NET Playhouse; 212; The Stratford National Theatre of Canada: The Three Musketeers
- Series
- NET Playhouse
- Episode Number
- 212
- Producing Organization
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Contributing Organization
- Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/512-862b854c4x
- NOLA Code
- TMSK
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- Description
- Episode Description
- The Three Musketeers is a 2 hour episode produced on videotape in color.
- Episode Description
- The Stratford (Ontario) National Theatre of Canada, famous for its annual Stratford Shakespeare Festival, brings to television one of the most highly acclaimed of its recent productions, introduced during the 1968 season at Stratford. This is the first of several episodes in which NET Playhouse will present some of the great theater companies from around the?world. The Stratford "Three Musketeers" was produced for television by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, which calls it the "most complex and spectacular" dramatic production it has ever undertaken on its own. The play has 69 scenes and required 33 scenery changes. There are 14 separately staged fights and/or battles, says the CBC, "and the entire pace is lightning fast." The cast contains 44 performers, most of whom play the roles they had in the original Stratford production. Some performers play more than one part.?"NET Playhouse Presents the Stratford National Theatre of Canada: The Three Musketeers" is a presentation of NET, produced by the CBC in Toronto. Producer: David Gardner. NET Playhouse executive producer: Jac Venza. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Broadcast Date
- 1970-11-05
- Asset type
- Episode
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Actor: Henry, Martha
Actor: Ciceri, Leo
Actor: Fox, Colin
Actor: Thomas, Powys
Actor: Helpmann, Max
Actor: Donkin, Eric
Actor: Blendick, James
Actor: Galloway, Pat
Actor: Pogue, Kenneth
Actor: Anderson, Mia
Actor: Welsh, Kenneth
Adapter: Raby, Peter
Art Director: Williams, Trevor
Composer: Pannell, Raymond
Conductor: Pannell, Raymond
Costume Designer: Heeley, Desmond
Director: Hirsch, John
Editor: Kitchen, Jim
Editor: Stevenson, Tom
Editor: Noftle, Clyde
Executive Producer: Venza, Jac
Producer: Gardner, David
Producing Organization: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Set Designer: Peets, Frank
Set Designer: Bowen, Alex
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Library of Congress
Identifier: 2421017-1 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 2 inch videotape
Generation: Master
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- Citations
- Chicago: “NET Playhouse; 212; The Stratford National Theatre of Canada: The Three Musketeers,” 1970-11-05, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 10, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-862b854c4x.
- MLA: “NET Playhouse; 212; The Stratford National Theatre of Canada: The Three Musketeers.” 1970-11-05. Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 10, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-862b854c4x>.
- APA: NET Playhouse; 212; The Stratford National Theatre of Canada: The Three Musketeers. Boston, MA: Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-862b854c4x