The Play's the Thing (TV series)

The Play's the Thing
Genre drama
Presented by Gordon Pinsent
Country of origin Canada
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 11
Production
Running time 60 minutes
Release
Original network CBC Television
Original release 17 January – 28 March 1974

The Play's the Thing was a Canadian theatrical drama television series which aired on CBC Television in 1974.

Premise

This anthology series was based on Canadian-written plays, especially from new playwrights.

Scheduling

This hour-long series was broadcast Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 17 January to 28 March 1974 as follows:[1][2]

Date Title Writer Director Comments
17 January 1974 "How I met My Husband" Alice Munro Herb Roland
24 January 1974 "The Bells of Hell" Mordecai Richler George Jonas
31 January 1974 "And then Mr. Jones" Morley Callaghan Paddy Sampson
7 February 1974 "Friends and Relations" Hugh Hood Rudi Dorn
14 February 1974 "Brothers in the Black Art" Robertson Davies Mario Prizek
21 February 1974 "The Man from Inner Space" Eric Nicol Paddy Sampson
28 February 1974 "The Servant Girl" Margaret Atwood George Jonas
7 March 1974 "Roundelay" Pierre Berton Rudi Dorn
14 March 1974 "The Roncarelli Affair" Mavor Moore George McCowan Dramatic portrayal of the Roncarelli v. Duplessis case, adapted from the writings of F. R. Scott who was part of Roncarelli's legal team
21 March 1974 "Back to Beulah" W. O. Mitchell Eric Till
28 March 1974 "The Executioners" Farley Mowat and Len Peterson Rudi Dorn Featured Inuit actors in a story which concerns a 1964 murder trial, documented by Farley Mowat for Maclean's magazine.[3]

Further reading

References

  1. Corcelli, John (September 2005). "The Play's the Thing -- dedab". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  2. "Today's Television". The Globe and Mail. January–March 1974.
  3. The Canadian Press (11 March 1974). "Eskimos' star in TV drama". The Gazette. Montreal. p. 37. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
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