# Festival (Canadian season 1)

| Title | Writer | Original air date |
| "H.M.S. Pinafore" | Gilbert and Sullivan | 10 October 1960 (1960-10-10) |
| Features the Stratford Festival cast, produced by Norman Campbell |||
| "Colombe" | Jean Anouilh (play), Ivor Barry (adaptation) | 17 October 1960 (1960-10-17) |
| Starring Kathleen Widdoes, Jeremy Wilkin, Mary Savidge, Timothy Findley |||
| "The Old Ladies" | Hugh Walpole | 31 October 1960 (1960-10-31) |
| Drama starring Martita Hunt (Agatha), Frances Hyland (Miss Berringer), Betty Leighton (Lucy Amorest) |||
| "Peking Opera" | Unknown | 21 November 1960 (1960-11-21) |
| Recorded in Montreal, the Chinese troupe performs acrobatics, dance, mime, music and weapon-play. |||
| "Julius Caesar" | William Shakespeare, adapted by Paul Almond | 19 December 1960 (1960-12-19) |
| Starring Gillie Fenwick, Bruno Gerussi, Frances Hyland, Douglas Rain, Kate Reid, William Shatner, Fritz Weaver; produced by Paul Almond |||
| "Ring Round the Moon" | Jean Anouilh | 2 January 1961 (1961-01-02) |
| Starring Toby Robins, Sharon Acker, Leo Ciceri |||
| "Home of the Brave" | Arthur Laurents | 9 January 1961 (1961-01-09) |
| Starring James Doohan, Ted Follows, Mavor Moore, Dino Narizzano, George Sperdakos |||
| "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" | Oscar Wilde | 16 January 1961 (1961-01-16) |
| Starring Margaret Braidwood, Martha Buhs, John Colicos, Joseph Shaw |||
| "Elektra" | Richard Strauss, Franz Kraemer translation | 23 January 1961 (1961-01-23) |
| Starring Richard Cassily, Victor Godfrey, Virginia Gordoni, Ilona Kombrink, Elena Nikolaidi; Music was performed by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Walter Susskind. The production was recorded early January 1961 in Toronto and cost $60,000. |||
| "The Subject is Beethoven" | Unknown | 6 February 1961 (1961-02-06) |
| Glenn Gould performs the music of Beethoven, accompanied by cellist Leonard Rose |||
| "Three Sisters" | Anton Chekhov | 13 February 1961 (1961-02-13) |
| Starring Frances Hyland, Michael Learned, Kate Reid |||
| "Night Must Fall" | Emlyn Williams | 20 February 1961 (1961-02-20) |
| Drama starring Madeleine Christie, Neil McCallum, Jill Showell |||
| "The Dumb Waiter / The Zoo Story" | Unknown | 6 March 1961 (1961-03-06) |
| Two plays by Harold Pinter and Edward Albee respectively |||
| "Orphee" | Christoph Willibald Gluck | 13 March 1961 (1961-03-13) |
| Opera |||
| "An Omnibus of American Songs" | Unknown | 20 March 1961 (1961-03-20) |
| Music performance by Edie Adams, Robert Goulet, Myron McCormick |||
| "Great Expectations" | Charles Dickens | 27 March 1961 (1961-03-27) |
| Starring Rex Hagon, Michael Learned, Cathleen Nesbitt, Douglas Rain |||
| "Royal Gambit" | Unknown | 3 April 1961 (1961-04-03) |
| Starring Katherine Blake, Albert Dekker, Louise Nicol, Kate Reid, Tani Seitz |||
| "The Subject is Beethoven (repeat)" | Unknown | 17 April 1961 (1961-04-17) |
| Rebroadcast from 6 February 1961, featuring Glenn Gould |||
| "Pictures in the Hallway" | Seán O'Casey | 24 April 1961 (1961-04-24) |
| Starring Douglas Rain (narrator), Frances Hyland, Diana Maddox, Liam Redmond |||
| "The Dybbuk" | S. Ansky | 1 May 1961 (1961-05-01) |
| Starring Luther Adler (Rabbi), Dino Narizzano (Channon), Avra Petrides (Leah), Joseph Wiseman (Messenger); produced by Harvey Hart, adapted by Mac Shoub |||
| "The Police" | Sławomir Mrożek | 8 May 1961 (1961-05-08) |
| Starring Charmion King, Mavor Moore, Liam Redmond, Joseph Wiseman |||
| "Falstaff" | Verdi | 15 May 1961 (1961-05-15) |
| Featuring Louis Quilico |||
| "The Pupil" | Henry James | 22 May 1961 (1961-05-22) |
| Starring Albert Dekker, William Job |||
| "The Quare Fellow" | Brendan Behan | 29 May 1961 (1961-05-29) |
| Starring Douglas Campbell, Liam Redmond, Chris Wiggins |||
| "The Offbeats" | Jacques Languirand (English adaptation of his play Les Insolites) | 5 June 1961 (1961-06-05) |
| Starring Peter Brockington, James Doohan (Jules), James Edmond, Gillie Fenwick, Jill Foster, Eric House (Barman), Charles Palmer (Ernest), Catherine Proctor, Drew Thompson (Pitt); produced by Mario Prizek |||
| "The Killdeer" | Unknown | 12 June 1961 (1961-06-12) |
| Starring Don Bryn, Kate Reid |||
| "The Luck of Ginger Coffey" | Brian Moore (novel), M. Charles Cohen (adaptation) | 19 June 1961 (1961-06-19) |
| Starring Douglas Rain, Diana Maddox; season finale produced by Harvey Hart. |||