs. McCrimmon
Douglas Rain ............ Cully
Margaret Griffin ......... Jean
Ian Hewitson ....... Cohen
Sally Lewis ........ Morag
1957-12-19
a ballet presentation COPPELIA
Cast:
Betty Pope
Roy Moller
1957-12-26
Play by Henrik Ibsen
Directed by Michael Langham
Cast:
Bruno Gerussi ....... Peer Gynt
Ann Casson .......... Aase
Diana Maddox ...... Solveig
Eric Christmas
George McCowan
Roberta Maxwell
Douglas Rain
Powys Thomas
Ann Morrish
Jeremy Wilkin
William Needles
Amelia Hall
Edwin Stephenson
1958-01-02
Play by Laurence Housman
Cast:
Claire Austin ....... Victoria
Lloyd Bochner .... Albert
Dickson Kerwin
1958-01-09
In this live television play set in London, a woman tries to convince others of the "insanity" of an older woman.
Teleplay by John Bethune
Play by Pamela Hansford Johnson
Directed by Paul Almond
Cast:
Barbara Chilcott ........ Madge Donnythorpe
Nora Nicholson ........ Miss Malleson
Zillah Carter .............. Mrs. Beauclerc
Diana Maddox .......... Nora
Sarah Davies ............. Miss Figgis
Earl Grey ................... Major Shales
Hilary Vernon ............ Mrs. Heysham
1958-01-16
Play by Victorien Sardou
Cast:
Ilona Kombrink ......... Tosca
Giuseppe Campora ... Mario Cavaradossi
James Milligan ............ Scarpia
Andrew MacMillan ...... Sacristan
Teresa Stratas ............. Un Pastore
Don McManus
Cecil Samchyshyn
Ernest Adams
Harry Mossfield
1958-01-23
Adapted by Elspeth Cochran
Translation by Rodney Ackland
Play by Aleksandr Ostrovskiy
Cast:
William Hutt ........ Gloumov, the Scoundrel
Jane Mallett ........ Mme. Gloumov
Betty Leighton .... Mme. Tourasina
Margaret Griffin ...... Mashenka
Frank Peddie ......... Mamaev
Mary Savidge .......... Kleopatra
Leo Leyden ............ Kourchaev
Larry Beattie ........... Gorodoulin
Henry Comor ........ Golutvin
Joan White ........... Mms. Maniefa
Jacob Reinglas
John Grima
1958-01-30
Written by William Berney and Howard Richardson
Cast:
Nancy Malone ...... Barbara Allen
John Glennon ...... Witch Boy
Joan Blackman
Cec Linder
Josephine Barrington
Jack Creley
Mavor Moore
1958-02-06
Producer Robert Allen
Play Joseph Schull
Cast:
William Marshall ......... Richard Jennings
Kate Reid ........... Anne
Corinne Conley
Murray Westgate
Sarah Davies
Leo Leyden
Eleanor Beecroft
Earl Grey
1958-02-20
Adapted by Mavor Moore
Play by Nikolai Gogol
Cast:
Leo Ciceri ..... Roland Plantagenet
Ernest Guimond .... Napoleon Forget
Joseph Furst ...... Doc Schwartz
Betty Leighton ....... Anna
Alex McKee ......... Louis
Charles Palmer ........ Burrows
Deborah Turnbull ....... Marie
Frank Peddie ........... Judge MacGregor
Ivor Barry .......... Reverend Williams
Ed McNamara ....... Sheriff
Sammy Sales ........... Deputy
Esse W. Ljungh ....... Mayor
Leo Leyden .......... O'Reilly
Jay Shannon ......... O'Rourke
Sandra O'Neill........ Sheriff's daughter
1958-02-27
Adapted by Alwyne Whatsley
Play by Ivan Turgenev
Directed by Mario Prizek
Cast:
Kate Reid .......... Natalya Petrovna
Don Francks ....... Alexey Beliayev
Tony Brown ........... Kolya
William Hutt ......... Rakitin
Janet Reid ........... Vera
