Folio

    Season 3 1957 - 1958

    • 1957-10-31T05:00:00Z on CBC Television
    • 1h
    • 1d 1h (25 episodes)
    • Canada
    • English
    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.

    25 episodes

    Season Premiere

    1957-10-31T05:00:00Z

    3x01 S3.E1 ∙ Patience

    Season Premiere

    3x01 S3.E1 ∙ Patience

    • 1957-10-31T05:00:00Z1h

    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.

    3x02 S3.E2 ∙ Honey and Hoppers

    • 1957-11-07T05:00:00Z1h

    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

    1957-11-14T05:00:00Z

    3x03 S3.E3 ∙ Games And Rites

    3x03 S3.E3 ∙ Games And Rites

    • 1957-11-14T05:00:00Z1h

    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.

    3x04 S3.E4 ∙ The Trial of James Whelan

    • 1957-11-21T05:00:00Z1h

    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

    3x05 S3.E5 ∙ Look Ma, I'm Human

    • 1957-11-28T05:00:00Z1h

    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

    3x06 S3.E6 - The Peace And The Plenty

    • 1957-12-05T05:00:00Z1h

    A documentary film by J. Frank Willis on British Columbia's Peace River country.

    1957-12-12T05:00:00Z

    3x07 S3.E7 ∙ Mr. Bolfry

    3x07 S3.E7 ∙ Mr. Bolfry

    • 1957-12-12T05:00:00Z1h

    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

    1957-12-19T05:00:00Z

    3x08 S3.E8 - Coppelia

    3x08 S3.E8 - Coppelia

    • 1957-12-19T05:00:00Z1h

    a ballet presentation COPPELIA

    Cast:

    Betty Pope

    Roy Moller

    1957-12-26T05:00:00Z

    3x09 S3.E9 - Peer Gynt

    3x09 S3.E9 - Peer Gynt

    • 1957-12-26T05:00:00Z1h

    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

    3x10 S3.E10 ∙ The Young Queen

    • 1958-01-02T05:00:00Z1h

    Play by Laurence Housman

    Cast:

    Claire Austin ....... Victoria

    Lloyd Bochner .... Albert

    Dickson Kerwin

    1958-01-09T05:00:00Z

    3x11 S3.E11 ∙ Corinth House

    3x11 S3.E11 ∙ Corinth House

    • 1958-01-09T05:00:00Z1h

    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

    1958-01-16T05:00:00Z

    3x12 S3.E12 ∙ Tosca

    3x12 S3.E12 ∙ Tosca

    • 1958-01-16T05:00:00Z1h

    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

    3x13 S3.E13 ∙ The Diary of a Scoundrel

    • 1958-01-23T05:00:00Z1h

    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

    3x14 S3.E14 ∙ Dark of the Moon

    • 1958-01-30T05:00:00Z1h

    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

    1958-02-06T05:00:00Z

    3x15 S3.E15 ∙ The Concert

    3x15 S3.E15 ∙ The Concert

    • 1958-02-06T05:00:00Z1h

    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

    1958-02-20T05:00:00Z

    3x16 S3.E16 - The Ottawa Man

    3x16 S3.E16 - The Ottawa Man

    • 1958-02-20T05:00:00Z1h

    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

    3x17 S3.E17 ∙ A Month In The Country

    • 1958-02-27T05:00:00Z1h

    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

    3x18 S3.E18 ∙ Great Catharine

    • 1958-03-13T05:00:00Z1h

    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

    3x19 S3.E19 ∙ The Gay Deceivers

    • 1958-03-20T05:00:00Z1h

    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

    3x20 S3.E20 ∙ The Baron Of Brewery Bay

    • 1958-03-27T05:00:00Z1h

    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

    3x21 S3.E21 ∙ The Turn Of The Screw

    • 1958-05-01T04:00:00Z1h

    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

    3x22 S3.E22 ∙ Queen After Death

    • 1958-05-08T04:00:00Z1h

    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

    1958-05-15T04:00:00Z

    3x23 S3.E23 ∙ Dreamstreet

    3x23 S3.E23 ∙ Dreamstreet

    • 1958-05-15T04:00:00Z1h

    Based on the book by Jacqueline Rosenfeld

    Cast:

    Shirley Harmer ........ Nora Jones

    Murray Matheson .... Harry Hansen

    Robert Goulet

    Glenna Jones

    Sammy Sales

    Frank Peppiatt

    3x24 S3.E24∙ A Phoenix Too Frequent

    • 1958-05-22T04:00:00Z1h

    Play by Christopher Fry

    Directed by Paul Almond

    Cast:

    Donald Harron ....... Tegeus Chromis

    Rosemary Harris .... Dynamene

    Helen Burns ........... Doto

    1958-05-29T04:00:00Z

    3x25 S3.E25 ∙ Socrates

    3x25 S3.E25 ∙ Socrates

    • 1958-05-29T04:00:00Z1h

    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

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