3 October 1956 (1956-10-03) – 4 November 1958 (1958-11-04)
First Performance is a
Canadian dramatic television series which aired on
CBC Television from 1956 to 1958.
Premise
These short series of television plays were produced as a promotion for
Canada Savings Bonds.[1]
Scheduling
The first season of this 90-minute series was broadcast on Wednesdays at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern) during October 1956. The second season (1957) aired Thursdays at 9:30 p.m., also during the month of October. The final 1958 season was broadcast Tuesdays 9:30 p.m. in October, with the last broadcast on 4 November 1958.
Episodes
1956 season
3 October 1956: Time Lock (Leo Orenstein producer;
Arthur Hailey writer)
10 October 1956: O'Brien (Melwyn Breen producer;
Joseph Schull writer), a comedy
17 October 1956: Black of the Moon (David Greene producer; Leslie MacFarlane writer)
24 October 1956: The Discoverers (Ronald Weyman producer; Mac Rosenfeld and George Salverson writers)
10 October 1957: Ice on Fire (
Len Peterson writer)
17 October 1957: Cousin Elva (Stuart Trueman book, Leslie MacFarlane adaptation), starring Araby Lockhart, Alexander Webster and Helene Winston
24 October 1957: Janey Canuck (Byrne Hope Saunders book, Lister Sinclair adaptation), starring Katherine Blake and Lloyd Bochner
1958 season
7 October 1958: Panic at Parth Bay (Harvey Hart producer; Lester Powell writer), starring
Frances Hyland,
Leslie Nielsen, Alexander Webster, Hugh Webster, Leslie Yeo and Louis Zorich
21 October 1958: The Man in the House (Adrian Waller producer; Marcel Dubé writer; Ivor Barry translation), starring Collette Coutois, Gratien Gélinas, Germaine Giroux, Clement Latour and Ovila Legaré
4 November 1958: The Man Who Caught Bullets (Mario Prizek producer; Mavor Moore writer), starring
Everett Sloane
References
^Corcelli, John (February 2005).
"First Performance". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.