Folio
1955
📺 4 Seasons
🎬 94 Episodes
📅 Returning Series
🌐 EN
Folio, a precursor to CBC's renowned fine-arts series Festival, aired for four years starting in 1956. The series showcased original dramas, music compositions, and ballets, many originating from diverse regions across Canada. Notable episodes featured Barry Morse in a new staging of MacBeth, along with performances by Canadian talents like Robert Goulet and Sharon Acker. One of the highlights included a musical adaptation of the beloved Canadian classic, Anne of Green Gables. Airing without sponsorship, Folio thrived until its conclusion in the fall of 1960.
Producers: Robert Allen, Harvey Hart, David Greene, Mario Prizek and Ronald Weyman.
Seasons
Season 1
To usurp the throne of Scotland, Macbeth and his wife murder King Duncan.
Season 2
A sailor falls for the daughter of his captain, while being unaware of the love a young country girl holds for him.
Season 3
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.
Season 4
The first play, "Sammy" by Ken Hughes, features Eric House as a bookie trying to gather funds for protection against a gang. The second play, "The Dock Brief" by John Mortimer, marks its fourth season with two one-act performances.
Play by Ken Hughes (Sammy) and John Mortimer (The Dock Brief)
Directed by Paul Almond
Host Clyde Gilmour
Cast:
Eric House .......... Sammy
Douglas Rain .......(The Dock Brief)
Alfred Gallagher ... (The Dock Brief)
Network
CBC Television
Production
CBC