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Genre
  
dramatic anthology

Original language(s)
  
English

Running time
  
90 minutes

First episode date
  
3 October 1956

Network
  
CBC Television

Language
  
English

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Country of origin
  
Canada

No. of seasons
  
3

Original network
  
CBC Television

Final episode date
  
4 November 1958

Number of seasons
  
3

First Performance is a Canadian dramatic television series which aired on CBC Television from 1956 to 1958.

Contents

Premise

These short series of television plays were produced as a promotion for Canada Savings Bonds.

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.

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)

    • 1957 season

  • 3 October 1957: Seeds of Power (Arthur Hailey writer), starring Katherine Blake, Lloyd Bochner, John Drainie and Patrick Macnee
  • 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

    First Performance Wikipedia
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