William Needles .... Arkady Islayev
Sammy Sales ......... Dr. Shpigelsky
Michael Conway
Barbara Tremain
1958-03-13
Teleplay by John Bethune
Play by George Bernard Shaw
Directed by Barry Morse
Cast:
Katharine Blake ........ Catherine the Great
Lorne Greene ........... Patiomkin
Joseph Shaw ........... Edstaston
Patricia Farmer
Ruby Renaut
1958-03-20
Play by Oliver Goldsmith (based on the play "She Stoops to Conquer")
Cast:
Inga Swenson ......... Kate Hardcastle
Donald Davis ........... Marlow
Don Francks ........... Hastings
Norman Welsh ....... Mr. Hardcastle
Mary Savidge ......... Mrs. Hardcastle
Kathy McNeil .......... Constance
Gordon Foster ........ Tony Lumpkin
Lillian Bozinoff ......... Betsy Bouncer
Norman Ettlinger ..... Sir Charles
Tom Kneebone ....... Diggory
Leo Leyden ............. Landlord
Peter Dimuantes
Donald Ewer
Ed Simay
Chris Wiggins
1958-03-27
Teleplay by John Drainie
Story by Stephen Leacock
Directed by Norman Campbell
Cast:
John Drainie .......... Stephen Leacock
Larry D. Mann
Mary Savidge
Norman Welsh
Eric Clavering
Tom Kneebone
Chris Wiggins
1958-05-01
A governess begins to wonder if her two young charges are the victims of a form of diabolical possession.
Novel by Henry James
Cast:
Theresa Gray ....... Governess
Elizabeth Benson Guy .... Miss Jessel
William McGrath ............ Peter Quint
Shirley Martin .......... Flora
Billy Potton .......... Miles
Judith Pierce ......... Mrs. Grose
1958-05-08
Adapted by Richard Astor and Waldemar Hansen
Translated by Jonathan Griffin
Story by Henry de Montherlant
Directed by Mario Prizek
Cast:
John Drainie ......... King Ferrante
Kate Reid ............ Ines de Castro
Frances Hyland ..... The Infanta
Lloyd Bochner ....... Don Pedre
Ron Hartmann ........ Egas Coelho
Joseph Shaw .......... Alvar Gonealves
Chris Wiggins ......... Don Eduardo
Leslie Yeo ......... The Grand Admiral
Gillie Fenwick ....... Don Christoval
Rex Hagon ......... Dino del Moro
Peter Needham ....... The Infante
1958-05-15
Based on the book by Jacqueline Rosenfeld
Cast:
Shirley Harmer ........ Nora Jones
Murray Matheson .... Harry Hansen
Robert Goulet
Glenna Jones
Sammy Sales
Frank Peppiatt
1958-05-22
Play by Christopher Fry
Directed by Paul Almond
Cast:
Donald Harron ....... Tegeus Chromis
Rosemary Harris .... Dynamene
Helen Burns ........... Doto
1958-05-29
Sinclair's play encompasses Socrates' life, from being hailed as the wisest man to his trial, betrayal, and eventual demise by drinking hemlock. It aims to capture the essence of the philosopher's existence.
Play by Lister Sinclair
Directed by Mario Prizek.
Cast:
Frank Peddie ......... Socrates
Barry Morse ........... Crito
Lloyd Bochner ....... Agathon
Donald Davis ......... Alcibiades
Larry Mann ............ Aristophanes
Joe Austin ............. Kratinos
Ivor Barry ............... Philip
John Vernon ........ Cyrus
Leo Leyden ........... Megillus
Zillah Carter ........... Xanthippe
Henry Comor ......... Meletus
Gillie Fenwick ........ Triptolemus
Robert Goodier ...... Sergeant
Harold Burke ......... Farmer
Kay Hawtrey ........... Farmer's wife