Slings & Arrows
2003 – 2005 · 45m per ep · English
This darkly comic Canadian series follows the fortunes of a dysfunctional Shakespearean theatre troupe at the fictional New Burbage Festival, exposing the high drama, scorching battles, and artistic miracles that happen behind the scenes.
Season 1
2003 · 6 episodes
Geoffrey Tennant returns to the New Burbage Theatre—the site of his own acting triumph and career-ending meltdown—to assume the artistic directorship after the sudden death of his mentor, Oliver Welles. Believing that theatre is meant to provoke not anesthetize, Geoffrey takes on the suits who want to turn the festival into a theme park, a director who runs amuck with Hamlet, and his own demons, including Oliver—who returns to haunt him.
Episode 1
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Episode 2
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Episode 3
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Episode 4
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Episode 5
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Episode 6
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Cast
Paul Gross
Geoffrey Tennant
Stephen Ouimette
Oliver Welles
Martha Burns
Ellen Fanshaw
Susan Coyne
Anna Conroy
William Hutt
Charles
Seán Cullen
Basil
Chris Leavins
Andrew McTeague
Sarah Polley
Sophie
Graham Harley
Cyril
Don McKellar
Darren Nichols
Mark McKinney
Richard Smith-Jones
Leon Pownall
Brian
Aaron Abrams
Paul
