Synopsis
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.
Episodes
1E1MacbethTo usurp the throne of Scotland, Macbeth and his wife murder King Duncan.2E2The Black Bonspiel of Wullie McCrimmon3E3Take to the Woods4E4Betrayal5E5A Soviet Portrait6E6The Woman Who Came to Stay7E7S1.E7 ∙ La Boheme8E8The Hand and the Mirror9E9Symphony of Movement: Moods and Variations10E10Hedda GablerTrapped in a suffocating marriage to a minor academic, Hedda Gabler is only too keen to meet her former lover, a controversial writer.11E11Double Bill12E12S1.E12 ∙ The Philanderer13E13The House by the Stable/Grab and Grace14E14Edwina Black15E15Goodbye, Young Man16E16When Soft Voices Die17E17The Marriage Of Figaro*Note: Presented as a Special Canadian Production on CBC Folio television on January 29, 1956, at 10 pm.
Also on CBC Radio on January 25, 1956, at 7:30 pm.18E18The Lady And The LoggerDirected by Norman Campbell19E19Katherine Dunham20E20The Medium21E21The Public Prosecutor[21] CBC Folio: THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
26Feb1956
Adapted by Len Peterson
Play by Fritz Hochwalder22E22Anne of Green GablesAdapted by Donald Harron
Lyrics by James Costigan
Music by Norman Campbell
a musical dramatization of L.M. Montgomery's 'Anne of Green Gables'.
Orchestra and chorus conducted by Gordon Kushner
Choreography by Gladys Forrester23E23The Small RainThe story about the impact of a self-confident young man on a group of dissatisfied, neurotic people.
Play by Lister Sinclair
Cast:
Barry Morse
Suzanne Finlay
Gerald Sarracini
Phyllis Stewart
Jonathan White ..... Edmond
Alene Kamins ........ Eunice
Synopsis:24E24[24] CBC Folio: DARLING CORIEfolk opera by Elie Siegmeister
Chorus and orchestra conducted by Victor Feldbrill
Cast:
Roma Butler
On the same program will be "The Rake's Progress", a study of six etchings
by William Hogarth, written by Prof. Stanley Read of the University of British Columbia.25E25[25] CBC Folio: THE HAUNTED POST OFFICE / THE FACE OF CANADAPlay by Lister Sinclair
Essay "The Face of Canada" by Harry Boyle
Directed by Harvey Hart
Narrator Harry Boyle (The Face of Canada)
Cast:
Hugh Webster
Ruth Springford
David Gardner
Norman Etltinger
Douglas Rain
Eric House26E26[26] CBC Folio: THE TRIAL AT ROUENOpera by Norman Dello Joio
Synopsis:
The story centers on Joan of Arc's trial for heresy and witchcraft.27E27[27] CBC Folio: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNESTAdapted by John Bethune
Play by Oscar Wilde
Directed by Andrew Allan
Cast:
Lloyd Bochner ........ John Worthing
Elizabeth Cole ........ Miss Prism
Barry Morse ............ Algernon Moncrieff
Charmion King ....... Gwendolyn Fairfax
Eric House ............. Canon Chasuble
Toby Robins ........... Cecily Cardew
John Hardinge ........ Merriman
Tony Van Bridge ..... Lane28E28[28] CBC Folio: THE TRIALWritten by Franz Kafka
Synopsis:
Story of a man victimized by circumstances beyond his control.29E29[29] CBC Folio: THE WIDOW OF THE MISSISSAGIWritten by Len Peterson
Directed by Esse W. Ljungh
Cast:
Monique Miller ......... Widow
John Drainie ........ Pipineau
Ed McNamara ........ Jim
Fred Diehl ......... Louis
Joe Austin ....... Cook
Hugh Webster ....... Short Legs
Paul Kligman ........... Boris
Murray Westgate ......... Red
Jon Granik ........ Steve
Frank Peddie ....... Cruel Face
Jeremy Wilkin ......... Johnson30E30[30] CBC Folio: PIRATES OF PENZANCE(90 min)(final episode of season 1)
Produced by Norman Campbell
Musical by Gilbert and Sullivan
Directed by Godfrey Ridout
Cast:
Roma Butler
Robert Reic
